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The Pavement Connection
The Pavement connection is really throwing the Silver Jews in the spotlight at the moment.
Yeah, when I was in England last week, I was sitting in a bar doing a Melody Maker interview when I thought "What the hell am I
doing here?" This doesn't make any sense as far as my life goes. So I said to the guy "Are you doing this because you like the record
or because of the Pavement connection?" He said because of the Pavement connection.
Up until a few years ago only a handfull of people knew that the Silver Jews featured members of Pavement - what's changed?
In the beginning I tried to hide the fact. I gave Steve a fake name and so forth but most people figured it out and it backfired. By
keeping it a secret, people thought it was a bigger deal so we thought we'd stop telling secrets and tell the truth. If people then
thought The Jew were a side project then fuck them.
Bob and Steve treat it just as seriously as any other part of their lives. It's certainly not a career for me, it's like an extension of our
friendship cos we've always played together. Technically, Pavement is a side project of the Silver Jews cos we were playing
together well before Steve formed Pavement
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