First of all, the Newsday story that features this gem: So will the college-rock standbys reunite, perhaps? “I think we still exist in some sort of fragmented form,” Westerberg says. “It’s just a question of…
Date Archives September 2008
In love with that book
I mentioned yesterday that my nephews were digging on Chris Mars’ Tolerance book. They were obsessed! As the day went on they kept going back to the “scary” book as they called it. They would…
In the Blogs: A bunch of stuff that defies description but is entertaining nonetheless
Rhino’s got a listening party going for the next four Replacements’ reissues due out next week. And according to one Mr. Jay Taco the demo of Kiss Me on the Bus is good (fuckballs good,…
Things I am way more bored of than edukation
First of all, if you haven’t heard there’s a new song available on Amazon.com for 99 cents. It’s called Bored of Edukation. Go get it while the gettin’s good. Because if Mercury suddenly goes retrograde…
NEW song “Bored of Edukation” available for download
Well, well, well. . . we knew it was only a matter of time. Download Bored of Edukation on Amazon now! It’s a single 4:46 song for 99 cents. I’ll pass on the Tunecore link…
Reminder: Chris Mars’ book-signing in Culver City, CA tomorrow
My copy of Tolerance: The Art of Chris Mars arrived (thanks to the fine folks at Lee Joseph Publicity) yesterday. Let me tell you folks, it’s a beautiful book. From page one, it’s awesome. I…
In the Blogs: Slim Pickin’s and questions of punctuation
In case you missed it, Pitchfork has a great write up of the upcoming reissues of Tim, PtMM, Don’t Tell a Soul, and All Shook Down [September 23] and includes demos of Kiss Me on…
Video Tuesday — a Two For
First you get a simple and sweet cover of Skyway Then you get this video of High on Stress (who I mentioned a little bit ago) on stage at their CD Release Party with Slim…
Your quarterly reminder — I’m still not Paul Westerberg
Dear Mike, I am not Paul Westerberg. I am Jodi. I am sure Paul would love the fact that you like the way he sings eyes in Be My Darling. He’d also be thrilled that…