______________________________________________________________________________ // // The \\kyway \\ // skyway@novia.net Issue #51 July 4th, 1997 ______________________________________________________________________________ (c) 1997 Bastards of Young (BOY/BetaOmegaYamma) Productions list manager: Matthew Tomich (matt@novia.net) technical consultant and thanks to: Bob Fulkerson of Novia Networking ______________________________________________________________________________ SKYWAY SUBSCRIPTION/LISTSERVER INFORMATION Send all listserver commands in the body of a letter to "majordomo@novia.net" To subscribe to the //Skyway\\: subscribe skyway To unsubscribe from the //Skyway\\: unsubscribe skyway THE //SKYWAY\\ WEB PAGE Check here for back issues, lyrics, discography, and other files. http://www.novia.net/~matt/sky/skyway.html ______________________________________________________________________________ Send submissions to: skyway@novia.net ______________________________________________________________________________ Many of the alt.music.replacements articles were echoed to the list by the kind work of Duncan DeGraffenreid. Hoo-rah! ______________________________________________________________________________ 0. Yet Another Swingin' Party (M@.) I. First time posts (Danny Gellert, Badger, Kip Krady, Tom Johnson, Peter Kath) II. 'Mats (Nick, Wendy, Mike Blur, Sharon, Sean McCarthy, Bill Partsch) III. Paul (the librarian from Cedar Rapids, IA, Renee Esquivil, Tiffany Wilson, Andy, Nick, Mark Timmins, Amy Kennebec, Lisa Wilson) IV. Tommy (Annette Fine) V. Lookin' For (Ken Segal, Cooper, Lee, Chris Huntley, MyclARC, Peter Kath) ______________________________________________________________________________ 0. Yer Another Swingin' Party The first whole issue of the Skyway was mailed out four years ago on July 1st, 1993. And six years ago today, the 'Mats played their last show together at Grant Park in Chicago. So smoke 'em if yah got 'em...raise your glass and give a toast... --- Maybe you can relate to some of this. It could be any humid Southern summer Saturday night in Carrboro, the village-sized student ghetto of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It's 3 in the morning and I'm laying sprawled out on the roof of the house where seven of my friends co-exist in as a last-ditch bunker against post- graduation and working world ennui. It's a weird night after a long week, and there's nothing left to do but sit on the roof with a case of beer, watching the fireflies wink at each other. It's so dark I'm not sure who's even here anymore, but I can figure some of them out. There's the one who is trying to figure out how to figure out what to do with life, graduate school, and the man of her dreams, who in a week after graduation announced that he was moving (and did move) out of town and five hours north to D.C. It's the sort of thing that you when she tells you about you smile blankly but tell your friends "What the fuck is that all about?" Actually, she's not even here tonight. Really, it seems like she hasn't been here for weeks. Right now, this weekend, like all last week, she's in D.C., trying to answer all these questions. And I think that's pretty much where she was last month too. Then there's another. He's cracking jokes and conjecturing about moving back to Boston and hanging out with his European genius girlfriend after his med school rotations are done this year. And he's selling his bass now that the band's broken up. You know, when you sell your guitar, and not as a trade in for another, you're probably never buying another one again. It's like some kind of ceremonial watershed...nope, never gonna be famous like that. Never going to be a rock star after all. Then there's the couple that just started sharing the room under this roof together after a year and a half of calling each other 'taken'. They're the couple that you could've sworn was going to get married, that you're used to saying their names together so much that they kinda melted into one. But for the past month, it hasn't been the same. It's funny how couples get so publicly amorous near the end, like they're trying to convince themselves and everybody else of something. It's not even clear if there's a sole, clear-cut reason things are going so badly in the way they are. Is it because he's been hanging around that cute Italian girl after work for the past two weeks? Because his band broke up and he's been frustrated and bored with life and she's just close enough to get burned? Or is it because she just gradated and now works at the hyper-social hipster health food grocery store instead of the low-key UNC library and her world is so different from his now? And just a month ago they were talking about moving to New Mexico when the lease is up. Who's going to get the bedroom when it's over? And there's the cute shy guy. In fact, he was the one who first met the Italian girl at a temp position at the radio station. He hasn't fessed up to it the thousand times he's been asked, but he has a crush on her big and bad. And one of his best friends, one-half of that future past-tense couple over there, has been hanging around her even more than he has. She calls him and asks about the other him. This is the guy that every girl I know has had a crush on at one time or another and he utterly oblivious to it all, hung up on this one girl. Now he's blown out of his shoes and he still hasn't said jack all evening. And then there's the psychic, the one that's like Fiver in Watership Down, the one that knows what's REALLY going on even if nobody's saying anything. She's certainly not saying anything. She's downright miserable because she empathically knows feels every second of it. And she's rightfully the most inebriated of them all. Whoops. A bottle rolls off the roof in slow-motion, falls two stories in the dark, and faintly clinks in the grass below. There's a painful lull in the couple's conversation where they both must know what they're thinking and not saying it. And how'd the dog get up here anyway? You know, I'm gonna look back on this with nostalgia. - m@. summary of auto repairs for the month of June 1997 -------------------------------------------------- new radiator, engine timing belt, radiator hose, labor.............