the // skyway \\ issue #80 (december 20, 2002) web page at www.theskyway.com send your submissions to skyway@novia.net list guy (say hi to) matt@novia.net subscription info: send in the body of a message to majordomo@novia.net to subscribe: 'subscribe skyway' to unsubscribe: 'unsubscribe skyway' always thanks to bob fulkerson __________________________________________________________________________ December 20th, 2002 0. I WILL DARE (M@) I. HI (Patrick Healy, Mark) II. WESTERBERG LIVE REVIEWS (John Anderson, Elaine Pan, Nicola Krest, Daniel Contreras, Nate Williams, Rob Earp, Ray, Dennis Supanich) III. REPLACEMENTS STUFF (Jeremy Pattillo, Mark Timmins, Derek Olson, Darren, John, Jonathan Hoyt, Kathy, Ray, Puka) __________________________________________________________________________ 0. I WILL DARE Sometime in January 2003, I'll have been doing this for ten years, which is also about as long as the Replacements were together. I tell people without exaggeration that the Skyway probably been one of the most life-affecting things that I've done: from the people that I've met, the places I've gone to meet them, the bands I've found out about from mix tapes from the people who I met, to the job that I've had for the last five years (thanks to an internal posting that was mentioned to me by a person from the Skyway.) I think being bored in the stolid, frozen Midwestern wastes of rural Missouri* was one of the best things that ever happened to me. Similarly, people frequently state the reason there's so many great bands from the Midwest is the combination of long winters and basements: there's little to do but hang out with your friends and start a band. When I started this mailing list, there weren't web pages. I used to manually e-mail people lyrics and issues and the FAQ and back issues. Now there's many automated ways to have a mailing list on the internet, but I think that setting up an automated listserve would be a mechanical way to deal with something that I feel strongly about: that more than any other musical group that I've encountered, Replacements fans have stories to tell. So I've always put together the issues by hand, manually running them through a spelling checker and trying make the formatting as consistent as possible. I figure it should still seem like it's a personal thing in a medium that's inherently coldly technological. Replacements fans themselves have changed in the past ten years. When I started this mailing list in 1993, most 'Mats fans were in their early years of college or had just gotten out. Now, those that had the chance to see The Replacements live are often now parents and professionals. But on the other hand, I get e-mails from 14 year olds from England and Minneapolis who say that nothing means more to them than these songs. The issues get further and further between each other, partly because there's less 'news' to report, other than the occasional solo tour. It's also partly that I'm just busier. I play in two touring rock bands and have a full time job. I get home every night from work and band practice around 11 p.m., and then I usually go about doing some band stuff like booking shows. On top of that, this year we went to Japan, which was like Disneyworld for adults. It was the cartoon-laden magic kingdom, full of bright colors and fun rides (like the shinkansen bullet train.) I got a couple e-mails from people asking about Mutsuko, who flew from Japan to a whole series of East Coast Westerberg shows in 1996. I tried to get in touch with her before I left but never heard back. I got to see a couple Paul shows on this last tour, such as the first Guthrie Theater show in Minneapolis, and the Chapel Hill (Carrboro), NC and Norfolk, VA shows. There's already reviews of those shows in this issue so I won't go into the already covered details, but I can say that the shows were even better than I could have ever expected. I even got the couch from the stage of the Chapel Hill show before it got returned to the local PTA Thrift Store. After half a bottle of Frebreze, it's pretty swank. Last month I turned 30. This isn't how I pictured 30 at all. - m@. * However, I've never in my life experienced Spring like in Novinger, Missouri in April. __________________________________________________________________________ I. HI From: "Patrick Healy" Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 16:42:17 +0000 From my teenage years on I had the indecorous desire to lead a less healthy lifestyle. My rock n' role models were the Replacements, and my inspiration was the band's singer/songwriter Paul Westerberg. The band was shitfaced drunk in almost every image I ever saw of them, and their studio recordings were as glorious, clumsy and passionate as the fourth beer of the day. They broke up when I was in high school and I never got to see them play live, but the live recordings I had heard were sometimes as glorious, clumsy and passionate as the fourteenth beer of the day. Westerberg's songs to me communicated the difficulty of communicating with other people, and then celebrated that frustration. His were anthems about