“If you were a pill, I’d take a handful at my will and knock you back with something sweet and strong” Lately, The Vodo has been begging me for Replacements’ bootlegs and Westerberg rarities. He…
Posts tagged The Replacements
Ben Greenman + Paul Westerberg = Bliss
“Hi,” I said, and slid my copy of What He’s Poised to Do toward Ben Greenman. “Nice Replacements’ quote.” (The epigraph to his book is the line “I’ll write you a letter tomorrow. Tonight I…
A conversation with Trip Shakes
For those of you who have forgotten, Trip Shakes is one of my Nerdery co-workers. He’s the bomb digs, for real. When I interviewed there last fall he asked me what was the best forty-nine…
Merry Christmas — Here’s some new Paul Westerberg music to download
Three songs to download on this fine Christmas Eve. Get them at Tunecore for only $0.74! Tracklisting is: Track 1: Always In A Manger (supposed to be Away) Track 2: Streets of Laredo Track 3:…
3 really cool things I need to point out on MN Reads
1. Former-Replacements’ drummer Chris Mars answered the 6 questions we always ask. To say that I was honored is the understatement of the year. 2. Rain Taxi is auctioning off some great signed books to…