Mastodawn

One of those tunes my kids would request back in the 90s as they’d pile into my ‘81 Chevy Custom Deluxe so I could take em to school.
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#90sRock
#ThrowingCopper
#Memories

jp Jul 16, 2025

Two songs. One waitress. A world of difference.
Live’s “Waitress” turns a bad tip into a spiritual crisis.
Hop Along’s “Waitress” stays small — and cuts deeper.
A tale of post-grunge grandstanding vs. indie self-incrimination.
#HopAlong #Live #ThrowingCopper #PaintedShut #IndieRock #PostGrunge #MusicEssay #SongAnalysis #FrancesQuinlan #EdKowalczyk #AltRock #IndieScene #90sRock #2010sIndie
https://songreading.wordpress.com/2025/07/16/two-waitresses-and-no-tip-lives-grunge-sermon-vs-hop-alongs-indie-confessional/

Two Waitresses and No Tip: Live’s Grunge Sermon Vs. Hop Along’s Indie Confessional

Hop Along’s “Waitress” (2015) gives Live’s 1994 song of the same name a run for its tip money. Both songs take place in that charged, transactional space between customer and server, and both flirt…

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Brian Jopek Aug 2, 2024

A road jam on a sunny and fuckin’ hot Friday afternoon.
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#AltRock
#ClassicRock
#ThrowingCopper

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J-3OCbo5sK4

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Paul Jul 22, 2024

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30 years later, giving "Throwing Copper" by Live a new listen.
Live wasn't a grunge band, but songs like "Selling The Drama" & "I Alone" were close enough to the Seattle sound to help them become hugely popular on both alternative and rock radio of 1994.
#90s #AlternativeRock #Live #ThrowingCopper #Vinyl

Brian Jopek Jun 10, 2024

Some Live out here on deck: when my kids were little, in the mid 90s, they’d climb into the cab of my ‘81 Chevy Custom Deluxe pickup and my oldest, Ryan, who was eight at the time, would ask to hear “Lightning Crashes.” Who was I to say no?
#MusicOfMastodon
#AltRock
#ClassicRock
#ThrowingCopper
#Memories

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I4jH5QPQ6oY

Lightning Crashes

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Guitar Bot Mar 19, 2024

Stone Temple Pilots and Live Announce Co-Headlining Tour for Purple and Throwing Copper https://www.metalsucks.net/2024/03/18/stone-temple-pilots-and-live-announce-co-headlining-tour-for-purple-and-throwing-copper/ #30thanniversarytour #stonetemplepilots #ThrowingCopper #TourdeForce #JubileeTour #purple #News #live

Stone Temple Pilots and Live Announce Co-Headlining Tour for Purple and Throwing Copper

Stone Temple Pilots and Live have announced a tour run for this August, to be titled the Jubilee Tour, a special 30th anniversary tour.

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Josh Bruce Dec 23, 2023

Given the Substack and Penguin Random House shenanigans…and everything really, I’m glad I self-publish and roll my own a lot.

I still stick to my mantra of: Never enter anything without an exit strategy.

Fingers crossed that the platforms and distributors I do use don’t go complete asshole and don’t shutdown or sell out.

#ThrowingCopper

Brian Jopek Sep 15, 2023

This evening’s “live” selection on deck is from the band Live and another of those tunes all three of my kids loved to hear in the truck all those years ago. This particular performance was recorded on 23 July, 1999. Seven years later on that date was the last time I ever spoke to my oldest boy when he called me from Iraq.
#MusicOfMastodon
#90sAlbumRock
#ThrowingCopper
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zyErpmqpH_o