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Why Are Being So Reasonable Now? - The Wedding Present @ The Echo Saturday March 10, 2017

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Mean Jeans @ The Bootleg Theater, Los Angeles, CA 1/20/18

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I DÜ REMEMBER

I’m in a lugubrious mood today after waking up to news of Grant Hart’s passing this morning from cancer at only 56 years old.

I would like to say that after reading an entire generation of Rolling Stone record reviewers use Zen Arcade as a de facto measure of rock greatness, my first listen was transformative, but that isn’t the case. It was fuzzy, noisy, and long and I had a hard time hearing the songs in there.

The truth is that at the time, still in the process of developing an emotional range beyond just hostility and indignation, the anger and cynicism of Black Flag and The Circle Jerks spoke to me much more clearly than Hüsker Dü’s more subtle mix of emotions. Make no mistake there was plenty of anger in the music of Hüsker Dü, but also things like sadness and love and admiration.

Luckily, I had a lot more time than records back then and after many repeated listens, I started to get it. I like to think that in some very literal sense, I grew up with this record. I’m sure that the emotional depth of those songs is one reason why I’ve listened to Hüsker Dü far than their contemporaries in the intervening decades. Bob Mould has said that he wanted Hüsker Dü to be the best band in the world and I suspect that for a hot minute sometime in the mid-80’s they were just that. Thank you for all the beautiful music Grant and rest in peace. I DÜ remember.

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The new album from The Stevens is streaming ahead of its release this Friday. I listened to it four times in row yesterday afternoon.

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Sleaford Mods @ The Echoplex 4--2017

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RVIVR - The Tide This is the most Olympia video ever. It’s been ten years almost to the day since I last lived there and yet it looks like not a single thing has changed. 

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Chancer - New Track from The Stevens. A History of Hygiene was one of my favorite records of 2013-14.

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A new Caves record is just over a month away! Try to contain your excitement.

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Thigh Master at The Echoplex, Los Angeles, CA 3-5-2017 I’m not certain, but I think this might be their first North American show (presuming you don’t count the in-store appearance that happened earlier in the day next door).

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Sleaford Mods - English Tapas The rolling papers included with the deluxe pre-order version of the record are sure to be an instant collector’s item.

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Tyvek @ The Hi Hat - Highland Park, LA 2-11-2017

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAhDe8dwsIE) Pansy Division - Homo Christmas

Man, I love Pansy Division.

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I used to love slot cars.

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Keith Morris reading from his new book My Damage at Skylight Books on 8-26-16

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Royal Headache at The Echo 7/8/2016

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Sonny & The Sunsets at The Echo on 6/23/16