being the sons of no one and ballads about other people's winds blowing out of key with your sky. And they were performed with such boozy bravado. On "I Will Dare", the lead off track from their 1984 classic, Let it Be, I heard him sing, "bacon and cigarettes [are] a lousy dinner." To me that line represented everything the band was about, and everything I wanted to be about at the time. I took it to mean that you know you're doing something that's not good for you, but you do it anyway because it's fun. On baptismal Replacements mix tapes I made for friends I would title Side A: "Bacon and Cigarettes" and Side B: "A Lousy Dinner". I even believe I sang the line to myself as I prepared that same meal several times during this period of self-imposed debauchery. Hey, I thought, somebody else has been this unhealthy and has gotten through it, so can I. Years went by and I gradually stopped drinking myself blind every night. It's sometimes as simple as realizing that the reason you feel so bad the next morning is because of how good you thought you felt the night before. I bought Westerberg's first solo album when it came out, and enjoyed that quite a bit, but he was definitely older and not as risky. I lost track of him after I sold his second CD, Eventually, back to the store after two listens. I never stopped being a fan of the glory years though. Even though I didn't live it quite as much anymore, it still touched the same nerve it had touched before. Last May I got to meet the man who had informed my diet during my late teens and early twenties. I bought his newest two-disc album Stereo/Mono the day it came out at the Boston Virgin Megastore, which earned me a wristband to stand in line and meet him after his in-store appearance the next day. I liked the two discs too. They have that raw risky feeling that I felt had been missing in much of his post-Mats work. I brought with me my vinyl copy of Let it Be. After the performance, which featured stellar readings of the new songs and some surprising gems from his past, I stood in line with likeminded music geeks and we became fast friends based almost entirely through our appreciation of his work. Westernerds. The camaraderie afforded to independent music fans can sometimes be as close as I imagine the Masons to be. I was nervous as we got closer to the autograph station, because I have been starstruck many times before by people whom I admired less than him. In third grade I followed a local sportscaster into the bathroom at the beach for an autograph. As my turn was called I walked up to the table and he asked me to hang on a second while he cut and lit another cigar. "How long have you been smoking stogies," I asked, if for no other reason than it was the first thing that came to my head. I wanted to know how long he had been smoking stogies. "About four years," he replied. "Do you still smoke cigarettes," I asked, wondering whether or not he was still holding onto any of his vices/foodstuffs from the early days. His abstinence from alcohol was well publicized enough that I knew not to ask him about drinking. "I quit smoking cigarettes about five years ago and started smoking those little cigars, but all I'd do was inhale them so I began smoking these," he held up the fat, hand-rolled Cuban for me to observe. Just then I remembered that I was talking to an idol of mine, so before I could get nervous I dropped my copy of Let it Be on the table in front of him. He examined the picture of himself and his other misfit friends sitting on the roof like hoodlums looking over the city to see where they could raise the most trouble. I said, "Could you write, 'bacon and cigarettes, a lousy dinner'?" He looked up at me through those thick blue Lennon glasses that have become his solo career trademark, and asked, "What song is that from?" "It's from 'I Will Dare,'" I reminded him. At first I thought he was bullshitting, but he just stared at me with a confused look on his face. His eyes like vacant little commas behind blue cough drops. The silence became uncomfortable so I sang the line to him. "I ain't lost yet, so I gotta be a winner, bacon and cigarettes, a lousy dinner." As he looked at me his puzzled look was washed away with a relieved expression. "No, no, that's not what I say," he said, like he figured out the answer to a riddle we had been working on together, "I say, 'fingernails, cigarettes, a lousy dinner.' You know? Like you're nervous and you're chewing your fingernails and smoking?" He opened his eyes wide and made a motion like a nervous cartoon character with his teeth chattering on his fingers. "Oh," I said, and my entire scope of perception shifted one degree to the left. I was also slightly amused that my case of lyricosis was remedied by the actual songwriter. "It's a whole different meaning, isn't it," he asked. "Yeah, I thought it was an ode to unhealthy living," I admitted. "Nope," he said, seeming excited that he had set me straight. As he wrote the correct lyric on the album jacket, I asked what his formula for good songwriting was. He said, "if it scares ya, you know you've written a