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Post by pacinoyes on Jun 6, 2021 20:44:04 GMT
For fans who never saw these - back up on Youtube (for now) 2 famous pieces of Westerberg insight ~ 15 years apart - the "Seein' Through Paul" documentary and the long interview with Peter Wolf of J. Geils band (and drinking casually)
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Post by pacinoyes on Jul 6, 2021 18:43:37 GMT
This always gets taken down and has been missing for a long time ...........but if you've never seen it - it's .......hilarious
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Post by Viced on Aug 11, 2021 14:50:57 GMT
It’s happening... again!
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 11, 2021 15:16:10 GMT
Well there goes the best album of the year top spot again- thanks everyone for playing...... The rise of Replacements reissue material directly coincides with MAR.....think about that people - coincidence? Pfffft I may have missed it but I believe "D.E.A.D." is STILL missing - that's how great they were - 1,097 additional tracks and not enough room for that one? .......unless it's titled differently here .......
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 11, 2021 19:14:11 GMT
From the upcoming deluxe edition...........and Bob is insanely Bob-tastic here: "I hate my records......I don't know what I like........I hate music........I want to ride my bike"
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 13, 2021 15:43:38 GMT
Has any "non-member" of a band ever done more to keep a bands legacy alive - make that ENHANCE it - than Bob Mehr?? This is the 4th release in 5 years not counting the book and potentially the movie - ALL of which he's involved in - Sorry Ma may be the lowest selling record - at least at first - ever to get a boxset (?) They haven't even gotten to their best records (arguably) yet which are going to be a big deal.......I think if they get on the Rock and Roll HoF ballot, they get in (not that I give af) but if they do get in it could mean a lot for a lot of artists who were their peers or influenced them. I mean........ Husker Du still hasn't had their SST OR Warner Brothers records remastered once yet ...... Bob Mehr is making a kind of history with this stuff.......oh and he won a Grammy of course .....dude is heroic in his service to their legacy.....and the bands leader is a notorious hermit who wouldn't be doing this much work for himself
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 19, 2021 18:23:24 GMT
A new 2021 I Hate Music music video in about 30 minutes - @3:00 EST - coolkidsclub / Westernerds assemble .........I'm sure it will be lame because videos weren't ever their thing especially 40 years too late.......but on the other hand .........it's an awesome excuse to have 7 beers a beer which is fine because I'm working from home........so..........so ........so what?
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 26, 2021 8:58:55 GMT
It's 40th anniversary was yesterday - August 25 1981 - some people call it the best American Punk Album of all time...... some call it......... the best one of all their other ones not counting the ones that are better than this one........ which would make them laugh I bet....
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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 5, 2021 11:15:13 GMT
2nd preview track is out ........an alt take of "Shutup" the theme song for the MAR message board and it summed up the whole band too which must have seemed pretty funny in 1981 and now would make a great intro to their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction speech: Well Tommy's too young Bobby's too drunk I can only shout one note Chris needs a watch to keep time ........We'll never find the time to vote
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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 21, 2021 10:01:12 GMT
See, you can really compare The Replacements to The Smiths - A LOT same era, same frontman-guitarist tension, same fan obsession, same revealing songwriters with really, really great hair (um). ..........and now they have their own Smiths type video tribute! At first ...I was rolling my eyes - they weren't "like" The Velvet Underground, and the "anti" Rolling Stones - they were like both....and the lyric is " liberty is a lie" (probably, like all things w/ Paul - arguable) But by the end I thought this video really gets them .....and it was actually sorta surprisingly great ....you just never know huh?: Looking forward to the followup video: "Exploring Racism!/Sexism!/Homophobia! in The Replacements music.... & pacinoyes"
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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 26, 2021 18:37:47 GMT
Another cut from the new Sorry Ma....live......
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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 28, 2021 9:54:49 GMT
The man himself and this albums coolest celebrity fan - that's a big time Winona Ryder diss btw - has chimed in on the reissue, yesterday on Twitter...... Mr. Bob Odenkirk @mrbobodenkirk
14h Also, my favorite rock album gettin' a reissue shortly..? WOW. Beautiful day today.
