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| frank_black_francis |
Posted - 06/07/2004 : 21:15:36
Its ironic, I know, but talk about a 2005-2006 Pixies tour doesnt leave much room for a Catholics tour....I also think that the two-track magic of the Catholics will grow in popularity with age.
....and rather than start a new thread, I have another worry. Firstly, the Pixies reunion confirmed what I had worried about, that if they reunited, I would not be able to see them in the intimate venues I was used to seeing FB&Cs in [I am still quite pissed that I have to see them in an arena of 7000 people and have to fight with kids to get in a reasonable vantage point]. What I am now worrying about is when the Catholics do eventually get back on the road, will they be playing in bigger venues also?
(I mean there are a lot of fair-weather fans out there) |
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| conl |
Posted - 10/14/2005 : 09:40:05
I saw the Pixies rock it in a little club with Pere Ubu in 1991, and it was jam-packed with crazy kids then too, including myself, so who knows...
I've never seen The Catholics live, but I caught Frank with another band sometime between "Teenager" and "Cult Of Ray," and they were insane! They played a little under 2 hours with almost no breaks between songs, and I didn't recognize ANY of the songs. Frank was a complete sweaty mess by the end of it, as was everyone in the audience.
As for the Pixies reunion: I'm glad they played on Austin City Limits, because the show in my town sold out so fast it's the only way I'll get to see 'em this time around. |
| Carl |
Posted - 10/13/2005 : 09:47:06
(In the car on the way to school)
"Dad, I hav'nt done my homework!"
"Hmm?" (Might reform the Catholics today.....) |
| VoVat |
Posted - 10/13/2005 : 09:28:07
Yeah, doesn't he have to take the kids to school?
I was all out of luck, like a duck that died. I was all out of juice, like a moose denied. |
| fbc |
Posted - 10/13/2005 : 03:20:09
Do you think he's up yet? |
| Carl |
Posted - 10/12/2005 : 18:40:22
Frank might wake up tomorrow and go, "Hey, I'll shock everyone and get The Catholics back together!!" |
| fbc |
Posted - 10/12/2005 : 13:41:54
Tonight? I feel a little Snake Oil inside wanting to burst out but on the surface I am Whispering Weeds.
Content (yawn!) |
| kathryn |
Posted - 10/12/2005 : 13:37:58
quote:
Originally posted by fbc
What song suits your mood this evening?
If it takes all night:
"Some got to go and see their mama
Some got to play a show tonight
I got to go and see my baby
When next I sleep I'll be with her"
You?
(Goddamit, fbc, it's good to be alive!)
This love is a cancer in me, I can feel it advancing in me
This fire it is my light in the world
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| fbc |
Posted - 10/12/2005 : 13:28:28
quote:
Originally posted by kathryn
Do you have a favourite Catholic record, or song, Kathryn?
quote:
That, my friend, is a Sophie's Choice-type question, and one I cannot even begin to ponder.
Just after I posted I realised how stupid the question was. I mean, there's a song for every mood.
So instead:
What song suits your mood this evening? |
| kathryn |
Posted - 10/12/2005 : 12:52:49
quote:
Originally posted by fbc
I love the way you love the Catholics.
I wish they'd reform just for you.
And I love your brain, fbc.
quote:
Do you have a favourite Catholic record, or song, Kathryn?
That, my friend, is a Sophie's Choice-type question, and one I cannot even begin to ponder.
I do, as some of you here may know, have a favorite Catholic:
This love is a cancer in me, I can feel it advancing in me
This fire it is my light in the world
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| fbc |
Posted - 10/12/2005 : 12:49:08
I love the way you love the Catholics.
I wish they'd reform just for you.
Do you have a favourite Catholic record, or song, Kathryn? |
| kathryn |
Posted - 10/12/2005 : 12:16:07
quote:
Originally posted by Stevio10
Was looking through the King Holds Court archives to see if I had missed anything, came across this question to Frank from dayanara;
She's his favorite, you know. His favorite female forumer, the only reason he posts here at all.
quote:
_____________________________________________________________________
2.) any plans with the catholics?
hmmm...boxed set. don't know if that involved more recording or not.
_____________________________________________________________________
Does that mean more recording is to be done with the Catholics?
Or am I reading too much into this?