good song. If it gives you chills." I nodded my head and said, "Thank you for saving me during my teenage years." We shook hands and I realized, although I thanked him for saving me, my own lyricosis and misinterpretation of his words could have damn near killed me with the lifestyle it advocated, putting roadblocks in my arteries and paving my lungs. Either way bacon, fingernails and cigarettes are all lousy dinners. (Pat Healy is a founding partner at the small indie label Handsome Records (www.handsomerecords.com) and he writes songs, sings and plays guitar in a band in Providence, RI called International Pen Pal.) From: Mark Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 02:08:59 +0300 my name is mark. born in '79 on a hog farm in st. clair, mo., family moved to the city (st.louis) after pork bellies took a dive. fade out, several years later, i find myself in kuwait serving for the united states air force. i can't find any new interesting music. interesting to me is someone singing/playing music the way i feel. i bought the replacements after i heard alex chilton on the radio one day, actually several months later. the dj said it was one of his fav bands, i wrote it down to check out and put it off for a long time. the only cd i found was a used "tim". i've bought every replacements cd i could find since then. when i get tired of those cd's i listen to the smiths and the cure. i have a hard time going outside of that trio. i like the smiths for morrissey's wit and original singing style and all the original melodies. i like the cure for most of those reasons but also a lot of the cure's stuff makes me dream while i'm awake so i like that (no i'm not a drug user). i'm not sure why i like the replacements so much. but i'm sure that if i ever met someone who liked their music like i do i could call them family for the rest of my life. if i could make up my mind i think i would start a new band to carry the spirit of the replacements into the future. well, someone should do it. why do i write back? i want to see if anyone else shares that sense of whatever it is i feel about this music and the things behind the music. 'cause i really can't put my finger on it. i do get the feeling that it's something we can never go back to, like that feeling you get when you think of being younger, growing up, the good times and the bad times you can only sit and wonder. sometimes i'll play "left of the dial" and nearly end up in tears remembering my past, thinkin', "why did it have to go down like that?" i dont know what the hell that song's about but that's what its about to me. and now that i think of it, i went to a free paul westerberg concert at virgin in philadelphia for the stereo/mono release. i damn near cried at that show, my first time seeing westerberg live. i cant explain it. i like it though. so i'm here in kuwait for 6 months and the change of scenery hasn't seemed helped me make up my mind about what to do in life. its the same questions over and over again since half-way through senior year in high school. until i find what i'm looking for in my head my replacements cd's will be getting worn thin. Peace mark __________________________________________________________________________ II. WESTERBERG LIVE REVIEWS From: JohnFA2@aol.com Subject: westerberg in philly review Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 12:09:35 EDT paul westerberg played an in-store at the tower records on broad street in philly tuesday, 4/30. a store which my friend, bob, is the manager of no less, and who saw to it that my gang and i were right in front of the stage (cheers, bob!). paul was fucking awesome. he came out wearing tux pants and shirt, with a shiny maroon dinner jacket, paint-spattered and scuffed black work shoes, and his blue-tinted shades. he looked very cool, seemed very relaxed, and his voice sounded fantastic. he played for an hour, mixing 'mats songs with solo songs (plus the dylan cover he'd been doing at these in-stores, for which he asked my friend tanya to hold the handwritten-by-paul lyrics up for him. needless to say, she was happy to oblige. and no, she wasn't able to keep them), and just generally being his magnificent self. he switched from electric to acoustic throughout to suit the song, and opened with a slam-bang trio of rockers on the electric before even so much as looking at the acoustic (a rollicking "waiting for somebody" was the opener and "i will dare" was the third song, but i can't recall what was the second). from memory, other songs played included (but were not limited to): best thing that never happened achin' to be sadly beautiful eyes like sparks 2 days till tomorrow we may be the ones lookin' out forever high time got you down swingin' party, which he ended the show with, and over the final notes of which he said (very clearly, into the mike), "welcome to the jungle, tommy," which brought down the house. while the tommy comment was certainly classic (and was, presumably, a reference to the much-publicized near-reunion tour of the 'mats which was squashed due to the fact that tommy is under contract with