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[apoemaday]

Winter Solstice

by Gary Young

Birds travel toward the horizon at a distance which makes them indistinguishable. We only know that they seem to be leaving the earth. The glassy bulbs of the iris have worked their way to the surface of the damp soil, and the roots of the pine tree rest on the ground like arthritic knuckles, clumsy, useless, having given up on everything, even themselves. I watch the rain fall after a year of drought, and it settles into the runoff. My yard is a delta of tiny rivers, and the spirit, which must be like water, flows quietly away.

[magpiepills]

Hi friends! Idk many of yall are big into Joe Keery since I got here in the Pedro Pascal bus, but if you’re a fan and you’re planning to see Pavements, I hope you do! I saw it last night and it is jaw droppingly good. If you ever saw any of my pretty poorly received mix tape posts, there have been a lot of Pavement on there. A LOT. Pavement is my favorite. I never finished Stranger Things so I only knew of Joe from seeing him online or in fandom and so on, but he’s cute and seems like a decent guy and he really does bear a resemblance to Stephen Malkmus so I was excited to see what would happen. Fred Hechinger looks like Bob Nastanovich’s son.

Anyway, if you’re planning to see Pavements and you’re going in with no prior knowledge of the band or their songs or history, just know that this isn’t a traditional documentary or biopic. I don’t want you do be disappointed. I thought Joe was excellent in it, but it may not be the movie you expect.

To get you hyped up, I’m going to make yet another playlist of Pavement songs so you can get acquainted before you go to the theater. Let me know if you see it, come tell me all about it in the DMs. Have fun! I love you!

[musickickztoo]

Gary Young  *May 3, 1953

[missedstations]

[Each morning before dawn,] - Gary Young

Each morning before dawn, a woodpecker and a scold of jays fight over the feeder, screaming and screeching like demons. Over the course of the day, other birds call out: the spotted towhee, the robin and finch, and the siskin with its pitiful, one-note squeal. At dusk, the mourning dove’s breathy melody echoes through the canyon. It’s enough to break your heart, this tune I can imagine being played on a flute carved from bone.

[all-rock-and-roll-is-homosexual]

Select Magazine October 1992/Pavement

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[headlightsforever]

Gary Young

[cat-mermaid]

Gary Young - Plantman

The Plant Man knows where the plants will grow🌹 The Plant Man knows if the plants will grow🌱 The Plant Man knows that the plants will grow🪴 The Plant Man knooooo000000oooows...

*drum solo*

[krispyweiss]

Pavement Co-founder, Former Drummer Gary Young Dies at 70

- “Without Gary, many people would not have noticed us,” band says

Gary Young, the co-founding Pavement drummer who was with the band from 1989 to 1993, has died, Stephen Malkmus said.

“Gary Young passed on today,” the Pavement frontman said Aug. 17 on social media without giving a cause.

“Gary’s Pavement drums were one-take-and-hit-record. Nailed it so well.”

Young appeared on four EPs and Pavement’s debut long-player, 1992’s Slanted and Enchanted before leaving the group.

“Without Gary, many people would not have noticed us,” Pavement said in a statement. “In all of the best ways, he was a freak show. He was magnetic. He was magical. He was dangerous. We could think of him as an uncle, an older brother that none of us had.”

Young’s post-Pavement activities included recording three solo albums under the Gary Young’s Hospital banner.

“Gary had FUN, and those of us who got to hang with him will never forget this amazing cat … what an honor and what a gift sweet Gary was,” Thurston Moore said on social media.

8/18/23