Video Tuesday — ‘Mats in Germany, 1991 – Color Me Impressed
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Tags: 'Mats, color me impressed, the replacements
In the Blogs: Look I remembered edition
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City Pages unearths the now-famous ‘Lovelines’ issue.
Paul Westerberg as best friend, a short and sweet piece I think y’all can relate to.
The Washington Post has a nice interview with Laurie Lindeen about Petal Pusher
10 Quotes from SPIN’s Story on the Replacements
A Crash Course in The Replacements, in case you need a refresher.
Crawdaddy republishes a 1987 article about Husker Du and The ‘Mats
Okay, so this is a review of the new Tobias Wolff short story collection, and I link to it for two reasons:
1.) Tobias Wolff is brilliant and you should read him
2.) The review likens remembering the first time you read Tobias Wolff (Vodo’s Beginning Fiction class 2003) to the first time you heard the ‘Mats (The Camaraderie’s jukebox 1994 or 1995)
Tags: 'Mats, Husker Du, Laurie Lindeen, the replacements, Tobias Wolff
Video Tuesday — John Doe covers I Will Dare
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This has nothing to do with anything, but I have an awfully hard time writing I Will Dare instead of iwilldare.com. It’s like second-nature at this point. Sad.
Tags: 'Mats, I Will Dare, John Doe, the replacements, x
Making the Scene: An Oral History of Twin Cities Rock
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In honor of Minnesota’s 150th Anniversary, Chris Roberts dedicated his weekly Local Show on 89.3 The Current on the History of Twin Cities Rock (it’s the May 11th episode). It’s pretty entertaining and educational. The show starts with TC music in the mid-sixties and goes on up through the 90s.
Tags: 'Mats, 89.3 the current, chris roberts, rock and roll history, the replacements, twin cities music
Mats Madness Championship
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And then there were two…
Well not literally those two obviously, but their namesakes. It’s Let It Be vs Tim for the the championship. And you thought deciding between All Shook Down and Hootenanny was tough! Voting open till end of day Wednesday. Thursday we crown a champion.
Tags: 'Mats, 'Mats Madness, Let it Be, the replacements, Tim
In the Blogs: Special Friday edition because apparently I missed Wednesday
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Goldmine has five questions for Peter Jesperson, including this gem:
GM: Do you have a favorite out of the four Rhino reissues?
PJ: That’s an impossible question! Let It Be is probably considered their best, and with good reason, but I’d have to go with Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash. It was the first Replacements album we put replacementsbw3_4.jpgout on Twin/Tone and I just personally have an attachment to it. With the inclusion of all the bonus tracks, which includes the original Replacements’ four-song demo Paul Westerberg gave me, the album has now grown from 18 to 31 songs, which is such a great thing. What more could you ask for?
Which reminds me. You can still vote in ‘Mats Madness. Go ahead, I dare you. Go choose between Tim or Pleased to Meet Me, and watch your heart die a little.
Tony Pierce at busblog reminisces about interviewing Our Man Paul and includes some outtakes of the interview. [editor's note: Yes, I have decided to call him Our Man Paul, because it makes me laugh.]
The Kitty Brains Collective points out the Paul Westerberg and The Replacements’ influence on Wilco’s song “Gun.” It’s pretty interesting, go listen.
I am often easily charmed by good, interesting writing. I am even more charmed when the good, interesting writing includes the lyrics to “Customer.”
You know what else I am a sucker for? Just about anyone talking about how they discovered and continue to love the ‘Mats.
If you haven’t picked up the reissues yet, Chris Riemenschneider of the Strib gives a nice rundown of the extras.
My Old Kentucky Blog has a nice write up of the ‘Mats and the reissues, my favorite part? (because of course you want to know that):
If you just dipping you foot into the ‘Mats, certainly, start with Let It Be. The influence of this little (33 minutes) record is now such that it is no longer blasphemy to mention in the same breath with Velvet Underground and Nico, London Calling or Born To Run.
