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Spam E-Mail or Bob Pollard Song?
Ever since solo artist and former Guided By Voices frontman Robert Pollard arrived in the late ’80s with GBV’s first album of note, Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia, he’s been the undisputed king of arcane titles. So arcane, in fact, that they often resemble the non-sequitur gibberish of spam e-mails that advertise replica watches and male-enhancement pills.... read more
Found in: Culture, FeaturesClassic Paste: The Best of Issues 1-10 (2002-2004)
(JUST A FEW MORE REASONS TO HELP SAVE PASTE)In a little more than two weeks, I'll celebrate my 6th anniversary at this magazine. When I started as Paste's second-ever intern on June 1, 2003, we were still a tiny operation. Only five of us were in the office full-time: publisher Nick Purdy, editor Josh Jackson, assistant editor Jason Killingsworth, myself (who would go on to become associate editor) and my intern cohort, Steven Bevilaqua. Other important folks—like senior/film editor and future Paste president Tim Porter, design director José Reyes, and future associate publisher Joe Kirk—were working part-time, since Paste couldn't... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayGuided By Voices' Tobin Sprout Releases Children's Book
One former Guided By Voices member in particular probably has the best children's book author name in the business: Mr. Sprout. As luck would have it, Sprout has traded the microphone for a pen (for a moment, anyway) and put his talents (and name) to the test in his first children's book, Elliott.... read more
Found in: Books, NewsMy Morning Jacket to release Record Store Day exclusives
Repent! Oh, ye frequent downloaders. As reported earlier, the second annual Record Store Day has been confirmed for Saturday, April 18, and this time, a slew of bands are releasing exclusives that day to celebrate. Don't look for these at FYE or your outgoing Virgin Megastore; these are exclusive to independently owned record stores.... read more
Found in: NewsSoderbergh preps 3D musical Cleo, GBV pens score
With a four-hour Che epic, a top-shelf legal thriller and a porn-star-led comedy all ahead of him, Steven Soderbergh's next movie had to be big if he wanted to keep up the attention he’s received in recent years. And big it is. The director has tapped Catherine Zeta-Jones, Hugh Jackman and disbanded indie-rock outfit Guided by Voices for Cleo, a 3D rock musical about Cleopatra and her lover Mark Antony.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsJohn Sellers takes Perfect book party on the road
Angry writer John Sellers may have spent his preteen years lost in the cool luminescent glow of MTV faves like Duran Duran and Wham!, but he managed to pull himself out of the miasma of hair spray and synthesizers thanks to the soul-saving power of alternative music (meaning "an actual alternative" as opposed to "Northwestern grunge"). But, in the wise words of LeVar, you don't have to take my word for it—Sellers himself explains it all in his memoir, Perfect From Now On: How Indie Rock Saved My Life, due in its first paperback edition on March 4. For more... read more
Found in: Music, NewsGuided By Voices
Let’s throw objectivity out the window, shall we? This is Guided By Voices’ last album, and I for one feel like crying... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsGuided By Voices - The Best of Guided By Voices
I’ll admit it—I never liked Guided By Voices. Pretty much the same way I thought tight vintage t-shirts with ironically cheery iron-ons were insufferably pretentious. And let’s face it—there’s a daunting amount of GBV you’d have to pick through to find the choice material assembled on Human Amusements... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsGuided By Voices
Bob Pollard is the king of funny names. His band, Guided By Voices, is about to release its 14th record, Earthquake Glue... read more
Found in: Music, Features
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