guns 'n roses), also classic was that at one point, in response to a flurry of shouted song requests, paul looked at his folder of lyrics and stuff, shuffled some papers, then said, "i'll sing you my itinerary." and he proceeded to do just that, accompanying himself on acoustic guitar, to hilarious effect -- particularly with the line referring to an afternoon interview with a female reporter, "paul is not to touch her." at one point he made reference to being "here at virgin" and someone in the crowd quickly corrected him, saying he was at tower, and his response was "ah, they're all the fuckin' same anyway" which, of course, went over big with the crowd. big cheers in response. i looked over at bob at this point, and even he was laughing. the signing line took forever. we were somewhere in the first half of the line and it took us almost an hour and a half to get to the front. reason being, paul was super-chatty with everyone, and was signing everything people had brought (despite the advertised limit of two items, one having to be the new cd). i got the new cd, a vinyl "pleased to meet me" sleeve, and a promo poster for "stereo" signed (which bob was kind enough to hook me up with), and basically just thanked him for playing these shows, telling him what a pleasure it was to see him play again, and to see him having fun while doing it. his response was a gracious thanks, and basically parroting what he's been saying in interviews ("wanted to do these free shows for the fans; see if it could be fun for me again; etc."), and while signing my "pleased to meet me" sleeve, he commented on that, saying "ah, this is the first pressing of the album with the pale yellow background, 'cause the later pressings had the green background..." which was, admittedly, pretty cool. my friend, paul, complimented him on his tux, asking "what is that, armani?" and paul jovially laughed that off, saying he didn't know what it was. best, john From: Elaine Pan Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 20:31:16 -0700 I saw Paul here in Seattle - it was beautiful...I got to talk to the man again - this time I had the courage to say more than 3 words to him... Here are the pics: http://www.cyberus.ca/~gobi/paul_2002/index.html - Elaine From: Nicola Krest Subject: Gina Arnold reviews PW's SF in-store Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 09:47:10 -0700 http://www.metroactive.com/metro/allshookdown-0218.htmllinr From: Daniel Contreras Subject: Guthrie Saturday and Sunday Newsgroups: alt.music.replacements Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 12:26:50 -0500 Hello everyone, just thought I would post my impressions of the Saturday 6/29 and Sunday 6/30 Guthrie shows. Saturday My group ended up with 2 extra pair of tix due one friend scoring promos and another friend's wife going into labor. - Christ, those married folks are *always* finding reasons to cancel on shows! ;) There seemed to be quite a few other folks in the same situation, as tickets were incredibly easy to come by if you wanted them. My brother ended up *giving* a pair away on Sat. The crowd was very psyched up for the Saturday show, bursting into spontaneous applause while waiting for Paul to come out. He bounded onto the stage to a thunderous standing ovation. He started with a song off Stereo (sorry, I suck at remembering songlists from shows), sound was great after he turned on both amps. Soon after was "Waiting For Somebody" and "Alex Chilton" both were fantastic. The normally reserved MN crowd did a respectable job clapping along to the chorus. Soon after the show started, one or two dipshit Replacements freaks began trying to engage Paul from the balcony with varying success. I love Pauly and the Mats, but some of these dorks are just unbelievable, shouting inane things like: "Do you remember those greasy rides with Mars???" Whatever. Paul did alright dealing with the guy(s) and thankfully the crowd sent one or two "SHUT THE FUCK UP!!"s in the direction of the morons. Otherwise, Paul was loose and in a fine mood the entire show, even during sporadic technical problems. As much as Paul claims that Mats freaks irritate him, he does tend to egg them on. At one point in the show, he picked up a tambourine, held it up and said "I dare anyone here to come up and play this tambourine," then set it down on a chair. Immediately, a huge 300-lb bald guy came bounding down from the balcony. I recognized the guy as Tom Cook, former drummer for the Magnolias and all around good guy. Cookie stopped just offstage, stood and pointed at the tambourine, looking questioningly at Paul. He gave a nervous nod and Cookie stepped up and sat down in the chair. Paul, who didn't recognize Cook, looked a bit apprehensive and said weakly into the mic "Security??" A few people around me were saying "Uh oh," but I knew it would be cool. Paul started "I Will Dare" with Cookie surprising Paul and much of the audience by keeping perfect time. He got Paul's attention by doing a nice 'roll' during the first chorus, causing Paul to try to size him up or remember him. During the song, Paul sat on the couch