I like "speak see remember", definitely one of the more swingin' numbers in their repertoire
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Monday, 7 February 2022 13:45 (two years ago) link
The built environment always figured into their lyrics a little bit (and in places like the Wowee Zowee liner art) – usually in a halfway romanticized way – but it seems most explicit on this album; in those lines above, and also "The Hexx" ("reeling in a parking lot" / "standing on the freeway")... like, if you ever wondered why the band is called Pavement.
― False Pretenses Lad (morrisp), Monday, 7 February 2022 16:50 (two years ago) link
the Cut Your Hair video, sliding down that freeway embankment
― alpine static, Monday, 7 February 2022 18:16 (two years ago) link
or wait ... was that not Cut Your Hair? Santa suits, bows and arrows, etc.?
― alpine static, Monday, 7 February 2022 18:18 (two years ago) link
Gold Soundz ... right:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPvhKV3Yg2k
― alpine static, Monday, 7 February 2022 18:20 (two years ago) link
Was SM’s dad an architect or urban planner, or am I misremembering? I think Spiral Stairs actually did study urban planning after the band broke up.
― False Pretenses Lad (morrisp), Monday, 7 February 2022 19:17 (two years ago) link
Being Stephen Malkmus is … easy. You’re born upper-middle class in Los Angeles, the son of a general property/casualty insurance agent.
from https://magnetmagazine.com/2001/04/01/stephen-malkmus-being-stephen-malkmus/
― mizzell, Monday, 7 February 2022 19:24 (two years ago) link
Sounds like Kannberg never actually went to school for it
“I have a few blogs I look at all the time about city planning,” he says. “I get pretty excited about that kind of stuff. I lived in Seattle for a long time and I still follow what’s going on there. San Francisco too. I had the idea that I was going to get back into it but I just kind of let it go and kept making records.”
From https://www.popmatters.com/city-plans-and-vulcan-hands-spiral-stairs-scott-kannberg-speaks-2495400365.html
― mizzell, Monday, 7 February 2022 19:35 (two years ago) link
"there's blood in the butter the kitchen's are closed" always sticks in my head from Speak See Remember. Unhygienic!
― cajunsunday, Monday, 7 February 2022 19:55 (two years ago) link
xp And people call them slackers...! (ha ha)
I always heard "the kitchens are closed for the holidays" as referring to, like, a ski resort or boarding school... but not sure about that
― False Pretenses Lad (morrisp), Monday, 7 February 2022 20:06 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2Ww_O3ceKU
― mizzell, Friday, 11 March 2022 15:01 (two years ago) link
Very on brand to promote this web oddity
― kraudive, Friday, 11 March 2022 15:40 (two years ago) link
The track may be a significant source of $$ for them, considering its numbers (assuming streaming at that level does make money for artists)
― u swear (morrisp), Friday, 11 March 2022 15:52 (two years ago) link
weird turn of events! will there be a bunch of gen z kids at the pavement reunion shows? i'm guessing "no" but I don't really know.
― tylerw, Friday, 11 March 2022 18:20 (two years ago) link
Maybe with their parents
― u swear (morrisp), Friday, 11 March 2022 18:52 (two years ago) link
Nast really needs to write a memoir
http://vishkhanna.com/2022/04/05/ep-677-pavement/?fbclid=IwAR1IXLmY4sjqOV1EbV9P7ygxG9QzHMblmR3OgjcokUvKi3SATXU43nC9Zsg
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 5 April 2022 22:01 (two years ago) link
he does. man he sounds bitter in that interview though. and he's living in a shack???? yikes. hope the dude is ok
― a (waterface), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 12:20 (two years ago) link
The scuttlebutt for the 2010 reunion tour was that Malkmus did it to help out Nastanovich financially iirc.
― reassessing life after bookmarking a Will Smith thread (PBKR), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 13:34 (two years ago) link
yup
― a (waterface), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 13:40 (two years ago) link
I remember that turning up in a MAGNET profile
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 16:23 (two years ago) link
Also
https://pitchfork.com/features/article/so-much-for-destiny-the-story-of-pavements-terror-twilight/?fbclid=IwAR3VxDN0JcOH7ZIukECQ7pBOFDDDKlSr97e4_QUfEovBhvNNIPXVqfp8zCg
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 16:27 (two years ago) link
That Pitchfork piece is a good read, but also annoys me all over again that they are only restoring the Gordich sequencing on the LP, but not the CD version. Seems dumb.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 16:49 (two years ago) link
in that interview its funny to get godrich's take on the infamous forgetting-bob's-name issue. happy to have some closure on that one.
