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That preordering thing on Pitchfork, of course this is a must have, how will one be able to get ones hands on this "super rare" live show and 7"? I do not understand which stores participate.

― strom (strom), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 20:10 (nineteen years ago)

I'm not sure if it's something a lot of stores are doing or just selected ones. At least in Chicago, my friend's store Permanent Records (Near Chicago and Damen) is doing the preorder thing.

― Zachary Scott (Zach S), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 20:15 (nineteen years ago)

I see. I was sort of looking for an online store which ships to Europe but I guess that's out of the picture then...

― strom (strom), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 20:20 (nineteen years ago)

Oh no no, I didn't mean that it was store only. I'd just e-mail matador and ask, I'm sure they'd figure out something for you.

― Zachary Scott (Zach S), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 20:23 (nineteen years ago)

insound is a participating retailer, i believe.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 20:25 (nineteen years ago)

The live show is download only, I believe.

― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 20:41 (nineteen years ago)

Insound worked great, thanks!

The concert is only a download, yes, but probably great anyway.

― strom (strom), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 20:52 (nineteen years ago)

That live show is really good, if you don't have it, it's totally worth it.

― Matthew Perpetua! (Matthew Perpetua!), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 20:56 (nineteen years ago)

a taste of wows to come

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 21:36 (nineteen years ago)

I was at that show! It was the day of the The Tonight Show taping (w/ Drew Barrymore & Harry Shearer). The opening bands were further (woo!) and Rollerskate Skinny (awful, awful awful!)

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 21:45 (nineteen years ago)

What's the deal with the two teaser downloads on the Matador site, they say they're from upcoming release but then you get the ones from CRCR? C'mon!

― Iago Galdston (Iago), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 23:47 (nineteen years ago)

Nevermind, they work on matablog, just not on pavement's mp3 page..my bad

― Iago Galdston (Iago), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 23:49 (nineteen years ago)

Holy shit, the live cut is soooo good

― Iago Galdston (Iago), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 00:06 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, that's pretty alright!
i'm stoked.
esp. after leaving my WZ copy in Fort Collins, CO.
i hope it's well played...

― edde (edde), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 00:45 (nineteen years ago)

I didn't like Wowee when it came out, but listening to the reissue has totally changed my mind.

― don weiner (don weiner), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 01:06 (nineteen years ago)

how so, don? is it the sound quality or just listening to it again 11 years later?

― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 14:41 (nineteen years ago)

Actually, I'm totally wrong, I've never heard that show! I was mistaking it for a different show.

― Matthew Perpetua! (Matthew Perpetua!), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 17:22 (nineteen years ago)

so you probably didn't bootleg it either? sweet.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 17:35 (nineteen years ago)

i remember being completely baffled by 'Wowee Zowee' when it came out. i mean, it seemed as if some of those songs were half-finished and shit and goofy, like "Brinx Job". however, over that summer of '95 the album became my fave Pavement album. some of Malkmus' finest are on there, like "AT&T", "We Dance", and "Grave Architecture". "Rattled By The Rush" is one of his most rockin' guitar solos as well.

― Robert Acosta (Rob 77), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 19:44 (nineteen years ago)

I dunno bros, this Half a Canyon on Stereogum today is pretty um, slow. A little bit boring until the end? Kind of okay, kind of nothing too exciting. . .

http://www.stereogum.com/archives/003716.html#comments

― TROGDOR (Mr.Que), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 22:13 (nineteen years ago)

I think it sounds really good - total stoner smeared jam! Makes me glad I did the preorder thing.

― morris pavilion (samjeff), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 22:42 (nineteen years ago)

(Oh it's on the CD, not the downloadable show. Well OK - makes me glad I'm re-buying the album)

― morris pavilion (samjeff), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 22:47 (nineteen years ago)

how so, don? is it the sound quality or just listening to it again 11 years later?

the quality is better than I remembered it to be, but in all seriousness I probably haven't listened the original Wowee CD in probably a decade. But even at 192MP3 it sounds pretty great, sound quality wise.

I'd forgotten how diverse the album is, too. The sequencing of the original track is really jarring, and in a good way. what I'm starting to realize is how much I love Pavement, especially in hindsight. I kind of hated them in the late 90s but have spent the past few years totally going back and asking myself why.

― don weiner (don weiner), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 23:18 (nineteen years ago)

hated them? too hyped?

― Robert Acosta (Rob 77), Wednesday, 18 October 2006 23:30 (nineteen years ago)

just sick of reading about how great they were, and a bad concert experience that sort of confirmed it.

― don weiner (don weiner), Thursday, 19 October 2006 00:12 (nineteen years ago)

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