He talks a lot about the ‘Mats in this one. It’s weird because I’ve been listening to The Hold Steady for ages, but I saw them a few weeks ago for the first time and…
Date Archives November 2008
Holy Triumvirate: Three ‘Mats songs and the women who should cover them
Since posting that “Answering Machine” cover on Tuesday, I’ve been thinking of ‘Mats songs that I wish women would cover. Okay, that’s kind of a lie. I’ve been thinking about it since I typed that…
In the Blogs: The quality not quantity edition
Comedy Central has a list of the Five Funniest Replacements Songs. Oddly enough, “Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out” and “Gary’s Got a Boner” are not on the list. DFactor points out that Tommy’s got second…
Video Tuesday — That cover of Answering Machine edition
This is some kind of awesome, folks. I think someone should put out an all-woman Paul Westerbeg/Mats cover album. Don’t you agree?
In the Blogs: Kiss Me on the Bus is on the radio right this second edition
Jim Walsh has nice conversation with Chris Mars about art and his fabulous book Tolerance. In case you missed it in the comments, you can hear our own DFactor covering Color Me Impressed. Also from…
Update: Minnesota Senate Race
REUTERS – The race for Minnesota’s open Senate seat got yet murkier when an additional 23 ballots were found in the garage of local trombonist Paul Westerberg, where they had been stuffed behind his…
Video Tuesday — Sadly sweet and beautiful
I dunno what it is about this sweet and simple cover of “Sadly Beautiful” that I like so much. But I do really like it. In fact, I listened to it twice before I even…
A few things for your Friday: Lindeen Reading, Paste article, and a covers album
Paste (note: I am NOT Paul Westerberg) has a short piece about Robyn Hitchcock’s next album where he mentions touring in the ’80s and talks about waiting for the ‘Mats to come home. Interesting. Laurie…
Holy Triumvirate: The not-so-much edition
Some week the “In the Blogs” feature will return, but lately I’ve been much too lazy to dig through all the B.S. posts. Actually, I’ve been really quite busy doing stuff that doesn’t include reading…
Video Tuesday — Election Day Edition
First of all, the world is sorely lacking in videos of The Replacements’ “Election Day.” Second of all, it cracks me up that this dude is a ‘Mats fan and not a fan of the…