The Replacements vs SNL

The guys finally get to a stack of letters about Paul Westerberg and The Replacements and untangle the tale of the time that the Twin Cities ne'er-do-wells took their inferiority complex onto national TV.

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SHOW NOTES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Replacements_(band)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Stinson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Westerberg

https://www.amazon.com/Trouble-Boys-True-Story-Replacements/dp/0306825368

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Stinson

https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2023/11/14/peter-jespersons-colorful-new-memoir-shares-music-business-thrills-and-spills

Jesperson interview on Licorice Pizza TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3WBS_hvrVA&t=3087s

The Replacements performance: https://www.reddit.com/r/punk/comments/1p4dwjl/snl_musical_performance_bastards_of_young_january/

https://uproxx.com/indie/rivals-revisited-rem-the-replacements-up-tim-reissues/

https://www.reddit.com/r/indieheads/comments/l1nc3r/inside_the_replacements_disastrous_snl_debut/

https://snl.fandom.com/wiki/Elvis_Costello

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Radio

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