You Bastards Should Appreciate This... And It's All For Charity

Hey, it's not much but it's something. Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson are gettin' the band back together. Sort of. 

Basically they're getting together to make a record of covers and sell it for charity to help former Replacements guitarist Slim Dunlap. He had a stroke earlier this year and is partially paralyzed.

Anyway, they are only releasing 250 of the 10 inch LP's and they will all be auctioned off online.

So there's that.  1/2 the Replacements is better the no The Replacements. Now you know what to get Jay for Christmas...

Gone, And Already Forgotten

In Memoriam: Bands We Lost In 2011 from stereogum on Vimeo.

Stereogum's list of bands that called it shits this year. I've only heard of a half dozen or so of them, and really only gave a toss about one (and it's not REM).

Brother, Can you spare a Tap?

Inexplicably, I can't locate my copy of Smell the Glove. Any Bastards want to Fatten the Posterior of my iPod? Nigel Tufnel Day is nigh...

Coffin Break

Damn, I love(d) these guys.

Paul Stanley has a good song

Let's be honest, most KISS songs are terrible. While I won't argue against their influence and their incredible work ethic, they weren't working with a whole lot. The production on their albums is terrible, the lyrics are sophomoric, and most of each album is filler. And yet....there's just something about them that I love. This PS track from the four solo albums shows that there was an occasional flash of excellence.

Oh Dave ...

Jim and Greg are joined by Black Francis of the Pixies for a Classic Album Dissection of the band’s 1989 landmark release Doolittle.

Download the podcast here. You won't be disappointed.

Keep Andrew away from open windows

Apparently Noel Gallagher has quit Oasis. And this time, it's for real. But don't tell Andrew that Morrissey has quit Morrissey.