Great artists use their popular clout to bring issues and injustice to the public’s attention, to shed light on the problems and troubles that would otherwise go unnoticed. Few bands have been as devoted to…
Date Archives August 2007
Can’t Hardly Wait, A Retrospective: The Last
After Pleased To Meet Me, Can’t Hardly Wait was pretty much unchanged when the Mats’ played it live. Their live act found a touch of stability as they played larger venues and did an opening…
In the Blogs: 30 Years of Minnesota Rock, Coming to Terms with Tommy Stinson, and other stuff
MN Speak offers up some videos chronicling 30 years of Minnesota rock including two pieces by the ‘Mats. Things I Just Cant Come To Terms With: Tommy Stinson Edition: “Tommy’s been part of the non…
Video Tuesday — Now with two times the purpose
How is it possible, you are undoubtedly asking yourself, how could Video Tuesday now have two times the purpose? Is such a thing possible? Yes, my friends, it is. This week’s video pilfered from YouTube…
Comments on the poll
Has it ever occurred to anyone that Westerberg was talking about his abilities to pick up chicks in “If Only You Were Lonely”? After all, he ALWAYS writes about video games, and he ALWAYS writes…
16 down
16 down – The best thing that never happened.
We should start a bookclub, really (and yes, believe it or not this is Paul Westerberg related)
I spent tonight reading Milan Kundera’s Ignorance (because I have to discuss it in bookclub [Wolfdogg is in the club] tomorrow) and catching up on some blog reading. Yes, it’s a sexy Saturday night in…
Cool page of ‘Mats memorabilia
Posters and various items of Replacements memorabilia from The Minnesota Historical Society website.
Can’t Hardly Wait, A Retrospective: Memphis
This week contains a double shot of Can’t Hardly Wait. They are taken from the recording sessions for Pleased To Meet Me in Memphis produced by Jim Dickinson, producer of Big Star’s Third/Sister Lovers. The…
It ain’t over until the Fat Roadie plays
Infonistacrat has the very last Replacements’ concert from the Taste of Chicago in 1991 available for you to download.