[hotbutterknives]

Originally Posted by Mark Ibold

i usually don't like to rate one album better than the other, but i'd have to say wowee zowee. slanted and enchanted seems to be a lot of peoples favorite, but to me the overall sound leaves me wanting more-- which is where wowee zowee comes in. wowee zowee has much more range, so you can hear some fast punk stuff (flux=rad), laid back country (father to a sister of thought) and some classic pavement rocking (at&t etc) all in one record. not to mention, because of the more imaginative styles in wowee zowee the material was way more fun to record and play on the road.

holy shit! mark is that really you , if so heres a big-ass HI! on my behalf...i missed you guys (sy) last summer at osheaga in montreal,,,i got kicked out cuz i was caught with booze, total bummer, anyways hope you and the youth come back soon to mtl and maybe play a free kitten song or two,,,,anyways ciao man

[Mark Ibold]

Originally Posted by porkmarras

wow, hey Mark, hows it going?? you on the road at the moment? what are you doing to steve's birthday???

steves birthday was a blast!!

steve is not so about sex drugs and rock and roll like most people think.. hes a mellow guy, so it was just a family and friends deal. we went out to this mexican food restaurant and when somebody mentioned it was his birthday all the waiters sang 'happy birthday' in spanish!!

i wanted to sing along but my spanish is not very good. i learned german in school.

[ZEROpumpkins]

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

sigh.

1. wowee
2. slanted
3. westing
4. crooked
5. brighten
6. twilight

You nailed it, though I don't have brighten.
Wowee Zowee fucking rules, best Pavement album.

Inhuman is sad enough to want to be me. Pfft.

[ZEROpumpkins]

Originally Posted by Mark Ibold

not to mention, because of the more imaginative styles in wowee zowee the material was way more fun to record and play on the road.

I also heard that there were a lot of drugs involved, at least on SM's part.

[atsonicpark]

sm was just robo'd.

[ZEROpumpkins]

As in that cough medicine stuff?

[Silent Dan Speaks]

I still think Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain is the best.

[Pax Americana]

Slanted. I love Wowee Zowee though.

[fishmonkey]

oh fuckin hell!!!!!!!!!!!!


what a poll??? what a decision to ask of a man after been in the pub all night...

drunk as i am i know the answer, it has to be





hands down






























wowee fuckin zowee

[the ikara cult]

Wowee Zowee was the last Pavement album i got, and i just dont like it as much as the others. I think its scattershot charm exerts itelf well in the first half but the songs become less and less appealing as it goes on. Slanted is a concise thing, Wowee Zowee seems like Slanted stretched out further than it needed to go. Theres a good 4 or 5 songs id cut from Wowee Zowee

[k-krack]

Slanted, no contest. Wowee Zowee is so fucking inconsistent, and reagardless of it having some of my favourite Pavement songs (AT&T, Grounded, Half A Canyon...) it's totally messed up and inconsistent. The sequencing is terrible, as if it was just put on shuffle with a bunch of silly first-takes of joke songs.
Whereas Slanted is fucking perfect!

[ZEROpumpkins]

There's more filler on Slanted. Well, at least more filler that I dislike.

[dressedindreams]

its all about serpentine pad for me, especially the amped up live version,
so i had to vote for wowee.

[sun city girl]

Originally Posted by ZEROpumpkins

There's more filler on Slanted.

there's no filler on slanted, it's perfect.

[Rob Instigator]

slanted is PERFECT

[gmku]

Yes, it is.

Are you mad? Are you ok?

I thought someone might be interested in this:

 

A big thank you to Matt Picasso for originally sharing these unreleased, live Malkmus tracks (and then later re-hooking me up after I promptly lost them.) The sound quality on these is fantastic.
The following nine tracks are culled from The Jicks January 20th gig in Portland during this past winter’s tour. I was at the tours kickoff show at Bimbos, in San Francisco, a couple of weeks prior, and the place got nuts. Malkmus strolled on-stage sporting a straight up bandito mustache and led the band through an improvised, fuzzed out, jammy two hour set.
**To see said Malkmus ’stache — and the band performing “Pencil Rot” — that night, click HERE. You can also catch a bit of Janet Weiss killing the drum kit.


Download:
MP3: Stephen Malkmus :: Real Emotional Trash
MP3: Stephen Malkmus :: We Can’t Help It
MP3: Stephen Malkmus :: Dragonfly Pie
MP3: Stephen Malkmus :: Merry Go Round
MP3: Stephen Malkmus :: Baltimore Again
MP3: Stephen Malkmus :: Walk Into A Mirror
MP3: Stephen Malkmus :: Pennywhistle Thunder
MP3: Stephen Malkmus :: Hopscotch Willie
MP3: Stephen Malkmus :: Wicked Wanda

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You have to click on the blog's link and scroll down the page to find them.

[Pookie]

I try to avoid threads about bands I don't like. But I need to ask something: Pavement were rubbish, weren't they?

It's all Malkmus' fault. He's an annoying prick. They should have been an instrumental band.