Soft Focus with Stephen Malkmus

TO WATCH THE REST OF THE INTERVIEW: http://www.vbs.tv/video.php?id=20985306001 Stephen Malkmus submits to Ian's tender interrogation in this edition of Soft Focus. Getting started, Ian asks what it's like to be raised on the faux-Mississippi Delta. Steven talks about his flirtations with New Wave and Heavy Metal, and how he found his musical path in the grotesque early days of hardcore. Ian gives a brief history lesson and Steven talks about his cigarettes getting soggy simply from being in Virginia.