Video: Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks MySpace Secret Show Portland

Question: Why is a "secret show" advertised all over the Internet? Answer: 'Cause we need secrets. We need secrets crets crets crets crets crets back right now! Pavement jokes aside, I'm still not sure why the Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks show at Satyricon on Tuesday night was given such a hush-hush tag. Even though it was labeled a "MySpace secret show," the set wasn't much of a secret—which is bound to happen when the news leaks to most of the multimedia world one week before the album sees the [...]

The idea of a Pavement reunion 's in the air, but Stephen Malkmus & his Jicks are everywhere else, including a Take-Away in San Francisco and a secret show in Portland. The Take-Away includes a trio of Real Emotional Trash tunes, "Hopscotch Willie," "Wicked Wanda," and a pretty, elegiac "We Can't Help You." Those are all fine showings, Malkmus looking every bit the part the slacker legend he is, but for a fun taste of behind-the-scenery, it's fun watching the whole band trying to figure out which R.E.M. songs they all [...]

And thanks to Jamie Alexander for telling me about her camera in the video...