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Tableau Talks: Stephen Malkmus

I interviewed Stephen Malkmus -- ex-Pavement frontman, indie-rock poster boy and U.Va. graduate -- Monday during a conference call with several other school newspapers. The call was intended to get the word out about his new Jicks album, Real Emotional Trash. The exciting part: I got him to go on a lengthy tangent about his years here at the University. Plus, when I introduced myself as a Cavalier Daily writer, he said, "Wahoowa." Too bad I didn't hear it.

tab: On the new album, we're getting a credit to the Jicks, something that was left off of 2005's Face the Truth. So is there a change in the group's participation, and does it feel like you're playing with a real, official band again?

Stephen Malkmus: It does. This record was more like, go to the rehearsal studio and have a go. Just play off the walls, play off each other. And the one before that, that you were talking about

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