Soft Focus Season 3

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(Now Playing) Stephen Malkmus

Apr 27, 2009

Ian asks Stephen Malkmus the eternal question: Did Pavement shred? Or did they rock? Stephen Malkmus submits to Ian’s tender interrogation in this edition of Soft Focus. Getting started, Ian asks what it’s like to be raised on the faux-Mississippi Delta. After Stephen reveals his distaste for the art world, Ian asks about the lasting effects of working at a gallery. After briefly discussing his oscillating music taste, Stephen says he’s going on 17 years of liking CAN. Malkmus estimates the total number of Jicks records possessed by members of the NBA (it’s about as many as you’d guess) and then the questoin comes that we’ve all been waiting for: Why does Stephen have those socks tied around legs?

  • maaaaaaan

    14 days ago

    i didn't like how i had to look up mellieu

  • billycrash233

    about 1 month ago

    My Thoughts Exactly

  • sbay33

    3 months ago

    "you're just earning your check to go out and get s-- get a burrito."

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Ian Svenonius returns to America for another round of conversational jiu-jitsu with some of the shining lights of the US musical underground.

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