[.ca] Pavement

just about all you want:
good history/nostalgia coverage. very professional and dreamy artwork all over the place. two shows. videos. perhaps we can call this the *eek* Your quintessential Pavement bookend.

finally:
The videos are great, and the concert footage is very good. I would've preferred that one of the shows be from a something other than the Terror Twilight tour though. The documentary, the part I was most anxious to see, was a bit disappointing. It started out good, I enjoyed hearing more about how Pavement formed, particulary the problems they had with Gary Young and the release of Slanted & Enchanted. But the rest of it used too much random concert footage as filler, and strayed away from interesting topics. Maybe I'm just too used to watching VH1 Behind the Music or something. Anyway, this is still a must for any serious Pavement fan.

ammmmmazing:
this was great for me to get to know more about the band i had heard of from so many others, amd never got to see for myself.... i only started delving into the world of pavement this past year, starting first with the jicks and working my way backward...(now i find my self searching frantically for silver jews cd's) the dvd was great, its fun watching these guys progress and all the good old wackiness, of course... get it, or find out who has it and borrow it or stay at their place and watch it

The Debris Slid Into Slow Century!!:
What a disappointment. The videos were nice, but many were contrived and not very creative. The documentary was sub, sub, sub-par -- no real insight into the band, their dynamics. I wasn't looking for a Behind the Music expose, or anything, but the documentary seemed to be long on exposition and short on actual content. Malkmus looked like he couldn't even stand talking to the camera, and Kannenberg was overly cheerful and eager to please. So in a sense, their songwriting sensibilities played out in the documentary. Hmmmm... The concerts stunk. I'm not sure if they were recorded on a hand-held camcorder, but the sound quality was awful. If these were official recordings of these shows, why not plug into the sound board and get a clean recording off the PA? Instead we get horribly recorded sound, muddy vocals and all. The Seattle concert seeems to be an exercise in selling Terror Twilight, as the band struggles through several lackluster numbers from that release. All in all, Malkmus seems ready to leave the band. So why, after all this negativity, did I still give the thing three stars? Because I love Pavement and their music, that's why. This release is great for super-fans, but it's really not that substantive, and doesn't even touch how great their albums are. The content just doesn't justify the work that was put into the DVD interface, and packaging -- both wonderful.

A "must-have" for Pavement fans:
A friend just got me this as an early Xmas present, and I couldn't be more thankful. I miss Pavement so much it hurts. And this DVD filled a void in me that hasn't been filled in a long time. Included are many many interviews and back story bits about the band, and their evolution..from the beginning up and into the recording of "Terror Twilight". Very insightful stuff. Also included are all their videos, which is a nice little bonus, but what's more enjoyable are the myriad of live performances. There's live stuff from here and there, and then there's two full shows here as well. Yes, Pavement's gone. And it sucks big time. But this DVD does help you feel a little better about it.