Today’s Mr. Paul Westerberg’s 50th birthday. Yesterday the Strib ran a nice piece about the old man. “Starting in the 1980s, the Replacements injected a much-needed dose of mischief into a musical environment close to…
Date Archives December 2009
Paul Westerberg signs to new label
You heard it here last. . . Bug music snatches up Paul Westerberg. Do you think that means we’ll get a new, non-basement tapes album from the weirdo? I sure as hell hope so. What…
A little bit of self-pimpage
I don’t do this very often. But I think some of you Westernerds should head over to MN Reads to check out my review of Nick Hornby’s Juliet, Naked. Have you read it? Will you…
RIP Bruce Allen, guitarist from The Suburbs
City Pages is reporting the death of Bruce Allen, the guitarist for The Suburbs and the graphic designer behind The Replacements’ “Let it Be” album art. It’s sad. Condolences to friends, family, and fans. Embarrassing…