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Bob Mould Sees The Light

November 22, 2011 by Jim Connelly

Bob Mould, of course, has had a lifetime pass since the second Sugar album, and to be honest, he’s probably had it since January 1987, when Hüsker Dü released Warehouse: Songs and Stories.

Warehouse was the fifth album they’d released since September 1984, so it was the culmination of 2 1/2 years where they’d gone from being just another name buried in the morass of hardcore bands listed in tattered, second-hand fanzines to being one of my favorite bands in the universe.

That said, in all of the years, I’d only ever seen Bob Mould perform once, at the Warfield in San Francisco on Sugar’s File Under: Easy Listening tour. Unlike R.E.M and The Replacements, the Hüskers never made it Fresno, and there was never quite the right social buzz around them to have the same road trips that spontaneously seem to organize themselves around The Smiths or U2.

Besides, Hüsker Dü was going to last forever. I’d have plenty of time to see them!!

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Filed Under: Actual Mileage, Music Tagged With: Bob Mould, Britt Daniel, Craig Finn, Dave Grohl, Hold Steady, Margaret Cho, Matt Pinfield, Ryan Adams, Tad Kubler

Medialoper Bebop Episode 19: Walk Around and Drink

October 12, 2011 by Jim Connelly

This week, Jim, Tim & Kirk look at Netflix’s “never mind” about Qwikster and call back to in the infamous “lost” podcast, where the prediction was made that Qwikster wouldn’t make it through October. (03:22 – 14:10)

Next, we deal with previous podcast business involving Hitler and R.E.M. (14:14 – 19:40)

Then, instead of discussing Facebook for the iPad, we parse the saga of Phoenix Jones, superhero and the rest of the Rain City Superhero Movement, and determine that one of the things a superhero needs is multiple copies of his costume. (19:45 – 30:30) –

Finally, it’s Jim’s favorite album of the 21st century – The Hold Steady’s Boys and Girls in America, – the latest inductee into the Medialoper Bebop Great Albums Hall of Fame. (30:30 – 43:13)

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Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: Al Davis, Amsterdan, Apple, Batman, Big Wang, Bruce Wayne, Commissioner Gordon Loper, Craig Finn, Din, Facebook, Ghost, Guinness, Hank Williams Jr, Hitler, Hulu, Jay Fung, Kickstarter, Melbourne, Mount Davis, Netflix, New Coke, Oakland., Phoenix Jones, Qwikster, R.E.M., San Diego, Scott Oliver, Seattle, Tad Kubler, The Hold Steady, Wilco, Zune

The Lies of The Hold Steady and Drive-by Truckers

November 26, 2008 by Jim Connelly

“Rock & roll means well, but it can’t help telling young boys lies.” That’s the line. I was one of those young boys who got lied to. Who desperately believed each and every one. The lies started thirty years ago, and they’ve never really stopped.

And last night at the Wiltern Theatre in the heart of a rainy Los Angeles, they were being told again in a way that I haven’t seen in years, as The Hold Steady and Drive-by Truckers put on one of the best rock shows that I have ever ever seen in my entire life.

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Filed Under: Actual Mileage, Music, Reviews Tagged With: Craig Finn, Drive-by Truckers, Mike Cooley, Patterson Hood, The Hold Steady

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