Okay, this is the weirdest bit of news. At least to me. So Glen Campbell is gonna cover “Sadly Beautiful.” What’s weird, and stick with me on this one, is that it’s GLEN CAMPBELL cover The ‘Mats. He gets all caps because when I was a kid, or maybe an early teen and started to have favorite bands, I would quiz my mom on the music she loved when she was younger. She told me how she never got into Elvis because her older sister Jackie loved Elvis, and The Beatles didn’t really do much for her at all. Then she went on to tell me how she really, really loved Glen Campbell. Like to her he was the bee’s knees and I thought that was just about the nerdiest thing I had ever heard in my entire life. And now Glen Campbell is covering my favorite band. I am totally gonna buy my mom this CD for my mom.
Tags: 'Mats, glen campbell, paul westerberg, Peter Jesperson, the replacements, Wilco
In the blogs: Later than usual because I am still reading the liner notes edition
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There’s still time to vote in this round of ‘Mats Madness!
Ross Raihala over at the PiPress not only has a chance for you to win all four of the ‘Mats reissues, but he also gives you a rundown on the backstory of each album, key tracks, liner notes, and bonus material.
Readers of The Walrus are pointing out what they forgot when compiling some of the Saddest music ever and mention Here Comes a Regular.
The Billboard Q&A with Paul and with Tommy has stirred up the ‘Mats reunion rumors everyone is weighing in:
Paste (who also review the reissues)
Filter
Chromewaves
Rollng Stone
Idolator
The release of the reissues causes Kevin Cole of KEXP to reminisce about his time in Minnesota and discovering the ‘Mats.
Dave Foley of News Radio and Kids in the Hall talks about his Westerberg Fandom in the StarTrib.
Popmatters reviews the new reissues.
Tags: 'Mats, Dave Foley, Kids in the Hall, paul westerberg, Replacements Reissues, the replacements, tommy stinson
To while away the time before tomorrow, read about resissues reviews, Jesperson interviews and way way more
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First of all, don’t forgot to vote for the best ‘Mats record before it’s too late!
Pitchfork gives the resissue of Let it Be a perfect 10 (told you Let it Be was the best. One of these days you will all listen to me and my infinite wisdom. Rolling Stone only gives it 4 stars.
VH1 lists 10 Great Songs by The Replacments, five (yes FIVE) of them are off of Let it Be.
If you only read one thing this week, read Teenage Kicks’ kickass interview with Peter Jesperson. Part 1 and Part 2.
Bill Deville of 89.3 The Current gets all excited about the reissues.
If you haven’t read it yet, Reuters has a great, great, great, great interview with Paul and tommy about the reissues.
What I like the most about this recollection of a Replacements’ concert, is not that the author, Jim, doesn’t really remember much it’s that the ticket cost $2.50.
A columnist in North Dakota rakes leaves and reminisces about the ‘Mats.
Tags: 'Mats, Peter Jesperson, the replacements, The Replacements reissues
Mats Madness Round 2.1
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So there’s been issues raised with the legitimacy of the voting since people can vote more than once in each round. Therefore I’m pulling the plug on the current voting in round 2 and asking you to kindly redirect all your voting to the following site:
You should only be able to vote once now from here on out so make it count! Sorry about all this unprofessionalism. Things will go smoother next year when we vote on best song! We’ll give this round an extra day now and let it run until end of day Wednesday. With the reissues being released on Tuesday and being fresher in people’s minds, will that affect the voting? Hmmm…interesting.
Tags: 'Mats, 'Mats Madness, paul westerberg, the replacements
Mats Madness Round 2
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All right, we’re into the Sweet Sixteen! What did we learn from Round 1? Well, I learned that folks REALLY like Tommy! All 4 Tommy albums are still alive while less than half of Paul’s solo stuff survived. Here’s the updated bracket (right click or control click to embiggen):
And here’s the link to the new poll:
The poll is open now through end of day Tuesday (Isn’t something else also happening Tuesday?)
Tags: 'Mats, 'Mats Madness, the replacements
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