Video: First Avenue: Hayday (promo trailer)

And speaking as we were yesterday of Paul Westerberg , here's a trailer for First Avenue: Heyday , a music documentary I'd really like to see. Every generation gets its own Cavern Club, apparently, and in the mid-80s First Avenue in Minneapolis hosted the likes of the Replacements , Husker Du , Soul Asylum , the Jayhawks and (my personal cult favorite) Trip Shakespeare (a coveted PowerPop [...]

For a previous non-fan, I enjoyed Interpol a lot on Friday night's Madison Square Garden show. Part of this was of course just being caught up in the excitement of being at the Garden (yes, it still gives thrills). But, really, the band sounded great, the sound and lighting was excellent and apart from their curtain snafu at the start, everything else went well. Kudos to Interpol for a triumphant show. -- Newsday's J. Edwards Keyes succinctly wrote: "It could be argued that the group writes only three kinds of songs -- doomy rock numbers, [...]

Have I posted this yet? I saw it a few weeks ago and meant to... Trailer for the docu-film "First Avenue: Hayday 1985-1992" made up of footage shot at First Avenue nightclub, in Minneapolis, from 1985-1992. Produced and Directed by Rick Fuller. Great snippets within about Minneapolis' favorite rock club, from the likes of Replacements, Huskers, Soul Asylum and others. Check the opening part of the trailer with the Replacements blasting our "Bastards of Young" from the club's stage. And Grant Hart's Husker Du reunion quip is adorable. [...]