Ah, excellent, I'm glad to hear the show went well (though I'd expect nothing
less from Pavement). I'll be catching them (sans Dirty Three, I think) on the
6th. It's the only thing that gave meaning to this Monday.
Thanks for the review.
On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Edington, Mark wrote:
yeah, people were right about Calexico, they are really good. lots of fun.
nice south of the border sound. and the song about Tulsa was really cool, I
met a guy from the list, Robert, who happens to be from Tulsa, and he was
standing there, and I was like, hey how about that? dirty three were
amazing! The songs went on forever and the guy was jumping all over the
stage with the violin, and it was just so intense. I was really ready for
Pavement to come on, cause I was so tired, and had been on my feet all day
already. I needed something to get my groove on, dirty three had lots of
mellow moments mixed in with the madness. So, Pavement did not disappoint at
all. They did everything I wanted to hear and then some, but not Shady Lane.
I had that song on my mind all day and all night, but they never did play
it. Is it just me, or is Stephen Malkmous a bit pretentious? Maybe just a
tad conceited? But you know, there are some people who can do that and
you're just like, "Yeah, well you're right, you are a badass.. I'd be the
same way if I were you." He'd be like, "Ok, I know you'll like this one..
or, "this is from our last album, you'll like it because, well it's a great
album.." and all you can say is, "damn right, man.. play that shit, I know
I'll love it." he did a nice little switch on "..a word, a word that rhymes
with Pavement.." he said, "a word that rhymes with Sebadoh.." people cracked
up. it was cute.. good show... sososleepy..
Mark
