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And we get into your voicemails, text DMs, and as always, a whole lot of Rosie. Disgraceland is for the obsessed, the overlooked, the outsiders who know that the best stories are the ones that got buried. If that's you, then you belong right here in the after party. Alright, discos, let's get into it. When I first heard the Replacements in high school, it was what older kids listened to. And by older kids, I mean kids who seem both smart and dangerous. Kids from my town who went to college but still had cool vintage cars and hot girlfriends. But Molly Ringwald hot, not Cindy Crawford hot. The point is, what these Replacements listening dudes had was different from what my punk rock listening friends had. It seemed more adult and fun and like I said, somehow smart too. Smarter than the Misfits and Suicidal Tendencies anyway, despite Gary and his boner. So I gravitated toward these kids and of course, toward the Replacements. Now, given how fucked up the Replacements were and how good their songs were, and what the dudes who were listening to the Replacements were reaping, I thought, I fucking love this band. And I thought, I can do this. And of course I couldn't. Not with that level of brilliance. Turns out it's really hard to be wasted all the time and brilliant. Just ask Bob Stinson. Now, the Replacements were mythic before they even got big. And maybe that was the problem, because in living up to that myth, they paid a very, very, very steep price. We, of course, detail that reckoning in our new episode this week on the Replacements. The greatest band that never was. They never reached the rock and roll heights they were promised and that their great songs promised us. And some say they should have been, you know, akin to what Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were. And I don't believe that. I think the Replacements should have been the Rolling Stones. The songs were that good and so were the albums. And, you know, here's where the, where the where the Replacements had Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers beat the individual members of the Mats, had more charisma than the Heartbreakers just like the Rolling Stones. And maybe that's why Tom Petty had the Replacements thrown off tour with him. But probably not. Never mind. Any of that doesn't matter, some of you will say, and I kind of agree with you, who cares? The Replacements made great music. Mainstream rock and roll stardom doesn't matter. And this is true. But there's a weird sort of generational representation that shines on the fans of a very small handful of bands. Your Rolling Stones, Nirvana, et cetera. Okay, Those precious few bands who completely embody everything there is to say about a generation. The Replacements had that level of rock stardom waiting for them, and they fucked themselves out of it. And yes, it's beyond cool to have seen the Replacements at the Rat in Kenmore Square back in 1984. But wouldn't it be cooler to be telling your kid that this summer at Gillette Stadium while watching the Replacements storm through decades of hits that now speak to generations? I don't know. Maybe, maybe not. I like to think so. Anyway, not everything needs to be gatekept. We have plenty of Smiths and Minutemen and Sonics and Joy Divisions. So many bands that were great but never cemented their greatness across generations at scale or whatever. I feel like the Replacements could have been truly iconic. I had Skyway on the stereo yesterday while driving to the basketball court with my seven year old son and he asked me to play Fleetwood Max everywhere. I wonder what Paul Westerberg thinks of that. I don't know, but I bet somehow he gets it. Anyway, speaking of icons, Oasis, the reunion shows are happening. Were any of you there? Any of you at all, last weekend at the gig? UK listeners, I know you're out there. You're the third biggest country for Disgraceland listeners. Someone out there is listening to this, who was at that show and if it was you, you are, as they say across the pond, a fucking legend. So call me and give me the review. 617-906-6638 Sabbath just played as their last show the day after Oasis. I saw some of the footage online. Looks incredible. Maybe you were there instead of Oasis. And if you were, you know how to get in touch as well. I want your review too, and I wanted to know if seeing Oasis or Black Sabbath made you feel like the dirty rock and roll animals you were back in high school. These are the important questions that we need answered. Disco. So hit me up. Sean Combs still in jail and boy did I blow that one last week. I was convinced the judge was going to let him skate, but looks like he's in the hooscaw until sentencing on October 3rd. I still don't think he's going serious time. There's a chance. I'm not saying this is going to happen, but there's a chance he could just get time served and just walk. In October, we shall see. I finished writing my Brian Wilson episode on Friday. Actually, on Saturday. I can't tell if it's good or not. Might have been the hardest episode I've ever written. I'll tell you more about it in a couple weeks when it's released. I'm reading about Jimmy Buffett, and man, oh, man, was this dude not the droid I was looking for. I don't think I've ever been more interested in an artist whose music I just don't like. That said, those first three records are starting to get their hooks into me. And if you have partial punk rock indie snob blood running through your veins like I do, I promise you, you're going to love the Jimmy Buffett story that I'm going to tell you. Don't believe me? Just wait. The story is not what you think it is. So much more. What else is going on? My favorite character in the Chris Whitaker book that I'm reading that I've been telling you guys about, he just died. And honestly, I feel like I need to find a way to process my grief here. Maybe a mock cremation, A pirate's funeral, perhaps. I don't know. It bummed me the fuck out, man. You ever have that happen to you? You're reading your book and you're just, no, don't do it. Wait, what the. What are you doing, man? And then it happens and you're like, shit, now I get the entire third act to go, and the dude's just not there, man. He's gone. Okay? There's no bringing him back either. It's not that type of book. Whitaker's book, the one I'm reading, is called We Begin at the End. His new book, which I can't recall the name of at the moment, is number three on the Times bestseller list, so I could just read that next. But I've got Tom McGuain's Nobody's angel queued up next to pair with my upcoming trip to Montana at the end of the month. Hopefully that book will come with less fictional grief. We shall see. I've got Turnstile, the new turnstile record on my turntable, and no matter what I do, I can't get it off. I cannot. I can't stop listening to this record. It's never enough listening to the Turnstile record. See what I did there? I'll have more on Turnstile in the exclusive section of this bonus episode, as well as a little bit more on my time on tour with Tommy Stinson from the Replacements. That'll come up later in the show after that. Next up in your feed after this episode, we're revisiting Guns n Roses parts one and two, tracing their rise, of course, slash and Izzy's 80s and 90s awesomeness and the weird, strange, juvenile delinquent ID of Axl Rose. And then next week, quick refresher on our OG Motley Crue episode on Monday to set the groundwork for our Part two crew episode on Nikki Sixx entirely. Yes, the Nikki Sixx story is so out of control, the two episodes were needed to get into all of it. Thanks to Disco Chris on it for pushing me on this one. When you're listening to that Nikki Sixx episode, guys, be thinking about this question. Is Motley Crue the greatest hair metal band of all time? Which glam band makes you want to drive faster, drink more, stay out later? Never leave that kegger out in the woods? I want to know. And if you can't stand hair metal, which hair band do you kind of, sort of maybe think is all right, you might not like Poison, but you can tolerate Hanoi Rocks? I don't know. You tell me. Call or text 617-906-6638. We'll feature your picks in the next after party. All right, that's everything that's in my head. I gotta take a break. I need some tea. I need to drink a little water. I'll be back in a minute with your voicemails and your texts. So the convenience of being able to pay for almost everything these days digitally, yeah, it's easy. But guys, I don't know about you, it's also very easy to lose track of what I'm spending my money on. Okay, I looked at my credit card statement a couple weeks ago, and the amount of garbage I realized I was spending money on was staggering. I don't think I spend a lot of money on takeout food, but I do. 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