Celebrity birthdays for Oct. 11-Oct. 17 Oct 8, 2009
Singer Bob Mould (Husker Du) is 49. Actor Randy Vasquez ("JAG") is 48. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Music: the week ahead Oct 1, 2009
BOB MOULD He was in Husker Du. He was in Sugar. (Boston Globe)
Four Liverpudlians to escort yall back home Sep 12, 2009
Life s regrets include never having seen: a late 60 s Beatles or Elvis show, a mid-70 s Led Zepplin show, a 1980 s Clash show, or Husker Du cerca 1985. but then again a few too many. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Terrific trios Aug 11, 2009
Since then, we have learned that good things do come in threes, in sports (Tinker to Evers to Chance, the Steel Curtain's Greene, Lambert and Blount, and the Celtics' Bird, McHale and Parish) and music (trios such as Nirvana, The Jam, Husker Du and Cream) and even cheesy sitcoms (Jack, Chrissy and Janet). In college football this season, five teams have special trios worth bragging about. (Notre Dame Sports -- Rivals.com)
THE FLAMING LIPS Co-Curate ATP/NY 2009 New Acts Confirmed For ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES Festival Sep 11-13, 2009 Aug 8, 2009
Also just announced, Oneida presents the Ocropolis" where Oneida will transport the impetus, spirit and community of their multidisciplinary studio/performance space, The Ocropolis, to ATP for a full day of improvisation, collaboration, and recording, combined with the astounding Mighty Robot Visuals light crew. Previously announced acts include Boredoms continuing their BOADRUM series, performing with 9 drummers on stage.No Age will perform a whole LP by Husker Du including a special... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
It takes two Aug 6, 2009
From those you've already mentioned - Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Clash, Byrds, Go-Betweens, Aus Crawl and Husker Du. The Hummingbirds. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The Thermals at Rhythm Room May 22, 2009
For fans of: The Clash, Husker Du, the Hold Steady, the Pixies. Trivia: Their first album, "More Parts Per Million," was recorded in the kitchenette of Hutch Harris' Portland home on a four-track cassette recorder. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
iPod Shuffle: Vicki Peterson May 22, 2009
Surprised it didn't come up: "I just loaded up a bunch of classic Husker Du, Black Flag, and Minutemen because I want to try to give [my 13-year-old son] a little bit of an education about classic punk rock because he still thinks Green Day is punk rock.". Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
Jayhawks Olson and Louris in harmony again Apr 10, 2009
Any place that produced Prince, the Replacements and Husker Du has to be pretty cool. Five days before the start of a tour in which the duo will be accompanied by Norwegian musician Ingunn Ringvold on percussion, Louris chatted by telephone about the reunion and "Ready for the Flood.". (North County Times)
Photo poll: What music sums up '80s? Apr 4, 2009
What's your '80s musical genre. What's your '80s musical genre. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Legacy of 80s music cloven by new film, musical Apr 3, 2009
Did The Replacements, Husker Du and Crowded House do enough to save it ... The film is stuffed to the tilt with tunes, boasting a pulsating soundtrack of The Replacements, Lou Reed, Big Star, The Cure, Husker Du, the New York Dolls and others (the acclaimed indie band Yo La Tengo, formed in 1984 and still active, fills in the score ... Ultimately, what "Rock of Ages" and "Adventureland" have in common is their interest in peering into the past through the prism of music - be it via Guns N' Roses... (FOX 11, AZ)
When Hollywood meets Kennywood Apr 2, 2009
He found solace in music by The Replacements, Husker Du, Jesus and Mary Chain, and the Smiths and burrowed deeper in films, particularly the masterpieces by Truffaut, Bergman and others not readily available in the Long Island suburbs of his youth. "It cemented my desire to make movies. There was no turning back. It was in Pittsburgh that I made the decision that that's what I had to do with my life.". (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The real Pickett Mar 29, 2009
Pickett made Route 33 for Minneapolis' Twin Tone Records, home of the Replacements and Husker Du, and The Wilderness, released by local label Safety Net and produced by REM's Buck. Both were critically beloved but commercially ignored. (The Palm Beach Post)
Story: No Age tightens sound Mar 9, 2009
"And sound too. Dean and I are both huge fans of SST and the sort of lineage of great California punk that wasn't always straightahead. I don't think punk really became straightahead until the popular term punk sort of turned mainstream sometime in the '90s, when bondage belts sort of became the standard for what punk was supposed to look like. I think there were a lot of amazing bands like the Minutemen, which I don't think anybody could deny were punk but were probably one of the most... (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
The science of selling out Feb 22, 2009
" This is art that has always been mixed with commerce Michael Berube American academic Michael Berube tackled the subject in an essay called Cultural Criticism and the Politics of Selling Out. He came to the subject with something more than just an academic interest - in the 80s he was a fan of hardcore US bands such as Husker Du, who were accused of selling out when they signed to a mid-size record label. Many of their fans refused to listen to subsequent records. With music, he says, "this is... (BBC News -- UK)