$647.44 ______________________________________________________________________________ I. New people [This message is from last year.] From: Lemmeup@aol.com Date: Mon, 3 Jun 1996 02:22:39 -0400 Subject: jesus rides beside me I should know better than to type all this over again since the last time I did it, my whole damn Mac crashed. Probably just the crap service from AOL but what should I expect? Anyway, I don't have much to say which is why I found it necessary to take five pages to do so, they are attached and ready to roar onto the Skyway. I did this in order to avoid a big story deadline for the newspaper I work for that's breathing down my neck like a mad dog. If you never hear from me again, you can assume the worst, either that or I've been transferred to the Nome, Alaska desk as special surfing correspondent if you get my drift. The last time we spoke, you asked if Rusty (a pretty good Replacements sounding band out of Canada) were worth tracking down. HELL YES. Their album, Fluke, is easy to find on Atlantic/Tag records. You should also check out Uncle Joe's Big Ol' Driver's "Ch ick Rock" produced by Fastback/Young Fresh Fellow Kurt "Rock and Roll" Bloch. These guys play rock as if punk never happened, a well needed respite in these nineinch greendays. By the way, Cast kicks ass as do Possum Dixon, check 'em all out. Now that I've wasted some more time that I could have spent writing and saving my own butt, I'll get lost. Have fun at camp...I was a counselor myself a few years ago, you'll want to sleep for about a week after it's all over and you are gonna miss those kids for years. Danny Gellert aka Johnny Lompoc lemmeup@aol.com --------------------------------------------- Damn, who woulda thunk the bastards of young were all in one place and so easy to find? Guess sometimes you wish upon a plane that turns into a star, huh? Anyway everybody else seems to like giving in with their how-I-first-met- the-'Mats stories, so here's mine. It wuz round about the tail end of '86 or maybe early '87, the same time the action in the movie "Fargo" took place (creepy innit?). I was living with my parental units and doing time as a freshman at the local community college (in Bellevue Washington if there's anybody out there who thinks they remember the dork who used to sit around giggling to himself over the Joe Bob Briggs reviews in the Rocket). Remember how most of the music back then used to suck harder than a bowling ball dropped on your foot? Lessee, there was Jon Bon Jovi, Poison, Def Leppard, ummmm, oh yeah, keen shit from Michael Jackson and Third Stage by Boston. OK, I fess up, I went to see Boston that year, it took the total waste of $25 that I earned by delivering flowers and pizzas and then spent on a concert ticket to realize one simple fact: MOST PEOPLE WERE DUMBER THAN A ROOMFUL OF DYSLEXIC DMV EMPLOYEES BACK IN THE 70s! This explains why Boston, Journey, and Meatloaf each outsold the Clash and the Ramones by about sixteen billion albums. Huh? Where wuz I at? Oh yeah . . . There I sat one Wednesday evening trying to think of a good excuse to get outta the house on account of I was supposed to meet my dealer pretty quick in the junior high school parking lot. I had another problem too: this being back in the dark ages before ATMs infiltrated the burbs, I still needed to find a place that would cash a check at 8 at night. Lucky for me, there was a big fat shopping mall right down the street so I banged out the door and shouted out how I was going to go get a Slurpee (in the middle of winter) fired up the 'Bu (a huger than God '65 Chevy Malibu four door with a 283 that I in herited from my Grandpa) and whipped down to the mall. For those of you who care, and those of you who would rather I get to the point (read: those who are as interested in my self-indulgences about as much as they are interested in the ratio of Lucky Charms Marshmallows to Lucky Charms wheat flavored crunchy chunks as a factor of the US GNP; this group includes both Bob Dole and Bill Clinton so choose carefully), Bellevue Square, my childhood corner mall, is a pretty standard affair. You got your Nordstroms, your J.C. Penny's, and, back then, lots of stores selling neon green clothing. The latter was presumably for the mousse-head chumps that thought OMD was really gonna be the next big thing. But anyway, back to the problem of trying to score drugs on limited resources. The good news about the mall was that they had (and still do) a pretty fair used rekkid store right by one of the side entrances. Cool since I wouldn't have to walk all the way through the stupid place and maybe have to avoid a bunch of neon clad, moussed up missing link jock types who would remember me from high school and realize that since I was harder to find at the community college, this would be a perfect opportunity to kick my ass. But that's another story, don't worry, you'll have to hear it, but not now. I headed into the record store figuring to buy something cheap but worthy and conspicuously overwrite my check by about 25 bucks. Yet another compilation of unknown '60s garage rock was screaming me in the face-it was gonna sound mighty damn good with what else I was buying. However the rock and roll ghost had other plans. I walked in and what should I hear but some guy bashing outta the speakers with a voice so utterly snotty, beautifully crass, that he made Johnny Rotten sound like the Dalai Lama. I 'member it like it was yesdiday. Went sumthin' like this: Fuck school, fuck school, fuck my school Fuck school, fuck school, fuck my school Fuck my school. Sometimes you walk right into heaven just like walking into dogshit (not sure what that means but it kinda sounds poetic). "What is this?" I demanded of the really cute girl working the counter. She had a whole buncha earrings and black clothes and I really had a crush on her only at the time I didn't know anything about the Smiths or the Cure or the Fields of the Nephalim or the Mission UK or any of that stuff--wasn't bloody rock and roll, was it?--so I was kinda excited that I finally had something to say to her. She pointed at the cover on the counter and I read the following words: The Replacements Stink "Kids Don't Follow" Plus Seven Over on the corner were a couple of stickers one said $4.99 (flippin' bargain) and the other said "It isn't metal, but it will sure as hell melt yer face." By the way, this Store, Cellophane Square, has a habit of putting micro reviews on their albums. I once saw a copy of "Beatlemania!" with a sticker that said "Not the Beatles but an incredible piece of shit." I bought my rekkid, got my cash, didn't say a damn thing more to the girl with the black hair and the pointy shoes, scored my doobage, and damn, well, I've been in love ever since, and it ain't the drugs. Thanks for reading. Most of the time I'm a snot nosed reporter/graphic designer/former rock columnist for a weekly newspaper called The Santa Barbara Independent. My boss used to be an editor at Rolling Stone during the 70's and she's only heard of about 10% of the bands I've covered. Which only goes to show you how long Rolling Stone has been utterly clueless. A few months back, Perfect played at a local dive called the Underground for no good reason at all. There were about ten of us in the place including Tim Cullen from Summercamp (the latest kids to show up on Madonna's Maverick label), and Luke Tierney from Silver Jet (debut album should be out on Virgin this fall). Summercamp is local and the guys in Siver Jet (that's JET not chair, got it?) used to go to high school here. I myself am a transplant from the Northwest. By the way, this was the second time I got to see Perfect. The first time was when they showed up between Rusty (a 'Mats wannabe band from Toronto that's pretty dang good) and Santa Barbara's latest rock stars, Dishwalla (yup, "Counting Blue Cars" is our fault and even though I should know better, I eat that song up like Jell-O pudding). All this is by way of saying, here's the article I wrote on Perfect, just before that second show, shows you how pointless media coverage can be. One last thing before I go, though. Far be it from me to advocate Alanis Morrriseette (or spell her name correctly) in any way shape or form, but her opening band (at least on the West Coast) Imperial Drag are so damn good you might consider stealing your little