next to Cook's chair and they began bullshitting so much that Paul just stopped playing after Cook told him who he was. He restarted shortly after and the two riffed to end the song. It was pretty funny. Paul gave him a big hug and Cook mugged for the crowd and bopped off the stage. I never saw a 300-lb bald guy walk on air before. Paul attempted to get a sing-along going during "Eyes Like Sparks", but the crowd was out of synch so it sounded like a campfire round of "Row Your Boat". I thought it sounded kinda cool! Other highlights were "Achin to Be", "If Only You Were Lonely", and the incredible new song "Crackle and Drag." I also loved hearing "Wonderful Lie" and many others I can't remember. I love the song Skyway and I wish Paul dug it enought to learn the lyrics. He played a couple cool blues covers and also played "Jumpin Jack Flash" in it's entirety. It was great to see Paul having a good time. He also showed he's still got a ton of attitude, smashing a ginger ale bottle on the stage - which I'm sure the Guthrie appreciated! He dedicated the evening to his father. He said his dad is "84 years old and has never seen me play live - and I love him for that." "My dad told me to 'Be a gentleman, because there might be some influential people there." Paul chuckled and said "I didn't have the heart to tell him that I was probably gonna be the most influential person in the whole fuckin' dump!" All in all, a fantastic evening. Sunday 6/30 There were even more tix out front for Sunday's show than for Saturday's. I was in the 5th row and there was and entire row ahead of me that was empty the whole show, except for a girl who was handing out promo postcards. The crowd was less worked up on Sunday than Saturday. Paul came out wearing a straw hat and the suit from the Leno appearance. He also had a bucket full of water balloons and held one up while shaking a finger at the audience in mock admonition. Before playing, Paul asked "How many of you were here last night?" When the whole place erupted, he fell back onto the couch shaking his head. He got up, thought for a second, shrugged and said "Maybe we'll go in reverse." and launched into a bluesy rocker. The mood of the show was much different. People were mostly silent between songs, possibly heeding Paul's playful water balloon threat. I think he liked being heckled and fielding stupid questions and requests more than silence. When one fan yelled "Play whatever you want.", Paul playfully jumped up and down like a giddy schoolgirl saying "Whatever I want??"....then launched into the theme from Batman. Jerk! For me the highlight of this show was "Crackle and Drag," an incredibly beautiful, haunting, sad song. Songs not played on Saturday included "Waitress in the Sky," "Once Around the Weekend," and "Tambourine Man." He prefaced Waitress with "I don't know it," and the crowd did a great job in singing along. He attempted another singalong during "Eyes Like Sparks" but the crowd was having none of it. Can't wait for Monday's show! I don't have tix, but they look very easy to come by. Dan From: Nate Williams Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 10:59:52 -0400 Sunday at the Guthrie: The opener - a medley of "Lost Highway" "The Long Black Veil" and "Mr. Rabbit" - was probably the highlight for me. He played them amped up on his Telecaster. Just Paul having fun. He'd pick up one of the water balloons every now and then. At one point, he held one up like he was gonna throw it, then dropped it on his own head, but it didn't pop. Paul actually got a fair amount of heckling/requests between the first few songs and said something like "The funny thing is I'm 90% deaf and can't hear any of you." Once during a guitar change, he laid the Tele on the couch and it started to buzz really bad. He kinda looked annoyed then said something like "We'll just listen to that for awhile" and let it buzz the whole time he switched guitars. Then before he started singing, he kicked the couch and the buzz immediately stopped. Some dude in the back yelled something about Fonzie. Before "No Place for You," he made a comment into the mike directed at Laurie. Something like "Laurie, I thought you were coming last night and I fucked it up." He covered the first 2 verses of CCR's "Wrote a song for everyone," then went into one of his originals (can't remember which though, but it was cool). "Once Around the Weekend" was amazing and loose. Lots of flubbed lyrics and made up stuff. He changed the line about "Rabbits in my Yard" to "Raccoons" just for kicks. He also said a line about "If you look hard you might see my tracks," then paused, rolled up his sleeve and stared at his forearm for a minute, then said "On the ground..." and started back in. The sole encore was "Not Belong Together" and "Alex Chilton." At the end of the night, he shoved his wheeled Marshall cabinet towards the front of the stage, hopped on top and belly-surfed it out to the end of the Guthrie's extended stage. It looked like he was gonna ride it over the edge, but it stopped short -- so he just rolled off the side and tipped the amp over with him. He