Idolator: Pavement

Stephen Malkmus Discusses Pavement, Urban Dictionary on Fox News

Anthony Miccio — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:20:00 EDT

People we never expected to see on Fox News: Former Pavement singer/current Jick Stephen Malkmus. Question we never expected to hear on Fox News: "I've heard from the Urban Dictionary that [Jick] is a specific act of making love. 'To Jick.' Is that exciting?" Response that we would kind of expect from someone on Fox News: "I don't know what ghetto that came from." Malkmus and Red Eye host Greg Gutfield also discussed the audacity of Blender magazine, the Whitney Museum and how Real Emotional Trash compares to Bach. Notable quotables below.

On the word "Jick": "It's somewhere between a jerk and a dick."

On whether he should have shared in any awards Cate Blanchett received for miming to his voice in I'm Not There: "I think we should have had to split it, I would have had to take maybe take the base of the award. Or we just melt down the gold, what with the price of gold these days..."

On the length of the title track: "[In] classical music things go on forever, I mean this is kind of a short song for Bach...Far be it for me to compare myself to Bach, but why not?"

On Blender declaring Slanted & Enchanted the best Indie Rock album of all time: "I mean I'm glad, it's nice to be in there, but who is Blender to say this, though?"

Stephen Malkmus Visits Fox News' Red Eye [Stereogum/screen cap: The Daily Swarm]

Oh man, Pavement might be (thinking about ...

Maura Johnston — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:45:32 EST

Oh man, Pavement might be (thinking about someday in the near or far future, and maybe only for one show or maybe for a tour) reuniting! Personally, I'm excited, since now that Robert Plant has turned down all that money to go on a Led Zeppelin reunion tour I've been short one topic in my "highly speculative posts about bands maybe getting together" folder. Thanks, Entertainment Weekly! [Hollywood Insider]

Pavement's Comics-Section Splash Inspires Even More Laughter

mjohnston — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:20:39 EST

mauraatidolator: !
jessdolator: is that supposed to be me? MY INDIE ROCK T-SHIRT IS CLEAN, THANKS.
mauraatidolator: haha no
mauraatidolator: it's just not every day that you see pavement on the funny pages
jessdolator: "look, i WASH my decade-old t-shirts."
mauraatidolator: suuuure
mauraatidolator: getting a little defensive there aren't we harvell
mauraatidolator: hmm hmm
jessdolator: i didnt say how often, did i?
mauraatidolator: i guess 'decade-old' does give you some wiggle room

Not Since Chain Gang Were Mentioned In "Nancy" Has One Of Our Bands Made Such A Funny Pages Splash [Matablog]

Indie-Rock Bartender Offers Hurricanes, Dim Hope For Pavement Reunion

fluxington — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:00:27 EDT

Mark Ibold is best known for his stints as a member of both Pavement and Sonic Youth, but when he's not playing bass in a seminal indie rock band, he pays his bills by bartending at the Great Jones Cafe in Manhattan. In an interview with New York magazine, Ibold offers some comments about the restaurant's famous clientele, anecdotes about dealing with messy eaters and loud drunks, and some vague glimmer of hope for a Pavement reunion tour within the next few years. (""Our booking agent seems to think we're going to be doing a reunion tour sometime in the next couple of years," he says. "But it's definitely not official")

After the cut, Ibold answers the most important questIon: Who gets more action, musicians or bartenders?

I guess it'd be easier for a bartender because there's a bit more of a one-on-one experience. When you combine that with one person — or both — drinking a lot, it seems to have started a lot of relationships.

Drinking and talking, eh? I guess that works.

Pavement and Sonic Youth Bassist Mark Ibold Slings Hurricanes at Great Jones Cafe [NYM]