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Pavement

Season 6 • 09/20/2010

Stephen Malkmus discusses his path to success, ambiguous lyrics and musical influence.

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04:37

Atone Phone - Joan Rivers Calls
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Joan Rivers tells Stephen that if he looked any doughier in his tux at the Emmys, he'd be working for Pillsbury.
09/15/2010
00:31

Intro - 9/15/10
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Stephen gets to go to a Chinese restaurant for the Jewish high holidays, and Saul Griffith tries to solve global warming.
09/15/2010
08:21

March to Keep Fear Alive Announcement
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To restore truthiness and fight Jon Stewart's creeping reasonableness, Stephen announces his March to Keep Fear Alive.
09/16/2010
05:09

Lawrence O'Donnell
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Lawrence O'Donnell predicts that a Tea Party Congress would get sworn in and immediately move to adjourn for the rest of the year.
09/16/2010
00:17

Sign Off - March to Keep Fear Alive
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Don't forget to book your trip to Washington, D.C. for Stephen's March to Keep Fear Alive on October 30th.
09/16/2010
05:36

ThreatDown - Bedbugs & Environmentalists - Jerome Goddard
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Stephen asks Jerome Goddard how to stop the rabid infestation of bedbugs that seems to have come about during the Obama administration.
09/16/2010
05:30

Tip/Wag - Chilean Miners, Portland Press Herald & Isa Blyth
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Trapped Chilean miners get cigarettes, the Portland Press Herald issues an apology, and a 106-year-old woman credits her longevity to being a virgin.
09/20/2010
00:33

Intro - 9/20/10
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Everyone's talking about the March to Keep Fear Alive, a 106-year-old woman shares her secret to long life, and Pavement reunites after 11 years.
09/20/2010
03:34

March to Keep Fear Alive Media Coverage
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Stephen's greatest fear is that he's not getting enough media attention for his March to Keep Fear Alive.
09/20/2010
03:11

Christine O'Donnell Witch Test
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If Christine O'Donnell sinks to the bottom of the river and drowns, her bloated corpse can march to victory with a clean record.
09/20/2010
03:33

Pavement
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Stephen Malkmus explains how Pavement can be such an influential band and not have a number one hit.
09/20/2010
00:31

Intro - 9/21/10
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Poverty in America is at an all-time high, Craigslist shuts down its adult services, and Google CEO Eric Schmidt searches for himself.
09/21/2010
05:35

Eric Schmidt
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Google CEO Eric Schmidt wants people to remember that when you post something online, computers will remember it forever.
09/21/2010
10:09

In Poor Taste - Mark Shriver
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If Mark Shriver says, "help the poor or they will rise up against us," Stephen will invite him to the March to Keep Fear Alive.
09/21/2010
00:20

Sign Off - Sign Up for the March to Keep Fear Alive
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Visit the Keep Fear Alive Facebook page to sign up for the march, but don't follow rally4sanity on Twitter.
09/21/2010
03:04

Colbertslist
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Stephen closely monitors every ad on Colbertslist to make sure they're free from sexual solicitation.
09/21/2010
05:08

Fallback Position - Migrant Worker Pt. 1
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Stephen asks Zoe Lofgren how hard it is to be a migrant farm worker and if she wants to make an anchor baby.
09/22/2010
04:56

The Word - The More You No
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Schools should require permission slips before our children are allowed to learn anything we disagree with.
09/22/2010
00:33

Intro - 9/22/10
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President Obama bails out kids who lost their lunch money, and Guillermo del Toro meets Stephen del Matador.
09/22/2010
00:10

Sign Off - Stephen Won't Forgive You
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If you missed any part of tonight's show, Stephen will never ever forgive you.
09/22/2010
05:32

Guillermo del Toro
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Guillermo del Toro has always imagined the National Geographic approach to designing monsters.
09/22/2010
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