“I never travel far without a little Big Star.” When I first heard Paul Westerberg of The Replacements sing those words back in 1987, in the bridge to a tribute song called “Alex Chilton,” I took them at face value. They seemed like a boast, a call to arms, even. I didn’t know what Big… Continue reading It’s a ’70s Thing: Learning to Fall in Love Again With the Songs of Alex Chilton