via Anil. MTV is reporting that the Pixies have settled their differences and will reunite for a tour and perhaps a studio album.
Yipee! The only reunion could please me more would be The Smiths getting back together.
The Pixies put on a great shows so I'm really looking forward to coming out of my retirement
as a concert goer. I have many fond memories involving the Pixies. Here are a few that come to mind:
- Their Surfer Rosa/Come on Pilgrim is one of my top 5 all-time greatest rock albums.
- Many moons ago, during their Bozzanova tour, I caught them in NYC where they opened playing their first song extremely slow. The next a bit faster then normal. They continued doing this until the fifth or sixth song was at their normal tempo. (Classic Pixies humor.) They continued for a couple hours more to play every song they've every recorded except for a few. I was terribly exhausted, but happy. But there is more…
- Incidentally I went with some chick I had recently met and found
interesting.
The night before we sat up all night talking about music after she had sprained her ankle at a frat party. After attending classes and not getting any sleep, she stuck with me at the front for most of the show nursing her sprained ankle before moving to the back. She fell asleep sitting in chair. She really got teased for that. I ended up marrying her. I still tease her about it.
- One day walking by the local awesome indie record store in town, Pier Platters (now sadly closed), I saw a sign
Black Francis @ Maxwell's Solo Acoustic.
The Pixies frontman was known to throw his guitar in his car and call up people to play in an impromptu tour. Maxwell's is an ultra small, but famous club in Hoboken. He put on a great show doing a lot of early Pixies tunes will lots of commentary. (Steve Albini said this verse totally sucked and took it out of the song.
)
- A funny story about Frank Black (Black Francis' solo career psudeonym) and bassist Kim Deal who later fronted the Breeders. Their break-up on less then friendly terms was saddening because I never thought this would happen. A couple of years later I was walking to dinner with M. Doughty of Soul Coughing just after the release of their first LP (another top 5 of mine) Ruby Vroom. He was talking about how fun it was to get the SoundScan that reports the previous week's LP sales and in what parts of the country etc. Doughty said
you want to hear something funny? A person at Warner told me Kim Deal has her weekly Breeders report faxed to Black Francis.
Ouch. For those not in the know, a feud between Black Francis and Deal over her dwindling vocal parts and difficulty in getting any of her songs recorded as Pixie tunes was one of the major issues in their breakup. Frank Black's solo album had only sold a few thousand copies and was panned by critics while Deal's recording with the Breeders had sold a few hundred thousands and was at the top of the indie college music charts. Their live shows were drawing audiences as big as the Pixies also.
<p>via <a href="http://www.dashes.com/anil/">Anil</a>. MTV is <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1478034/20030909/pixies.jhtml">reporting</a> that the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search?tag=tima02-20&keyword=The%20Pixies&mode=music"">Pixies</a> have settled their differences and will reunite for a tour and perhaps a studio album. </p>
<p>Yipee! The only reunion could please me more would be The Smiths getting back together. </p>
<p>The Pixies put on a great shows so I'm really looking forward to coming out of my <q>retirement</q> as a concert goer. I have many fond memories involving the Pixies. Here are a few that come to mind:</p>
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<li>Their <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000009EOF/tima02-20"><cite>Surfer Rosa/Come on Pilgrim</cite></a> is one of my top 5 all-time greatest rock albums.</li>
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<li>Many moons ago, during their <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002H8F/tima02-20">Bozzanova</a> tour, I caught them in NYC where they opened playing their first song extremely slow. The next a bit faster then normal. They continued doing this until the fifth or sixth song was at their normal tempo. (Classic Pixies humor.) They continued for a couple hours more to play every song they've every recorded except for a few. I was terribly exhausted, but happy. But there is more…</li>
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<li>Incidentally I went with some chick I had recently met and found <q>interesting.</q> The night before we sat up all night talking about music after she had sprained her ankle at a frat party. After attending classes and not getting any sleep, she stuck with me at the front for most of the show nursing her sprained ankle before moving to the back. She fell asleep sitting in chair. She really got teased for that. I ended up marrying her. I still tease her about it. </li>
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<li>One day walking by the local awesome indie record store in town, Pier Platters (now sadly closed), I saw a sign <q>Black Francis @ Maxwell's Solo Acoustic.</q> The Pixies frontman was known to throw his guitar in his car and call up people to play in an impromptu tour. Maxwell's is an ultra small, but famous club in Hoboken. He put on a great show doing a lot of early Pixies tunes will lots of commentary. (<q>Steve Albini said this verse totally sucked and took it out of the song.</q>)</li>
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<li>A funny story about <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search?tag=tima02-20&keyword=Frank%20Black&mode=music">Frank Black</a> (Black Francis' solo career psudeonym) and bassist Kim Deal who later fronted the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search?tag=tima02-20&keyword=Breeders&mode=music">Breeders</a>. Their break-up on less then friendly terms was saddening because I never thought this would happen. A couple of years later I was walking to dinner with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1887128719/tima02-20">M. Doughty</a> of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search?tag=tima02-20&keyword=Soul%20Coughing&mode=music">Soul Coughing</a> just after the release of their first LP (another top 5 of mine) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002MUG/tima02-20">Ruby Vroom</a>. He was talking about how fun it was to get the SoundScan that reports the previous week's LP sales and in what parts of the country etc. Doughty said <q>you want to hear something funny? A person at Warner told me Kim Deal has her weekly Breeders report faxed to Black Francis.</q> Ouch. For those not in the know, a feud between Black Francis and Deal over her dwindling vocal parts and difficulty in getting any of her songs recorded as Pixie tunes was one of the major issues in their breakup. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002HCM/tima02-20">Frank Black's solo album</a> had only sold a few thousand copies and was panned by critics while <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002HDG/tima02-20">Deal's recording with the Breeders</a> had sold a few hundred thousands and was at the top of the indie college music charts. Their live shows were drawing audiences as big as the Pixies also. </li>
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