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 17:35 (two years ago) link
"Look, maybe I only forgot his name once."
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 17:46 (two years ago) link
Yeah, that's kinda weak, lol – "there’s five of them and just one of me"
I mean I'm sure he's a nice guy, etc.
― ass time permits (morrisp), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 18:14 (two years ago) link
he got paid very well for that gig, iirc. least he could do is remember the name of one of the nicest guys in music.
― alpine static, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 18:45 (two years ago) link
bob lives in a house, i think he just was recording the podcast in a shed haha.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 18:58 (two years ago) link
yeah i wasn't sure.
― a (waterface), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 19:01 (two years ago) link
that pitchfork article is kinda great. i dig the new sequencing too
really hope malkmus tours with the traditional techniques band next year, would love to see that live. seems like he recorded an album this past fall/winter with that crew too, so i hope it happens
― a (waterface), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 19:03 (two years ago) link
Tix for the NY shows are more than $100 each wtf?
― calstars, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 19:48 (two years ago) link
what's his name needs a new pair of shoes.
― mizzell, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 19:58 (two years ago) link
i dig the new sequencing too
It does seem pretty good, I just don't at all get the thinking behind hyping up the new sequencing as something they "fixed up" for the reissue if they were only going to bother doing it on one of the two physical formats. Just seems bizarre.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 6 April 2022 21:48 (two years ago) link
This version of stereo has me roflinhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI5akIHu99E
― calstars, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 22:00 (two years ago) link
no idea why they didn't just have Spiral sing lead at that gig
― alpine static, Wednesday, 6 April 2022 22:18 (two years ago) link
when we did our worldwide deal with Matador [in 2020]
― ass time permits (morrisp), Thursday, 7 April 2022 00:28 (two years ago) link
kind of blown away by the economics of the tour, at least the NY dates4 shows x 3000 capacity x $150 avg price = almost $2 millionsongs mean a lot...to someone I guess
― calstars, Thursday, 7 April 2022 13:39 (two years ago) link
Mark Ibold's Kreative Kontrol out now.
Does anyone know other examples of him singing on Pavement tracks, than just Carrot Rope?
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 7 April 2022 13:49 (two years ago) link
Some of the Coachella video comments are great - "Steve hates them so much, he won't play ball" etc
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 7 April 2022 14:01 (two years ago) link
i had never seen that coachella video. . . yikes!!!!!
― a (waterface), Thursday, 7 April 2022 14:23 (two years ago) link
It’s weird to me how people in bands whose albums are coming out or being reissued are like “yeah, you know, I haven’t heard this yet” but maybe I shouldn’t be surprised
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 7 April 2022 19:53 (two years ago) link
I agree - especially for something like this, which it sounds like the band had an active hand in "producing"
― ass time permits (morrisp), Thursday, 7 April 2022 20:05 (two years ago) link
“Have you seen the liner notes?” (That you contributed to)
“No, not yet”
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 7 April 2022 20:09 (two years ago) link
Anyway Spit on a Stranger is a bloody lovely thing and i never heard it before today, somehow.
― piscesx, Friday, 8 April 2022 02:06 (two years ago) link
imo best argument for the godrich running order is spit on a stranger makes for a wonderful closer
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Friday, 8 April 2022 02:14 (two years ago) link
Tix for the NY shows are more than $100 each wtf?Hey, you can buy a ticket or the vinyl (same price!)
― ass time permits (morrisp), Friday, 8 April 2022 04:10 (two years ago) link
Someone says online: I was surprised to see in the credits that Gary Young played drums on the 2 spiral stairs demos, stub your toe and time to...
― ass time permits (morrisp), Friday, 8 April 2022 04:16 (two years ago) link
I do like the Godrich track order. “Shagbag” is a neat little filler/transition.
― ass time permits (morrisp), Friday, 8 April 2022 04:48 (two years ago) link
I forgot about this song “Rooftop Gambler” – it’s a good b-side
― ass time permits (morrisp), Friday, 8 April 2022 04:59 (two years ago) link
It’s kinda funny that this set doesn’t include their viral hit “Harness Your Hopes” (even though it was on the “Spit on a Stranger”single). They coulda double-dipped and threw it on…
― ass time permits (morrisp), Friday, 8 April 2022 05:13 (two years ago) link
Track 24 (“You Are the Light,” recorded at the Portland studio) is a real treat… that classic Pavement vibe.
― ass time permits (morrisp), Friday, 8 April 2022 06:01 (two years ago) link