sister's tickets . She'll get over it, trust me. Later! All For the Love Of Rock and Roll (Or How Tommy Stinson Survived Two Bands, Outlived his Brother, and Became Perfect) by Danny Gellert In 1979 Tommy Stinson was 12 years old and he must have had the coolest big brother in the world. Think about it. Would your older brother let you hang out with his beer drinking friends and then let you be in his band? Hell no he wouldn't. But Tommy's brother Bob evidently wasn't like that. Which made sense since the Replacements, the band he played guitar for (along with singer/songwriter/guitarist Paul Westerberg and drummer Chris Mars) evidently weren't like any other band. At a time when punk was winding down in England, jump-starting itself in Los Angeles, and railing against disco everywhere else, it was doing something entirely different in Minneapolis. It was becoming art in the hands of bands like Soul Asylum, Husker Du, and the 'Mats. Or, in the case of the latter, it would become art a few years later, once the band learned how to play their instruments and gained a degree of subtlety. Sixteen years later, Stinson is 29, his brother Bob succumbed to an overdose last spring, and he describes the greatest moment of the Replacements as being the day the band broke up. "It was scary, but we knew it was going to happen and it was sort of reliving at the same time. We'd been walking around with these 50-pound weights on our backs just kinda wondering 'What do we do next?'" Ironically, the 'Mats broke up just at the moment when the world finally started to listen. It was 1991, Nirvana was breaking, and the alternative nation had just started to stretch its wings. "It was a good time for us to leave because the next record probably would've sucked if we'd tried to do it that way," Stinson says, speaking not of the surge in popularity of his band in the wake of grunge and the punk revival, but of the fact that All Shook Down, the Replacement's swan song, was recorded with only two of the band's original members, Tommy and Westerberg, and the album was staunchly controlled by Westerberg. "That grunge period really just did not work for me," Stinson says of the early alterna-days. "It sounded like metal with a sort of sugar coating that would make it sort of alternative. I guess the sugar coating was that it was a little deeper than your regular Ozzy Osbourne or what have you. To me it was metal and I didn't like it. Now, not that I like Green Day, but I'm glad that that sort of thing, that pop music is coming back, because that's what I write, and I like to write pop music. I'm not into metal." What Stinson is into since the demise of his first post- Replacements project, Bash and Pop, is a full fledged band called Perfect that more than live up to their name. Early last summer the band opened for Dishwalla at the Underground and quite simply, the band kicked ass. On stage, Stinson is a glitter guitar hybrid of Keith Richards and Joan Jett, and has lost little of the drunken swagger that was the hallmark of the 'Mats. The band, Gersh (drums), Marc Solomon (guitar), and Robert Cooper (bass) is rock-solid and spits out supercharged harmonies in the midst of jet-engine cacophony. All of which renders each song a complete, "Ballroom Blitz"-style rave-up. The songs are about the situations and predicaments of Stinson and his friends, though he claims they don't know it. He also says that he hasn't written a song for his brother, before saying that those feelings are private. Overall, Perfect is more of a band than Bash and Pop was; Stinson has no desire to be a solo artist and though he says he liked Westerberg's 14 Songs album, he suspects that what his former bandmate is doing must be pretty lonely. "I couldn't do it," he says, then adds "As soon as the Replacements ended, I said 'I want to be in a band. I want to have bros.'" The fact that his second band didn't live up to his artistic and rocker expectations contributed to its demise. Perfect picks up where Bash and Pop's brand of Stonesy, Faces-like riff rock left off. "These days I'm drawing more from what's going on musically now. If I were to lean more toward something else, I'd be leaning more toward an old Kinks vibe." Which leaves Stinson in a unique position. "All I really care about is the music. There's nothing like 'Oh we have to get signed.' We just love playing," he says. By way of finishing he adds "I guess if someone were to ask me what I was, I'd say I'm a songwriter and an entertainer. I like to say that's what I do, and I like to dress-up for the occasion most of the time. It kinda makes me feel good." Find out how good it is when Perfect plays Friday, November 17, at the Underground with Gasoline, Punctual Russ, and Ridel High. p.s. when I went up to introduce myself to Tommy after the show he said thanks for the article but Bob didn't o.d., he just, well, just kind of reached the end of his rope. I felt really stupid for the rest of the weekend. Sun, 1 Jun 1997 23:39:09 -0500 (CDT) From: Badger412@aol.com Subject: My first Replacements exposure... It was the winter of 1985/86 - I was about fifteen and home alone on a Saturday night sick as a dog and throwing up like I invented it. Looking for something to take my mind off of being sick, I tuned in "Saturday Night Live". The lineup they had back then was not very good, but they always got the big name bands to appear - except this time, when they had a band I had never of heard of called The Replacements. My parents had been fighting recently and talking about divorce (which thankfully never happened). Needless to say, I was feeling quite despondent and unloved - on top of being dreadfully sick. Then, like a white light from Heaven, on came The Replacements to perform "Bastards Of Young". It may sound corny, but that song spoke to me and I knew that from that moment on, I would love them forever. Some of my best memories are still driving to high school and blasting out "I.O.U." "Red, Red Wine" and "Left Of The Dial" on my car stereo. Then on to college, where I did my part to turn others on to them by playing the "Pleased To Meet Me" and "Don't Tell A Soul" albums almost exclusively at parties. Those who didn't appreciate the music were asked to leave, those who requested we play some dance music were taken outside and beaten. Anywho, I vividly remember the controversy about "All Shook Down" but I bought it and loved it anyway. Then, unfortunately, The 'Mats disappeared from my life. I searched high and low for a new "favorite band" but no one came close. Then there I was, sitting in a movie theatre watching "Singles" and thinking "Man, that really sounds like The Replacements." Staying to watch the end credits, I literally fell to my knees when I saw Paul's name up on the screen and began to weep tears of joy. Shortly thereafter, Bash & Pop surfaced, then Chris Mars' solo work, then "14 Songs" by Paul. The dark clouds departed and my life became great again - until I heard of Bob's death. I cried when I read the article in Huh magazine, and later that night raised a glass in honor of my departed friend. I was an adult now, but how I longed for that time when The Replacements spoke directly to me and no one else. Well, the past is gone forever, but thankfully the music is still there. I've loved Paul's solo work, Chris' solo work, both of Tommy's bands (exactly when is that full-length 'Perfect' album coming out?), and even Slim's solo efforts. Thanks for putting up this page, and thanks for letting me ramble on like this - boy that felt good. "Try to free a slave of ignorance, try to teach a whore about romance..." Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 12:35:00 -0700 (PDT) From: "Krady, Kip" Subject: When It Began I have been a big Replacements fan since I first heard them in the mid-80's in Washington, D.C. A buddy of mine went to Carleton College in MN and used to see them play live at the small clubs in Minneapolis. Then I dated a girl who had bought LET IT BE and also turned me on to TIM (Kiss Me On The Bus). I always wondered how such sensitive yet rockin' music never touched the airwaves then....it always seemed a bit unfair... I saw the Mats in '89 when they toured in D.C. and they were drunkenly awesome. Unfortunately, post-Bob. No offense to Slim! My other buddy Bucky had turned me on meanwhile to the joys of early Mats like SORRY MA..., HOOTENANNY, STINK (this is the Minneapolis police....) etc. It was even better, the sound was less refined but the songwriting was still getting there. Westerberg still rocks although I have been disappointed with his post-Mats material...saw him in Chicago last 4th of July and he was spectacularly good, reeling off one Mats hit after another. Very enjoyable... Does anyone know if Paul ever wrote any songs about Bob Stinson? Like was "Rock N Roll Ghost" is written about Bob Stinson? The song (of all the many that do) that gets to me most, chills and all: "The Last" from ALL SHOOK DOWN. Here's to the regulars! (cuz' somewhere there's a party) kipk@corptrav.com From: "Johnson, Thomas" Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 14:27:49 -0500 I have been a fan of the Mats since 1992 and I have been reading the Skyway news for almost as long. I am a native Minnesota and got my first tape of the Mats from a house party. 708 in St Cloud. The band took a break and put in All Shook Down. I loved it. I had Tim in my collection of tapes I bought from a friend and didn't care much for it but this hit home. So I borrowed the tape and jammed it for the next month straight. Then I got out the old Tim album and became a "regular". The line "like a pict ure on a fridge that is never stocked with beer" set the hook. So I went another year on my own until I moved in with the biggest Paul/Mats fan ever. He schooled me in the arts of Pleased to Meet Me and Don't Tell a Soul and Let It Be. I have found each album to be just as great as the others. I don't really care for Sorry Ma and the early stuff but any Mats is good Mats. He also had the two videos they made for four songs. So life was good but then I graduate and moved to the Twin Cities. I found out Slim was playing in St. Cloud so I called up Tim and said I would be up after work and to have some refreshments waiting. So after a couple beers and too many vodka shots we headed down to the show about a hour early. We were out of beer. To my drunken surprise Slim was just standing by the back door. I thought I was seeing things so I asked him how he was doing and if he would like a beer. He refused the beer stating he was party out and sober now. But offered to talk. We chatted about the video [for "Bastards of Young"] and he stated they hated making videos so they let there best roadie (sorry forget his name) be in the video and he is the guy you see setting there and then gets up and kicks the speaker. I must say touring 6 years and playing 7 days a week sure makes for a lot of stories.. So we chatted for the whole hour and then he took the stage. So with that brush of fame I end my tale of the Mats. Take care and thanks! Tom Johnson. ______________________________________________________________________________ II. Life + Mats From: Dammarie@aol.com Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 05:03:44 -0400 (EDT) 1. Play HOLD MY LIFE and GOOD DAY back to back and hear someone grow up. 2. Play NIGHTCLUB JITTERS then THE LAST then EVEN HERE WE ARE and then GOOD DAY and hear someone sober up. 3. "I like to drink and I make no excuses for it. My father drinks, my grandfather drank." (PW 1987) "I'd like to hope that someone might look at me and say 'If he can do it, I can do it.' I mean, I was as bad as anyone. It's not impossible to stop, and you don't have to do it the way someone else says you have to. You don't have to go to a hospital; you don't have to go to meetings. If that works for you then do it. But I didn't do that; I just stopped." (PW 1996) 4. "The only thing that seemed to keep Westerberg going was his romantic belief in rock'n'roll. Being in a band, making a noise, was an escape, a way out of the brutal mundanity that he saw crushing the life out of everything and everyone around him." (19 90-ALL SHOOK DOWN REVIEW, Melody Maker) 5. Tony Berg (fired DON'T TELL producer, 1989): "Westerberg is a most extraordinary talent who is in conflict with a troubled personality and with accepting that he is becoming an adult. I think he's torn right now and I witnessed that anxiety when we were making the album. The Replacements, Tommy especially, represent Paul's adolescence to him." 6. SPIN 1990, PW: "Basically I'm anxiety ridden and depressive and things like that and that's not the greatest make up for a performer. You should at least be outgoing. I'm not at all, hence the liquor and all the other things." 7. "The last time I saw him (Bob) was about six months before he died. I was going up to the video store and he was on his way to the liquor store at about 11 in the morning. And we stood underneath a tree and we talked for about half an hour. And I remember after he died I went up to that spot where I last saw him." (PW to HOT PR ESS 1996) 8. PW on Rock N Roll Ghost: "I feeling like a dead man. I was writing my epitaph. And it sort of came to me during the middle of the song . . . there's also a friend of mine who killed himself that the song is based on." 9. BOB STINSON In Memoriam Piece, Melody Maker: "Bob Stinson, former Replacements guitarist, was found dead at his Minneapolis apartment on Saturday, February 18. A syringe was found next to the couch where 35 year old Stinson's body lay. 'We all knew it was coming but that didn't soften the blow one bit', said former Replacements frontman, Paul Westerberg, alluding to Stinson's well documented drink and drug problems. 'We knew that Bob led the lifestyle he did, but it hurt as much as if he'd been hit by a truck.' Stinson, who sometimes performed in dresses or in the nude, was kicked out of The Replacements in 1986, following their major label debut 'Tim', after his drink and drug problems got out of hand. Stinsons' mother believed that his death was not suicide. 'I think it was accidental', she said. 