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OneSwellFoop's avatar

Goddammit, I love this sentence:

"One strange thing about Letterman and Westerberg is the level of contempt they seemed to reserve for whoever had faith in them."

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Michael Stewart's avatar

Great piece! As a former Midwesterner who was very into the Replacements and Letterman in high school, I never really considered the similarities. Thanks!

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kurt squire's avatar

Great stuff. You're on to something.

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terrence bracy's avatar

This is a very interesting analysis’.

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MvR's avatar

I did not expect that reading about Letterman would be that interesting. But given the line of discussion the Replacements angle works for me.

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MvR's avatar

I should have said "parallel" and not "angle".

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OneSwellFoop's avatar

I remember reading a description of Paul somewhere as a "parking lot sage." I think about that a lot. Maybe too much.

I also remember Dave back in the day, looking into the camera and saying, "This is the only thing on NBC right now."

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