Just Announced Commentary - 2011 Edition

[Got Haggis?]

I saw pavement at lollapalooza (I think at Charlestown) and remember the crowd picking up dirt and grass and throwing it them on stage, booing them. They were great and the crowd sucked.  I want to say they left the stage early due to the dirt throwing but can't really remember.

[Brian_Wallace]

I saw pavement at lollapalooza (I think at Charlestown) and remember the crowd picking up dirt and grass and throwing it them on stage, booing them. They were great and the crowd sucked.  I want to say they left the stage early due to the dirt throwing but can't really remember.

I was there, too.  This incident is well-documented in the Pavement DVD "Slow Century".  It was kind of shocking.  Courtney Love called Stephen Malkmus the "Grace Kelly" of rock.  And of all the bands to turn on and throw mud at...  The angry mob wants what the angry mob wants.  Who else played that?  Hole?  Sonic Youth?  The Bosstones and Dinosaur Jr.?  Did Elastica play?  I remember trying to take a nap and being impressed by the new music from one-hit wonder Beck Hansen.

Listen, Malkmus is fine.  I just personally think he's snotty and elitist.  I'd rather hear a Spiral Stairs solo record.
Or even one from the horse-gambling drummer.

Brian

[Yada]

The Malkmus discography is damn near perfect, I'd recommend hanging up your work boots and Oregon trail outfits and taking a listen.

WTF are you talking about?  Perfect?  How's grad school, Yada?  Stephen Malkmus solo is the sound of one hand jerking off. 

Brian

Brian, I'd expect a much better response from you.

his solo songs kind of do sound like a gigantic circle jerk

also, i appreciated brian limiting his response to less than 100 words for once.

One hand jerking off vs. a gigantic circle jerk... Walky and I approve.

[Yada]

Brian, you have a wealth of knowledge for things you dislike.

[hutch]

did malkmus play baltimore in baltimore?

[Yada]

did malkmus play baltimore in baltimore?

yes, and about 100 people showed up.

[hutch]

did malkmus play baltimore in baltimore?

yes, and about 100 people showed up.

yeah  i know about the turnout..

wish i'd made it up...

diggin real emotional trash right now.....

one thing about malkmus' solo stuff is its so well recorded...


i also missed him when he opened for radiohead

i did catch him in buenos aires in 2002  though...and the pavement reunion... and two or three pavement shows in the 90s.. i'm definitely going to the black cat show ..i think its going to be cool seeing him in such a small venue..weird he's not at u street hall though..... its as if there was a short circuit between him and IMP or something..... he's been playing IMP shows in DC since the first one i think...

[StoneTheCrow]

the sight of a bunch of 40somethings dry humping when they play it

This is a great line.  Kudos to you.

[grateful]

Wait, Hendrix is $125?

[Yada]

did malkmus play baltimore in baltimore?

yes, and about 100 people showed up.

yeah  i know about the turnout..

wish i'd made it up...

diggin real emotional trash right now.....

one thing about malkmus' solo stuff is its so well recorded...


i also missed him when he opened for radiohead

i did catch him in buenos aires in 2002  though...and the pavement reunion... and two or three pavement shows in the 90s.. i'm definitely going to the black cat show ..i think its going to be cool seeing him in such a small venue..weird he's not at u street hall though..... its as if there was a short circuit between him and IMP or something..... he's been playing IMP shows in DC since the first one i think...

hahha... whoops, read your post wrong, and yes, he played Baltimore! And Real Emotional Trash is fucking awesome.

setlist

1. Gorgeous Georgie 
2. All Over Gently 
3. Discretion Grove 
4. Forever 28 
5. Fall Away 
6. Spazz 
7. Tigers 
8. Long Hard Book 
9. Senator
(with snippet of "The 59th ? more)
10. Animal Midnight 
11. Asking Price 
12. Stick Figures in Love 
13. Love Is Like Oxygen  (Sweet cover)
14. Tune Grief 
15. Share the Red 
16. Baltimore 

Encore:

17. No One Is (As I Are Be) 
18. JSMoov 
19. Jo Jo's Jacket 
20. Wild Thing 

[atomic]

i have seen dinosaur so many times . . . and i do not approve of this new dinosaur live process, where j refuses to play anything after he kicked their asses to the curb.  and i only hate lou in dinosaur.  love him anywhere else.  isnt that weird?

I had the misfortune to see Lou Barlow in Dinosaur Jr at the Ottobar in 2007 or so.  It was awful.  I did see J Mascis play by himself before playing Dinosaur Jr songs and  it was pretty amazing.  I am thinking that Lou Barlow sucks. 

[atomic]

I like how people on this board are talking about some Malkmus show at the Black Cat when the show of all time is happening at the Floristree.  So out of touch.

[emmanuel]

I will be in Oklahoma City during the Floristree show.

I am also not so excited for Malkmus even if I haven't seen him in years... I didn't bother to listen more than once his last few albums, not because I don't like it, but there are things I like more.

[Yada]

I like how people on this board are talking about some Malkmus show at the Black Cat when the show of all time is happening at the Floristree.  So out of touch.

Gene Clark covers are breaking all kinds of new ground.

[hutch]

I like how people on this board are talking about some Malkmus show at the Black Cat when the show of all time is happening at the Floristree.  So out of touch.

This is a joke, right? The show of all time is  Floristree?

 

personally what I find pitiful are people who simply go to shows because they are "trendy"...