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Video Wednesday: These guys sound like what would happen if Westerberg mated with the Gin Blossoms

Jodi — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:26:32 +0000

Don’t you think?

Did y’all know about the I’ll Be You reissue?

Jodi — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:11:45 +0000

About 100 years ago my friend David, the Largehearted Boy sent me an e-mail telling me about Insound’s reissue of “I’ll Be You.” It sounds like something you crazy Westernerds with record players might dig. Yes, I said record player.

You gotta order (or pre-order it’s not coming out until July 17th) quick because they’re only making 1000.

Art Brut’s Ode to the Replacements

shelaka — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:21:28 +0000

Was listening to the Current the other day when this song came on about the Replacements! (Thanks, Swill Merchant.) Never heard of Art Brut before, but any band that discovers and likes the Mats (it’s never too late!) is okay by me. With lines like “This time I really want to believe / Another record with my heart on the sleeve” and “Some of them are almost as old as my parents” it’s pretty amusing…

Plus the Current followed with They Might Be Giants’ “We’re the Replacements” as well as “I Will Dare” for the capper! Nice!

Cheers,

shelaka

I thought y’all might dig the inscription on this book

Jodi — Fri, 22 May 2009 12:47:32 +0000

I saw Arthur Phillips, author of the fan-fucking-tastic The Song is You read last night. Y’all should get the book, you’ll love it. It’s about Rock & Roll and fandom and what music means to us.

I can’t stand no rejection

Jodi — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:53:33 +0000

Do you ever get into one of those modes where you can’t seem to stop listening to a certain song?

I do. Today it’s “Kiss Me on the Bus.” I don’t know what it is about the song that’s clicking with me today, but it is. I am going to boldy state that this is the most underrated of the ‘Mats love songs (right before Customer).

What do you think? Pop trash or underrated genius?

(P.S. I lost my job so expect a lot more annoying inanity up in these parts)

Video Thursday — The Gaslight Anthem dude does Left of the Dial

Jodi — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:00:16 +0000

Not bad, not bad at all.

Injured, again?

Jodi — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:05:49 +0000

I hate to do this because whenever Laurie Lindeen is mentioned that freaky freak freak show with all the fake names comes out to play, but if you’re not reader of Ms. Lindeen’s blog (and, you know, you should be because it’s really well written), you might take an interest in her latest post, which mentions this:
Middle-aged husband injured playing a child’s game. I don’t blame him a bit. Sometimes you’ve got to push back against time.
“You look familiar, have we met?” says the orderly wheeling he and his very swollen foot into a holding area.
“Nah,” my husband says.
I peek behind the curtain to assess our surroundings.

My totally wild, speculative guess? He slid playing kickball in the front yard with the young’un and twisted his ankle.

You?

Bands & how often they are mentioned by Craig Finn in A Positive Rage

Jodi — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:05:04 +0000

Sometimes I wonder if part of the reason I have such a soft spot for Craig Finn of The Hold Steady is his love of The Replacements. Don’t get me wrong, I really do enjoy the music of The Hold Steady, but the esteem my tender heart holds for Mr. Finn is quickly approaching the same level as Mike Doughty’s.

If you know me, you’ll realize how momentous that is.

So I was watching A Positive Rage again tonight, and this time I kept track of the bands Finn mentions. Of course, I am here to share that with you.

Led Zepplin = 1
The Stones = 1
The Beatles = 1
Pavement = 1
Mission of Burma = 1
Sean Lennon = 1
Husker Du = 2
The Replacements = 6

Yeah. The DVD is pretty sweet.

Surprising list of the day- top 10 songs used on Jackass

Jodi — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:52:21 +0000

johnny knoxville’s top 10 songs used on jackass

I’m not gonna tell you which song it was. However, I did really like this side note:
* On a side note, I fucking love The Replacements, and prolly the biggest compliment I ever received was from Tommy himself. He really likes jackass, and one time in a bar he said, “If my brother Bob were still alive he would have loved it, too.” Man, that made me happy then and it makes me happy now.

New Chris Mars’ film online

Jodi — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:00:03 +0000

Hey gang, I am still somewhat absent (sorry). But I wanted to let you know that Chris Mars has posted a new short film on his website. It’s called This is No. 14. It’s weird. But something about the black and white is really mesmerizing. Go take a look! (Just go to his site, click Film, then the top thumbnail).