dimland radio 3-2-13 show notes

After The Beep Remember There’s No God Having encountered voice mail answering messages wishing me to have a God blessed day, I speculated using an equally unsolicited message stating there is no God.  I also talked about the fact the one’s place of birth and rearing has a strong bearing on which faith one willContinue reading “dimland radio 3-2-13 show notes”

three underappreciated bands from the 80s

Here I have picked three musical artists from the 80s who I think never really got their due. Sure, the critics loved them and many musical artists have named them as major influences. Most importantly, I like them. Each of these bands did develop their own following of devoted fans, but they never received theContinue reading “three underappreciated bands from the 80s”

the 80s’ top ten saddest songs by the replacements

You may not be aware of it, but there is a pretty entertaining podcast and blog called Stuck in the 80s. As the title suggests, they pretty much cover everything in the 1980s. Well, except television and politics. The hosts are Steve Spears and Sean Daly and they are very fun. There have been otherContinue reading “the 80s’ top ten saddest songs by the replacements”

concert memoirs pt. 13 – benefit for todd & robyn hitchcock & the egyptians

Benefit For Todd featuring Giants Of Science, The Tusslers, Good Joe, Heathen, The Magnolias & Soul Asylum3/24/86 First Avenue w/John Ticket Price: $5.00 Todd was a local scenester. He was a rail thin punk rocker who was at just about every show in those days. At least most of the ones I was at, anyway.Continue reading “concert memoirs pt. 13 – benefit for todd & robyn hitchcock & the egyptians”

concert memoirs pt. 10 – the replacements

The Replacements w/Laughing Stock7/1/85 First Avenue w/John Ticket Price: Unknown “Someone put ice in his tea.” That’s the reason Paul Westerberg gave for why The Replacements were there that night and not Robyn Hitchcock. Robyn Hitchcock was scheduled, but he didn’t play. We weren’t too upset, though, because it gave us another chance to seeContinue reading “concert memoirs pt. 10 – the replacements”