didn't ever go shirtless and didn't play "If Only You Were Lonely" or "Unsatisfied." A really amazing night. Wish I coulda seen all three shows. Take care. - Nate From: "Rob Earp" Subject: Chapel Hill and Norfolk reviews Newsgroups: alt.music.replacements Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 00:22:07 -0400 They were great. The Chapel Hill was better, it was more intimate, the recording I got is really good. A little more electric guitar as I was standing right in front of his amp. The crowd was very appreciative of the songs, not rowdy and not a lot of yelling out requests. I think he enjoyed playing this show. The Norfolk show was more rowdy, a combination of the venue and the drunks. It started off great but seemed to fall apart about halfway through with the guys yelling requests. (I get the feeling that Paul can't really handle a crowd the way this show broke down but the night before was great with a more well behaved crowd. This may be why there are so many drunken and sloppy Mats shows, just my opinion) There is more crowd noise in it, but it still seems like a good recording. There were a bunch of people yelling requests to my right and a couple of guys who about got in a fight to my left. The setlist was vastly different. Chapel Hill: Waiting for Somebody Once Around The Weekend Achin' To Be Born For Me High Times Mr. Rabbit 2 Days 'Til Tomorrow We May Be The Ones Let The Bad Times Roll Got You Down Eyes Like Sparks Boring Enormous Men Without Ties AAA Best Thing That Never Happened Can't Hardly Wait I'll Be You Skyway Love Untold Things Knockin' On Mine One Of The Boys (Mott the Hoople cover) Left Of The Dial Alex Chilton Valentine It's A Wonderful Lie A Star Is Bored Lookin' Out Forever encore break If Only You Were Lonely Swinging Party (invited people up on stage for this one) I Will Dare Here Comes A Regular Norfolk: Waiting For Somebody Nobody Achin' Te Be Lush and Green Alex Chilton High Time Born For Me Psychopharmacology Sunshine 2 Days 'Til Tomorrow Let's Not Belong Together Let The Bad Times Roll Mr. Rabbit Boring Enormous Like a Rolling Stone (then turned into...) Best Thing That Never Happened Blue Suede Shoes (42 seconds worth) Burning Love (Elvis Pressley cover) Sadly Beautiful Can't Hardly Wait Skyway Love Untold Knockin' On Mine Valentine Nevermind (then turned into some kind of improv or old blues song) I Will Dare (brought people on stage) I'll Be You off stage) Swinging Party Here Comes A Regular Rob From: JETSFILE@aol.com Subject: Westerberg show on Long Island Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 17:46:06 EDT Saw Paul (for the first time ever) at the Vanderbilt on Long Island last week, all I have to say is I'd see him again & again. Solo & 'Mats songs were done to perfection, even more amazing was it was just him...no backing band, no accompaniment. Anyone with the chance to see him in there areas, I advise it! Ray (from NY) P.S. Never realized how many Paul Westerberg/Replacement fans there are here in the east! From: Dennis Supanich Subject: PW on NHL Radio Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 14:06:31 -0700 I'm a little late on this, so others may have told you already. But, NHL Radio used "We May Be The Ones" from "Stereo" as the background music for a report on the underdog Carolina Hurricanes between Periods 1 and 2 of Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals. I believe the date was June 4, 2002. Hockey fans will already know that, although my hometown Red Wings lost that game, they eventually won the Cup in five games. Dennis Supanich __________________________________________________________________________ III. THE REPLACEMENTS From: "vze3q422" Subject: first mats show Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 19:06:47 -0400 I was 16 yrs old when 'Pleased To Meet Me' came out and I was already a fan thanks to my older bro's copy of 'Tim'. I was grounded as was usually the case, so it was fate that the Mats were playing a midnight show at the Buckhead Cinema and Drafthouse later the Buckhead Roxy in Atlanta. My oldest bro snuck me out of the house after my parents had gone to bed and I somehow got into the show and I was even drinking, maybe that's why I can only remember parts of the show. Highlights were Slim's gold shoes and rousing versions of 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic' and The Georgia Satellites 'Battleship Chains' other than that it's pretty much a blur. I can recount moment by moment the other shows I've seen but this one is long gone. Any help is welcome. I would treasure a set list or something more. Anyone? jeremy.pattillo@verizon.net Pittsburgh PA From: Mark_Timmins@bd.com Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 16:41:37 -0400 How's it going? Don't know if you were aware of this, but there's a room at the Rock& Roll Hall of Fame where they have people's hand-written drafts of songs. Out of maybe 3 or 4 dozen total, there are two by Paul Westerberg, "Here comes a Regular" and "Bastards of Young". I was in Cleveland earlier this week on biz, and transcribed them. HCAR even came on