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How Pavement Became the Greatest Band of the Nineties This Year: "If this really is the moment in which a Gen X sensibility gets to celebrate itself, well, it could turn out to be a fleeting one. Pavement is being set up as exactly the kind of legendary band younger people love to reject – especially since that wry disaffection isn't as useful anymore, what with there not being much of a monoculture to be suspicious of."
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I'm glad someone has managed to pigeonhole my apathy about Pavement.
Sorry, apathy toward(s).
A fitting tribute to a generation defined largely by its cynicism would be to avoid band reunions altogether, wouldn't it?
Er, *allegedly* defined.
Green Jello (For Dessert At The Retirement Home)
Old Age Fanclub
Weezer
Therapy? (Please, for my torn rotator cuff.)
Old Fashioned Blossoms
WE ALREADY DID THAT ONE CLARENCE
Wake up, son.
Rage Against The Kids On My Lawn
Biohazard (From My Recently Removed Turkey's Neck)
Preston Home for the Aged
END. OF. INTERNET.
#THE MARCO IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE POLO
Jack Kevorkian and the Suicidal Tendencies.
Grandpapa M
Pink Flamingos [NOTE: SUPPOSED TO BE A TAKE-OFF ON "Swans"]
Belle & Sebastian Bach
Bow Ow Ow
Telegraphhead
The Not Too Spicy, Now, Chili Peppers
Built to Pill
H&R Bloc Party
PJs Harvey
Echo & the Cardiograms
@stc: I'M OLDE.
Yes, younger people — who were, like, 9 years old when Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain came out — are rejecting them in droves. By showing up to these shows.
See you at the Wednesday show!
By the way I was 8 years and 11 months old when CR,CR came out; please hire a fact-checker next time.
I have socks older than you.
I have a pair of Brooks Brothers cashmere argyle socks that I got for Christmas in 1981 (first Preppy Handbook era). They're in perfect condition. I have always wanted to share this, but never got the chance, so THANK YOU.
Christ, I was 8 years old when Let It Be came out.
@Lee: Rush, Hemispheres, when I was 8. Also, debut albums from The Cars, The Police, Squeeze and Toto, and Crass's The Feeding Of The 5000.
I meant The Beatles' Let It be by the way, not The Replacements.
I'm making t-shirts that are about my love of LondonLee. I don't care who knows it!
Suffering From Glaucoma Melon
Betty (White)
1/4" Nails
Snoop Lap Dogg
Triassic 5
(I Remember When) Pubic Enemy (#1 Was Still Capone)
@Matt:Loving the typo. He died of syphilis you know?
Nice one, me.
Snoop All Dogs Go To Heaven After We Have To Put Them Down, Sorry Honey
One-piece Suit Kill
Oh man, I was trying so hard to come up with one last time. This works!
Actually, maybe "Pantsuit Kill"???
(I Hope) Sleater-Kinney (Road Has Handicap-Accessible Sidewalks)
Jumpsuit Kill?
Onesie Kill
Mashing Pumpkins (Cause I Lost My Dentures)
Porno For Flame-Retardant P.J.'s (That You Wear All Day)
Rev. Horton Electric Blanket
Rev. Horton Icy Hot
Everything But The Elderly Woman
!!!!!!
Ambulance Unlimited
Style Council on the Aging
Front Line at the Buffet
Frankie Goes to Hollywood, FL
Grandmother Love Bone
Sorry dude.
great uncle tupelo
SebadOh, My Aching Back
screaming triage nurse
Rascal Flat-out (Speeding To The Drugstore)
Those Nice Boys From the Home Depot Who Painted Our House Red
Nothing Painted Because I am so Blue about my Arthritis
Garth Brooks Brothers That Went Out Of Style 20 Years Ago But We Don't Say Anything At Formal Functions Because It Would Hurt His Feelings
That should have been @Jay, sorry dude.
Massive Heart Attack
Morphine (No, Really, Please, Doc. Every Day Is Just Pain You Can't Understand It)
The Cardigans (Is It Cold In Here?)
This Mortal Coil
his name is dead
Slowdrive
Walk
Radio On The Book
YIKES! ::golf clap::
heartbeat not happening
Stephen Malk-of-Magnesia
Fly-Fishing At Bardo Pond
Bettie Severe Back Pain
Postum Children
Old Edition
uuuuuuuuuuuggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh, rolls eyes at self
Bell Biv DeVotoed To Jeopardy
Men 2 Grave
Jon Spencer Quiet Get-Together To Listen To Old Blues Records On The Phonograph
Dames Against Fellas
The Olden Palominos
the apples in mono
Swervedriver Into A Street Fair Full Of Pedestrians
Of Boca Raton
Green River In My Depends
Rip Van Winkle
This is a play on Fu Manchu.
(Leave Your Shoes In The Laundry Room Or You'll Track) Mud (All Over The Damned House), Honey
Wham (Goes My Walker Upside That Purse-Snatcher's Head)
This is an assertive old folks post.
Martha Raye Spex
Half Japs
R.E.M.T.
Magna(Grand)pop
Weird Korean War Vet
Cupid Antique Car Club
The (Overabundance Of) Make*Up (Is A Futile Attempt To Mask The Ever-encroaching Wrinkles And Crows-feet)
That was supposed to be @Matt, sorry me.
Holy Heavy Petting
Veruca Salt-Free
Guided By Guide Dogs
The Spine Doctors
Spoonfed
Squint
Again, with this?
LAST
sorry, but I had a good one.
The Afghan Toupes.
Matthew Sweet'N Low
Archers of Oof
Spin Doctors of Geriatrics
Frog the Desiccated Sprocket
Paroled Development
Single Gum Theory
The Flaming Lipitors
Supercramp
Jane's 12th Step Meeting
Guided By Fiber
John Spencer Pooze Explosion. (I'm here all week, fellas).
I guess I spent the 90's in a bigger drug haze than I thought or tried to do…
Pavement?
Ex-Wife in a Coma
Liz State Fair
Prime Rate-us
Folksy Aphorisms Implosion
La Femme Nikita Khrushchev
Okay, so it may not be a play on a musical ensemble, per se, but it IS my dream Wheel of Fortune Before & After.
Killrascal
Killbuick
Alice in Support Hose
Valpak Shakur
Oh, I like this. I'da put it in the top 8.
The Fucking Champs (Of Backgammon)
The Misfits (Of The Bingo Hall)
Public Enema