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Post by GoddamnJob290 on Jan 8, 2006 15:52:41 GMT -5
The other day I found a copy of the Left of the Dial tribute to the Replacements. I brought it up to the counter and the clerk there (a 30 something dude) instantly said "ooh, my favorite band". We chatted about the Replacements for about a minute or two before I went on my way. Having never met another Replacements fan in person, this was quite the phenomenon.
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Post by GtrPlyr on Jan 8, 2006 21:46:42 GMT -5
I just read this online interview with author Kevin Canty that had a Mats reference.
BY: What music you listening to these days? And while you were writing "Into The Great Wide Open?"
KC: The top of the pile in the living room: Charlie Patton, Radiohead, Jerry Douglas, Bjork, Billie Holliday, Steve Earle, Yank Rachelle's Tennessee Jug Busters and Sacred Steel Live. I play guitar myself and I gravitate toward blues, gospel, anything that doesn't feel manufactured.
I was listening to a lot of Tom Petty and Rolling Stones and Replacements when I was writing the book, for obvious reasons.
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Post by A Regular on Jan 10, 2006 15:00:05 GMT -5
Joel Dorn, an accomplished record producer and music enthusiast, once said, “As good as the music was, it always seemed better when I looked at the album (cover) while I listened.” Now, celebrate the album cover as a vehicle for photography during this exhibition, organized by the Cincinnati Art Museum. Borrowed Time: The Photograph as Music Album Cover focuses on those photographic images that have been appropriated, or borrowed, from a photographer’s existing body of work for use as album cover art. It features around forty-five photographs, along with their corresponding album or CD covers.
**The Cincinnati Art Museum has a current exhibit that features album covers. The print ad for this exhibit is running in local papers and features 4 albums, one of them being All Shook Down.
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Post by kgp on Jan 15, 2006 18:02:52 GMT -5
In Rob Jovanovic'c book Big Star there are a couple Replacements references: Paul's meeting with Alex that led to writing the song 'Alex Chilton,' the sessions Alex produced...I won't post the whole thing since a) it's a couple pages long and b) it probably violates some copyright law. (I will tell you it starts on page 240, though.)
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Post by KeithD on Jan 17, 2006 16:00:05 GMT -5
"When it began" video on VH1 Classic right now (3:55 pm Tuesday).
Never saw it before. Never want to see it again.
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Post by thetwilitekid on Jan 17, 2006 16:56:08 GMT -5
The Replacements myspace page.
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Post by headlightbeams on Jan 17, 2006 18:26:21 GMT -5
When are you gonna come down
When are you going to land
I should have stayed on the farm
I should have listened to my old man
You know you can't hold me forever
I didn't sign up with you
I'm not a present for your friends to open
This boy's too young to be singing the blues
So goodbye yellow brick road
Where the dogs of society howl
You can't plant me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my plough
Back to the howling old owl in the woods
Hunting the horny back toad
Oh I've finally decided my future lies
Beyond the yellow brick road
What do you think you'll do then
I bet that'll shoot down your plane
It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics
To set you on your feet again
Maybe you'll get a REPLACEMENT
There's plenty like me to be found
Mongrels who ain't got a penny
Sniffing for tidbits like you on the ground
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Post by cford on Jan 18, 2006 10:12:08 GMT -5
"When it began" video on VH1 Classic right now (3:55 pm Tuesday). Never saw it before. Never want to see it again. Really? I'd love to just accidently stumble across that video being played someday, although I probably would not seek it out.. It was nominated for some sort of MTV award the year it came out...didnt win, of course. CF |
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Post by bigbak on Jan 18, 2006 16:44:44 GMT -5
"When it began" video on VH1 Classic right now (3:55 pm Tuesday). Never saw it before. Never want to see it again. I absolutely love that video |
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Post by KeithD on Jan 18, 2006 17:43:07 GMT -5
"When it began" video on VH1 Classic right now (3:55 pm Tuesday). Never saw it before. Never want to see it again. Really? I'd love to just accidently stumble across that video being played someday, although I probably would not seek it out.. It was nominated for some sort of MTV award the year it came out...didnt win, of course. CF One word: Claymation. |
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Post by GoddamnJob290 on Jan 18, 2006 17:48:20 GMT -5
Really? I'd love to just accidently stumble across that video being played someday, although I probably would not seek it out.. It was nominated for some sort of MTV award the year it came out...didnt win, of course. CF One word: Claymation. Sounds interesting, but I bet the video is wicked dated now. Anyone care to offer me a description of the video since I haven't watched VH1 or any other music channel in years? |
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Post by GoddamnJob290 on Jan 18, 2006 21:11:14 GMT -5
I was watching the new Lucero DVD today with the band's commentary on. During one scene where the band is shown preparing for a store appearence, the drummer comments "We're about to play The Ledge. (pauses) Ain't that a Cheap Trick song?". Pretty funny.
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Post by thetwilitekid on Jan 18, 2006 22:40:24 GMT -5
Jeff Klien on TuneTribe has Let It Be as his favourite album.
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Post by cford on Jan 19, 2006 17:15:45 GMT -5
Sounds interesting, but I bet the video is wicked dated now. Anyone care to offer me a description of the video since I haven't watched VH1 or any other music channel in years? Somebody else may be able to describe it better as I have not seen it in years... I remember it as sort of an unconvential performance piece. The band is walking around the town playing acoustic instruments as Paul sings...At some point it turns into claymation, but my memory is not serving me well.. CF |
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Post by Placemat on Jan 19, 2006 19:31:18 GMT -5
Most everything but the Mats themselves is claymation. They jam on a street corner then play a gig for a rowdy clay audience.  Not my favorite video, but at one point Paul flips the camera a sly FU as the boys all run by... Kinda nice to see they still had the attitude, even then. |
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Post by headlightbeams on Jan 19, 2006 23:16:33 GMT -5
"On this chiefly solo effort chronicling his twenties, Adams mines American Beauty and Workingman's Dead respectably, but his attempts at early-'70s Neil Young piano ballads come off as tear-stained love letters to himself, and hardly distinguish him as the guy who dropped out of high school to become Paul Westerberg."
- Village Voice review of Ryan Adams
I thought it was Paul Westerberg who didn't quite finish high school in order to become Paul Westerberg.
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Post by jramats on Jan 21, 2006 16:46:52 GMT -5
Got a publicity mailing from a local comedy club here in Columbus. Pictures of many comedians on the card--Bobcat Goldthwait is wearing a vintage Replacements shirt in the picture.
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Post by headlightbeams on Jan 21, 2006 17:53:38 GMT -5
Got a publicity mailing from a local comedy club here in Columbus. Pictures of many comedians on the card--Bobcat Goldthwait is wearing a vintage Replacements shirt in the picture. something like the one at this page? (note that the text also has a Replacements reference (or a reference to a Replacements reference): Q. Do people still request "the voice" like it's "Freebird" or something? A. More like "Green Grass and High Times," or "Whipping Post." Or "Tim." Q. Did you just sneak in a Replacements reference? Your publicist must have done her homework. A. No. I just really liked the band. I just assume most people do. My taste vs. the rest of the world's taste is always pretty funny. (Mpls-St. Paul magazine, April 5, 2000) |
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Post by jramats on Jan 21, 2006 19:37:49 GMT -5
That's the one. (God you people are freaks...in a good way.) |
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Post by kgp on Jan 21, 2006 20:55:32 GMT -5
I've seen that picture, too. I think that's the same one our local entertainment rag ran during his last St. Louis appearance.
He needs a new promo shot. (Plus, in that one he looks disturbingly like my ex-not-really stepdad.)
Good song that 'Tim.'
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