over the PA in the room while I was transcribing, which was definitely a "Rock Hall moment" and a "Mats moment" (by analogy to "wilderness moment"), but also allowed me to be positive that he changed the lyrics (even in the places where it was less obvious just reading the words) by the time they did the record. If you're still adding content to //Skyway\\ and don't have this yet, it might be of general interest to folks. -Mark HERE COMES A REGULAR Well a person can work up a mean mean thirst / after a hard day of nothin' much at all Summer's past it's too late to cut the grass / the other tree died so there's nothin' to do in the fall Today I just ain't in the mood / to take my place in back with the loudmouths The ground is wet under a harvest moon / sick of living at my father's house Everybody wants to be special here Call our name out loud and clear Here comes a regular / Share a common name Here comes a regular / Am I the only one who feels ashamed Took that song off the jukebox / was my favorite one left Replaced it with a #1 smash hit / to listen to it only makes me mad Found a drinkin' buddy in another town / but the police said you couldn't stay Probably in the arms of your baby now / wanna great big whiskey and I want you hear (sic) today Alongside some older guy / said you can't miss what you ain't had I'm sick of everything my money can buy / He said your (sic) crazy and stupid I said yeah. If you find a picture please send it soon / make me happy if you did I'd put it next to a picture of a harvest moon / drawn by a child hung on a fridge Soon the lights come on / stools and chairs go up Someone will shout out last call / The summer's past / soon the snow will kill the rest of the grass Old tree's died / there's nothin' to do in the fall BASTARDS OF YOUNG God what a mess on the ladder of success / one slipshod step and missed the whole first rung Dreams unfulfilled you can graduate unskilled / dreams untold, untold and waiting still chorus: Wait on the sons of no one / bastards of young Clean a baby room, trash that baby boom / we got Elvis in the ground and my beer on ice tonight Income tax deduction one hell of a function / can starve and pick cotton or wait to be forgotten chorus bridge: Unwillingness to claim us Got no warrent (sic) to name us lead bridge? Ones that love us best are the ones we lay to rest / and visit their graves on holidays at best Ones that love us least are the ones we'll die to please / why I don't understand if thats any consellation (sic) Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2002 10:35:47 -0500 From: Derek Olson Subject: PW VCD or DVD-R? I'm looking for anyone who has the latest Paul Westerberg television appearances (and maybe even his '93 & '96 appearances) on VCD or even DVD-R that they'd be willing to trade. Actually, I'd like to hear from anyone with any 'Mats or Westerberg stuff on VCD or DVD-R. I've got an extensive CDR audio list with some non-'Mats/PW VCDs to offer in exchange. Let me hear from you. Thanks in advance, Derek From: Djones389@aol.com Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 09:11:39 EDT Subject: Re: Ann Arbor 93 I really enjoy your web site and I had a question I thought you may be able to answer. I saw Paul in Ann Arbor at the Michigan Theater on the 14 songs tour. The show started out fine but the audience was terrible and unispired. Paul left the stage abruptly after about 50 minutes. The band played "Turning Japanese" without him and then he came out and did "Skyway." Then that was it. So it was an hour show or less. My question is do you know what happened that he cut the show so short? I have always wondered. I did see Paul Saturday in Detroit and it was excellent. I also got a chance to meet Paul by his bus and he was great to me. Thanks for any info you can give me on this show. Darren From: NuclearTunes@aol.com Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 15:01:55 EDT Subject: trading for some paul shows. i'm interested in getting some paul shows from this tour. i just got the 8-28-02 bowery show. i'm real interested in getting the cleveland agora show from this august if it's out there. i have some very fine ryan adams, whiskeytown, and bob dylan stuff to trade, are you interested ? e-mail me. thanks, john. (from pitchforkmedia.com:) Replacements Offer Free Bootleg Online In celebration of the recently released Replacements remasters (Stink, Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash, Hootenanny, and Let It Be if you must know...and no, there are no fuckin' bonus tracks) Twin/Tone Records have posted a vintage 'Mats gig from September 5th, 1981 on their official website in QuickTime video. Recorded just a few weeks after their debut full-length Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash was released, the Replacements were just one of 15 local bands Twin/Tone captured on video at Minneapolis' 7th Street Entry that week. The video shows the 'Mats blowing through 25 songs over two sets (including most of Sorry Ma..., a good half of Stink, and a few songs they never got around to recording) opening for Husker Du. The