'Very popular with me'? What sort of f'ing statement is that? I like 'em, is what I mean to say.
― 'virgin' should be 'wizard' (GamalielRatsey), Saturday, 30 January 2010 17:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 31 January 2010 00:01 (fourteen years ago) link
not much water coming over the hill :(
― ciderpress, Sunday, 31 January 2010 00:14 (fourteen years ago) link
wait, no its send in the clouds
― malicious humor victim (Hunt3r), Thursday, 4 March 2010 22:28 (fourteen years ago) link
whoever voted for buckingham rabbit is my buddy
self-ignition would have placed sooo high on this had it been an option
― iiiijjjj, Saturday, 6 March 2010 01:16 (fourteen years ago) link
i miss the joos :(
― iiiijjjj, Saturday, 6 March 2010 01:17 (fourteen years ago) link
this album rules so much
smith & jones 4ever imo
― brodie to the max (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 13 June 2011 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.latinoreview.com/images/upload/1290066077_image_1288420192_image_1278530774_image_meninblacksmall.jpg
― Pleasant Plains, Monday, 13 June 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
^^holding up their pants with extension cords
― brodie to the max (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 13 June 2011 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
I had a stoned friend explain to me one night how that song - from the "mustaches caked with airplane glue" to the midnight execution - was about "Men In Black".
― Pleasant Plains, Monday, 13 June 2011 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
hahahahah that must have been one amazing convo
― brodie to the max (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 13 June 2011 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
Are you honest, when no one's looking...
― Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 14 June 2011 00:13 (twelve years ago) link
Man, just moved back to Virginia and this album has been in constant rotation, along with some spins of "Bright Flight". Just seems to be a Virginian album.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 14 June 2011 16:17 (twelve years ago) link
Top 5 album of the nineties. Question: Did Pavement have a better B-side than 'self-ignition'?
― answering_machine, Friday, 14 October 2011 10:35 (twelve years ago) link
I've never heard of Pavement.
― rustic italian flatbread, Friday, 14 October 2011 10:37 (twelve years ago) link
Who is the backing band in the Random Rules video during the first chorus?
At first glance I thought it was the Demolition Doll Rods but I don't think that's right...
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 14 January 2013 05:45 (eleven years ago) link
"Can you summon 'honey' from a telephone? "
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 00:57 (eleven years ago) link
took me way too long to give this record a proper try. this is phenomenal.
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 10 June 2018 19:23 (five years ago) link
His best in my humble honest opinion
― calstars, Sunday, 10 June 2018 19:54 (five years ago) link
Search “self ignition” as mentioned upthread
― calstars, Sunday, 10 June 2018 19:57 (five years ago) link
I wish Berman and SM would just grow old making records together.
― calstars, Sunday, 10 June 2018 20:01 (five years ago) link
will do! might just go try the entire discography this afternoon and evening.
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 10 June 2018 20:01 (five years ago) link
VHS – I recommend the LPs which happen to Malkmus on them (not claiming his presence is what makes those stand out, but for whatever reason they do).
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Sunday, 10 June 2018 20:17 (five years ago) link
Yes, that's what I believe too. Although I did enjoy Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea a lot than I expected.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 17:58 (five years ago) link
Bright Flight might be my fave (coincidentally came out at the height of my Joos fandom), but after that the ones with SM are generally my go-tos.
― constitutional crises they fly at u face (will), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 18:39 (five years ago) link
Natural Bridge is my bummtertime favorite. That's Malkmus-less.
― circa1916, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 18:42 (five years ago) link
American Water by Silver Jews was first released two decades ago. Observing the time between then and now, the album has been half-speed mastered at Abbey Road to provide depth and nuance for all future vinyl listeners - and current ones! Additionally, a cassette version of this timeless album makes its debut, to provide an alternative aural timestamp for intrepid audio voyagers who weren't there the first time around. You can pre-order both versions NOW for the 9/28 release date. American Water - here's to the next 20 years!
(via Drag City)
― empire bro-lesque (morrisp), Saturday, 11 August 2018 21:05 (five years ago) link
That "Blue Arrangements" garnered only ONE VOTE in this poll is a crime for the ages.
― Groove(box) Denied (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 11 August 2018 22:04 (five years ago) link
And this is emphatically my second or third favorite SJ record. (I wind up in arguments with folks about this now and again.)