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Post by Viced on Oct 9, 2021 5:40:46 GMT
New video… a tour of the past as well as tribute to the city of Minneapolis. Pretty wonderful… a few nice cameos too.
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Post by Joaquim on Oct 9, 2021 20:21:04 GMT
Need to have a replacements burger
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Post by pacinoyes on Feb 13, 2022 22:18:33 GMT
....just felt this song should be in this thread for historical record.
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Post by pacinoyes on Feb 16, 2022 21:58:06 GMT
For Record store day - April 23rd - yeah, I know everybody has it as part of the boxset - but a stand alone concert release which is becoming a thing with them (1989 Inconcerated Live, 1986, Maxwell's). The only 'Mats release this year for completists.......Hootenanny next year?
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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 16, 2022 20:25:37 GMT
The Bleeding Hearts Bob's post 'Mats band get an album release for Record Store Day ........
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Post by pacinoyes on Jun 14, 2022 11:20:55 GMT
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 15, 2022 19:16:18 GMT
Pretty rare - not widely seen - interview that's popped up on Youtube but not sure how long - this interview gives great insight into All Shook Down btw - towards the end - and he tells the story about John Cale playing on "Sadly Beautiful"
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Post by pacinoyes on Dec 15, 2022 23:50:07 GMT
It's a Christmas miracle........maybe .......God Bless Us All........everyone! Austin Tolin @austintolin
🤞Rumor of a new Paul Westerberg album on the latest ep of @soundopinions A listener called in with a tip at 45:08: static.soundopinions.org/assets/885/audio.mp3
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Post by pacinoyes on Jan 7, 2023 19:30:43 GMT
I was told today - in person, to my face - that Bob Mehr's people contacted a friend of a friend who does East Coast record convention memorabilia type shows for some material related to The Shit Hits The Fans - including photos, ticket stubs, magazine articles, and some audio material that was not on the original release.
Can't say that is 100% true or what it means - but the person who told me has no reason to lie........it's at least a helluva rumor ..........so if it is The Shit Hits The Fans - I doubt that is a stand-alone release......... and is rather a supplement to a Let It Be reissue this year.......we'll see, take with a grain of salt.....but I can see this being a "1984" thing like T. Rex's "1972".......
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Post by pacinoyes on Apr 23, 2023 17:05:17 GMT
Eerily quiet on the Mats front...........No new word on the Shit Hits The Fans being a part of anything - which probably means it's you know.......not (see previous post) ..........no word on that "Westerberg solo record" either so that's the usual (um)............. no word on a Tim remaster .....or a live set ........no word on that 2023 box set in any way ..... Bob Mehr hasn't had anything to say to anyone anymore either ........It's almost May .....wtf......
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Post by pacinoyes on May 13, 2023 6:13:52 GMT
Finally.........It's going to be a......... Tim box set according to Tommy on Sirius (the interview is on his website but he just says it in passing) ........there's a ton of great live shows from this era .....so this is the 5th new/expanded release after For Sale/Maxwell's, Dead Man's Pop, Pleased to Meet Me, Sorry Ma.... Mattsby , Viced , Joaquim , Archie
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Post by pacinoyes on Jun 2, 2023 20:58:12 GMT
As if you didn't have enough reasons to hate Wokeism - this picture has been taken down by the University of Minnesota - this is my favorite picture of the band - that I have on several shirts: Not only is "smoking" the problem (whatever) - the actual content of the photo is Paul asking Bob for a light and Bob saying "Kiss me for it" and Paul threatening to punch Bob if he tries to kiss him - which probably in 2023 seems anti-gay......but they were really just anti-kissing .......and they were very much in favor of beer A university librarian with the Twitter account @snackeru visited Coffman to inquire about the photos and was told by someone at the welcome desk that the photos were removed due to student complaints. Allegedly the university fields “dozens and dozens” of complaints about the pics every year because one of them shows Replacements frontman Paul Westerberg smoking. www.stereogum.com/2225846/replacements-photos-removed-from-university-of-minnesota-building-after-student-complaints/news/
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Post by Mattsby on Jun 2, 2023 21:03:27 GMT
What a drag. That makes me cig to my stomach. Now excuse me there is some music that you cannot remove from my ears:
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