My Heart Became One With A Digital Sun

Here’s another batch of mp3s – this time we have six selections from a Pavement concert in St. Louis in 1999. I recently acquired this concert, and it’s become one of my personal favorite Pavement live documents, in part for its excellent setlist, but mostly for the playful spirit of the performance. I chose these six songs for the following reasons – “Shady Lane”‘s guitar parts on the verses is played differently than usual; a substantial chunk of “Father To A Sister Of Thought” is adlibbed; an entire verse of “Billie” is cleverly re-written on the spot; and before playing the song, Stephen Malkmus explains the title of “Grounded”. “Shoot The Singer” and “Stereo” are here mostly because they are huge favorites of mine, and these are excellent performances of both. Also, “Shoot The Singer” was rarely performed live in the latter half of Pavement’s career, and this is the most hi-fi live version that I’ve found to date. Note to those who may already have this show – I edited the tracks and improved the sound quality significantly. These songs will stay up til Wednesday, when I shall put up a handful of bright, shiny, sexy pop songs. Enjoy.

Grounded

Shoot The Singer

Stereo

Billie

Father To A Sister Of Thought

Shady Lane

Rattled By The Rush Added Tuesday

Here Added Tuesday

Debris Slide Added Tuesday