Pavement - Pacific Trim and Stereo EPI don't know if I have to say anything about Pavement when posting them here. I think we all know Pavement -it's my intention to share a couple of singles with you, not introduce you to them. So, with that non-introductory introduction out of the way let me tell you about these two discs.
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Pacific Trim contains what could be best overall Pavement song - "
Give It a Day" It's historic (though inaccurate), it's got some wonderful lyric imagery (word spread just like small pox in the Sudan / eyes are eyes and teeth are teeth, well mine are rotten underneath) and has SM tersely emoting to his girl about her father. It is by far my favorite Pavement song.
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Gangsters & Pranksters" is a look at a hypothetical match-up between some gangster and the Merry Pranksters. You know, Ken Kesey's crew. Let's just say SM doesn't think the Pranksters stand a chance, though they've got better drugs...
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Saganaw" is a slow jam to round out the single. Sounding a bit Indian, perhaps?
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Then we have the Stereo single, minus Stereo, of course, as you should have it on your copy of Brighten the Corners -right?
Stereo opens with "
Westie Cannot Drum" -some of SM's best lines can be heard here, as well as some pretty neat-o screaming to close the track. Take a listen to this one because it's too much to define.
Then there's "
Winner of The" and "
Birds in the Majic Industry" two songs you'll want to hear if you haven't yet. Why? Because their Pavement songs you haven't heard yet.
King Tubby - Dub From the Roots![](http://web.archive.org./web/20101017041638im_/http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oA5my7zRBoU/SEHHXWOy8oI/AAAAAAAAACU/aP-rMf0jNLY/s320/front.jpg)
I almost feel strange for posting this, as it's a dub record and it seems out of place here at the PsychoMafia - however to not post it would be uncharacteristic of me since what I do is post the best of what I'm currently listening to - and these days the dub has been playing pretty regularly. Trust me, if you like listening to music you will like King Tubby. He is the root of all dub, Tubby is the master. Tubby was a sound engineer prior to making music -so you can be sure he knew what good music was/ how to make it / and most importantly, how to make it sound good. Each Tubby track is layer upon layer of sounds building into a minimal rhythm jams that will hold a steady groove in the room until the record ends. I'm not gonna go on and one describing this to you because I know how difficult it can be to pressured into a new genre, especially one like Dub -which I'm sure some of you have some preconceived notions about. If it's any help to you - I am NOT a fan of Marley and other reggae. I only listen to Tubby because he is assuredly the best. But if you do listen and end up enjoying the record ... I suggest you move on toward someone like Burning Spear.