Happy Birthday Dave Pirner

This sounds about right:

Everyone will tell you Soul Asylum was much better before they got big, but that is what everyone says about everything they love that they knew prior to its becoming popular, so a lot of times it is just wrong. I mean, no one is defending "Runaway Train"—no one could—but the back half of their career had as much under appreciated stuff as the beginning. Anyway, happy birthday, Dave Pirner. Those of us who dream of disappearing completely will always love you for this song.

80s hipsters killed Soul Asylum the second they made a dollar. The fact is, Let Your Dim Light Shine is my second favorite Soul Asylum album ever. And I was there in the beginning.