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[Kathy]

Reveille Magazine
www.reveillemag.com/features/concert-feature/paul-westerberg-first-avenue

Includes great pictures from Steve Cohen

An additional feature from Reveille includes some of the quotes from the night:
backstage.reveillemag.com/2007/09/24/more-info-on-westerberg-monday/

“I would sort of divide what we did between the songs that ache and the songs that rock. Sometimes they did both. But the ones that ached mattered a little more to me than say, ‘One Good Dose of Thunder'" - on the songs in the Replacements catalog

Spin
www.spin.com/features/ithappenedlastnight/2007/09/070924_westerberg/

More great pics, plus man/woman on the street interviews asking "Fill in the blank: Paul Westerberg makes me want to _____." (best answer is from Paul's cousin: "Paul Westerberg makes me want to call my pharmaceutical rep."

[ih8music]

nothing insightful, since i'm one of the poor saps not fortunate enough to go...

but i did notice that he played his signature guitar

[kgp]

From the quotes page:

He praised Ben Folds as a songwriter with “beautiful, clever melodies” while talking about writing using open chords (this is probably the first time I’ve ever heard/read of Westerberg praising a musician his jr. so it stuck out to me)

This really surprises me, too.

[nowwesayitoutloud]

admin said:

"Fill in the blank: Paul Westerberg makes me want to _____." (best answer is from Paul's cousin: "Paul Westerberg makes me want to call my pharmaceutical rep."

I had a feeling Mike Westerberg (went to same HS as me) was there because when PW was telling the story about the how the legend of his injured hand got wildly elaborated, he said something about a cousin at a family gathering asking his mom if he'd tried to cut off his foot, and then PW made a quick aside to someone in the crowd, something like "Ain't that right, Mike."

[randolph500]

This is really pathetic:

Does anyone know what make of shoes was he wearing?

[deebee76]

I actually don't know, but they looked great! Most likely Vans or some kind of skate sneakers by the look of 'em...

[Meri]

randolph500 said:

This is really pathetic:

Does anyone know what make of shoes was he wearing?

This is even pathetic-er.

I'd say these are a good guess:
buyskateshoes.com/catalog/detail/qD3TK

BTW, I saw one review (Twisted Ear) that says approximately 500 people were at the show. I wonder if that's anywhere near accurate? What's the normal (non-folding-chair) capacity of First Avenue?

[deebee76]

Looks like Steven Cohen was diggin' Westy's footwear, as well: