A wise man once said: “A man should never
judge another man until he has walked a mile
in the other man’s shoes.” Actually, some
complete & utter git said that. Whoever he
was, he had obviously never seen the sort
i worn by some of the band's

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Esitelx Dut I usually try to do a bit of
ignccctasmif I'm not familiar with the band
pissroutciaiOn. I'll have to admit, though, that
fenad never heard Pavement before their
January 26 Commodore show.
fesucew have gone into the show blind, but I

miceame; ONC Side of the stage with my ear
Eieeet three feet from one of the main
coos stacks probably played a part in
that.
met I had no choice, really. Y'see,
cee did their show with no barriers or
wieers between themselves and the crowd.
| <epod to see. Not great if you're out for
but a beautiful thing in this day and
age of

RESTRICTED AREAS.

This up—close—and—personal staging,
sly a decision of the band and not the
sits with the whole anti-rock star
grit Pavement project. It’s almost a
huseae-teos tO refer to it as an image. Image
Mplies some sort of planned pose,
eweowent were sO completely- lacking: in
any sort of a pose that they came off
Easeteu, as if they were jamming in a garage
pis een Of half a dozen of their close friends.
3cO Say the least. Maybe this is part of
appeal as one of the hot bands on the
ve scene. (Picture Dick Clark uttering
these words.)

Which is all fine and dandy, but
whatever happened to the Big: Rock Show?
Sure, integrity and genuineness and lack
of pretension are cool and all, but will
someone please tell me what happened
to the fire-breathin’, pyro-
exglodin,' bat—head-eatin’,
Stonehenge—descendin’, kickin’
he drums over, wall—o—Marshall
hows of yesteryear? No, I’m not
asking for

POISON.

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2 wanted to catch a band jamming in a garage, I could call ug
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