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Post by holeinthedrapes on Jan 19, 2024 6:19:33 GMT -5
Watching the Islanders game in Minnesota Tuesday night, they were playing Alex Chilton at the arena during a stop in play.
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Nov 20, 2023 16:34:14 GMT -5
I believe the Wilco song The Lonely 1 is about Westerberg.
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Oct 30, 2022 17:02:45 GMT -5
I believe the Wilco song “Lonely One” (I think off of the Being There album) is about Westerberg. I’m pretty sure Tweedy is a Westerberg fan, so it wouldn’t be surprising if there is a link.
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Jun 1, 2022 12:30:31 GMT -5
Listening to E Street Radio on Sirius the other day, Springsteen played a Slim Dunlap song (Rockin’ Here Tonight, maybe?) on the show he DJs. First time I’ve ever heard him mention the Replacements.
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Jan 30, 2021 18:54:51 GMT -5
I think this belongs in here because of the obvious connection, though not explicitly Replacements. The last two categories on last night’s Jeopardy were “Big Star” and “#1 Record”. I was impressed with myself that I got the reference to the categories (that had nothing to do with Big Star the band) but then wondered how many times there are categories like that when I do not get the reference.
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Dec 18, 2020 20:53:40 GMT -5
That was fantastic! Thanks for linking it.
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Sept 27, 2020 19:35:48 GMT -5
The biggest impact were these lines : You've been swearing to God but maybe if you asked....And I felt, "wow, maybe I should stop with the 'goddamn this' or the 'goddamn that', and talk to the Cosmic Engineer and say, 'Hey, I'm lost here, I need some help.' " And I'm not really a religious person in the conventional sense either (but I am a believer in something though)! Welcome back, FreeRider. Excellent, heartfelt post. I love reading these kinds of anecdotes. I apologize if this isn’t the right venue for going deeper, but did you ever end up asking the man upstairs for a hand? I did when I realized not rock n roll (the ‘Mats included), nor my work, politics, hobbies, not even my family could “fill the void” or explain “what it’s all about.” I was self-destructive and defeated, and I started trying on gods like hats. Ol’ JC found me, gave me a new life, a new suit of armor, an attitude of gratitude. It really is like being “born again.” You say you’re a “believer in something”—well, forgive me for being so bold, but why not give that something a face and become a believer in Christ? You won’t be disappointed. It’s easy. Just send a self-addressed stamped env... ha! Kidding. No, all he asks is that you surrender—have faith (give up on your pride, your ego, the illusions of this world) and “live by love.” The Christian accepts defeat in this life so he/she might enjoy triumph in the next. Most modern people can’t conceive of such impractical foolishness—“are ya too proud to ask?”—but when has the truth ever been en vogue? I think the ‘Mats were kinda Christian-like in how they rejected the glories of renown, despised the self-promotion game, catered to their meekest fans and seemed to embrace defeat. I’d be curious if Paul’s Catholic upbringing had anything to do with that and whether or not he ever returned to it. Ok, I’m done proselytizing! Funny thing is when I read Trouble Boys the thought, “Now these seem like some nice born again Christian boys!” never occurred to me.
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Sept 26, 2020 19:15:38 GMT -5
I love the album. I became a Replacements fans after becoming a Westerberg fan based on 14 Songs. This was probably the first Replacements album I bought and it sounded similar to 14 Songs, which I loved. I guess hearing it in my own time prevented me from having any thoughts on what it should or shouldn’t sound like. It just sounded good to me. On a related note to finding the Replacements after Westerberg, I was in the audience for Bash and Pop’s appearance on Late Night with Letterman. I absolutely loved their song and it wasn’t until years later that I put together the connection to Westerberg and the Replacements.
