Gibson’s top 50 American Bands
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Guess who’s #25…
“Formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1979, The Replacements, led by singer-songwriter-guitarist Paul Westerberg, shot to underground-alternative superstardom thanks to a slew of critically acclaimed (if not commercially successful) albums and a notoriously unpredictable and rowdy live show, where the band’s very presence and inebriation level were anyone’s best-guess from night to night. Said Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong after seeing The Replacements for the first time: “It changed my whole life. If it wasn’t for that, I might’ve spent my whole time playing in bad speed-metal bands.” – Sean Patrick Dooley”
Gibson.com’s Top 50 American Rock Bands of All Time
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Ticket giveaway: Go see the Replacements’ Tribute at First Ave on Nov 26
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So yeah, First Avenue and a bunch of illustrious musical types are celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Tim (the second best ‘Mats album ever) on Friday, November 26th — the day after Thanksgiving y’all.
Here’s a little preview of what you can expect to see if you go:
If you’d like to go we’ve got FIVE (5) sets of tickets to give away. So you and a friend can go. To enter, just leave a comment and if we get more than five entries we’ll use Random.org to choose five winners on Monday, November 22nd so you have plenty of time to plan. Sound good?
Here’s a full list of who you can expect to see. Plus, don’t forget they’ll be performing “Tim” from beginning to end.
Performing in the Main Room:
The Honeydogs
Pink Mink
The White and Lazy All-Stars (featuring members of Chooglin)
Story of the Sea (featuring David Campbell and Jim McGuinn
Communist Daughter
The Goondas
Sex Rays
Sons of Gloria
and more!
Performing in the Entry:
Stook! and the Jukes
Adam Levy
Bethany Larson and the Bee’s Knees
Eliza Blue
Gini Doods
John Swardson
Ashleigh Still
Dan Israel
Ryan Paul
Mayda
Brianna Lane
Martin Devaney
and more!
Plus, special guest vocalists:
Arzu Gokcen (Pink Mink)
Ben Kyle (Romantica)
Brian Vanderwerf (Chooglin)
Dale T. Nelson (Otto’s Chemical Lounge)
Dude Weather (Jimmy Gaines)
Janey Winterbauer (Astronaut Wife)
Jim Walsh
John Solomon (Communist Daughter)
Josh Grier (Tapes ‘N Tapes)
Justin Pierre (Motion City Soundtrack)
and more!
Get all the details over on First Ave’s website.
Comment today!
Tags: first ave, replacements' tribute, Tim
Color Me Obsessed is looking for Minnesotans to interview
By Jodi | Filed under Westbergesque | Comments (0)
I caught this over at the Color Me Obsessed site today. You know that Color Me Obsessed is the documentary about Replacements fans, right?
We’re heading to Minneapolis for interviews during the first week of June. If you live in the Twin Cities area and would like to talk about the Replacements in front of a camera, send an email.
Go to Color Me Obsessed for more information.
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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.
Tags: Big Star, Jim Dickinson
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?
Tags: Gaslight Anthem
Art Brut’s Ode to the Replacements
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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
I thought y’all might dig the inscription on this book
By Jodi | Filed under Books, Westbergesque | Comments (1)
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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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?
Tags: Laurie Lindeen, oops, paul westerberg
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?
Tags: Come Feel Me Tremble, quotes, Westernerd signal
Update: Minnesota Senate Race
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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.
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