Walt Mink. Do you remeber them? Ever see them?

I saw them at least a couple of times -- once at first ave., once at the speedboat gallery (i think -- it's amazing how conflated all those various shows become just ten years later). um, I certainly enjoyed miss happiness at the time, although I also have distinct memories of not liking bareback ride at all. I think their cover of "pink moon" must've been the first time I ever heard the song, before either the original or the sebadoh cover. I loved it. I must've played it every morning before I went to school in the fall of '93. "Showers Down," "Twinkle & Shine" -- it was really kind of a nice little record now that i think about it. It seems so odd to me now how many high-school-hipster-cool-guys of my acquaintance were simply rabid for the relatively MOR strains of Walt Mink, The Magnolias, The Hang-Ups, God's Favorite Band, etc. (not that there's anything wrong with that) even in the context of all the local AmRep-ery. fwiw Walt Mink were clearly, even at the time I think, a cut above the mean. Also, I've got to thank you for making me think of Gneissmaker, a band I can honestly say I have not considered in at least a decade.

I bought El Producto as kind of a what-the-hell whenever it came out. I liked that song about Rosemary's Baby but that's literally the only thing I can remember about it now.

BTW, if anyone going knows anyone with one extra ticket they are willing to part with, they will make my ticketless girlfriend not hate me for having hers fall through. Save me from the hate...email address is below, and it's real. Thanks.

hi dan.

(plz don't hurt me)

Ned, which of me were you referring to wrt schizo? GET OUT OF MY HEAD!

http://www.myspace.com/valleylodge

(immediate sound)

http://waltminkthemovie.typepad.com/photos/june_17_2005/

I thought they were great and super nice.

Finally got a copy of El Producto, an album I've been casually waiting to find me (aka get sold back to the record store I work at), and I really like it! Seems like they could have been much bigger. There is something there for fans of riffs and fans of melodies. Seems to have aged pretty well, but this is coming from someone who has been listening to way too much 90s music lately.

the drummer from this band now plays with flea and thom yorke! it's a crazy world

well uh his family connections didnt hurt tbh

no slight on him as a drummer, i think hes great, but nepotism plays a part in this (unfortunately didnt do so much for walt mink themselves tho)

oh yeah i know that both him and his sis i'm sure got a boost from their dad.

still, you can get a leg up, but you don't evolve into a session/hired gun dude like that unless you can cut it.

i still like that "minneapolis" song by that dog a lot.

I really like "Totally Crushed Out" by that dog. The song "Anymore" is really gorgeous.

I am playing "Showers Down" right now and wondering why I'm not still playing this album every day of my life like I was 20 years ago

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is thorn still on mpr

I saw Walt Mink live a couple of times in Bloomington back in the 90s. They opened up for fIREHOSE on the Flying the Flannel tour at Jakes and then a year or so later saw them play a show at Second Story. I remember liking them ok and am pretty sure I had a copy of Miss Happiness at one point. I seem to recall they were pretty good but I really don't remember much about their music at this point.

Oh right, was trying to remember what the song i liked by them was. It was Showers Down. Somebody mentions it above. I think I picked up the cd for £2IR or something. Can't really remember the rest of it but do remember that as being pretty good.
Haven't seen the cd in ages so not sure if I might still have it somewhere.

Just learned a few things about this band I never knew:

• Singer/guitarist John Kimbrough is the son of actor Charles Kimbrough, aka Jim on “Murphy Brown.”
• Going by the date and venue, I’m fairly sure I attended their final show — without realizing it was their final show — which was later released as a live album. (I had been a fan in high school, but only when I was out of college did I finally have a chance to see them.)