brianjeremy

My Westerberg wish come true...

I would start with Heartbreaker, Cold Roses and Whiskeytown's Pneumonia. Love is Hell and Demolition are also great. I have a soft spot for Rock n Roll.

Not too much on the horizon but... here's what I'm looking forward to: My Bloody Valentine More Smashing Pumpkins reissues Sebadoh The Lemonheads? new J Mascis solo album? New Westerberg (a boy can dream...) 37 more GBV albums...

Hah! I feel really bad for not liking them and I really wish I did...I'm just not there. My opinion of the new records doesn't mean that I don't like GBV anymore...in fact, I just hipped one of my friends to them and he's digging the hell outta B000 and Alien Lanes...there's not a better feeling than introducing GBV to another music fiend...I'm just not feeling the new stuff.

The reunion GBV records have done nothing for me and I cite GBV as one of my all-time favorite bands. The records look so much better on paper than they actually sound. I even passed up the opportunity to see them in September because I didn't feel like putting the money, time or effort into seeing them play material I could care less about. I keep trying too: yesterday I played bears for lunch twice and still, just not feeling it. I haven't even cracked the seal on class clown and I've had it for months. I haven't even bothered to buy his last solo joint or bears for lunch yet. I guess I'm

Didn't the Uncle Tupelo website get new shirts this year? Pretty sure that's how the rumor started.

Copper Blue is where it's at though...That and Black Sheet get spun on a regular basis around here.

The Beatles - Not so much hate as it was lack of exposure. My house growing up was pro-Stones, so we listened to the Stones. Any mention of the Beatles was met with much disdain from my older brother (the guy who controlled the stereo for the first 10 years of my life. As a teenager, my cousin ran the Beatles into the ground with us. He was all about the Beatles and we hung out daily listening to music(my twin ruined the Cure for both of us...I ruined the Smashing Pumpkins for both of them). It wasn't until my late teens/college when I started to appreciate them. Oasis - Again, my cousi

Thought of another one...Of Montreal Satanic Panic through Hissing Fauna is still pretty good to my ears, on occasion. However, the albums before and after those records are so terrible. The early stuff is cringe-inducing crap, which the band freely admits and the new stuff is so far outta my interests, Surprised no one has mentioned Weezer yet. I still have hope for them - with each new album, they suck less and less...but it's still not good yet.

The White Stripes I just skip them every time they come up on the iPod. 10 years ago, I couldn't get enough of them....

Should be a good Lemonheads record...Love that record (Shame) to death. Their last real record was the bomb...their covers record... I hope Ryan's sobriety rubs off on Dando. I saw him back in the spring and it was so sad and ultimately pathetic. Dando was so fucked-up and ambled, that he could barely sing/play/act alive. It's so sad to see one of your heroes in such a bad place...

New Westerberg:http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/blogs/170690516.html http://www.paulwesterberg.com/sounds/myroadnow.mp3 Fucking great!

I'm partial to Tallulah...but 16 Lovers Lane is their most popular and a a damn good album to boot. I love Grant McLennen but not so much on Robert Forster.

Dinosaur Jr. and Mission of Burma have both been very successful with their reunions.

Sebadoh/Lou Barlow/circle of buzzards mega show.

Great J interview: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/aug/03/j-mascis-dinosaur-jr-interview?fb=optOut

I've pretty much given up on acquiring some of the rare stuff (acid ranch/howling wolf) and I could care less about the Circus Devils. Most of the rare stuff is available on gbvdigital now anyway...

My wife and I play this game while on road trips where she'll randomly play a Robert Pollard song and I have to guess the band/album....I get about 20% correct. I have a playlist with thousands of GBV-related songs on it (2,366 total). Insanity.

RHCP have the most filler of any rock band ever: definitely a "singles" band in my opinion.

Robert Pollard still wins this by a mile - no contest. Granted, not all of it is his best work, but holy Toledo Batman, is he the king of prolific. All of the 2000-present releases as of today (and this list doesn't even count the box sets (4), compilations, dozens of 7", EP's and singles he's recorded and released): GBV: Isolation Drills (2001) Universal Truths and Cycles (2002) Earthquake Glue (2003) Half Smiles of the Decomposed (2004) Let's Go Eat the Factory (2012) Class Clown Spots a UFO (2012) The Bears for Lunch (2012) Solo: 2001 - Choreographed Man of War 2003 - Motel of Fools 20

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A few more to add: Portastatic Postal Service The Extra Glenns / Lens

For me, it's the Boston Spaceships or the Folk Implosion. F.I. actually had a hit with Natural One - there aren't too many side bands who garner a genuine hit song.

Terrible admission: I bought her first album back in the mid-90's and haven't bothered listening to her since...I guess I should seek out her new on then, huh?

I actually got the Japanese import for about $5. It's quite strange to me. I really liked his first one but other than a few tracks, it's very experimental sounding...not James Iha-like at all. I may pick up the 2-3 different tracks that are on the American release though...