(TV) Slanted 'n' Enchanted 'n' Reissued

[Maurice Rickard <maurice@mac.com>]

I'll still take Polvo over Pavement as I assemble my own Personal 
Pantheon of Pop, but that isn't stopping me from vastly enjoying the 
_Luxe & Re-Luxe_ 2-disc reissue.  I think I mentioned the first two 
together in getting a conversation started some months back, but the 
two bands share little apart from being groupable under a '90s 
slack-pack designation.  Perhaps one could make the point that Polvo 
worshipped Sonic Youth the way Pavement seemed to worship the Fall. 
And Pavement boast a more straightforward pop sense in melody and 
rhythm.  I'm reminded of how great it is to have someone making a 
forceful assertion of something oblique or absurd, especially in a 
rock context.

In any event, the inclusion of EPs, b-sides, Peel sessions, and a 
live show from aaaaalmost 10 years ago (December 14, 1992) make this 
a very worthwhile purchase--at a cost of a mere 14 hard-earned 
recession smackers.  As it's the Bush Years all over again, you could 
do way worse than picking this up.

And a Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow USAian list members, plus 
some snowy looking-toward-the-holidays greetings to everyone else.
--
Maurice Rickard
http://mauricerickard.com/
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