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Aug 29, 2020 13:43:50 GMT -5
New info about this in an interview with Josh Boone. Here's the relevant part, link to full interview below. Q: I’ve only got one more question, so I’m going to ask – this is now coming out; The Stand is coming out later; what’s next for you? What’s exciting for you in your future, post-this? A: This will tell you, again, how long things take. When we were shooting The New Mutants, I started working on, with Knate, we started working on an adaptation of Bob Mehr’s New York Times bestseller Troubled Boys, about the band The Replacements. So Nat Wolff is going to play Paul Westerberg. Nat’s been in just about everything I’ve done. He was in The Stand. He starred in my first movie. He was in The Fault in Our Stars. He’s one of the best actors on the planet. Owen Teague, who is in The Stand, is going to play Tommy Stinson in it – really in the second half of it, because in the first half, Tommy Stinson is like a 12-year-old. They were a band who had like a 12 or 13-year-old bass player through a lot of their early years. So, yeah, we’ve been working on that for years, and that’s really exciting. We’ve got all the scripts done for that, so I’m literally casting that right now. I’m going to go make that. And then I have a couple of other books under option that I’m sort of working on for after that. www.gamesradar.com/the-new-mutants-josh-boone-interview-sequel-strand-replacements/In the name of clarity, it’s not possible for the band to have had a 12 or 13 year old bass player through a lot of their early years, unless the band only lasted 3 years. It is only possible for the Tommy Stinson to have been a 12 or 13 years old for exactly 2 years.
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Jul 28, 2020 19:54:43 GMT -5
I can appreciate thematsarealive's hesitancy to read the book. I wish I hadn't. It's a very well written and thorough book, but between the good parts, it's a really tough story about a bunch of unlikable, damaged, destructive people doing shitty things. If I didn't love the band so much I probably would have enjoyed it more. I know most people processed it differently, and that's cool, but if you'd rather leave some things to the imagination and keep some of the mystique intact, I'd encourage you to skip it. I loved the book. Read it in a very short time. And when I was done I was pretty disgusted by the group as a whole. Definitely not a “feel good” book but it certainly felt honest.
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Jun 25, 2020 14:23:53 GMT -5
What a Day for a Night just popped on my Spotify. Simple but a good tune nonetheless.
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Jun 21, 2020 19:16:54 GMT -5
I love the song. It’s a poignant story told in a bit of a cutesy way. Not everything has to strike at my core for me to love it, though this song certainly hits on some things from my younger days. I think Once Around the Weekend hits right where he was probably at when he made the record. Simple little song, but I love it. If I’m not mistaken, isn’t Tommy on Trumpet Clip?
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Jun 8, 2020 22:25:45 GMT -5
I’m not expecting him to comment on the 2.5 million new jobs this week. As if we can trust any number coming from this administration. That is almost as many jobs as lies told by the bunker baby. Who is the bunker baby? Anyway, my point was that I don’t care about the politics of the musicians I listen to in their songs. Chances are that when they start talking about it they’re going to turn me off.
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Jun 8, 2020 14:18:46 GMT -5
I can’t imagine Paul writing a song that directly comments on the situation in MN, but who can ever predict him? The fact that nobody would ever expect him to (I mean, who ever saw a kids’ animated movie soundtrack in his future?) may well lead him to write a song or album about it. On the political music front, I’m a big Springsteen fan. And I couldn’t care less what his politics are. I know his music is better played when not thinking about his politics. I listened to him DJing his weekly show on Sirius last week and he made a comment about the number of people unemployed and made a remark (can’t remember exactly) that inferred it was trump’s fault. It just sounded so disingenuous, as if he wasn’t aware that the reason for the unemployment spike was because of the pandemic. I’m not expecting him to comment on the 2.5 million new jobs this week.
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Post by holeinthedrapes on May 16, 2020 20:51:00 GMT -5
I guess I would add Cash’s American Recordnings. It created a pretty widely appreciated late career/life revival for him.
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Post by holeinthedrapes on May 6, 2020 19:40:52 GMT -5
Springsteen’s Magic album from 2007 is his strongest album since Born to Run (in my opinion of course) in 1975. Typically strong lyrically but with some of the passion and desperation that he hadn’t shown since possibly Darkness. A consistently strong album from beginning to end.
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Mar 30, 2020 12:23:07 GMT -5
Just heard a Lemonheads cover of Things pop up on Spotify. I had no idea one even existed. Not bad.
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Feb 22, 2020 0:12:27 GMT -5
Lush and Green
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Jan 29, 2020 20:49:04 GMT -5
I assume this fits:
See your slight body relax Soon your young veins will collapse
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Post by holeinthedrapes on Jan 10, 2020 19:59:30 GMT -5
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