'I really believe that. I don't think it was intentional.' Westerberg added: 'He was a classic lead guitar player. Flamboyant, troubled, daring, aggressive, sometimes mean, sometimes loveable, but always loved. That is Bob." 10. "You don't expect people to die anymore for rock'n'roll, though as a member of the star crossed Replacements it looked for a long time that Paul Westerberg was heading for premature burn-out as a part of a contract he had with himself. It was almost as if he accepted his own self destruction as an inevitable consequence of his uncompromising commitment to his music, his rasping take on the ghastly emptiness of growing up wild and angry and confused." (Melody Maker review of 14 Songs, 1993) From: OPTIONMAG@aol.com Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 17:10:35 -0400 (EDT) IN THE L.A. TIMES YESTERDAY: Taking the concept of Joni Mitchell's "Hits and Misses" anthologies one step further, two separate collections of the Replacements will be titled "Misses" and "Worse Misses," with both due Oct. 17. The first will feature 16 songs from the now-defunct Minneapolis group's four Sire Records albums, with the second gathering various B-sides and rarities. (I loved the titles.) Wendy. Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 21:19:01 -0600 From: mikeblur@idir.net (mike blur) Subject: a little known westerberg band! Hi Matt and y'all-- I just heard from a friend the other day who told me that on August 6, 1983, the band "Jefferson's Cock" which consisted of Paul, Chris and "Bill the Roadie" played a house party here in Lawrence Kansas. He remembers the occurrence and exact date; he played in the band that played with them and it was his 21st birthday! Can you imagine a Paul-band playing your birthday party? More details of this momentous, almost forgotten occurrence as I can wrangle it out of him...my friend is half a continent away, and I may have to talk to him in person to get the details. I remember being there myself (didn't know him at the time) and remember talking to Paul...not much else. mike blur twenty years or punkdom (punkdumb?) in larryville mikeblur@idir.net http://www.idir.net/~mikeblur From: Sharon Newsgroups: alt.music.replacements Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 17:39:56 -0600 sfn9rf@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us wrote: > I'd really like to say that my 4 yr. old girl is a 'mats fan, but it > ain't so. I haven't done a good job in exposing her to anything other > than "kid music". She even likes the original "Cruella De Ville" better > than the 'Mats version, and it doesn't help that most of the rest of that > Disney tribute CD ("Stay Awake") isn't nearly as good as the 'Mats cut. A couple of weeks ago we were shopping at Wal Mart and they had the new live version of 101 Dalmations playing on one of the VCR's. My 8 year old daughter noticed that "Cruella De Ville" was playing and told me that the Replacements did a "better job than that guy." Sharon From: sean@ramoth.unl.edu (Sean McCarthy) Subject: Tripped out commercial Date: Sun, 22 Jun 1997 22:49:15 -0500 (CDT) Normally I wouldn't watch the Cartoon Network, but desperation reared its very ugly head. While I clicked on, I saw a Nestle Quick commercial, with a bunch of kids climbing a ladder. Ok, I've established the setup. The trippy part is the first friggin' word out of the bunny's mouth was "Tommy gets his tonsils out". Shit you not! It was in the morning, so I was sober when I heard this. Anyone else seen this commercial? Sorry, that ad exec HAS to be a MATS fan. It's too much of a coincidence! Sean [Hey, there's nothing wrong with the Cartoon Network! That Space Ghost stuff makes me laugh until I herniate! - M@] Newsgroups: alt.music.replacements From: bpartsch@carroll.com (Bill Partsch) Subject: The Song of the Week 26/52: "The Ledge" Date: Mon, 30 Jun 1997 02:31:44 GMT "The Ledge" is not my favorite Mats song. I like it plenty, but the reason I've made this my flagship choice as SOW [Song Of the Week] guy is because this song, or rather a performance of it, is the reason I have such a profound...dare I say...love for the Replacements. I mentioned this about two years ago in a message to the Replacements folder on AOL. What follows is a slightly edited version of that. ******************* The first time I saw the Replacements live, they did something that instantly cemented my love for them. They made me cry. The gig was at a converted Bingo parlor in Allentown, Pa. I had to drive all the way from metro-NY New Jersey (about an hour and a half or so, I forget), because I knew I would be out of town when they got to New York. It was the Don't Tell a Soul Tour. I had been a fan since Let It Be. I had staked out a spot right in front of the stage, but when the guys came onstage, the crush and the slam dancing was just too much for me. I'd had my fill of that in college. So I went back to get out of the crowd and found a folding chair to stand on. The view wasn't as good, but the magic still got through. That magic encapsulated itself in the band's performance of "The Ledge." Paul was pretty much nailing it. I mean he was just singing the fuck out of it. But as was his wont, he bailed out right at the climax. Where he was supposed to sing, "All the love that they pledge for the last time will not reach the ledge," he pretty much crapped out after "All the love." But the band grooved along gamely, and then all the sudden, right on cue, a ghostly voice wailed the final "Le-e-e-e-e-dge." It was Tommy. And I could have sworn for that fraction of a second that the guy was actually tossing his empty soul off the would-be ledge to his death. That moment, that fleeting moment, gave me such a rush of pure emotion that I was overcome. I couldn't help it. I just cried. It was one of those cries where there's no way to sort it out intellectually. Just pure feeling. I tend to be in the big-think mode most of the time anyway, so basically what the Replacements did was conquer me. I had always thought they were great, and the songs were great, and the ballads were sad, etc. But now I felt the greatness. Maybe other people wouldn't feel that, but fuck 'em -- I did, and I'm a better person for it. After the show, I waited around, because I had to tell Tommy what he had done to me. (Warning: Digression Ahead) He came out to meet and greet me and my fellow starfuckers. I remember one girl asked him to sign her T-shirt with her lipstick. So she turned her back to him and he wrote "kick me," or something like that. What a kid. (End of digression.) I told Tommy, "You made me cry." He replied, "That's the nicest thing anybody has ever said to me." Now, that may be a canned response, but he sounded like he meant it, to some extent anyway. ******************* I don't suppose any more elaboration is necessary. --Bill ______________________________________________________________________________ III. Grandpa Boy From: OLIVER@CRPL.CEDAR-RAPIDS.LIB.IA.US Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 14:28:40 -0500 (CDT) Music News Of The World - May 27, 1997 - Edited by Michael Goldberg _________________________________________________________________ NEW DEAL FOR EX-REPLACEMENTS' LEADER WESTERBERG We hope the label switch will be good for both Westerberg's career, and his music. Addicted To Noise Senior Writer Gill Kaufmanns reports: Even as the first Replacements' career retrospective is being prepared (see story in Monday, May 26 edition of "Music News of the World"), two key members of that legendary Minneapolis band are preparing for the future. Singer/songwriter Paul Westerberg, who released two poorly-selling albums on Reprise Records (1992's 14 Songs and 1996's Eventually), has agreed in principle to a deal with Capitol Records, although the papers are not signed