Almost a Hüsker Dü reunion

-- Roger Fidelity (blindjimdeat...), October 28th, 2004. (later)
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Between this comment (taking swipes at both my beloved Kiss and Husker Du) and his pro-Ann Coulter messages on ILE, I think it's quite fair to say that I HATE ROGER FIDELITY!

Nothing personal, Roger, it's just that you seem to embody everything that is wrong with the world. Prove me wrong.

What??? Even conservatives know that Ann Coulter is a moron.

that's ok alex. i don't really like Killing Joke too much, except for that first album.

But you're wrong about one thing - I'm everything that's RIGHT with the world!! and a dying breed, at that.

Lighten up, Ian. It's not like I posted using Roger's name and login or anything (that's the shit that's not funny).

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then he said he wouldn't play "Diane" cuz that'sa anti-woman song then he played it like to songs later....i dunno it was a sort of thrilling in a way, but mostly just uncomfortable and a 'lil sad.

for the record, his last way overlooked CD, Good New for Modern Man, was a great little 60s ornate psych pop record....no one bought it though.

We asked him to do it with us and he very graciously agreed. It was definitely one of the highlights of my lil' hobby career in rock. Quite a thrill, and it was nice of him to do.

I heard he owns a smancy restaurant in Wisconsin now. Interested to hear the bob mould / ian maccaye collab spoken of above. Though - BM's attempt at techno awhile back was painful just to hear about (I never listenned to the thing.)

Todd "I sold Bob Mould a burrito once" p

http://www.startribune.com/stories/456/4820409.html

i saw it in print, and in the picture he still had the mustache, had barely aged a day since the huskers, it appeared.

for reals? that's ... unsettling.

wow! hadn't read that post until now, that's weird shit.

yeah, he's REALLY fucking bitter, and still has a gut.

Still, while the first Sugar disc narrowly edges out the first Nova Mob disc, i like Grant's _Intolerance_ far more than _Workbook_ and _Black Sheets of Rain_ put together.

also, part of the reason why Grant's last disc didn't sell much was 'cuz the label owner's wife ran off with the investor. That put a bit of a crimp on things.

If you do a search on Slsk for "grant hart interview", you might be able to find the raw recording i made of it.

http://www.startribune.com/stories/1371/5055284.html

Things were reportedly rosy as can be between Hart and Mould, who only agreed to their reunion that afternoon and rehearsed nil. Interestingly, they each picked a song by the other guy. Hart laughed at the coincidence that they chose such toxic tunes ("Never Talking to You Again" and "Hardly Getting Over It").

"People forget that Bob and I always had mutual admiration for each other's music," Hart said. "It's why we were in a band together for nine years."

Mould called Hart the next day before flying back to Washington, D.C., to "put the bow on the package," Hart said. But don't go thinking what you're probably thinking.

Asked about the likelihood of any future pairings, Hart said, "Anybody who didn't ever see Bob and I play together before, they missed their chance if they weren't there last Thursday."

Check out Bob's 'modulate' blog. Virtually every day he writes about how many times he's gone to the gym.

I remember reading an interview with Black Francis way back when where he said he only owned about five records when he formed the Pixies, and three of them were Husker Du albums. He would listed to Hart's "Green Eyes" every day. And, incidentally, it's Hart's "Turn on the News" that's on the official Rock and Roll Hall of Fame jukebox (for whatever that's worth).

Funny Bob Mould story: the last time I saw him live, truly doing the one man electronic band thing, I saw a guy go up to the merch man at the end, and very politely tell him about all the times he's seen Mould, and all the great shows, and how this night was so terrible he'll never pay to see Mould again. He was really sad, serious, and apologetic about it.

oh well.

and here we see a record dork meeting Grant again

For what it's worth, I think Mould's last album Modulate, was really, really good, and better than any of his other solo records.

Just ONCE I'd like to see the guy get his due. OK, mini-rant over.

Plus, Norton was also a very nice guy.

to add to the FWIW: "turn on the news" was the first song i played on college radio.

Yeah, I think it's hard to love Zen Arcade and not appreciate Norton's bass playing there especially. I love the bass on "You Can Live at Home Again," too.

Husker Du - Live in London 1.mpg to 6.mpg

sorry for shouting, but, fuck, Husker fucking Du...

No longer a soundtrack to my life, which is probably a good thing.
However, there were times in my early twenties when they were all I had. Pathetic but true. Husker Du,swimming in their misery making things worse...