Would there by any interest in doing something like this? There's a couple of Malkmus solo albums that I haven't heard yet, and I think it might be fun to put a deceptively simple indie pop band like Pavement under the microscope.

Even if it was just you, me, KD, Pete, Jorge, and stip it could work. I'd love more participants though.

i would love to hear stip's take on all this

This entire thread is a not so veiled attempt to get a Brian Stipelman soundbite re: The Brinx Job

I'd definitely read along, and would check things out and comment along the way, but my Pavement/Malkmus knowledge is too cursory for me to participate properly. I sort of burnt out near the end of the Tom Waits one anyway--I think chud is right that it kind of turned the albums into work.

Yeah, these things don't work well for me. Sorry, Reid.

Don't worry about it, guys. I gave it my best shot.

Pete, what do you think of Slanted and Enchanted?

Dude, you're going to stress the poor guy to death.

I haven't listened yet.

i guess we'll have to settle for supernintendochalmers

What flaws do you find in Brighten the Corners, Zurich stainer?

this is in no way my official LAL position, but i always found that Brighten the Corners to be front-loaded with the album's best material. i always had trouble adjusting to the relatively languid back-end of the album after the poppy punches of stereo, shady lane, and date with ikea. will a LAL change my tune?

Would you say that the albums corners are...brightened?

herein lies the rub, thurston: i surely don't

it should be pointed out that you can't settle for snc

It's a lost cause

Starlings of the Slipstream is my favorite song on the album.

such revelations are the bread and butter of the LAL sessions

I'm an idiot, what are LAL sessions?