Happy Birthday to Bob Mould, 52. As good as there is.
And some good stuff after all:
1. John Sides, pre-debate.
2. Joseph Cera on the Veep debate and public opinion.
3 Really good Adam Serwer item on Libya, Team Obama, and "politicization."
4. And Ann Friedman continues GIFing the debates.
How about when Ryan said his greatest skill was "honesty"? Did I hear that right?
ReplyDeleteHa, yes, he blurted that out so quickly that I did a double-take too.
DeleteJB, as someone who is completely ignorant of all things Bob Mould, what is his best work?
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure you would get a single answer on that one. Here's what I'm listening to today, though:
DeleteWorkbook (solo)
Metal Circus (Husker Du)
The Living End (Husker Du)
Copper Blue (Sugar)
Body of Song (solo)
Which isn't at all a best-of, but is pretty career-spanning. Let's see...to select out five tracks is pretty impossible, but I'll try anyway.
First of the Last Calls (early Husker Du)
Ice Cold Ice (late Husker Du)
See a Little Light (early solo)
A Good Idea (Sugar)
High Fidelity (late solo)
Guess it's proof that I'm a sellout poser, but I always liked the album "Candy Apple Grey." If you want an example of Mould having a big musical range in terms of what he could write, "Hardly Getting Over It" is a good best of track too.
DeleteThanks guys!
DeleteIMO, start with the Husker Du albums Zen Arcade and New Day Rising. I think that was their peak.
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