Atherton: Half the men in this room wish you were on their arm, tonight. Inara: Only half. I must be losing my indefinable allure.

'Shindig'


Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!

There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.


Tom Scola - Sep 30, 2009 4:55:27 am PDT #1679 of 6436
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Do you remember the password for b-rawk? It's the same, with a "2" at the end.


sumi - Sep 30, 2009 5:09:37 am PDT #1680 of 6436
Art Crawl!!!

Thanks,Tom.


tommyrot - Oct 01, 2009 7:19:54 am PDT #1681 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

So... Soul Asylum. What's good by them? So far I have And the Horse They Rode In On, Grave Dancer's Union and Hang Time. What (of their pre-Grave Dancer's Union albums) should I get next?


DavidS - Oct 01, 2009 7:31:53 am PDT #1682 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I don't know if anybody needs even that much Soul Asylum, Tom.

Replacements > Soul Asylum > Goo Goo Dolls. All pretty much the same band in that order of quality, but with increasingly pretty lead singers (and commercial success) as you descend the Quality Spectrum.

Signed
Still Pissy About Dave Pirner's Stupid WhiteBoy Dreadlocks and the Dating Winona Thing (Mildly Mitigated By Soul Asylum's Live Penchant To Play Punk Rock Jukebox For the Audience)


tommyrot - Oct 01, 2009 7:43:58 am PDT #1683 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Still Pissy About Dave Pirner's Stupid WhiteBoy Dreadlocks and the Dating Winona Thing

What's wrong with him going out with Winona? (Besides him dumping his girlfriend of 10+ years.)

Also, white-person dreads is a Minneapolis thing you just wouldn't understand. See also: Kat from Babes in Toyland. (At least I think it was Kat.) OK, I generally dislike white-person dreads - Kat is the only exception to that.


tommyrot - Oct 01, 2009 7:50:19 am PDT #1684 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

But seriously, Soul Asylum has some kick-ass songs I totally love. Some of my faves:

  • Gullible's Travels
  • Without a Trace
  • 99%
  • Cartoon
  • Summer of Drugs (cover of the Victoria Williams song from Sweet Relief)

Plus the video for "Gullible's Travels" is awesome, as it incorporates video from a 1950's anti-Communism propaganda cartoon. Or maybe that's "Cartoon."


DavidS - Oct 01, 2009 7:51:39 am PDT #1685 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Also, white-person dreads is a Minneapolis thing you just wouldn't understand.

::Puts Minneapols on The List.::

What's wrong with him going out with Winona?

Okay, maybe I should blame Winona for going out with him. That's inexcusable.

Poor Babes In Toyland. Stinky ol' Courtney stole Kat's look and became rich.

Oh well. That's why we have like two dozen songs about what's wrong with Courtney, and in fact, "Bruised Violet" is one of the best of that genre.


tommyrot - Oct 01, 2009 8:05:54 am PDT #1686 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

It's amazing how when you try to google stuff from before the internet became popular and you can't find anything.

Anyway, Kat was the lead singer, right? So she's not the one who had dreads: [link]

And "Cartoon" had the video with the cartoon. Funny, huh? And I could only find that on a Russian site where it wouldn't play due to poor bandwidth.

eta: Lori Barbero was the dreaded one. She did a famous ad for Rolling Rock, which my google-fu is inadequate to find.


smonster - Oct 01, 2009 8:17:46 am PDT #1687 of 6436
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Also, white-person dreads is a Minneapolis thing you just wouldn't understand.

Sadly, not just a Minneapolis thing. More of a widespread hippie/rasta thing, to my knowledge. Which reminds me of the black English teacher in 10 Things I Hate About You going on a rant and the white rastas chiming in "That's right, mon!" only to get a glare and "Don't get me *started* on you two."

Ah, I love that movie.

/natter


Jon B. - Oct 01, 2009 8:49:47 am PDT #1688 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Soul Asylum, up through Hang Time, were Fucking Great! I still have fond memories (and my ears are still ringing) from seeing them open for Husker Du at the Paradise. This was around 1985. There were two shows and I went to both of them. Another show at the Rat, shortly after their (Massachusetts-born) manager committed suicide was cathartic (for band *and* audience).

Of the pre-Hang Time (aka Twin Tone) albums, Made to be Broken is probably the best. It's chock full o' 80's MN punk goodness! "Ain't that Tough" is an especially amazing tune.