Westerberg plays Target Field
By Jodi | Filed under PW News | Comments (7)
Well, he already did I guess. Boo. According to the Strib:
“The Replacements frontman reserfaced yesterday, and the surface he chose was the turf at Target Field. He was filmed there for an in-the-works documentary “40 Nights of Rock ‘n’ Roll.”
Am I the absolute last to know everything?
Check out the itinerary of the movie. It looks to be fucking awesome.
Tags: 40 Nights of Rock n Roll, paul westerberg
Glen Campbell & Paul Westerberg collaborating on Glen’s new album
By Jodi | Filed under PW News | Comments (4)
Did y’all see this about Glen Campbell’s new album?
“Meanwhile, Raymond said, “an unbelievable amount of people” wanted to be part of the current project, which will feature all original material. Westerberg wrote the title track, and other collaborators include members of the Dandy Warhols, guitarist Steve Hunter, former Prince cohort Wendy Melvoin and drummer Josh Freese. The album’s release date is pending a label deal.”
Interesting, yes?
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Billie Joe Armstrong Meets Paul Westerberg in April Spin Magazine…
By shelaka | Filed under In the News | Comments (4)
In a series of interviews where today’s artists talk with their own idols, Billie Joe of Green Day talks with PW. Too short article, but Paul seems pretty good-natured about the exchange.
The online version isn’t the full story, but in the print version, the greatest revelation I didn’t know: the misheard lyrics of Bastards: “We are the sons of no one” is actually “Wait on the sons of no one” – Paul says he lifted that phrase from the Bible. Wow! And I thought “Bacon & Cigarettes” was king!
Tags: Bastards of Young, billie joe armstrong, paul westerberg
Westerberg writes about Alex Chilton in the NY Times
By Jodi | Filed under In the News | Comments (4)
“Yeah, December boys got it bad, as “September Gurls” notes. The great Alex Chilton is gone — folk troubadour, blues shouter, master singer, songwriter and guitarist. Someone should write a tune about him. Then again, nah, that would be impossible. Or just plain stupid.”
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Video Tuesday: (on Sunday) A Song For Paul Westerberg
By Jodi | Filed under Seen Your Video | Comments (3)
Sometimes I feel guilty that this poor site has been dormant for about 38 web-years (or two months in human years). So I was sitting here thinking, I should put some stuff here something, anything. I went to YouTube and I found this. The title (A Song for Paul Westerberg) was not the main reason I post it here. No, it’s the shelf there with Spider-man’s arm around Ernie. That’s why! Enjoy.
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Mississippi river born in ’59
By Jodi | Filed under 'Mats Memories, In the News | Comments (11)
Today’s Mr. Paul Westerberg’s 50th birthday. Yesterday the Strib ran a nice piece about the old man.
“Starting in the 1980s, the Replacements injected a much-needed dose of mischief into a musical environment close to being overtaken by poseurs and synth-rock. Westerberg and his bandmates Tommy Stinson, Chris Mars and Bob Stinson took their direction from romantic songwriters and glam bands from the coasts — sentimental troubadours like Eric Carmen and Neil Diamond and party hounds like Thin Lizzy and Kiss. Ambitious, skilled, and swaggering but not stupid, they were the Clash without the notion that they had something important to say.
“Originally content to play simply fast and loud, Westerberg’s often comic and daring music grew increasingly more ambitious. By the band’s third and fourth albums, he was throwing off evocative tales of heartbreak, pain and confusion at a level that most bands would be lucky to stumble upon once in a career. Commercially, the Replacements mostly went nowhere, but you have to remember, this was the decade of Phil Collins.”
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Paul Westerberg signs to new label
By Jodi | Filed under PW News | Comments (5)
You heard it here last. . . Bug music snatches up Paul Westerberg.
Do you think that means we’ll get a new, non-basement tapes album from the weirdo?
I sure as hell hope so. What say ye?
BONUS Random Skyway video with David de Young of Howwastheshow.com helping Jim Walsh and friends with the lyrics to “Skyway.” (P.S. click that link to see some awesome pics of the ‘Mats tribute a few weeks back)
Tags: label, paul westerberg
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
Merry Christmas — New Music from Paul Westerberg to Download
By Jodi | Filed under Uncategorized | Comments (20)
Three songs to download on this fine Christmas Eve. Get them at Tunecore for only $0.74! Tracklisting is:
Track 1: Always In A Manger (supposed to be Away)
Track 2: Streets of Laredo
Track 3: D.G.T.
Sweet.
Tags: D.G.T, paul westerberg, Streets of Laredo
In the Blogs: The quality not quantity edition
By Jodi | Filed under In the Blogs | Comments (1)
Comedy Central has a list of the Five Funniest Replacements Songs. Oddly enough, “Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out” and “Gary’s Got a Boner” are not on the list.
DFactor points out that Tommy’s got second billing on the Chinese Democracy myspace page. You can also listen to a stream of the album. Are you gonna buy it?
Wild Tyme has a good piece on Our Man Paul’s 49:00.
The Current’s Musicheads are making a list of singers who aren’t “good” but who you love anyway. Check the comments to see who made the list (I did not make the list).
And another thing, that poll over there ——> there is a ONE VOTE DIFFERENCE. I think in the spirit of all things Minnesota, we should have a recount. What say ye?
Tags: 49:00, Chinese Democracy, Funny 'Mats Songs, paul westerberg, tommy stinson
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