video has been circulating on craptastic VHS for years (often at ridiculous prices), so check out Twin/Tone's shabby (but not too shabby) digital version while you still can. Set list: First set: 01 Takin' A Ride 02 Staples In Her Stomach 03 Careless 04 Goddamn Job 05 Junior's Got A Gun 06 Somethin' to Du 07 Kids Don't Follow 08 D.E.A.D. 09 Love You Till Friday 10 Raised In The City 11 Shutup 12 Johnny's Gonna Die Second set: 01 Kick Your Door Down 02 Dope Smokin Moron 03 Skip It 04 Maybelline 05 I Hate Music 06 Stuck In The Middle 07 Otto 08 I'm In Trouble 09 Don't Ask Why 10 Customer 11 Rattlesnake 12 Slow Down 13 Hey Good Lookin' From: "Jonathan Hoyt" Subject: "Tooter Turtle" and his 'Mats connection Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 21:47:48 -0600 First of all, thanks (and congratulations) for creating and maintaining "The Skyway" for all these years. It's one of the few sites that I've kept returning to (along with "Nymphos Without Panties") since discovering the internet back in the early '90s. As a native of Chillicothe, MO (not far from Kirksville), I'm well acquainted with the dreary winters. I think the Replacements' music has always been perfectly suited to the mid-western backdrop. Regarding the subject of this e-mail, "Tooter Turtle" was a recurring segment of NBC-TV's early-'60s kiddie show "King Leonardo and His Short Subjects" (A.K.A. "The King and Odie"). During his adventures, Tooter would invariably get into trouble and rely on his pal, Mr. Wizard (no connection to Don Herbert, unfortunately), to bail him out. Mr. Wizard would then utter these immortal words: "Drizzle, Drazzle, Druzzle, Drome...Time for this one to come home." Needless to say, Tooter would then be safely transported back home again. More on this topic can be found here (there's even a neat still of Tooter and Mr. Wizard!): http://www.toontracker.com/totaltv/kingodie.htm I apologize if you have already come across this bit of information, and I'm sending it redundantly. I figured it was worth a shot, though, as the similarity between the "Hold My Life" lyric and Mr. Wizard's incantation is obviously beyond the realm of mere coincidence. Actually, Paul does seem to be singing "Razzle Dazzle" instead of "Drizzle Drazzle," but that's nit-picking, isn't it? Also, I, too, remember seeing the "Mystery Science Theater 3000" Wild, Wild World Of Batwoman episode. I seem to recall that one of the robots sort of affected a "Boris Karloff" sounding voice, and recited the "Drizzle Drazzle" version of the line. I remember George Wendt making a guest appearance on NBC-TV's late-'80s sitcom "Day By Day" portraying a frat brother of one of the principal cast members. During the episode, Wendt (as "Stan") impresses the son of his college chum (and this stunned viewer) by saying he is a big Replacements fan, and commenting on their latest album. Just thought you'd like to know... http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/GuidePageServlet/showid-542/epid-21631 Your pal, Jonathan Hoyt Springfield, MO (One last thing: what is the general consensus (if one exists) on those "remastered" editions of the Replacements' Twin/Tone albums on Restless Records that came out a few months back? I've yet to speak to anyone who's forked over for them, and was wondering if the sonics were improved to an extent that an "upgrade" would be justified. Bonus tracks would have been a nice touch, but oh well.) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 22:53:06 -0500 From: Kathy (taken from the mailing from www.paulspage.com) The Westerberg Pioneer Press - Nov. 14, 2002 The good news is, work continues on the DVD; the bad news is, no firm release date yet. Hurry up, hurry up! For those of you keeping score at home, the latest entry in the "Will there be a Mats reunion?" saga came today in an interview Tommy did with the Pioneer Press, in conjunction with the GnR show in Mpls tonight. The short version is: Don't hold your breath! "Replacements reunion? Stinson says Westerberg blew it" http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/entertainment/4510260.htm and so the drama continues. http://www.paulspage.com From: Reigst@aol.com Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 19:53:48 EST Just a note to let you know that Birdman rRcords of LA is releasing Static Taxi's "Closer 2 Normal" first quarter of 2003. 10 songs from 1988-90 with none other than Bob Stinson on all tracks. Later skater, Ray Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 20:08:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Puka Hi, I've been looking for the Boink!: The Replacements Anthology on CD-R with the LIB sessions, etc. Can't seem to find it. And the e-mail address for Miraclo (miraclo@aol.com) seems to be invalid. Does anyone know how I can get a hold of this CD? Thanks! Puka1915@yahoo.com [Note: This CD is a bootleg version of the 1984 release of Glass Record's "Boink!" compliation with the Let It Be demos attached at the end. The CD version was never an official release. - M@.] fin. "A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in." - Greek proverb