I suspect David Berman actually wrote this. The Teddy Roosevelt quote is the giveaway
― goodoldneon, Monday, 17 April 2023 20:03 (one year ago) link
― goodoldneon, Monday, April 17, 2023 9:03 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Woah, this kinda tracks
― a (waterface), Monday, 17 April 2023 20:08 (one year ago) link
The taste is much closer to Berman's than SM's too (Butthole Surfers, David Allan Coe)
― goodoldneon, Monday, 17 April 2023 20:09 (one year ago) link
and the prose style is exactly like Berman
― goodoldneon, Monday, 17 April 2023 20:10 (one year ago) link
I'm on board with this theory
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 17 April 2023 20:11 (one year ago) link
nick cave getting a bigger buckle is funny and otm
― ꙮ (map), Monday, 17 April 2023 20:16 (one year ago) link
The Berman theory is a really good call… given a few references in there especially, it absolutely tracks with other stuff he’s written.
― morrisp.fandom.com (morrisp), Monday, 17 April 2023 20:22 (one year ago) link
"Early Arrivals at the Cocktail Party: The Inner Workings of an Empty-Handed Conversation" does sound pretty Bermany, now that I think of it
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Monday, 17 April 2023 20:26 (one year ago) link
That whole first blurb really encompasses it
― morrisp.fandom.com (morrisp), Monday, 17 April 2023 20:32 (one year ago) link
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?
― alpine static, Thursday, 20 April 2023 07:29 (one year ago) link
it's either a cover or an outtake. i've never heard of it
― a (waterface), Friday, 21 April 2023 15:13 (one year ago) link
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
― alpine static, Friday, 21 April 2023 17:14 (one year ago) link
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.
― paisley got boring (Eazy), Saturday, 24 February 2024 22:39 (two months ago) link
Yell SILENCE KIT
― calstars, Saturday, 24 February 2024 23:03 (two months ago) link
JENNY & THE DOG!
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Saturday, 24 February 2024 23:25 (two months ago) link
GOLD SONGS
― calstars, Saturday, 24 February 2024 23:44 (two months ago) link
I’ll be there too !
― Davey D, Sunday, 25 February 2024 00:38 (two months ago) link
Oh wow! I have 3 tickets and someone can't go, so I'll be selling one to whoever's at the door waiting to get in.
― paisley got boring (Eazy), Sunday, 25 February 2024 01:02 (two months ago) link
gah i want to go but i have to work tonight lol
― Clay, Sunday, 25 February 2024 01:29 (two months ago) link
damn, my knee is bad so I ain't driving to Portland tonight
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Sunday, 25 February 2024 01:37 (two months ago) link
His voice was shot, but it was a good short-ish set (30 mins, 5-6 stretched-out songs including a cover of "Expressway to Yr Skull."
― paisley got boring (Eazy), Sunday, 25 February 2024 19:58 (two months ago) link
What other songs did he play
― calstars, Sunday, 25 February 2024 20:25 (two months ago) link
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3wrTl6r5V2/
― tylerw, Sunday, 25 February 2024 20:40 (two months ago) link
seems like mostly (all?) new songs ... that "expressway" is dreeeeeeamy
― tylerw, Sunday, 25 February 2024 21:12 (two months ago) link
Another clip here from the friend I went with. (Guessing the whole set is / will be out there, what with the livestream.)
― paisley got boring (Eazy), Sunday, 25 February 2024 21:44 (two months ago) link
did he have the jicks with him there?
― ufo, Sunday, 25 February 2024 21:59 (two months ago) link
Just the Jicks drummer, I think.
― paisley got boring (Eazy), Sunday, 25 February 2024 22:00 (two months ago) link
backed by The Joggers (Jake's PDX band before he joined the Jicks)
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 25 February 2024 23:56 (two months ago) link
I really hope this means we’re closer to a new Malkmus solo record
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 26 February 2024 00:06 (two months ago) link
Yeah, hoping the same.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 26 February 2024 15:11 (two months ago) link
More Traditional Techniques, plz.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Monday, 26 February 2024 15:48 (two months ago) link
I wouldn't complain, but since it's been six years now I'm primed for another full on Jicks record too.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 26 February 2024 15:49 (two months ago) link
SM has not one but 2 albums recorded, it's just a matter of getting them released.
Jicks are probably done. Jake (the 7th and final Jick?) is the only one still actively performing music, albeit with Malkmus.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 26 February 2024 16:10 (two months ago) link
!
― a (waterface), Monday, 26 February 2024 17:05 (two months ago) link
is it correct to assume one is a traditional techniques follow-up and one is a more typical malkmus rock album (though i guess without the jicks)
― ufo, Monday, 26 February 2024 21:31 (two months ago) link
I had totally missed that about the Jicks being done, that's a bummer.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 26 February 2024 22:48 (two months ago) link
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 27 February 2024 04:24 (two months ago) link
i vaguely remember something about him working on a follow-up with the band he'd put together to tour it since the tour was cancelled due to covid?
― ufo, Tuesday, 27 February 2024 06:15 (two months ago) link
My personal dream album would be SM applying his current songwriting approach backwards to the S&E-era sonic palette. Probably never gonna happen.
― feed me with your chips (zchyrs), Tuesday, 27 February 2024 15:37 (two months ago) link
Traditional Techniques suffered so much from the Covid lockdown, I think they cancelled that whole tour but the band was going to be great for that.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 27 February 2024 16:17 (two months ago) link
Traditional Techniques and the Dylan album were my soundtrack to the paranoid first months of Covid.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Tuesday, 27 February 2024 17:04 (two months ago) link
Trad Tech should've been right up my alley but I just couldn't get into it beyond a couple of songs. I should revisit.
That electronic album was terrible.
Proggy rock SM is still my favorite SM. I'd take something like Sparkle Hard in a heartbeat.
― alpine static, Tuesday, 27 February 2024 17:09 (two months ago) link
^^ Yeah, I like Trad Tech a ton and even Groove Denied, to a lesser degree, but an album with some trademark SM prog swerves would be great.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 27 February 2024 19:00 (two months ago) link
Sparkle Hard was such a relief (could they ever really play like that again?) and remains the best of his late records.
Traditional Techniques has been a slow grower for me, but I love it. And honestly, Groove Denied isn’t among his better records; it’s an interesting side path.
― Marten Broadcloak, mild-mannered GOP congressman (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 27 February 2024 19:30 (two months ago) link
I'm still bummed the Trad Tech tour dates never got rescheduled. A "normal" Malkmus album along the lines of Sparkle Hard is what I'd most like to hear now though.
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Tuesday, 27 February 2024 19:33 (two months ago) link
Trad Tech = best SM album imo
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Tuesday, 27 February 2024 19:56 (two months ago) link
^^^agree
― a (waterface), Tuesday, 27 February 2024 20:24 (two months ago) link
My people!
(though I like Pig Lib equally).
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Tuesday, 27 February 2024 20:49 (two months ago) link
I'd go top three:
Pig LibS/TTrad Techniques
Groove Denied was abysmal
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 27 February 2024 20:59 (two months ago) link
I like Mirror Traffic and Real Emotional Trash a lot
― a (waterface), Tuesday, 27 February 2024 21:12 (two months ago) link