Closer to the Stars

(Exaltations to Michelle)

Or

Soulless Asylum

(More praise for Michelle)

Karl Mueller, bass player and founding member of the Minneapolis rock band Soul Asylum, has joined the Grave Dancers Union at 41. After 15 years of anonymous toil in the Minneapolis area, Soul Asylum sold more than 2 million albums with hit singles ''Somebody to Shove," ''Black Gold" and ''Runaway Train," then went platinum with their 1995 follow-up ''Let Your Dim Light Shine."