The Results of the Class
The People's University course is now over, and you fuckers missed out. The first seminar featured Tony Glover, of Koerner, Ray, and Glover fame. They were this folk group that started around the early '60s in the local area. It was cool to learn about what Minneapolis was like in those times, but I'm not that aquainted with the group to get too nostalgic. It was still interesting to see Tony Glover speak about the group in person.
The next week kicked ass. Grant Hart came in and was acting like a goofball the whole time. He would run out of the classroom and speak in his mic while interrupting Chris Osgood's lecture. We got to see a video of a Husker Du concert in the early '80s. They kicked ass. There were no breaks between the songs and they were always jumping around rocking out with lots of energy. Grant Hart also talked about why he didn't sue SST like Bob Mould did (he claimed he would feel like a traitor), which is pretty impressive since SST owes him over $1 million (and I know Grant Hart's got no money). He also got in depth about his songwriting process, which got kinda boring but was forgivable because he was Grant Hart. He explained what "Girl who lived on Heaven Hill" was about (a St. Paul lady who had 2 handles of Heaven Hill Vodka delivered to her doorstep every night). I also learned Husker Du started in Machalester College (which is probably the only thing that doesn't suck about that school).
Last Monday Dr. Fink aka Matt Fink of Prince and the Revolution spoke (Matt was the guy always dressed like a doctor). He was a middle aged white man who definatley wasn't funky, but had some interesting stories about Prince's eccentric behavior. We watched some videos from the Purple Rain tour and the Sign O' the Times surprise concert at 1st Ave. Those were pretty damn entertaining.
The other day I saw Clerks II, which was filled with '90s music. It closed with "Misery" by Soul Asylum, and it got me wanting to hear more Soul Asylum. I don't care what anyone says, Soul Asylum fucking rocks. Matt, I encourage you to download a discography of theirs.
The next week kicked ass. Grant Hart came in and was acting like a goofball the whole time. He would run out of the classroom and speak in his mic while interrupting Chris Osgood's lecture. We got to see a video of a Husker Du concert in the early '80s. They kicked ass. There were no breaks between the songs and they were always jumping around rocking out with lots of energy. Grant Hart also talked about why he didn't sue SST like Bob Mould did (he claimed he would feel like a traitor), which is pretty impressive since SST owes him over $1 million (and I know Grant Hart's got no money). He also got in depth about his songwriting process, which got kinda boring but was forgivable because he was Grant Hart. He explained what "Girl who lived on Heaven Hill" was about (a St. Paul lady who had 2 handles of Heaven Hill Vodka delivered to her doorstep every night). I also learned Husker Du started in Machalester College (which is probably the only thing that doesn't suck about that school).
Last Monday Dr. Fink aka Matt Fink of Prince and the Revolution spoke (Matt was the guy always dressed like a doctor). He was a middle aged white man who definatley wasn't funky, but had some interesting stories about Prince's eccentric behavior. We watched some videos from the Purple Rain tour and the Sign O' the Times surprise concert at 1st Ave. Those were pretty damn entertaining.
The other day I saw Clerks II, which was filled with '90s music. It closed with "Misery" by Soul Asylum, and it got me wanting to hear more Soul Asylum. I don't care what anyone says, Soul Asylum fucking rocks. Matt, I encourage you to download a discography of theirs.
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