cclancrete.bsky.social
Twin Cities lifer. Applying Minnesota Nice energy to subversion of the regime.
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The usual stuff.
Bike lanes vs Parking
The Replacements
Naz Reid
What did I miss?
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I used the copy I bought in high school, the week it came out, from the Wax Museum in Richfield. I listened to it intently at the time, and it shaped my worldview big time. As I think it did for many.
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I started working through the track-by-track write-ups shortly after this was posted a month ago. Just finished today (jumping around among 3 vinyl records takes time!). I have no major quarrels with the results - nice work!
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Swear to god I was just looking for a Strummer pic to add to that post
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Same
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The one and only time I got to see Prince live
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I do not like the look of this. The reasons she offers for her "no" are minor, ignoring the bigger glaring reasons to oppose what the Republicans are trying to do here. I'm afraid she might be a lost cause.
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Credit in Heaven and Sorry Ma were huge for me in '81, as a high-schooler discovering the Minneapolis music scene. Seeing the Suburbs and the 'Mats doing all-ages shows together set a course for me for the decade.
It took me another year to get hip to the Huskers. That cemented it.
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I drove down to Chicago from Minneapolis for this show. It was incredible.
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The owner of Roadrunner Records was working there for some of that time
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I did most of my record shopping at the Richfield location in the late 70's / early 80's (I grew up not far from there). Bought my first Ramones, Clash, many other essential records there.
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Enjoying a DJ set from @dmillermpls.bsky.social at the moment, and loved the contributions from @crz.mn, Ollie Stench, and especially Jon Copland (who I credit for hooking me onto KFAI in college back in the early 80s).
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I missed it. Was it part of the In Memorium segment?
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TIL that Foghat was not an American band.
I'm still pretty sure Grand Funk Railroad was, because they told me so.
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Not bad. Brought this to mind
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4spa...
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I was one of the 22,000. Motorhead was also on the bill (I became an instant fan).
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How the hell did I miss that Bad Brains show
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Pretty much the same thing happened to me, except I smashed my mouth on the lunchbox when I fell. I think I lost a baby tooth or two from that incident
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I was 10 years old in 1974, just beginning to collect comics. This was the first issue of Avengers I ever bought.
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And they did a video for one of the songs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kap7...
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Ooh, I wasn't aware of the oral history -a great read.
I remember watching it when it aired, the thrill of seeing friends and acquaintances along with bands I liked "acting" on screen, and the cringe of how bad it was as a film.
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I never got over the time they denied us the opportunity to vote for "Abolish ICE"
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I did catch SY with Stereolab at an outdoor show in Minneapolis (Walker Art Center) a few years later, which was almost as cool.
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My wife and I were across the river in NJ that day, having traveled from Minnesota to spend the 4th with my in-laws. I so wanted to get over to the Central Park for the show, but with two kids under 3 it just couldn't happen.
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I agree, pretty good record. I should hit the stacks in my basement and dig this one out - been a while.
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It's turning out to be "rugs" week in our household.
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Mark E. Smith and Bun E. Carlos - two of the greats!
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I was at that Upper Deck show. I'm not sure, but I think that might have been Boiled in Lead's first gig.
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I hadn't tuned in to channel 11 in recent days, but I turned in on just now to check. It's working for me
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Well, there is this
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Sometime around '81-'82, while I was still in high school, the Uptown Theater screened a collection of Chuck Statler videos (Devo, Commandos, Elvis C, Nick Lowe, Madness, maybe a few others), as a double feature with Rock n Roll High School. Left an indelible mark on me.
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I have a possibly false memory of them introducing the new name with a New Year's Eve show (my memory is being at that show) at a bar in SE Mpls. Does that ring a bell with anyone?
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Excellent! A lot of great shows happened under the radar there...bands that people wish they saw in a small club but only a select few showed up to do so at the time.
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So you were part of the resurgence, after the U shut it down for a while due to the incident at the Die Kreuzen show in '86.
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As for these shows...King's English was second rate Limited Warranty, Shangoya was beloved (I saw them open for the Clash a few years prior), Dark Carnival were premier TC goth, and Good Joe included future members of Son Volt. (And my band opened for them at a house party at some point).
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I started volunteering at the Whole in spring 1983, mainly to get into the Dead Kennedys / Husker Du show they hosted then in the "Great Hall." I was club coordinator from 84-85 and have many tales to entice/bore you with from that time. If you want me to.
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I loved the Mags from the start. My band (the Tucumcari Rattlers) opened for them at what I believe was their first headlining gig, at the Whole (basement of Coffman Union at the U of M) in the spring of '85. Distant but great memories.
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I suppose I should have used the three spirits line with this
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If someone's got a sleigh that I can borrow
I promise not to blow the address again
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Broken Clock
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For me it was Apollo 11 when I was 5. Watching it unfold on TV, the landing, the walks, the communications with mission control, the splashdown upon their return days later. My parents later bought me a 45 single of Walter Cronkite's reporting of the event - still have it.
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I went to an after-party here the night the Huskers and Dead Kennedys played at Coffman Union. My fuzzy memories include Jello Biafra carrying around a shoebox with mysterious contents, and listening to Grant talk at length about Wagner. (No, I did not partake in the LSD)
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Boy do I ever not miss doing those