A record that is currently living in the Purple Minivan is The Replacements’ Tim. The 1985 album is one of my favourites (wait, ALL the Replacements records are one of my favourites…. its one of the Replacements records I have on compact disc!).
The Replacements played their final concert in Chicago on July 4th, 1991.
On November 7th, 1996…. Ella Yelich-O’Conner was born. At 12, she would be discovered at a talent show and signed to a record deal transforming into Lorde.
One month ago, she posted her cover of The Replacements’ “Swingin’ Party.”
Pitchfork reviewed her record Pure Heroine today, and their spin on the Lorde persona speaks to the beauty of this selection for her. They call her style “post-internet.” I liked the line, “(Lorde) has fashioned herself a correspondent on the front lines of elegantly wasted post-digital youth culture and working-class suburban boredom.”
Elegantly wasted?
We go with ourselves.
The Morning After 
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