Tough week for Rock & Roll

By Jodi | Filed under Seen Your Video, Westbergesque | Comments (9)

First Les Paul, and now legendary producer (of Pleased to Meet Me), Jim Dickinson has died.

Here is talking about making Big Star’s Third/Sister Lovers.

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Read more | Comments (9) | | August 16th, 2009

Video Wednesday: These guys sound like what would happen if Westerberg mated with the Gin Blossoms

By Jodi | Filed under Seen Your Video, Westbergesque | Comments (18)

Don’t you think?

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Read more | Comments (18) | | June 17th, 2009

Art Brut’s Ode to the Replacements

By shelaka | Filed under Westbergesque | Comments (3)

Was listening to the Current  the other day when this song came on about the Replacements! (Thanks, Swill Merchant.) Never heard of Art Brut before, but any band that discovers and likes the Mats (it’s never too late!) is okay by me. With lines like “This time I really want to believe / Another record with my heart on the sleeve” and “Some of them are almost as old as my parents” it’s pretty amusing…

Plus the Current followed with They Might Be Giants’ “We’re the Replacements” as well as “I Will Dare” for the capper! Nice!

Cheers,

shelaka

Read more | Comments (3) | | June 2nd, 2009

I thought y’all might dig the inscription on this book

By Jodi | Filed under Books, Westbergesque | Comments (1)

Arthur Phillips, The Song is You

I saw Arthur Phillips, author of the fan-fucking-tastic The Song is You read last night. Y’all should get the book, you’ll love it. It’s about Rock & Roll and fandom and what music means to us.

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Read more | Comments (1) | | May 22nd, 2009

Injured, again?

By Jodi | Filed under Westbergesque | Comments (17)

I hate to do this because whenever Laurie Lindeen is mentioned that freaky freak freak show with all the fake names comes out to play, but if you’re not reader of Ms. Lindeen’s blog (and, you know, you should be because it’s really well written), you might take an interest in her latest post, which mentions this:
Middle-aged husband injured playing a child’s game. I don’t blame him a bit. Sometimes you’ve got to push back against time.
“You look familiar, have we met?” says the orderly wheeling he and his very swollen foot into a holding area.
“Nah,” my husband says.
I peek behind the curtain to assess our surroundings.

My totally wild, speculative guess? He slid playing kickball in the front yard with the young’un and twisted his ankle.

You?

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Read more | Comments (17) | | April 29th, 2009

We need some sort of Westernerd signal for when I need urgent help

By Jodi | Filed under Westbergesque | Comments (12)

Okay, so this morning my cubemate, Trip Shakespeare, and I were arguing about some sort of Westertrivia. I can’t even remember what it was. Anyway, we were talking about that sticker that was on Come Feel Me Tremble. It said something about, maybe, a knife-fight and a phone booth.

Do any of you remember the exact quote?

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Read more | Comments (12) | | December 5th, 2008

Update: Minnesota Senate Race

By pzp | Filed under Westbergesque | Comments (2)

 

REUTERS – The race for Minnesota’s open Senate seat got yet murkier when an additional 23 ballots were found in the garage of local trombonist Paul Westerberg, where they had been stuffed behind his ten-speed. Confusing matters more, they were all cast for the write-in candidate ‘Seymore Butz’.

Reached for comment, Westerberg’s spokesman advised us to go and sit in a field sometime.

Read more | Comments (2) | | November 13th, 2008

Stocks Rolling Down My Sleeve

By pzp | Filed under Westbergesque | Comments (4)

 

REUTERS – After noting that Paul Westerberg’s CD sales have increased as the stock market plummets, Walmart has announced that they will now be offering a 15% discount on any in-stock ten-speed with the purchase of Folker, Open Season, or Suicane Gratification.

Westerberg’s spokesman declined to comment.

Read more | Comments (4) | | October 11th, 2008

Question of the Week: Paul Westerberg edition

By Jodi | Filed under Westbergesque | Comments (6)

Say you were at a job interview and one of your interviewer’s asked you what was the best 49 cents you ever spent, what would you answer?

My answer is below.

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Read more | Comments (6) | | October 10th, 2008

Oops they did did it again, or he’ll be me for awhile and I’ll be him

By Jodi | Filed under In the News, Westbergesque | Comments (5)

I am not sure what to do about Paste magazine who despite my best intentions refuses to believe that I am not Paul Westerberg. In today’s post on their site they seem to think Our Man Paul is bored with Sarah Palin, job hunting, and my eyebrows too.

What is a girl who is not Paul Westerberg to do?

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Read more | Comments (5) | | September 25th, 2008

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