― Groove(box) Denied (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 11 August 2018 22:07 (five years ago) link
haha, i'm not sure i've ever heard anyone ever emphatically claim something as their second or third favorite! but i kind of know what you mean. i will emphatically place it in my top 2!
― Karl Malone, Saturday, 11 August 2018 22:17 (five years ago) link
This is the best SJ rekkid, and not just because SM is all over it
― calstars, Saturday, 11 August 2018 22:45 (five years ago) link
love this record but can't think of any reason why anyone would wanna shell out for an audiophile version of it
― Paul Ponzi, Saturday, 11 August 2018 22:48 (five years ago) link
Holdin up the trousers with extension cords
― calstars, Saturday, 11 August 2018 22:48 (five years ago) link
Paul — I have “Starlite Walker” on vinyl and the sound is crappy; so maybe the same was true for this album, and the remaster rectifies it(?) I have found Matador / Drag City vinyl from the ‘90s to be poorly mastered...
― empire bro-lesque (morrisp), Saturday, 11 August 2018 23:03 (five years ago) link
That makes sense. I just never thought of this as an album I needed to hear in pristine audiophile quality. My CD copy sounds fine! But tbf I've never heard it on vinyl, and 90s DC pressings were notoriously poor quality iirc
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 12 August 2018 00:09 (five years ago) link
Air crickets air crickets air crickets air crickets air
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 12 August 2018 00:41 (five years ago) link
Like sparks from a muffler dragged down the strip, uh huh huh
― calstars, Sunday, 12 August 2018 01:58 (five years ago) link
Why can’t monsters get along with other monsters?
― calstars, Sunday, 12 August 2018 02:11 (five years ago) link
Playin tambourine for minimum wage
― calstars, Sunday, 12 August 2018 02:20 (five years ago) link
People gonna come arrrooooooound
― Groove(box) Denied (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 12 August 2018 13:22 (five years ago) link
the vinyl version I have of this record is perfectly fine
― Neil S, Sunday, 12 August 2018 14:26 (five years ago) link
how has this thread been around for eight years without one of the most unbelievable verses DB ever wrote in it
got 2 tickets for a midnight executionwe'll hitchhike our way from odessa to houston and when they turn on the chairsomething's added to the airforever
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 12 August 2018 14:27 (five years ago) link
honestly, i thought we had a whole dedicated to that song! but i'm looking now, and don't see one.
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 12 August 2018 14:39 (five years ago) link
a whole thread, i meant.
but yeah, those words will always give me goosebumps. s&j was my intro to silver jews
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 12 August 2018 14:44 (five years ago) link
Huh — I always thought it was, “
― empire bro-lesque (morrisp), Sunday, 12 August 2018 14:50 (five years ago) link
...“We hitchhike away from a desolate Houston”
― empire bro-lesque (morrisp), Sunday, 12 August 2018 14:51 (five years ago) link
FTR, I think my favorite song on the album is “Like Like The The The Death” — both musically and lyrically (notwithstanding the bum line, “Nobody cares about a dead hooker”)
― empire bro-lesque (morrisp), Sunday, 12 August 2018 16:05 (five years ago) link
― circa1916, Sunday, 12 August 2018 22:28 (five years ago) link
Here comes the coda
Not much water coming over the hillNot much, not much, not muchNot much water coming over the hillNot much, not much, not much
Is there a coda thread? I know Ned has talked eloquently and correctly about New Order's Regret, and that's the greatest thing. But SM's work here is immense. Love this album. Don't think I've seen this thread until today.
― kraudive, Sunday, 12 August 2018 22:34 (five years ago) link
The bird of VirginiaAre flying within yaAnd like background singersThey all come in threesAnd like background singersThey all come in threes
― Heez, Friday, 24 April 2020 03:26 (three years ago) link
American Water is better than Terror Twilight as well!
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 6 November 2020 00:37 (three years ago) link
yeah american water is better than 2.5-3 pavement albums
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Friday, 6 November 2020 12:44 (three years ago) link
it's better than the last two, that's it tho
― a (waterface), Friday, 6 November 2020 13:00 (three years ago) link
I'm a huge Pavement fan and pretty much love all their albums, but I love American Water even more.
