All Shook Down – Paul Westerberg

The Replacements’ ‘All Shook Down’ to get first U.S. vinyl release on Black Friday — slicing up eyeballs // 80s alternative music, college rock, indie

Jodi — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 23:11:50 +0000

Record Store Day’s Black Friday spinoff is still a good three months away, but we’re getting our first hint of what’s to come: Namely the first-ever U.S. vinyl release of The Replacements’ final album, 1990′s All Shook Down. As Modern Vinyl points out, Org Music has announced a pair of Black Friday pressings, Magnified by ’90s alt-rockers Failure and the ‘Mats reissue, which the label says has been “mastered for vinyl from the original analog tapes.”

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Video Tuesday — Sometimes words fail me edition

Jodi — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:06:18 +0000

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 you are digging through YouTube and see something called “Sarah Palin plays Paul Westerberg.”

And because I love you all, I will share with you:

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

Pitchfork rates Sire Years reissues everything from 9.3 to 6.3

Jodi — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:36:37 +0000

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 matter, you will be happy to know that Paste Magazine has finally realized that I am not Paul Westerberg.

Some things to get you pumped about tomorrow’s reissues

Jodi — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:12:43 +0000

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 whether he and I can ever get together again … that’s how close we are, I can’t even mention his — name.”

Typical Westerberg. He’s talking about his longtime bassist and foil, Tommy Stinson. “One day Tommy wants to sue me, the next he wants to jam. I think he’s in the jamming mood this week, but by the time he gets here we might just meet and fight.”

And then there are Bill Holdship’s liner notes for the reissued Pleased to Meet Me, which got the ax because they wanted different writers for each CD’s notes and they were gonna use Holdship for Don’t Tell a Soul.

In the Blogs: Slim Pickin’s and questions of punctuation

Jodi — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:05:16 +0000

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 The Bus, Photo, and Talent Show.

I am quickly becoming a huge fan of 23/6. Here the offer an hilarious post-RNC roundup of things to pack, things they saw, and how the RNC compares to the Minnesota State Fair (pay special attention to that packing list).

(editor’s aside: is it bad that I am letting my nephews age 3 and 4 listen to Kings of Leon’s “Sex on Fire?” I mean just the mere mention of the word sex will not cause their ears to melt off or anything, right?)

The Beat Patrol does a nice write up for Our Man Paul’s 1996 release, Eventually and he likes it way, way more than I ever did. Eventually remains my least favorite of all of Westerberg’s albums.

It’s slim pickins (how does one punctuate that word) in blogland. I am sure things will pick up once the reissues come out, or if Westerberg decides to release some sort of magnum opus consisting of nothing but 66 minutes of him reading the Yellow Pages while will get a 9.8 from Pitchfork and land him at the top of Pazz and Jop poll.