For the finale of Revolutions Per Movie’s Pavement Week, we are joined by Pavement’s Spiral Stairs (aka Scott Kannberg) & Robert Greene, editor/producer of the new documentary Pavements.

We discuss its kaleidoscopic storytelling, which weaves together a star-studded biopic, a traditional band documentary, a Pavement museum, and the Pavement jukebox musical all into a feature-length film.

We also talk about Robert’s long-term push-pull artistic relationship with the film’s director Alex Ross Perry, Spiral’s involvement with Louder Than You Think (a documentary about early Pavement drummer Gary Young), the process of recording the Pavement EP Watery, Domestic, the sadness surrounding Pavement’s initial breakup, how the film helped Spiral appreciate what the band accomplished, the epic saga of Spiral vs. Lollapalooza, how the "biopic" in Pavements cut close to the bone while still being completely false, the elevated mystery surrounding Pavement, why their three-sided record Wowee Zowee influenced the final edit of the film, the forthcoming soundtrack LP, the future of Pavement and much more!

There's no culture!!! There's no spies!!!

So let's end Pavement Week with this heartfelt, inspiring, and hilarious episode of Revolutions Per Movie.

PAVEMENT:

pavementband.com/

REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE:

Host Chris Slusarenko (Eyelids, Guided By Voices, owner of Clinton Street Video rental store) is joined by actors, musicians, comedians, writers & directors who each week pick out their favorite music documentary, musical, music-themed fiction film or music videos to discuss. Fun, weird, and insightful, Revolutions Per Movie is your deep dive into our life-long obsessions where music and film collide.

The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support it is through our Patreon at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie. By joining, you can get weekly bonus episodes, physical goods such as Flexidiscs, and other exclusive goods.

Revolutions Per Movies releases new episodes every Thursday on any podcast app, and additional, exclusive bonus episodes every Sunday on our Patreon. If you like the show, please consider subscribing, rating, and reviewing it on your favorite podcast app. Thanks!

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This week we continue Pavement Week on Revolutions Per Movie with episodes celebrating Pavement to the max.

For today’s episode (#4 of 5) we talk to filmmaker Alex Ross Perry who directed the new kaleidoscopic documentary Pavements. We discussed Alex’s formative years working at the legendary Kim’s Video in NYC, how Alex broke away from traditional music documentaries to make Pavements, the truth hidden within the fiction of the biopic segments of the film, the earnest nature of musical theater and creating the Pavement jukebox musical, seeking music video bootlegs in the 90s, how the surprise viral hit of Pavement's 'Harness Your Hope' changed the trajectory of the film, creating the myths of a band like Pavement, the band’s restrictions for the making of the film, how Joe Keery of Stranger Things was always the first choice to play Stephen Malkmus in the film, how Alex purposely wrote the worst possible Pavement biopic using real dialogue from Pavement, the Lollapalooza mud slinging show, how to know when a potentially endless documentary is done, Malkmus' reaction to the Pavement Museum that was built for the film and more.

So, as they say in the film, let's give 100% of the 50% that we know is possible from Pavement on episode 4 of Pavement Week on Revolutions Per Movie.

PAVEMENTS:

https://pavements.official.film/

REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE:

Host Chris Slusarenko (Eyelids, Guided By Voices, owner of Clinton Street Video rental store) is joined by actors, musicians, comedians, writers & directors who each week pick out their favorite music documentary, musical, music-themed fiction film or music videos to discuss. Fun, weird, and insightful, Revolutions Per Movie is your deep dive into our life-long obsessions where music and film collide.

The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support it is through our Patreon at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie. By joining, you can get weekly bonus episodes, physical goods such as Flexidiscs, and other exclusive goods.

Revolutions Per Movies releases new episodes every Thursday on any podcast app, and additional, exclusive bonus episodes every Sunday on our Patreon. If you like the show, please consider subscribing, rating, and reviewing it on your favorite podcast app. Thanks!

SOCIALS:

@revolutionspermovie

BlueSky: @revpermovie

THEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'

www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com

ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owens

https://linktr.ee/mymetalhand

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This week, we will be celebrating Pavement Week on Revolutions Per Movie with episodes that are Pavement to the max!!!

For today’s episode (#3 of 5) we talk to multi-instrumentalist of Pavement, The Minders, Pedro The Lion & Wild Flag, Rebecca Clay Cole!!! We discuss her time in Pavement and her varied musical life, and she also brought us an amazing music film pick to discuss: the Luther Vandross documentary Luther: Never Too Much. We also talk about her involvement with the Elephant 6 scene, how her first band was the incredible The Minders, learning to sing harmonies on the fly, working with The Jicks before being asked to join Pavement, what the Denver music scene was like in the late 90s, collecting 7” records, the mysteries of a sound check, how Luther’s childhood friends (Fonzi Thorton, Robin Clark & David Bowie/Iggy Pop collaborator Carlos Alamor) remained in each other’s musical lives until his death, Luther running the Patti LaBelle fan club, his first band performing on Sesame Street, a young Luther getting his bandmates' parents to buy their jade colored shoes for their live shows, Luther embracing the Philly sound, David Bowie making Luther his vocal arranger for the Young Americans album and Luther re-writing one of Bowie’s songs, plus songs for The Wiz, touring with Bette Midler, chance encounters in creative situations, Luther being on every recording of Chic, his new wave album Busy Body, the racism in the record industry and how the media obsessed about his weight, how Luther controlled his band on stage tempo wise with such gentle ease and how Luther's vocal style came about from singing in a pizza commercial!

So it's siizzzzllliiinnnggg hot on episode #3 of Pavement week only here on Revolutions Per Movie!!!

REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE:

Host Chris Slusarenko (Eyelids, Guided By Voices, owner of Clinton Street Video rental store) is joined by actors, musicians, comedians, writers & directors who each week pick out their favorite music documentary, musical, music-themed fiction film or music videos to discuss. Fun, weird, and insightful, Revolutions Per Movie is your deep dive into our life-long obsessions where music and film collide.

The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support it is through our Patreon at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie. By joining, you can get weekly bonus episodes, physical goods such as Flexidiscs, and other exclusive goods.

Revolutions Per Movies releases new episodes every Thursday on any podcast app, and additional, exclusive bonus episodes every Sunday on our Patreon. If you like the show, please consider subscribing, rating, and reviewing it on your favorite podcast app. Thanks!

SOCIALS:

@revolutionspermovie

BlueSky: @revpermovie

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