The Morning After

Yeah its getting a little out of hand.  I bought another record yesterday.  The Replacement’s Tim.

I have been on such a retro rock kick lately and part of it has to do with two things.

01) Coral renovated our living room which makes it so much more fun to just sit in.

02) I have a record player that works.  Since Russ cleaned my amp and Boitano hooked me up with one of his old Numark turntables… I’ve been enjoying rocking my music collection again.  I find that, like MP3, convenience wins.  If it is easy to listen, I will.

Coral and I will be sharing our collection in public on June 14th at Smiths.  On Monday nights Fatso and Yeti host an all vinyl night and I asked to have a go… they said yes!  So mark that date on your calendar.

This Replacements record is so great.  The Replacements are an old alternative rock band from Minneapolis.  I love listening to their music.  It is like a time machine that takes you back to the gritty side of town in the 80s.  To be young and a skid.  It makes me feel like old Meat Puppets.

I’ve read as much as I can find right now on the Replacements but wonder if there is a biography?  I sit and dream when I listen to Tim and think about their lives and what was going and who all the characters were to inspire these songs.  I want to know who Paul Westerberg (lead singer/songwriter) was kissing on the bus?  I want to know which bar he was a regular at and which friend got sent away by the police?

Their previous album, Let it Be, has even more heart breaking songs.  Who did he miss so much while on tour?  What did she do to make him so unsatisfied? was it even a she?  or life in general?

Lots of questions. I need to win the lotto max so I can finance the movie.

Go with yourself.