yet. Capitol is headed by Gary Gersh, the man who signed Nirvana and Sonic Youth to Geffen Records in the early '90s. The glib songwriter recently penned some songs with Carole King that a source at his old record label describe as "huge power ballads" (but which are not slated for release by either label). Meanwhile, former 'Mat Tommy Stinson has freshly inked a deal with Medium Cool Records, the label run by the Replacements original manager. After months of limbo, during which Stinson was courted by a bevy of major labels and then considered doing a solo album, the youngest ex-Replacement chose to return to his roots and sign with the Peter Jesperson-run Medium Cool. "We just signed a five album deal last Wednesday," an elated Jesperson said. In addition to managing the group, Jesperson founded and ran Twin/Tone Records, the indie label the Replacements recorded for prior to signing with Reprise. "It's so cool because I've been with Tommy since the beginning and after he spent all this time getting his head spun by the major labels and waiting around for something to happen, he finally just said, 'Why don't I just do it with you?' " Jesperson, who acted as legal guardian for Tommy when he joined the group in his early teens, said Stinson's new band Perfect is just "a song or three" short of being ready to enter a studio to record the follow up to last year's debut EP, When Squirrels Play Chicken. "He's got 10 or 12 killer songs already," said Jesperson. "I'm just really psyched to have signed him for a second time." Jesperson expects the Perfect album to appear in early '98. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright (c) 1997 Addicted To Noise. All rights reserved. Date: Sat, 07 Jun 1997 18:17:38 From: Renee Esquivil [from a letter to Monolyth/Soundproof records:] "The Grandpa Boy plans for the next release have been finalized as of today! It will not be another 7" single. It will be five brand new songs on a CD and should be ready for sale this summer... thanks for the inquiry. alli monolyth/soundproof" From: Tankgeek3@aol.com Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 16:29:59 -0400 (EDT) I was at the WBCN River Rave (a festival by a Boston radio station) June 7, and I saw something of interest. During Matthew Sweet's set, a plane was flying around with a banner that said Grandpa Boy. I'm pretty sure this is a reference to all the "secret" stuff Paul's doing. Just thought I'd let you know. Tiffany Wilson Tankgeek3@aol.com Tue, 10 Jun 1997 12:04:04 -0500 (CDT) From: DROIDWH4@aol.com Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 13:03:33 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Grandpa Boy EP Matt & Skywegians, After ordering the Grandpa Boy single, I got curious and called the Monolyth/Soundproof Records folks in Boston. I talked to a company source who prefers to remain anonymous. This person told me Paul, er um "Grandpa Boy" would be releasing a 5 song EP sometime this Summer. This person recommended interested folks check out their web site at www.monolyth.com for information. Andy From: Dammarie@aol.com Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 17:55:48 -0400 (EDT) Subj: Re: Replacements Compilation [from a letter from an unidentified source:] It isn't on schedule yet but we're trying to get it out before Xmas. Paul has been in the studio working on the rarities and the stuff is sounding amazing. He's being very diligent. I heard "Grandpa Boy" (and the next one!!!!); Darren Hill, who was Paul's bass player at one time, was in the Red Rockers, a band I signed to 415 in the '70's (and who is still a close friend). Date: Mon, 30 Jun 97 13:27:01 -0500 From: "Mark Timmins" Subject: Even Here We Are Dear fellow Mats fans: I was surfing a Shawn Colvin homepage the other day and discovered (on the page at http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/3761/index.html) that Shawn has reportedly covered "Even Here We Are." I asked the proprietress of the page if she had a recording of Shawn performing this song, but she did not. I am here to ask whether anyone from //Skyway\\ -- be they a Shawn Colvin fan or a diehard Paul Westerberg completist -- has a copy of this. Anyone? -Mark From: piex@geocities.com (Kennebec) Newsgroups: alt.music.replacements Subject: Culled from Allstar Date: Tue, 01 Jul 1997 23:16:22 -0600 WHOLE LOTTA REPLACEMENTS RELEASES GOIN' ON Boston-based indie label Soundproof Records has announced plans to release a 5-song EP by the artist known as Grandpa Boy, to be available in late July. As previously reported in allstar on May 19, Grandpa Boy (who, witnesses say, bears an uncanny rese mblance to former Replacement Paul Westerberg) issued a single several weeks ago entitled "I Want My Money Back" b/w "Undone." The EP, however, will feature all-new material recorded by Grandpa Boy in his home studio, with song titles such as "Psychopharmacology," "The Homeless Sexual," and "Lush & Green (a Grandpa Boy ballad)." When asked to address the issue of why Grandpa Boy (whose alter ego recently signed to Capitol) is making this material available, Soundproof representative Darren Hill politely declined to elaborate. "I don't think I should [speak for him]," Hill said, "other than to say he just wanted to have some fun." In other 'Mats news, Reprise is nearing completion of its two-CD Replacements compilation, tentatively scheduled for release in late October or November. A spokesman for the label reports that one CD will contain four remastered tracks from each of the band's four Reprise albums, while the other will feature hard-to-find B-sides and promo material. Selections for the rarities disc aren't finalized, but they albums, while the other will feature hard-to-find B-sides and promo material. Selections for the rarities disc aren't finalized, but they are likely to include the Westerberg-penned "Birthday Carol," a Chris Mars-sung version of "Cool Water," a Tommy Stinson pop gem called "Satellite," and a rousing collaboration with Tom Waits called "Date to Church." Liner notes will include commentary by people who worked with (and partied with) the band during its Reprise years. -Russell Hall ************************************************ piex@geocities.com "HA is the first word in happiness, the last word in lonesome is ME" -- usually attributed to Paul Westerberg Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 11:05:13 -0500 (EST) From: Lisa Elaine Wilson Subject: get ready for a strange post although come to think of it, with all of the rabid mats' fans out there, this probably won't be all that weird. anyway... you don't know me, but i have been reading your 'zine for a while and think you do a really jam-up job on it. i especially like the fact that it doesn't have any of that stupid "i fucked such-and-such after their concert" stuff in it. anyway, the reason i'm writing you is that i would like to get a post to paul and although i know that he isn't a computer-geek, there's always the small chance that he (or one of his buds) checks out your page occasionally. so, is there any way i could just put a simple note in reading something like this: hi paul, i hate that we've lost touch. and i don't know how to reach you anymore so on the off chance that you're checking this 'zine out, i'd just like to say hello and i miss talking to you