Three Run Jimmy Jack

I saw Soul Asylum for free in a park in downtown San Jose last night. Their bass player karl mueller died of cancer in the last year. They have a new album out, their first in like 8 years, and I think Karl played on a lot of it. Tommy Stinson was on bass, and this awesome drummer, Michael Bland, who played with Prince was drumming. They played one song from While You Eere Out, and it was the best thing they did. "Catapillar crawling up a big old pole is there somebody that you want to talk to?" it gave me shivers it was so great. I would have loved to talk to those guys.

Lots of new songs I didn't like that much, but it was cool to see them still playing. You know how Pearl Jam got really big because they formed after the death of Andrew Wood? I think the music industry loves a story like that and we'll be hearing a lot of new Soul Asylum in the next few months. I guess that is fine, but the music they made from '85-90 just totally blows away their new stuff and I figure the masses don't know it and never will. That's how it goes. What are you going to do? I can't get in a time machine and go see them live in '87, but I wish I could. I figure I saw every show in Mlps from 85-89, I counted 30 that I could remember at one point. I suppose if I had the time machine technology going to the Soul Asylum show again shouldn't be a top priority, but it would be.