User talk:Fawkes Turner

The Jason Fawkes mentioned is actually Jason W. Turner an independent filmmaker with a documentary that recently played the Lincoln Center. What would justify 'verifiable sources'?

Jason Fawkes a.k.a Jason W. Turner is a fictitious name given by Rob Jovanovic (Perfect Sound Forever: The Story of Pavement) and the band. In the liner notes drums on Forklift are simply credited to 'Jason'. 'Fawkes' is a reference to Guy Fawkes and his 'Demolition Plot' to blow up Parliament in 1605. The band formed by Jason Turner and Scott Kannberg was named 'Pa' inspired by the tv show The Rifleman starring Chuck Conners who was referred to frequently in the show as 'Pa' by his tween son. The show was daily ritual viewing for the band. Though not confirmed, 'Pa' is also half of Pavement and Kannberg too was half of Pavement. At the time Kannberg was not sure of the future of Pavement and this basement band was an outlet for their shared interests in 'Noise pop' and a similar canon of musical likes.

Contrary to rumors Fawkes/Turner did not have any animosity to either producer/drummer Gary Young or Steven Malkmus, and the dissolution of Pa ,like many things Pavement, was not a heated battle but just sort of 'happened' when Malkmus returned from Europe and wanted to restart Pavement. The first live performance of Pavement was actually in 1989 and was a Pavement/Pa incarnation with Malkmus, Kannberg and Turner (Fawkes) in the studio of KDVS, a college radio station in Davis, CA. A few of the songs were reworked by Young in the studio and made it on to Perfect Sound Forever including "Heckler Spray" and "Debris Slide". This is when Young officially became the drummer for Pavement. The song "Two States" written by Kannberg was also originally a Pa song that came out of this time and appeared on Slanted and Enchanted.

Turner is currently a filmmaker living in the Pacific Northwest and making documentaries. His film Veerplayed the Lincoln Center in NYC in 2009 in addition to several cities in Canada and the US as part of a limited theatrical release.