and i hope that you're happy --as i am-- and that i finally graduated from college. with honors, no less! (not bad for an old chick). so anyway, give me call or write or hey, e-mail me (not that i think for a minute that you have a computer... :) as always, lisa congrats on your new geek job, matt. (i have health insurance envy) lisa ______________________________________________________________________________ IV. Perfecto From: Annette Fine Newsgroups: alt.music.replacements Subject: Tommy chat transcript Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 07:47:30 -0400 Beth writes: Tommy, What do you think of the Sire Best of Package? Did you have any input regarding it or any involvement at all? Tommy writes: They want my input. But I don't want to give it to them. It's not a timely enough package, and I think it's incomplete without the Twin Tone years. Andy writes: Just wondering how life was with your brother after he left the band? Tommy: It sucked. What do you think? Beth: Are you planning to tour the East Coast any time soon? Tommy: Not till the new record comes out. Which should come out in February. Beth & Mike: Have you spoken with Grampa Boy lately?? Tommy: Saw Gramp Boy at Peter Jesperson's wedding last weekend. He had a nice suit. Compliments of J. Crew. danny c: Hi Tommy, I saw the Lee's show, and it was great! The new songs rocked, and you guys did a excellent job on "Jet." How do you like playing in Mpls?, and how was Peter's wedding? Tommy: Lee's is my favorite bar right now. Nate's a great promoter and Peter's wedding was a gas -- I got to play bass for the first time in years. Corey: Who are some of your favorite current bands? Tommy: A band from L.A. called Size 14 has great catchy pop songs, like "Give Satan a Hug," and "Stare at my Claire Danes Poster." The Mices are one of my favorite bands but they broke up, and I've heard Joe's new stuff, and I like it a lot. There's more, but I can't think of it right now. Becky: Tommy, you guys are going into the studio soon...have you decided which songs you're going to record yet? Tommy: No. Haven't decided, still writing. Mike & Beth: Tommy...What was the cause of the Bash and Pop breakup...Also, will Perfect be playing any live shows in LA in the near future?? Tommy: The Bash and Pop thing never turned into a complete band, so I decided to bag it and turn it into something else. Might play L.A. within the next month. danny c: You are working with Peter J. again, can you give some insights on the difference between recording for Sire/Reprise and with Restless? Tommy: Yeah, Medium Cool cares. Corey: When's that solo record comin' out? Tommy: Big hairy question, don't really have an answer yet. Briber8: You mentioned that without the Twin Tone years a Best Of would be useless. Word has it the Peter Jesperson is working on something from all the unreleased tapes the Mats had worked on. Any involvement from you or other former Replacements? Tommy: To my knowledge, Peter isn't doing anything of the sort, and has pretty similar views, I think, about the whole compilation thing in general. Mike: I know you probably don't want to air any dirty laundry, but is there truth to the stories of Paul pressuring Bob to continue his drinking or "get the fuck off my stage"? Tommy: I answered this question last week, Mike. No, there's no truth to it. Not to my knowledge, anyway. Even to me, that sounds a little far-fetched. drube: Will the new album be a Perfect album or what? Will it have all those great songs you did live that aren't on "Squirrels?" Tommy: Yes, it will be a Perfect album, with old and new songs. Nothing off the EP though. CraigNine: just wanted to say you ROCK!!!! also, I was wondering how you came to work with Paul again on the song "Trumpet Clip"....it sounds like you guys had a ball recording it.... Tommy: It was a lot of fun. Very, very much in the Replacements style of things. We just sort of "wung" it. drube: Do you have a copy of the Trackin' Up the North compilation? Wanna sell it? Tommy: No. Briber8: Are you distancing yourself from the Bash and Pop album? Or, are you just not forcing Perfect to play those songs? I was very surprised and happy with that album. What are your feelings about it then and now? Tommy: Played it, done it, over it. Not to sound harsh or anything. But it was 5 years ago. danny c: How did you handle the transition from Mats bass player to songwriter/frontman? What was the biggest challenge in making the change? Tommy: Adding two strings to my bass. Corey: Hey Tommy...besides your own, what has been your favorite post-Mats album from a former mats member? Tommy: 14 Songs. PJ: Do you play any of your Bash & Pop era songs live these days? Why or why not? Tommy: Like I said, played it, done it, over it. (I've had to answer these questions for two years now. That's enough.) [By the way, Tommy is sporting a funky pair of pimp-striped Hush Puppies in the Request Line offices tonight, and he is joined by his lovely mother. She is also open to questions.] Beth: Tommy, I just read that you signed a five record deal with Medium Cool. I also read that there was a lot of major label interest. What for you is the big difference between indies and majors? Do you have bad memories of the Mats and Bash and Pop's treatment or lack of push from Sire? Tommy: No bad memories per se, just lack of insight in general, uh, you know, uh...disorganization. The difference between Medium Cool/Restless and Sire would probably be the fact that they [Medium Cool] have a lot less records to work, so they can be more efficient with what they do work. MarlenaLS: When I saw you play last summer w/Perfect, you played a song called something like "yap yap"....are you going to record it?! Tommy: Yeah, that'll be somewhere, someday soon. That'll be on something, but we just don't know yet. crichards: Tommy, I've had a chance to see Perfect live a buncha times and it seems like you're really enjoying yourself out there. It's cool. Does it seem to you right now that Perfect could last for a bunch of albums or would you rather play with lotsa other people? Tommy: These days I prefer a monagamous relationship. Beth: What do you think of Slim's post Mats records? Tommy: Can't say I've actually even heard them yet. And don't really know why, exactly. Beth: Do you have any involvement with the Perfect mailing list stuff that was available at shows over the summer? I signed up but never received anything. Tommy: Well, here's a good question. When we went on the road last summer, we forgot to renew our P.O. box subscription, and all the mail went back by return to sender, and regretfully we haven't figured it out yet. We'll figure it out very soon, and be more on top of it in the future. Just keep asking and we'll remember, one of these days. MarlenaLS: What was/is your favorite 'mats song? Tommy: There are a few of them. Um...I think most of "Tim" and "All Shook Down" would probably cover it. Russell: What's your feeling about all the bootleg Mats tapes that continue to circulate? Also, is it true Reprise is considering following the "Best Of" with some live stuff, maybe next year? Tommy: I hate bootlegs. I think it's terribly wrong, especially when people make money off of it. I mean, that's bad. And I don't really know what Reprise's plans are, past the Greatest Misses. MarlenaLS (to Tommy's Mom): did you teach him how to do his hair? Mom says: Of course! Tommy: She also borrowed me her lipsticks. Mom: And his wardrobe. MarlenaLS (to Tommy's Mom): .....or did he listen to too many rod stewart records growing up? Tommy: No, no. That's not it. danny c: Hi, Mrs. Stinson. How did you react to Tommy joining the Replacements and going on the road at such a tender age? Were you surprised at how successful they became? Tommy's Mom: Gosh. Like I should remember this! I was very hesitant, but I knew it was what he really wanted. I was in awe [of their success].