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Lisa Britton
Go! Editor
W
hen anxiety creeps in and
stress clouds my brain, I
seek out things that will help me
relax and take a break. Some-
times that means snuggling my
big orange cat named “Thumbz”
and other times it means going
for a walk outside in the fresh air.
A lot of the time it means putting
on headphones and listening to
a podcast. I often do this when
I’m cleaning or cooking or even
sometimes while taking a hot
bath. My current favorite to listen
to is “Bananas.”
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RAISING THE CURTAIN
ON THIS WEEK’S ISSUE
This podcast is on the Exactly
Right Network, and hosted by
best buds, comedian Kurt Braun-
ohler and screenwriter Scotty
Landes. The two hosts find the
strangest, most obscure news
stories and read them aloud to
one another during each episode.
Sometimes a guest will join them.
They have hosted a variety of
engaging guests, from people
such as American activist Erin
Brockovich to actress/comedian
Kristen Schaal. If you don’t mind
goofy and often crude humor,
you’ll surely be laughing.
Something I particularly enjoy
is when host Landes tells per-
sonal stories from his and Braun-
ohler’s past. As longtime friends
who have lived rather colorful
lives, it’s truly hilarious listening to
them reminisce over memories
such as floating the Los Angeles
River or the tale of Chunk and
Chengwin in New York City —
you’ll just have to listen to know.
You can listen to “Bananas”
on Amazon Music and Apple
Podcasts. Visit their website to
learn more: exactlyrightmedia.
com/bananas.
In August the band will rere-
lease “Slanted and Enchanted”
on limited edition vinyl and
cassette. And in June the band
will hit the road for its second re-
union tour following a celebrated
comeback run in 2010.
— CHARLET HOTCHKISS, NEWS
CLERK, EAST OREGONIAN
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The band Pavement performs at the 2010 Coachella Valley Music and Arts
Festival on April 18, 2010, in Indio, California.
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T
hirty years ago this week,
Pavement released its
debut album, “Slanted and En-
chanted.” Seven years after that,
the band dropped its fifth and
final LP, “Terror Twilight.”
The two records bookended
one of the greatest and most
influential catalogs of the 1990s:
a densely packed stretch of witty,
tuneful, sarcastic, sentimental
indie rock that produced a real-
deal alternative radio hit in 1994’s
“Cut Your Hair” and a comically
passive-aggressive performance
at the first Coachella festival in
‘99 before the group broke up
barely a decade after it started.
Now Pavement — singer-gui-
tarist Stephen Malkmus, guitarist
Scott Kannberg, bassist Mark
Ibold, drummer Steve West and
percussionist Bob Nastanovich
— is looking back: This month
it reissued “Terror Twilight,” for
which the band hired producer
Nigel Godrich, then hot from his
work with Radiohead and Beck,
in a deluxe package featuring
dozens of outtakes and rarities.
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