Mangled Verses
I think that I shall never see lovely Pavement poetry
by Mat Honan and David Cassel
Published August 19, 1999 in Dirt

Where Pavement gave neglected fans a call

See also...
... by Mat Honan
... by David Cassel
... in the Dirt section
... from August 19, 1999

their label's page used surly PR flacks.

("Am I a Mr. fucking-know-it-all?")

Would poems add the soul their Web page lacks?

The online Pavement Poem Contest grew

But some would dis the band instead of gloat.

Some smart-assed slackers slagged them in haiku

or borrowed lyrics Stephen Malkus wrote.

Glib poets chased the laurels to be won,

Submitting surreal online Zen -- and worse.

But frankly, cooler contests have been done.

They bitched about the prizes in their verse.

Here's our advice for band publicity:

There's better ways than online poetry.

David Cassel and Mat Honan are GettingIt editors. Sometimes they rhymes slow, sometimes they rhymes quick.