Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks: "Bill Fay" Bottom Lounge 7/2/09

[simplysane1]

Stephen changed a few of the names of these new songs played on this tour..This is now called Share The Red on Mirror Traffic.

[scoutsummers]

oh, and great video, lucky you were there, and so close, is that why it's called the bottom lounge?Anyway my head is always looking at the ground with my eyes closed whenever i've seen Malkmus, and it only sits back on top of my neck after the song ends, so you could say i have never seen a show,these videos are great  and now i get to see his bum..Bonus.

[thepratingknave]

scoutsummers: Looking at the ground with your eyes closed?

You need to look at the Malkman with your EYES WIDE OPEN.

Yeah, that was weird, but seriously, isn't the point of a show to listen to and SEE a band in all its live glory? I just saw Robyn Hitchcock for the first time, and I stared at him nearly the entire show, singing all the lyrics and smiling like a fool, four feet away. During the second song he looked directly down at me and grinned. And that turned out all right (I DIED).

[thepratingknave]

So, next time, you should blatantly check Stephen out. Or, you know, occasionally take a peek at his hair or something. It's really okay.

P.S. I noticed your bum comment. And I noticed the bum. I've always just assumed that he didn't have one, being the deathbed-thin guy that he is, but there it was. Little, but there.

I'm done being a creep now.

I loved this video, and the song is fantastic. I hope he'll release a record soon. I need some sweet sounds to jam to. I'm totally jonesing.

[scoutsummers]

So looking 'down' is the safer and 'cooler' option.

[thepratingknave]

Ah, I see. Well, I've never been one to do the cool thing, because I'm totally lame, but I'm okay with that. And I completely understand the crick in the neck thing, that always happens to me when I'm that close. I just don't really care about the pain, because I'm always in some kind of pain anyway.

Yeah, I just now realized that not all stages are created equal. *eye roll*

Sorry, I didn't take into consideration that a stage might be too high. The stage at my show was at thigh-level.

[scoutsummers]

hi,was talking about the air, not a state of being.Anyway if i had a portable rock to stand on i'd bring that along to see eye to eye,this would have been almost possible at the metro show,but it was raing and just dragging a raincoat around is a mean feat, 'Iam saving the rock idea for a sunshine moment when i can stand on it ,on tippy toes and open my eyes..And if Malkmus is shorter than me, i will just bend my knees awkwardly and automatically, and kinda gravitate towards the sound and light

[thepratingknave]

Oh, yeah, of course, silly me.

The portable rock thing sounds like a good idea, albeit a potentially hazardous one, lol. I'd still buy it.

I've heard that Stephen is kinda short, but I don't really know. It's all relative, anyway.

I haven't had the opportunity to see him perform yet, but I'm determined to do so at least *once* before I die. I'm moving to Portland in five or six months, so that should probably increase my chances a bit, don't you think? Ah, I can't wait to get out of PA.

[scoutsummers]

good luck with the move, i've been lucky and i haven;t moved for years, and the world keeps spinning around and every few years Stephen Malkmus seems to spin off it, and land in Sydney and i am treated to a show,And time does go faster so theoretically the shows are getting closer together, just like the years.AND only 6 months until Pavement reach our shores!

[scoutsummers]

@scoutsummers hi pratingknave, how you going? how is portland? it is already february, and nothing has changed, i still love listening to this! Angie.

[scoutsummers]

well yeah looking at the ground with my eyes closed would be kinda silly,so maybe it's the eyes in the back of my head that are trying to see/hear? Somehow i just feel more comfortable with that posture,the air is cooler. Also looking up at someone on stage kinda cricks my neck and when Stephen Maklmus' feet are at my head level, eye contact would seem ridiculous.If we were dancing together he would be kneeing me in the forehead and kicking me in the chin.

[scoutsummers]

Sorry Malkmus.

[scoutsummers]

another beautiful song