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Remember that nifty pre-order party Matador is throwing for their reissue of Pavement's Wowee Zowee, due out November 7? Well, it has a website now, and those elusive "participating record stores" have been named, with more being added as we speak.

But what's really exciting is that the label has been kind enough to give Pitchfork a little taste of the action, by allowing us to offer you just one of the many, many treats awaiting those who enroll in the "Wow Out!" program. As previously reported, the pre-order nets the buyer a poster, a limited edition 7", and access to download a full live Pavement show (in addition to the two-disc reissue, of course).

What we've got here is a tiny piece of that concert, which took place April 21, 1994 at the Palace in Los Angeles (not April 24 as we said before--sorry, Pave-dorks). This take on "Fight This Generation" is loose and sloppy (in Pavement's trademark endearing way, of course), stretched out to over seven minutes of riffing, slide whistle solos, and the chanting of "GENERATION!" over and over again in every possible manner of silly voice.

God, we miss these guys so much.

Matador also has the mp3 of "Heckler Spray" and "In the Mouth of a Desert" from that same concert available for download from their website, as well as the remastered version of Wowee Zowee's first single, "Rattled by the Rush". So go listen to those, too.