Lyric discussion by C. V. Catullus 

Cover art for 1% of One lyrics by Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks

First line should be: "Blind sound man from Netherlands..."

The song is a nod to Remko Schouten, the sound engineer for Pavement. He's Dutch, and apparently he's blind as well. Hence, "Blind sound man from Netherlands..."

Presumably, then, Pavement is the band that "sounded a bit like the Zephyr and a bit like the Jicks"

@C. V. Catullus I wondered if the line: "The band became a picture frame surrounding the vision he dreamt" was a bit of a shot at SM's old bandmates in pavement.