Pavement (band)
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Pavement (band) has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Stephen MalkmusAmerican musician, lead singer and guitarist of the indie rock band Pavement
Malkmus said he avoids the black towels on band riders because he cannot tell whether they are clean.
“There's something about a rock and roll towel that it's black. It's not just that black is rock and roll, like heavy metal”
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!: Reflecting Pools and Construction Zones (Jun 27, 2026) · Listen from 25:24
Malkmus said his Wikipedia page singles out one rooftop party from his youth, among many other misdeeds.
“I know there is something about me like partying on rooftops in the high school and it was just one tiny thing of all the terrible things I did”
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!: Reflecting Pools and Construction Zones (Jun 27, 2026) · Listen from 22:22
Malkmus described Pavement's musicianship as deliberately loose, which he suggested made listeners feel they could start bands too.
“We have a relationship with tone and tuning and tempo that is loose”
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!: Reflecting Pools and Construction Zones (Jun 27, 2026) · Listen from 21:49
Podcasts
- Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! · 1 episode
Episodes
Reflecting Pools and Construction ZonesWait Wait... Don't Tell Me! · Jun 27, 2026 · 48 min
Peter Sagal and Alzo Slade quiz panelists Emmy Blotnick, Joyelle Nicole Johnson, and Gianmarco Soresi on the week's news, and Pavement's Stephen Malkmus plays Not My Job.