For the first time in the nine-year history of the Top 25 I had to turn to the Last.fm charts, rather than rely on my ol’ iTunes play counts (which I reset every year around…
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Paul Westerberg + Liz Phair = Lydia Loveless
Sometime in the heart of winter, a Westernerd pal posted in our supersecret Westernerd Facebook thing about Lydia Loveless and how some magazine I can’t remember was calling her the “female Paul Westerberg.” Interesting. I,…
My Neutral Milk Hotel: A GenXer’s Perspective
I did not go see Neutral Milk Hotel at First Avenue last night. I won’t go tonight. Even though I was twenty-six in 1998, I didn’t see them that year when they played the 400…
14 Reasons I Fell in Love with Jeremy Messersmith’s ‘It’s Only Dancing’
Today has been the Mondayist, Januaryist, Winter-Malaisest day of all days. Everyone in Minnesota is cranky. All the bullshit minor annoyances of daily life feel 821 times worse than usual because the temperature is Minus…
Get Me to The ‘Mats on Time: Portents & Ponderings
This post is going to start out telling you about a few dreams I had last night and today while napping away an awful sinus headache. I promise to make it as short and unboring…
The Disarming Charm of ‘Rockin’ Here Tonight,’ Another 2013 Favorite
I’ve been thinking a lot about the songwriting of Slim Dunlap vs the songwriting of Paul Westerberg over the past month since the release of Rockin’ Here Tonight, the compilation to benefit the replacement Replacement….