Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. On Friday, April 8th, 1994 at the 40 Watt in Athens, Georgia, a crowd shuffles around in those last few moments before a show begins, their sonorous murmurs flowing across the venue. The band stumbles on stage. Stephen Malkmus hunches over the microphone stand; Bob Nastanovich paces back and forth. The crack of a drumstick and a slow, descending riff begins, split in half by Scott Kannberg’s distorted rhythm guitar.