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Tag Archives: Paul Westerberg
“I won’t apologize for trying to write for smart people.” — Paul Westerberg
It’s Paul Westerberg’s birthday today. My brother Brendan is the Westerberg Fan, and I will always associate The Replacements with my brother, whose fandom began in high school and continued unabated until this day. I posted all of my brothers’ … Continue reading
Music Monday: Time Operator/Answering Machine: Westerberg and Walker, by Brendan O’Malley
My talented brother Brendan O’Malley is an amazing writer and actor. He’s wonderful in the recent You & Me, directed by Alexander Baack. (I interviewed Baack about the film here.) His most recent gig was story editor/writer on the hit … Continue reading
Music Monday: The Element of Danger, by Brendan O’Malley
My talented brother Brendan O’Malley is an amazing writer and actor. He’s wonderful in the recent You & Me, directed by Alexander Baack. (I interviewed Baack about the film here.) His most recent gig was story editor/writer on the hit … Continue reading
Music Monday: The Legendary Boy In The Rafters, by Brendan O’Malley
My talented brother Brendan O’Malley is an amazing writer and actor. He’s wonderful in the recent You & Me, directed by Alexander Baack. (I interviewed Baack about the film here.) His most recent gig was story editor/writer on the hit … Continue reading
Music Monday: Warsaw, Pt. 2: How He Became Paul, by Brendan O’Malley
My talented brother Brendan O’Malley is an amazing writer and actor. He’s wonderful in the recent You & Me, directed by Alexander Baack. (I interviewed Baack about the film here.) His most recent gig was story editor/writer on the hit … Continue reading
50 Best Albums, by Brendan O’Malley, #31. Paul Westerberg, Suicaine Gratifaction
My talented brother Brendan O’Malley is an amazing writer and actor. He’s wonderful in the recent You & Me, directed by Alexander Baack. (I interviewed Baack about the film here.) His most recent gig was story editor/writer on the hit … Continue reading
Even Lazy Jellyfish Do It
I have probably listened to this cover of the song “Let’s Do It” at least once every single week since Tank Girl first came out 5,000 years ago when I bought a cassette tape of the soundtrack. That’s how much … Continue reading
Happy birthday, Sylvia Plath
“Death opened, like a black tree, blackly.” Today is Sylvia Plath’s birthday. That’s a sketch she did of her own hands. She found drawing very relaxing. She would lose herself in it, and spent most of her honeymoon in Spain … Continue reading
Paul Westerberg/The Replacements, by Brendan O’Malley
Whenever I hear people talk about how the ’80’s sucked, I have to argue. How, you ask, could you argue for a decade that spawned all those horrible songs that we all know by heart even though we hate them? … Continue reading

