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Posted by Epoisses on 2007-10-29 03:37:00 +0000

Pavement Immersion #1: "Westing By Musket And Sextant"

<img src ="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e8/Westingbymusketandsextant.jpg">

Record is <a href ="http://www.sendspace.com/file/zc3t0a"> here. </a>

Westing is a compilation of the band's first three EP's, plus some assorted other stuff:

<b> Slay Tracks (1933-1969) </b> (1989)
1. "You're Killing Me"
2. "Box Elder"
3. "Maybe Maybe"
4. "She Believes"
5. "Price Yeah!"
<b> Demolition Plot J-7 </b> (1990)
6. "Forklift"
7. "Spizzle Trunk"
8. "Recorder Grot"
9. "Internal K-Dart"
10. "Perfect Depth"
11. "Recorder Grot (Rally)"
<b> Perfect Sound Forever </b> (1991)
12. "Heckler Spray"
13. "From Now On"
14. "Angel Carver Blues/Mellow Jazz Docent"
15. "Drive-by Fader"
16. "Debris Slide"
17. "Home"
18. "Krell Vid-User"
<b> Summer Babe Single </b> (1992)
19. "Summer Babe"
20. "Mercy: The Laundromat"
21. "Baptist Blacktick"
<b> Slanted & Enchanted sessions </b>
22. "My First Mine"
<b> Chemical Imbalance Vol. 2 #3 compilation </b>
23. "My Radio"

Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-10-29 05:08:39 +0000
<strong>DEBRIS SLIDE!</strong>

I heartily approve and salivate with anticipation!
Posted by respectless on 2007-10-29 10:41:08 +0000
phantastick choice for the new immersion. don't get me wrong, i like PJ harvey, but we LOVE pavement.
Posted by respectless on 2007-10-29 13:44:26 +0000
hmmm, having trouble with the unZip. anybody else not getting tracks?
Posted by virtue on 2007-10-29 14:40:46 +0000
The first time I tried, I had corruption issues on track 9, the second time 9 was fine, but got the same error message (something about CRC corruption) on 21. I had to go to work then, but may try again this evening, and see if I can't get all the tracks.
Posted by Epoisses on 2007-10-29 15:33:01 +0000
Try <a href ="http://www.sendspace.com/file/nxbzte"> here </a> if you can't get the originals to work.
Posted by Epoisses on 2007-10-29 15:53:39 +0000
L: I don't know anyone who listened to Pavement unfold chronologically -- for (most) everyone I knew who was into the band, "Slanted & Enchanted" (or, alternately, "Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain") was the entrance point.

Drag City re-packaged all the old odds & sods and released 'em during the period between "Watery, Domestic" and "CR,CR", a time when Pavement fans were fairly starving for new stuff (even if it was old stuff).

Jeez, *I've* never listened to this stuff in order. I remember thinking that the song titles are a lot better than some of the songs themselves -- the Pavement sense of humor still looms large in my writing, etc.
Posted by virtue on 2007-10-29 15:57:55 +0000
Well, I've never listened to any of it, so bring it on.
Posted by mahatma chani on 2007-10-29 16:13:34 +0000
EP wanted to do this one in order of release, but I convinced him to go with chronology. That was one thing I enjoyed about Bowie. We saw where he was coming from, and had a sense of where he was going to, that by the time we got to the essential stuff, it was very satisfying. This one's a short immersion, 5 studio albums, this odds-and-sods release, and 1 essential EP. I was hoping we'd get the chronology, and EP decided it was a good move.

What's interesting to note here is that in their earliest stages they had so many crucial elements that became their hallmark. Three "P"s if you will: Primitivism, Pop sensibility, and Plagarism. These guys can hardly play, but there's a certain idiot-savantness in the lack of musicianship. The guitar work is at times spectacularly amateur, yet othertimes as epic as My Bloody Valentine and Sonic Youth. (BTW: there's no bass at all in these recordings until "Watery, Domestic.") "Home" always slayed me. "Debris Slide" is about as dumb as you get for a killer rock song. By the time they get to "Summer Babe" they already know they've written an album for the ages (It's the first song off the next album, repeated here because they released it as a 7" teaser when Matador was dragging its feet in regards to putting out "Slanted and Enchanted"). Just a fascinating collection of a band realizing and actualizing its full power.
Posted by Epoisses on 2007-10-29 16:24:55 +0000
I was gonna do these in three seperate, chronological installments instead of one, but whatever.
Posted by mahatma chani on 2007-10-29 17:13:42 +0000
That's right... Still, glad we see where they came from to where they're going.
Posted by mr. mister on 2007-10-29 23:25:25 +0000
great choice, looking forward to listening to this one.
Posted by mr. mister on 2007-10-30 00:22:23 +0000
I'm replying to myself.. nice. I like it when pavement rocks. Their production sure does get a whole hell of a lot better later on. Somehow I feel like butter glory learned a lot from these guys.
Posted by mahatma chani on 2007-10-30 16:02:35 +0000
They were an awesome ROCK band, something that was definitely lost a bit toward the end of their career. I think the production adds a lot to the overall sound/mythos of the band. Same thing with Guided By Voices. Pavement/GBV had the "dudes you met at the bar" vibe, an "anti-rock star" vibe if you will. The immediacy of the recordings I think positively reinforce that.
Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-10-30 16:23:19 +0000
Vaguely funny Stephen Malkmus story:

One of my friend Amy's college boyfriends was roommates with SM back in the day. One afternoon he (Amy's ex) was shagging some girl in their dorm room, and SM came in, shading his eyes with one hand and chanting, "Sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry!" as he ran across the room, grabbed his guitar, and ran back out the door.

I love that story because it could have been anyone. Poor kid.
Posted by mr. mister on 2007-10-30 23:50:54 +0000
I saw Pavement once in Georgia and S and M held his hand over his eyes like he was upset. He then kind of bumped his head into the microphone. Maybe the light was in his eyes but I thought it was pretty well done.
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