Stephen Malkmus

Pavement should reunite every 10 years or so, until they're elderly dudes sitting on stools and playing acoustic "Zurich Is Stained."

Hey, it’s really happening (sort of?):

It’s official. We’re getting back together for two exclusive concerts in 2020. See you next June at Primavera Sound in Barcelona and NOS Primavera Sound in Porto! pic.twitter.com/FQeS1HODpI

— PAVEMENTtherockband (@pavement_band) June 1, 2019

"dammit bob stop gambling"

My wife sez ppl on FB are throwing fits that they’re not playing more shows (U.S., etc.).... Whatcha gonna do? Nice quick payday/vacay for the guys (and maybe there will be more to come...)

it's the adam sandler model of only making movies set in places you want to visit

I’d be surprised if there aren’t more shows announced. 2021 maybe?

Wishing a lot of artists would have the courage to pull the plug on their solo projects for similar reasons https://t.co/OOTgadWzuq

— CSTB (@cstbtweet) July 2, 2019

New (non-Jicks) album coming, w/Chris Funk and Matt Sweeney: https://matablog.matadorrecords.com/2020/01/21/coming-march-6-stephen-malkmus-traditional-techniques-xian-man-premiere-us-ca-spring-2020-tour/

Lead single:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LU4rS7XOxw

this sounds cool! surprised he's already got a new one coming out ...

glad he's trying out some folkier moves — I always liked this solo "No More Shoes"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC3CCA2zHHg

I like the new one. inscrutably lovable

getting heavy Tinariwen vibes from this

Sweeney always brings the vibes
maybe this will be Malk's Superwolf

very happy to hear him in pastoral bluesy 60s psych mode, looking forward

This is brilliance, why aren't people going crazy for it

it's not out yet?

gonna go cop this jawn tomorrow

Stephen Malkmus - Traditional Techniques (2020)

i think people *are* going crazy for it.

it's just a small number of people that care what SM is up to.

Sounds great on first listen. Surprising.

i haven't listened to this so can't really vouch for it yet but it's a 90-minute convo w/ SM so it seems like it's worth posting:

https://soundcloud.com/user-940109391/aewch-109-stephen-malkmus-or

Cookies Hoops (basketball-focused) pod with Malkmus vs. Andrew Kuo/Ben Detrick:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/judgment-night-43049847

Judgment Night: Cookies 257 with Stephen Malkmus

Musician Stephen Malkmus joins Cookies Hoops to discuss protests in Portland (8:30), beating the covid blues (17:21), the joy of watching "Alone" survivalist porn (25:02), the NBA's current reign of dynamic duos (40:51), the Jail Blazers' legacy and dubious officiating in 2000 playoffs (51:12), "Judgment Night" soundtrack (1:00:33), Damian Lillard as a franchise star for life (1:08:02), missing life on the road and his road dogs (1:18:01).

Live on 1/16

https://m.soundcloud.com/tim-lyden-755875237/malkmus-trad-tech-16-jan-2022?ref=clipboard&p=i&c=1&si=38C0715FBD20401B89A3728BFA89E2F6&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Not sure if this has been shared on any of these threads, but it will hopefully be of interest to some.

~88 SM and the Jicks live cuts from 2001-2005, with their own songs and a ton of covers.

https://archive.org/details/jickspicksvol1_rev4.1/209+Fractions+%26+Feelings+-+2002-06-01+Graceland%2C+Seattle+WA.flac

digging into that today and it's a treasure trove! the "yellow"/"here" mash-up where he seems to switch between the songs at random in a response to a request for a pavement song lmao

lmao love the cover art

https://ia804600.us.archive.org/35/items/jickspicksvol1_rev4.1/JP1.jpg

That’s really funny. Is this like an official thing?

He played Yellow/Here in Edinburgh in 2001, and afterwards said it was to point out the similarity between the two

https://i.redd.it/amazing-interview-with-malkmus-from-a-1993-issue-of-melody-v0-d0zdrqqbzcta1.jpg?s=0213e99f1c871267c21e71e40de6429d6a1da99b

(stolen from Reddit)

The band posted it on IG

That's supposed to be Dan Fouts, no?

I guess logically it doesn't make sense, but it does seem like something Malkmus might say. Impressive levels of music nerdery here for 1993, before everyone could easily listen to everything.

I suspect David Berman actually wrote this. The Teddy Roosevelt quote is the giveaway

I suspect David Berman actually wrote this. The Teddy Roosevelt quote is the giveaway

― goodoldneon, Monday, April 17, 2023 9:03 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Woah, this kinda tracks

The taste is much closer to Berman's than SM's too (Butthole Surfers, David Allan Coe)

and the prose style is exactly like Berman

I'm on board with this theory

nick cave getting a bigger buckle is funny and otm

The Berman theory is a really good call… given a few references in there especially, it absolutely tracks with other stuff he’s written.

"Early Arrivals at the Cocktail Party: The Inner Workings of an Empty-Handed Conversation" does sound pretty Bermany, now that I think of it

That whole first blurb really encompasses it

in that Jicks Picks thing just above ... track 38, "Andy Will" ... does anyone know anything about that song? i don't recognize it and Googling hasn't helped.

maybe it's a Jicks album track incorrectly named, i don't know all the post-Pavement titles. maybe it's a cover? an SM outtake?

it's either a cover or an outtake. i've never heard of it

i couldn't find a thing about it, which is hard to do

i like it!

maybe i'll ask on the Pavement Reddit or soemthing

Seeing Malkmus solo tonight in a tiny club in Portland. The club livestreams shows on their Instagram page , and a local station is livestreaming it as well. Guessing he'll be on around 9:30-10 p.m. Pacific.

Yell SILENCE KIT

JENNY & THE DOG!

GOLD SONGS

I’ll be there too !