Wednesday, February 13, 2008

The Money Shot: Police Shut Down Black Francis, Is There A Pavement Reunion In The Cards? & Costello, Nirvana Lead Mega-Grammy Snubs...

Today's headlines...

Stephen Malkmus: 'Pavement reunion would be interesting' (NME)
MS: "We're on fine terms, we don't have any plans to do that [reform] yet,” explained Malkmus. “We haven't talked about sincerely doing that. I'm 1000 per-cent committed to the people I'm working with now. I would never cheat on them and go and do Pavement, it's not on the cards.”

However, he didn’t rule out the reunion in the long-term, saying: “But who knows? Maybe it would be a good thing to do, maybe it'll feel right one day. I don't really ever think about it, except when I do interviews."


The 7 Most Unforgivable Grammy Award Snubs of All Time (Cracked)
MS: Now, if this was 1970, "Smells Like Teen Spirt" Vs. "Layla" would be a pay-per-view-worthy battle royale of epic proportions. But it wasn't, it was 1992 and "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was the most important song of its day and "Layla" had morphed into a tender, acoustic ballad. Putting aside for a second that the song was over two decades old, the version of "Layla" that was nominated was about as far from rocking as you could get. Once stripped of it's memorable guitar riffs, boundless energy and devil horn-worthy awesomeness, this new, all growed-up "Layla" had no damn business being in the rock category to begin with.


Black Francis street gig halted by police (NME)
MS: Francis was performing at St Stephen’s Green in the city, running through a mixture of solo material and songs by his legendary band, Pixies, when police became worried about overcrowding.

They stepped in and escorted Francis away, leading some fans to believe he had been arrested. However, police were moving him on in an attempt to disperse the crowd.


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