Ugh Darling Ones, Today my plan to escape the infinite sadness involved listening to all The Replacements’ records in chronological order until the sadness went away. This was a brilliant plan and it worked for…
Posts tagged The Replacements
The COVID Diaries: Would Paul Westerberg text ‘I Miss You’ to your Smartphone Device?
So Darling Ones, I’ve had the song “Answering Machine” on my mind quite a bit lately. This, of course, makes perfect sense being that it’s a thirty-six-year-old song about outdated technology. Why wouldn’t I be…
The COVID Diaries: La Guitarra
Greeting & Salutations, Darling Ones, Forewarning: I’m so exhausted from lack of sleep I feel a little drunk. I’m the kind of slap-happy last-one-up-at-the-slumber party kind of tired. Every time I go to the bathroom…
I, a Woman, Have Some Thoughts on The Replacements’ Fourth(ish) Best Album
Here’s the thing with all The Replacements’ jibber jabber going around about books and movies and the reissues. . . the only people they ever talk to are white dudes who, shockingly, have zero new…
SotW: Hold My Life, The Replacements
As previously stated, I’ve been a little salty about The Replacements in general, and their legion of slack-jawed, don’t know other bands exist and women are allowed to make music now too fanboys specifically. Nothing…
Salty About ‘Dead Man’s Pop’
If’n you don’t follow every hiccup and burp anyone ever associated with The Replacements emits, this might be news to you, they’re releasing a big box set of songs and a concert centered around their…
Some Thoughts on Trouble Boys, The Replacements’ Biography
So . . . nearly a year after getting the book in hardcover and like nine days after downloading the audiobook read by Mary Lucia, I’ve finished Trouble Boys: The True Story of The Replacements…
A Few Thoughts on The Replacements’ ‘Break Up’ So You Can Stop Asking
Okay, so allegedly Paul Westerberg announced from a stage in Portugal that the reformed Replacements were once again breaking up. And because many people think I play Paul Westerberg on the Internet I’ve been asked…
Seeing The ‘Mats Indoors vs Seeing The ‘Mats Outdoors
It was at a rest area outside of Mauston, WI. At least I think it was, because there was a giant sign talking about moss and when we got back in the minivan Vodo said…
Top Five Side One, Track Ones: A Teenage Kicks Tribute List
This morning on Teenage Kicks, Jacquie Fuller played two hours of side one, track ones in honor of The Current’s upcoming “High Fidelity” showing at The Fitz. It was, as you can imagine, totally awesome,…