You know the songs I’m talking about. The songs with that sort of repetitive nature. I will show you my list and then you’ll know: 1. Eyes Like Sparks 2. Folk Star 3. Be Bad…
Date Archives October 2008
Video Tuesday — Sometimes words fail me edition
I have avoided talking politics over here on ye olde Paul Westerberg dot net, because the last thing you need is me frothing at the mouth. However, sometimes the political cannot be avoided. Especially when…
Download Paul at Fantasy Studios for KFOG from 1996
My buddy Tito just alerted me to the fact that Captain’s Dead has posted a radio show Our Man Paul did back in 1996. Looking at the list of songs, it’s pretty heavy on the…
Three things for your Saturday
1.) In case you missed it, Graeme Thompson (author of I Shot a Man in Reno. . . ) had a great piece in the Guardian UK about the ‘Mats. This is one of my…
Ryan Adams: still angry at PW
Saw this piece in the latestRolling Stone about Ryan Adams’ influences. After searching in vain for the Mats/PW, saw that Zen Arcade was on his list, with this little blurb: “He got a big hug from…
Video Wednesday – I’ll Be Me For Awhile
I met this Hem41 character once, and he is such a douchebag, but he posts some decent videos:
In the Blogs: The go read a book edition
There ain’t much going on in blogland. Jim Walsh wrote about Chris Mar’s Tolerance for the MinnPost and Aquarium Drunkard has a phenomenal write up of the Sire-years reissues. And about 1000 vacuous bloggers put…
Video Tuesday — Two great covers that taste great together
I really liked these covers of It’s a Wonderful Lie and Lookin’ Up in Heaven. Also this guy looks like just about every boy I ever had a crush on in college. P.S. if you…
Your required reading for the day
Crawdaddy’s kick ass interview with Peter Jesperson regarding the reissues. Yes, there will be a quiz. I was going to pull a quote to entice you, but they’re all to good. Go read it!
Holy Triumvirate: The Solo Heartbreaker Edition
I’ve given this list a full 38 seconds of thought, so I present you with the three most heartbreaking songs in Paul Westerberg’s solo catalog: 1. Bookmark 2. Only Lie Worth Telling 3. Whatever Makes…