If you’ve never heard of The Weakerthans, don’t worry, neither have most people I’ve met for the past twenty-five years. I only found out about them when a buddy of mine loaned me their debut CD, Fallow (1997), probably in early 2000, telling me I could keep it if I liked it, that he wasn’t that into it.
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I must imagine that putting together a record of this magnitude would be daunting. That is, to say what you want to say in one short playlist, oh, and it’s all instrumental. I am not a guitar player or a musician of any sort, but I do understand the complexities of music to a degree. I can hear the storytelling and grasp the imagery of the bard. I can close my eyes and be swept away sonically, as easily as the next and I know what I like. I really like this record.
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On March 14th, 1995, my friend Josh Kaye and I grabbed tickets to go see Hole at The Edge in Orlando, Florida. It was one of the first shows that Courtney Love and her band played after the death of her husband, Kurt Cobain, nearly one year earlier. This was the closest I could get to seeing Kurt and Nirvana and I was super excited to see the show. To see Courtney, and no, I don’t think she had anything to do with his death. I think that conspiracy makes people feel better about the untimely death of our John Lennon. Like, he didn’t leave us, he was taken away.
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A Ranking of John Lennon’s Solo Records I just finished watching the film Nowhere Boy which is a lovely movie
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