#7 was performed live in Argentina

Almost went to Rasputin’s with my GF today. But I did. Without her. Because tradition requires it, I have to list here what I got. Okay, here goes.

3 Paul Westerberg albums. Yeah, I do admit it seems like a lot, but… yeah it is a lot. They were pretty cheap, and I really like The Replacements (understatement), it seemed like a good idea. There’s 14 Songs, Come Feel Me Tremble, and Suicide Gratification (I’m not kidding about the last one). So far, 14 Songs is the best, because he’s fresh out of disbanding The Replacements, and they have the same kind of songs as All Shook Down (their last studio album, which is practically a Westerberg solo album anyway). But overall, they aren’t as good as anything the Replacements did (even Don’t Tell A Soul, which is pretty lackluster itself). Maybe they’ll grow on me in time, but for now, I’ll stick with Pleased To Meet Me.

Second (or perhaps fourth), Mudhoney’s Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge. Although this is usually considered Mudhoney’s best album, Touch Me I’m Sick is still their best song. By far. Most of the good songs on EGBDF (named for the lines of the treble clef) are the sorta faster ones, because the album kinda drags on the slower ones.

I like Dinosaur Jr. Not just because they spell Jr without a period and because it’s Dinosaur, but because J Mascis writes cool songs. Most of the songs on Where You Been are pretty depressing, but cool guitar solos, unlike most alternative music, which generally frowns down on it. But J makes them work, and boy does he do it well. And his voice is pretty awesome too.

Well I guess I had to get at least one album I knew I was going to like. So that was Weezer’s Red Album. It’s a bit experimental, even by Weezer standards, but it’s good weird, not regular weird. So far the best songs are 2 of the longest ones. There’s the mini-rock-opera-like “The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived,” and different sections are good enough to be enjoyable enough and short enough so you don’t get bored. But the song does teach you one thing; Not everybody should rap. “Dreamin’” is also interesting. It has a good catchy beginning, and a calm interlude about 140 seconds into the song. And it’s good.

I also got two other CDs for my two GFs. You do know that GF means “good friend,” right? Just checking. In September, they’re releasing a 20^th anniversary super deluxe version of Nevermind. It’s going to be 4 CDs and a DVD with a full concert on it. It sounds like it’s going to cost a lot (understatement). I want to wait until they release the tracklist before I get too excited, but we do know the concert on the DVD is from the Paramount Theatre. For those of you who aren’t obsessed with Nirvana, it’s the show with that version of About A Girl that’s on VEVO. Yeah that one. And that show has the best version of “Endless, Nameless” ever, full stop. Here it is, with some other footage edited in. Unintelligible Lyrics Here

Oh, and you guys obviously didn't listen to the mix the whole way through. Because if you did, you would know that #2 is actually 2 songs. Oh, I just gave away another hint. Whoops.