Entries Tagged as 'Jim Walsh'
Stop tuning and play Left of the Dial, damnit
I fell asleep this afternoon while reading some story in the sorely disappointing Best American Short Stories 2007. While asleep I dreamt that I was cleaning my teenage bedroom when Jim Walsh and Mike Doughty just happened to stop by. They each took a seat on my king size waterbed and I started begging them [...]
Read moreDon’t be careful with your love
I have long been of the belief that one should never meet their heroes because it’s bound to be disappointing. Really, what can come of a meet up with someone who you’ve invested so much in and who doesn’t know you from Adam?
Well let me tell you this darling ones, I was wrong.
Yeah, I was [...]
He was a button down oxford and I was the grunge flannel
So there I was sitting on a folding chair on the lower level of the Barnes & Noble at the Galleria. I was supposed to be reading through the stories for class the next day but I was mostly eavesdropping on Jim Walsh’s mom introducing him to all his old neighbors who had shown up [...]
Read moreI can’t keep quiet any longer
Okay, I haven’t finished the book yet, but I gotta give some mad props to Jim Walsh for The Replacements: All Over But the Shouting.
You’re probably thinking, “oh, oh, Jodi’s giving mad props to Jim Walsh whom she loooovvvesss. Zzzzzzz.”
No. Seriously. All Over But the Shouting is really fucking good. Which is the highest praise [...]
If you haven’t gotten your copy yet
MN Monthly has a nice excerpt from Jim Walsh’s The Replacements: All Over But the Shouting.
Read moreGetting things off my spleen
Going back to work after having a week off blows. Hard.
After reading The Gum Thief I have convinced myself that I have spleen problems.
I am not sure where a spleen is located but I have decided mine is about five inches under my left breast.
Al, the cutest girl on earth™, is going to have a [...]
The words I thought I brought, I left behind
In the past four weeks or so I’ve seen Andrew Bird and Neko Case live for the first time ever. I saw Paul Westerberg sing and talk about his music.
However, nothing has filled my stomach with electricity or made my hands shake with excitement like the arrival of Jim Walsh’s All Over But the [...]
Q&A with Jim Walsh
Reveille has a Q&A with Jim Walsh about the ‘mats book coming out in November.
Read moreAll joyful and triumphant
Jim Walsh returns, in the new, kick-ass Reveille Magazine. Sweet!
Read moremost anticipated book ever
The Replacements: All Over But the Shouting: An Oral History by Jim Walsh is coming out. Sadly we have to wait until November.
Read moreCity Pages, I wasn’t ready to be heartbroken
The news that Jim Walsh has been let go from City Pages has left me. . . I don’t think there’s an adjective that describes a weird sort of inappropriate sadness mixed with fear of not knowing when you’ll read him again and a dash of wonder.
It’s hard for me to put into words [...]
Sister #2 v. Jim Walsh
Sister #2 takes on Jim Walsh. Familial loyalty vs. hero worship, my head explodes.
Read moreThings I have realized after spending the last day and a half totally alone in Supergenius HQ
I just found an m&m in my sweatshirt pocket and ate it. I have no idea how old it is. It tasted okay, so I probably won’t die
VH1 Classic is my new all-time favorite channel. I have donated at least some of my attention to: “Hangin’ with Hall & Oates,” “Pop-up Videos,” “Decades Rock Live [...]
I’m generally not the praying kind, but Jim Walsh & Paul Westerberg could make me do just about anything
When I see the words “bad news” the pessimistic side of my personality immediately jumps to death. So it was with a thudding heart and stinging eyes that I headed over to the Walsh Files and tried to prepare myself for the worst.
It’s amazing how long it can take a web page to load. Long [...]
Kurt Cobain with karate chop action
Only Jim Walsh could make me all schmoopy and nostalgic by writing about Kurt Cobain action figure. Someday I will have to explain my decades long crush on Walsh.
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