Chris Rimenschnieder has an itty bitty piece on the Strib’s site about talking to Tommy Stinson on the phone about the recent reissues. He says that Tommy’s been noodling around with Our Man Paul and…
Date Archives September 2008
Can you hear children by the millions screaming for Alex Chilton?
I still haven’t gotten the reissues but Flowering Toilet is showing that the sound quality on the Pleased to Meet Me reissue is actually worse than the original. Have any of you noticed any problems?…
Paul Westerberg talks about death
Late last night I got an e-mail from Graeme Thomson author of I Shot a Man in Reno: A History of Death by Murder, Suicide, Fire, Flood, Drugs, Disease, and General Misadventure, As Related in…
Pitchfork rates Sire Years reissues everything from 9.3 to 6.3
You can read the review here. Y’all will have to tell me if they got it right or wrong. I haven’t heard this batch of reissues, so I have no idea. Also, on an unrelated…
Oops they did did it again, or he’ll be me for awhile and I’ll be him
I am not sure what to do about Paste magazine who despite my best intentions refuses to believe that I am not Paul Westerberg. In today’s post on their site they seem to think Our…
Thought about postpoing this until the economic situation was fixed but then changed my mind
The Village Voice’s Sound of the City blog has a new Q&A with Laurie Lindeen and includes this gem: Was there anything you included that upon reflection you’d have preferred to leave out? When I…
In the Blogs: The one with only one link to an actual blog
The Memphis Flyer has an interview with Jim Dickinson, producer of Pleased to Meet Me. Flyer: How did you get the assignment to work on Pleased To Meet Me? Dickinson: Through their management. I don’t…
Video Tuesday — A Talent Show cover
I slept in until like 9:30 this morning and now I’m totally off my game therefore I got no witty for you today.
Pop Matters asks Laurie Lindeen 20 questions
This Pop Matters interview with Laurie Lindeen is awesome. I think I love it because she talks so much about books and I love to read about people talking about books.