[and a big fan.] Mom's favorite Replacement's song: That's tough. Favorite Perfect song: The Peg song. Briber8: I'm sure you must have opened for a ton of bands in your time and a ton must have opened for the bands you've been involved with. Who were some of your favorites? Tommy: Playing with X was fun. Circle Jerks was kind of fun. Tom Petty was the worst tour of my life. It was the whole country, and it was the most dragged out, boring crap ever. Russell Hall: Where'd Peter go on his honeymoon? (I'm with the Globe & need to know so I can buzz 'em in my 'copter.) Tommy: I think they went to Guam. Or Helsinki. Briber8: Was/is Tommy a brat? He seems like it. Tommy's Mom: NEVER! Tommy: That's only because I'm in the room. Mom: No, I would say that to anyone. Tommy: Thanks for stopping by, we'll keep you posted on our whereabouts and whatnot. And you can also check the Medium Cool/Restless website at www.restless.com, which we'll be updating soon. -- end of forwarded message -- ______________________________________________________________________________ V. Stuff Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 12:26:39 -0700 From: "K. Segal" Subject: Some Replacements info Hello. I've recently gotten into The Replacements and was lucky to stumble upon your page and have been using it as a springboard for my surfing whenever I'm in a Replacements moon. Yesterday, I read Charles Ford's two pieces; the ones on collecting videos and demos. Well, call it beginner's luck, but I have a show on video in decent quality entitled "The Entry 1982" that isn't mentioned. I think it's about 40 minutes (22 songs) and the quality is pretty good. It's on a comp tape with the Bastards of Young and When It Began videos, Live in NY 8/18/89, and a few bites of Paul and Slim talking about "The Ledge". I got it for $20 at the Pasadena, CA record swap last month from a guy I'd never seen there before. I asked if he had more Bob-era Replacements video and he wasn't sure and didn't think so. If anyone wants to do a trade, I'd love some more Bob-era live stuff on audio, I can dub my copy with my one good new hi-fi deck and my not so new, non-hi-fi Panasonic video camera, using line in. If anybody at the page is interested, let me know. I really enjoy the page. -Ken From: cooper@sockets.net Subject: Live Westerberg Date: Fri, 30 May 97 04:47:06 GMT I would like to obtain a tape of one of the shows from the Eventually tour (preferably one containing Daydream Believer). If any one can help me, please e-mail me. From: Lrbcoll@aol.com Date: Sun, 1 Jun 1997 12:23:45 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Connells trader I collect live tapes by The Connells, who opened a few shows for The Replacements a few years back. I have managed to secure a pretty decent lot for any Replacements fans who may be interested in doing some tape trading. Also, we have a tape tree in progress on The Connells mailing list if anyone else is interested. Thank you. Lee LRBCOLL@AOL.COM to subscribe to The Connells list: send a message to CONNELLS@MIAMIU.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU and put subscribe in the subject and in the message. Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 15:10:56 -0700 From: Cynthia Huntley Hi folks!!! I'm new to this. Anyway, the reason I'm posting this is because I've been hoping to find a boot (audio or video) of the Paul show at the Fillmore on his last tour (9/13/96). This was the one time I was ever able to see him live, and after waiting for so many years, it was truly a great experience. I can only describe that show as "magical". A sold out Fillmore, and thousands of die-hard fans singing along to every word of every song. Just hearing that many people simultaneously yelling "Kiss Me!!!" during the chorus of Kiss Me on the Bus, was quite moving. And he played Nobody!!! Well, if anybody can help me out, PLEASE let me know!!! Hopefully we can find something to trade. If not, maybe we can go 2-for-1, or even 3-for-1 on blanks. Or let me send you some money. I need this show!!! Thanks!!! Chris (chuntley@sjcoe.k12.ca.us) From: MyclARC@aol.com Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 03:19:53 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Looking For I'm looking for this show: 05/06/89 - Crawford Hall, Irvine, CA I've seen it listed as a known recording and would love to trade for it. If someone has it, drop me a line. MyclARC@aol.com From: Peter Kath Date: 27 Jun 97 15:57:36 EDT Subject: Mats Boot I have a Mats double album vinyl bootleg that I am interested in selling or trading. It is titled simply "Re-Place-Ments." The front of the album just lists that title. The back has a picture of the band with Slim. It is the same picture that was on the cover of Musician magazine in 1989. Because the entire record features Bob on guitar, Slim's picture is somewhat obscured with the words "Sorry Bob." The entire album cover is done in black and white. The spine lists the title, the label as Jonesco. Record followed by R-10.400. The album is made up of a live show (CBGB's I've been told), "Let It Be" demos, and the two songs played on Saturday Night Live in 86. The sound quality is somewhat rough, but similar to much of what I have heard from that time period. Paul is obviously drunk and quite funny. Below are the titles: Live Show [CBGB's - 12/9/1984 - NY, NY] [this sometimes shows up as "Live and Drunk"] -------------------------------------------------------- Never Been To College Easier Said Than Done Color Me Impressed Music Is My Life Jolene Do The Cave Rockrock Walk On The Wild Side Hippy Hippy Shake Can't Get Enough Of Your Love My Generation Substitute Take Me Down To The Hospital Iron Man Little GTO New World Radio Free Europe It's All Right I Got You Babe Kids Don't Follow (sung to the music of I Will Follow) Fuck School (sung to the music of Let It Be) Hey Good Lookin' (sung to the music of Temptation Eyes) Customer (sung to the music of September Gurls) Demos [from Let It Be] ---------------------- Sixteen Blue Who's Gonna Say (that's a lie) Temptation Eyes Street Girl (2 versions) Saturday Night Live ------------------- Bastards Of Young Kiss Me On The Bus That's it. Please don't e-mail me as this is my work address. I can be reached during the week after 6:00pm central time at 612-426-5038. If interested in buying or trading for other boots, posters, videos, etc., give me a call. I would prefer to sell, but would be interested in trading for unusual stuff. Pete Kath Vadnais Heights, MN. fin. (generic signature file below this line) --==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-- Matthew Tomich The //Skyway\\: The Replacements Mailing List 311 S. 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