On Paul Westerberg and David Letterman forty years later.
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."
Great piece! As a former Midwesterner who was very into the Replacements and Letterman in high school, I never really considered the similarities. Thanks!
Great stuff. You're on to something.
This is a very interesting analysis’.
I did not expect that reading about Letterman would be that interesting. But given the line of discussion the Replacements angle works for me.
I should have said "parallel" and not "angle".
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."
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."
Great piece! As a former Midwesterner who was very into the Replacements and Letterman in high school, I never really considered the similarities. Thanks!
Great stuff. You're on to something.
This is a very interesting analysis’.
I did not expect that reading about Letterman would be that interesting. But given the line of discussion the Replacements angle works for me.
I should have said "parallel" and not "angle".
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."