Date Archives November 2007
Cover Band: The Replacements Do The Who
Carrying over a theme from a Kinks cover, here’s the young Mats ripping through the uber-classic Substitute in 1981. The boys would have made decent mods. [audio:cover02.mp3] PS – I have a fair amount of…
Cover Band: The Replacements do The Kinks
As Jim Walsh’s book gives witness to, the Mats frequently played the role of a cover band live. Many times the covers were delivered with purpose and practice. Sometimes they were tossed off in bits…
All Over But the Shouting — an inital reaction roundup
Over at Idolator, Jackin’ Pop editor Michaelangelo Matos writes about how he was ultimately unsatisfied by All Over But the Shouting but also slams the midwest and the Twin Cities in particular for a “kind…
In the Blogs: Great EPs, Dating Winona Mix Tape, & An Impossible Quiz
The Onion’s AV Club lists 21 good albums that would have been great EPs. Coming in at #8 The Replacements’ “Don’t Tell a Soul.” Go take a look at what they chose to cut, and…
Video Tuesday — The Mystery First Glimmer Performance
Okay, I’m not gonna lie. I love it when you all geek out and talk about the most arcane details of certain live performances. I love when you can pinpoint where the hell Paul’s playing…
Jim Walsh on 89.3 The Current’s The Local Show (tomorrow, I think)
UPDATE: So yeah, I am tuning into The Local Show right now, and Walsh won’t be on until November 18. That is all. First of all The StarTribune has the “I Will Dare” excerpt from…
The Mats influence
I love when I run across Mats stuff at random. Insubordination Records is a pop punk music label that puts up a podcast on a semi-regular basis. Glancing at this week’s offering I was pleasantly…
In the Blogs: A movie based on the ‘Mats, inconsistent live acts, and more
Rolling Stone reports that the band Black Lips have signed on to star in a movie called “Let it Be” loosely based on The Replacements. Interesting. If you were making this movie who would you…
Video Tuesday — Mystery Concert
No clue when this was (aside from Slim era ‘Mats), or where. Any ideas?