all for nothing
- "Left of the Dial"
- "Kiss Me on the Bus"
- "Bastards of Young"
- "Here Comes a Regular"
- "Skyway"
- "Alex Chilton"
- "The Ledge"
- "Can't Hardly Wait"
- "I'll Be You"
- "Achin' to Be"
- "Talent Show"
- "Anywhere's Better Than Here"
- "Merry Go Round"
- "Sadly Beautiful"
- "Nobody"
- "Someone Take the Wheel"
- favorite tracks: left of the dial, bastards of young, alex chilton, achin to be, anywhere's better than here
- comments: this dual album was given to me by a fellow dj at WRHO, dr. mike woost. he was the only professor i had for anthropology, and i took 2 of his classes and loved both of them. i digress. at some point he got involved in radio and either i had a show before or after him and i was playing the goo goo dolls and he said something to the effect that it reminded him of the replacements. i replied with, "who are the replacements?" next time we saw each other he had this 2 disc set in hand. i now wonder if i was supposed to give it back to him. i never asked. and i haven't seen him for years.
this album took a bit of getting used to. it has a definite indie feel, not polished, not finished, not popular with anyone, including radio stations. the first 2 times through the disc i was not sure about it. by the third time i started to like it, and was taken back to all those people that didn't like 'popular' music, but liked other stuff i just couldn't get into. maybe i can, after all.
'kiss me on the bus' reminded me of a high school band trip where it was late and we were all coming home on a school bus and some people were playing truth or dare. i tried to stay out of it but someone was dared to kiss me. i can't remember if we did or didn't, but i remember feeling weird about it. we got along OK though he was younger than me. *shrug* 'skyway' definitely had to be written about minneapolis, because there was just so much ringing true to it. then i looked and these guys are from there, so it makes perfect sense.
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