As Nastanovich explains in this video (and we talked about last November), Matador held a contest to with a Date at Ikea with Bob Nastanovich to promote the rerelease of Pavement's "Brighten the Corners." ( "Date with Ikea" is a song from the album, of course.) Pitchfork tagged along and filmed the whole thing and posted it today. BTC hits stores June 23
Ikea sounds very late nineties to me. It brings back memories of living in a house that had been decked out to look like what might as well of been an Ikea showroom with blonde fakish wood abound. Last fall, in support of the release of Brighten the Corners: Nicene Credence Ed., Pavement and Matador Records offered one contest winner the chance to "Brighten Your Corners on a Date with IKEA". This is the story of the winner, and her ultimate trip, directed by Winston H. Case. http://www.matadorrecords.com [...]
a. the kid from role models and human giant .. is he going to be the biggest star ever or what?? b. tips for actors TOO . c. ... dave hill is funny.. d. grizzly bear and feist.. e. did you see this? f. Funny tattoo HERE . g. .. Date with Ikea, the real life thing, not the [...]
This past winter we gave the low-down on Matador's Brighten The Corners IKEA shopping spree , which was launched as a tie-in to the Brighten the Corners: Nicene Credence Ed. Folks who entered were asked to submit a photo and short essay explaining why they should be the ones be awarded the dough. We joked that you should be stoked even if it's Bob Nastanovich you end up eating Swedish with ... and, you know, it is Bob who ends up passing the winner meatballs on a stick. He's a gracious and funny host, [...]
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