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Watching The Osbournes, I feel a bit like how I imagine beings in distant galaxies might while watching the television signals we've been sending them all these years...
"...but Kelly, she shits aliens!"
S+E Tenth Anniversary Edition news!
Plus, a dodgy interview with Spiral Stairs:
Pitchfork: Tell us about the 10th anniversary edition of Slanted And Enchanted.
Scott Kannberg: There's been some talk about doing this. I can't confirm it though.
Pitchfork: Can you say anything about the previously unreleased material being considered for possible inclusion?
SK: We're not sure yet what tracks might be included. Gary's dad just passed away, so we're waiting for him to get back in town to scour the tapes.
Pitchfork: Is it unheard material or alternate versions of familiar Pavementia?
SK: From what I remember, I think there are some songs we mixed that never appeared on anything. Some are different mixes and some are new songs. All I have is a crappy cassette tape of the stuff, so it's hard to tell.
Pitchfork: Some of the most beloved and coveted Pavement nuggets were performed only for radio...what are the chances there will be a collection of Pavement's radio appearances on disc?
SK: We'll have to see about these. Not sure if we have the rights to them.
Pitchfork: Wasn't your first-ever show on the radio, in Davis?
SK: We did some stupid open mike night in Sacramento before that. The dude from Cake and Anton Barbeau were regulars. We fucked up their worlds. Or not.
Pitchfork: Were there ever any serious studio stabs at songs like "Kentucky Cocktail," "Circa 1762," and such? You played 'em live enough.
SK: Not really. I wish.
Pitchfork: What's next for Preston School Of Industry?? I was at your first L.A. show at Silverlake Lounge (with the old band) and you guys had such enthusiasm.
SK: We still have 'such' enthusiasm. We just played two shows opening for the mighty Guided By Voices. One was at Disneyland and the other here in San Francisco. We are planning an Australian tour the beginning of May (with a tour single to coincide). After that, a US tour is in the works.
Pitchfork: PSoI seemed much tighter than the Jicks show I'd seen a few months earlier, but maybe that's just because you didn't have your wife singing backup vocals and doing jazzercise.
SK: My wife will be doing interpretive dance clad only in body paint.
Pitchfork: Do you have any side projects or collaborations on the horizon?
SK: My publisher wants me to record a version of "Don't Fear the Reaper" for Six Feet Under. Should I do it?
Pitchfork: Yes!
SK: Nothing else on the plate except for my label Amazing Grease. We just released the Ten Years of Noise Pop comp.
1. When the interviewer compliments Spiral for his band's 'tightness' while at the same time dissing The Jicks, he is just trying to impress him and get on his good side. I love you, Spiral, but yr band isn't nearly as tight as The Jicks. At least not when I saw the Preston School live...
2. I can't stand indie journalists who insist on calling Spiral "Scott Kannberg". It's totally unfair - I've never seen an interview with any given MC in which they are consistently referred to as "Clifford Smith" or something, this never happens to Bono and The Edge, on and on... Spiral Stairs is the only person I can think of that this happens to. He has the coolest name in rock and roll. Why people can't just respect this is beyond me.
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