Mega post edition: OMG! 'Mats reunite! OMG! Brianna's going to hang with Tommy Stinson, and might soon be "basic cable famous"!

From the Walsh Files:

Jim writes: "Here's a new picture of the Replacements and Josh Freese (thanks to 'Mats' fan John Wolf for the link). Brothers got together at Ed Ackerson's studio recently to record a new tune for the forthcoming 'Mats box set, which has been delayed for who knows why. Maybe my liner notes for All Shook Down sucked too much."



In other equally unbelievably fantastic news, Brianna of CantGetOutOfWhatImInto fame, has been asked to judge a battle of the bands. Her co-judge? Replacements bassist and current GNRer Tommy Stinson. It's apparently for JackFM in the Twin Cities. Here's a Gmail transcript of our elated, non-sensical chat on the subject:

me: whattabout this battle of the bands thing?
Brianna: he looked at my MySpace thing, too!!
it;s with Jack FM
u,
um
you
won't beleive who is gonna be there
so, I am talking to this chick who organizes it
and ALL I took away from it was
TOMMY STINSON
me: fgO[W=[Gitpeio4g
kwPOEKGPwojejg
Brianna: WILL BE THERE
me: OMG!!????
Brianna: zsm,dbgkufhguih
skiegjasugh
um
YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH

Okay, so we weren't making much sense at the time. But you had to be there.

Brianna's blog has also attracted the interest of a MTV casting director, and Minneapolis native, who wants her for a spot on a new reality show where aspiring young rock writers vie for a job at Rolling Stone. The dude left a comment on her blog, and even tagged on his phone number. It's for real.

And if that wasn't enough good news for the day, I read that Chuck Klosterman is releasing a book of his previously publishing magazine writing. It's slated for an August release. Thanks to Fimoculous for telling me this.

P.S. Brianna's on the right.