Wow. The Hulkster.

Are you a Hulkamaniac, Draplin?

no, just a zuba lovah.
besides, it’s hard to deny leather face, spandex bound men - as i well know.

No, I’m not a Hulkamaniac. What a specimen! I’m more of a WayneCoyniac, or even a Farraraniac or possibly a Westerbergiac.

Fuck that Hulk Hogan, bruuuther!

Dig those Zubaz pants. I usually wear them with my Mental Headgear fleece jester hat while riding my Heavy Tools Trick Bonz twin-tip snowboard. Uh-huh. Yeah.

Glad you escaped from LA alive. Heather Graham is hot. Did you get to see her roller-girl camel toes? Did ya punch Steve-O in the nads? You should have.

Gotta roll.

-E-licious

Westerbergiac?
More like a Wasteoftimeiac.

I just don’t get it. Everyone likes it, but it sucks. Weird.

Ryno, oughta be ashamed of yerself.

Derogatory statements against Westerberg? How can you call yerself a good diplomat of Minneapolis? Those sorts of words are goddamn sacrilege. As far as I’m concerned, any slam on Westerberg is a slam on the Replacements, as well as Minneapolis. Bad move.

The Replacements were the greatest band of the ‘80s…hands down. Westerberg led them, and a whole decade.

Man, you gotta long way to go. No shit. Do yerself a favor and go out and get his latest: “Stereo.” You’ll come around to Paul.

I’m still shook up by such reckless naysayin’.

I’m gonna second Ryan’s opinion on Westerberg. As a matter of fact, I’ll go so far as to say “I really hate The Replacements, Soul Asylum, and all of the pseudo-country Minnesota crap-rock that the Minneapolis/St. Paul music scene pumps out.” Granted I can appreciate the song-writing talent that CAN exist in this type of music but I really don’t understand how so many people can bob their heads to this mundane, self-loathing, slacker horse pucky.

Then again, a lot of people think I listen to really horrible music too - my wife is one em.

Have a good weekend though.
-andrew

I’m going to quickly distance myself from Mr. Jenkins here, by declaring my support for the fine music of the midwest, and Minnesota, in particular. The Replacements, Husker Dü, the Jayhawks (first few records), etc.
I further my stance my saying my dislike for Mr. Westerberg’s boring midlife-crisis adult-contempo stylings of nowadays in no way detract from the fine, high-quality sounds of the Replacements. In fact, I rather like P. Wester as a person. Its terribly unfortunate that, much like John Fogerty, he had to get old and start making unlistenable, bland junk.

Works for me Ryan. I didn’t mean to imply that you too had the strong “negative” feelings that I do, but more that you were voicing an opinion and I too wanted to jump on that opinion bandwagon. Go ahead and like ‘em it’s a free country. *GRIN*

Personally, I have a pretty hard time tolerating the “Minnesota” music scene (80’s to mid 90’s) though. Many of my friends (and their bands) were squashed “musically” because they DIDN’T sound like any of the earlier mentioned bands. I think it’s sad when today’s musicians get little or no credit because of the relative success of a few similar sounding bands ages ago. Maybe my beef is more with Minnesota’s critics then anything. But, that dislike does conveniently overlap with my low-threshold for countrified-rock.

But, that’s what makes life so beautiful. I can disagree and have my own opinions (although I should probably keep those thoughts to myself, no one cares what I have to say). Either way, I would love to hear from those that like Husker, Replacements, Soul Asylum, and the like - What about their music do you really enjoy? Is it the songwriting, the musicality, the attitude, or what? As a comparison, I’m a tremendous fan of jazz (primarily 50’s and 60’s jazz) - I like it for the complexity and layering of melodies and tones. I find the controlled chaos soothing and comforting.

andrew “or just tell me to shup up” jenkins

The drunk dude on a bike with the lion tattoo that punched that Grant P dude in the face at Mcad, he told us once that he used to drink with Soul Asylum, and that they had a really bad work ethic cause all they did was drink all of the time. That’s probably why Ryno prefers Soul Asylum over the Replacements, cause Soul Asylum throws down the yeast juice hard.

Dude, I prefer Soul Asylum because of Pirner’s filthy, stinky rat-nest of whiteman dreads, and the way he wiggles and bounces when they get to the exciting part in “Runaway Train.”

I am also much in awe of his uncanny abilities with young women, Winona Ryder, in particular. I recon that if I style myself and my demeanor after that ripped-knee jean wearing, dirty tee-shirt rock God, then I may too bone the beetlejuice out of Winona.

Really, what does that guy have that I don’t?