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Friday, 6 November 2020 21:00 (three years ago) link
Oh my god there is so much gold in the interview Al linked upthread.
David: Yeah, really. What am I afraid of? I’m really afraid of hurting people. I’m really afraid of my car breaking down. I’m really afraid of dying before I get things done. I’m really afraid of my landlord’s wife.CB: Why?David: She’s a battleaxe, she’s like a lot of people in Northampton. She’s just really really harsh. They live next door, so I always hear her outside. She was yelling this morning at her grandson. Her grandson has this little stuffed owl and she was saying “The owl goes ‘hoot!’” and she asked her grandson “Now what does the owl say? ” and her grandson didn’t say anything, he was really quiet. She says “WHAT DOES THE OWL SAY? ” and her grandson didn’t say anything and so she said “THE OWL SAYS ‘HOOT!’ WHAT DOES THE OWL SAY?!!”
CB: Why?
David: She’s a battleaxe, she’s like a lot of people in Northampton. She’s just really really harsh. They live next door, so I always hear her outside. She was yelling this morning at her grandson. Her grandson has this little stuffed owl and she was saying “The owl goes ‘hoot!’” and she asked her grandson “Now what does the owl say? ” and her grandson didn’t say anything, he was really quiet. She says “WHAT DOES THE OWL SAY? ” and her grandson didn’t say anything and so she said “THE OWL SAYS ‘HOOT!’ WHAT DOES THE OWL SAY?!!”
― american primitive stylophone (zchyrs), Friday, 6 November 2020 21:42 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xug9Ty0FD0
― A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 14:03 (three years ago) link
Singing:Elisa Ambrogio, Meg Baird, Cassie Berman, Bill Callahan, Ben Chasny, Bill MacKay, Haley Fohr, David Grubbs, Cory Hanson, Emmett Kelly, Matt Kinsey, Sean O’Hagan, Will Oldham, David Pajo, Todd Rittmann, Alasdair Roberts, Matt Sweeney, Mick Turner, George Xylouris, Azita Youssefi.Featuring:Bill Callahan, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Cassie Berman, Boneman the dog, David Grubbs, Bill MacKay, George Xylouris, Shelagh Hannan, Apollonia Xylouris, Fred Somsen, Sue Ng-Espada, Matt Kinsey, Tony Crow, Azita Youssefi, Caitlin Rose Mahoney, Cory Hanson, Brett Sova, David Pajo.
Featuring:Bill Callahan, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Cassie Berman, Boneman the dog, David Grubbs, Bill MacKay, George Xylouris, Shelagh Hannan, Apollonia Xylouris, Fred Somsen, Sue Ng-Espada, Matt Kinsey, Tony Crow, Azita Youssefi, Caitlin Rose Mahoney, Cory Hanson, Brett Sova, David Pajo.
!!!
― A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 14:04 (three years ago) link
Wonder why Malkmus declined or wasn't asked?
Anyways, I was just thinking the other day of how incredible the American Water band was:
DCB: vox/guitarSM: guitar/voxMike Fellows (Rites Of Spring/Happy Go Licky/Royal Trux/Drag City house band): bassTim Barnes (The Essex Green/Drag City house band): drumsChris Stroffolino: keys/organ
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 16:26 (three years ago) link
haha, clever video. I really like the part where the stuntman contemplates a better burrito
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 18:00 (three years ago) link
Oh man, I'm not sure where to put this but since I just posted about him a few weeks ago on this thread:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/tim-barnes-medical-expenses
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 00:04 (three years ago) link
On a lighter note, the painter of the album cover found a photograph of the original cover painting (tho in the comments he mentions that the painting is probably in a landfill or given away):
https://www.instagram.com/p/CI5q152l7yF/
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 03:10 (three years ago) link
25 years / 46k beers
https://www.instagram.com/p/CyoGeQhvmMF/
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Saturday, 21 October 2023 04:12 (five months ago) link
Those NY Press ads are fantastic!
― strawberry ice cream, one scoop or two (morrisp), Saturday, 21 October 2023 05:23 (five months ago) link
NY ‘98, what a time to be alive
― calstars, Saturday, 21 October 2023 06:32 (five months ago) link
“Night Society” remains straight Fire
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 21 October 2023 23:17 (five months ago) link