It means that at the time he didn't know how the reunion money was gonna look and he wanted to perhaps cash in on some Catholics dollars? Who knows (but Frank)? Catholics-related business is on the back burner these days.
This love is a cancer in me, I can feel it advancing in me
This fire it is my light in the world
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| Stevio10 |
Posted - 10/12/2005 : 12:13:18
Was looking through the King Holds Court archives to see if I had missed anything, came across this question to Frank from dayanara;
_____________________________________________________________________
2.) any plans with the catholics?
hmmm...boxed set. don't know if that involved more recording or not.
_____________________________________________________________________
Does that mean more recording is to be done with the Catholics?
Or am I reading too much into this? |
| dmarkcox |
Posted - 01/09/2005 : 17:42:26
I saw some FBC shows where they were obviously tired and toasted, and other shows that were nothing short of "Right On". When they're in the zone people dance with delight and Frank seems happy too. A few of the greats, like Zappa, Neil Young, and FB, mix up the bands. I think it keeps them fresh and fosters new ideas. Foremost they are Composers who perform. Both Neil and Frank like to pop into clubs and do sets. I hope to see FBC again someday and I do crazy mad look forward to more DVD releases!
Ten Miles to Kingwood |
| frank black conspiracy |
Posted - 01/07/2005 : 17:18:23
Would Frank tour Honeycomb with the Catholics, seeing that it's had no Catholics input?
It's like he's starting another chapter in the life of FB. He's done this before.
Sorry to speculate, but it's going to be interesting and fun to see what's going to happen.
Can't wait for another FB tour. |
| dayanara |
Posted - 12/14/2004 : 12:49:44
quote:
Originally posted by frank black conspiracy
quote:
Originally posted by The Calistanian
One question FB should ask himself:
"How could I stop playing with a guy as fantastic as Rich Gilbert?"
"Because he couldn't help himself playing amazing but on going licks over the top of everything I do. Even though I liked it in the beginning, it wears a bit thin, you know"
Haha! Can we turn this thread into another Rick vs. Lyle war? Cause I'm glad to be getting my Lyle back next year. Now all I need is some McDave and everything will be crackers.
If you really want to know, look in the Frank |
| adda flea |
Posted - 12/14/2004 : 12:43:12
When will happiness find me again? |
| frank black conspiracy |
Posted - 12/13/2004 : 17:00:36
quote:
Originally posted by The Calistanian
One question FB should ask himself:
"How could I stop playing with a guy as fantastic as Rich Gilbert?"
"Because he couldn't help himself playing amazing but on going licks over the top of everything I do. Even though I liked it in the beginning, it wears a bit thin, you know"
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| ramona |
Posted - 06/23/2004 : 11:06:38
I think all the Catholics are fucking awesome - Rich Gilbert is just the most blatant about it.
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I replace you easily, replace pathetically,
I flirt with any flighty thing that falls my way.
But how I needed you. When I needed you.
Lets not forget we are so strong... so bloody strong. |
| The Calistanian |
Posted - 06/22/2004 : 11:07:06
One question FB should ask himself:
"How could I stop playing with a guy as fantastic as Rich Gilbert?"
All our Catholics problems would be solved.
1. I am a fsh with no i's.
2. You must be wearing Zubaz, 'cause you're daring to be different.
3. I am a man with 3 fingers...but that doesn't count my index finger nor my thumb. |
| kathryn |
Posted - 06/22/2004 : 10:17:26
I try not to freak out about stuff but I am haunted by the question "When will the Catholics get back together?" Ditto the question, "How can we live in a universe where the long-awaited Pixies reunion might mean no more intimate Catholics shows?" When I start to freak like this I am reminded of that Don DeLillo quote about the mind racing at 3 in the morning like a lonely hunter.
 I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank |
| Etienne |
Posted - 06/19/2004 : 08:23:10
Harris !! Any answer ?? |
| holidaysong |
Posted - 06/19/2004 : 03:51:38
The Catholics last october in vicar st, dublin - putting it simply... it rocked the cock off me! I couldn't bear not to hear Freedom Rock or Nadine live again..
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Éireann go Brách |
| whoreatthedoor |
Posted - 06/19/2004 : 01:03:05
I haven't seen the Catholics yet, but I wonder if they would fit in a large arena. It seems wrong to me...
 "Join the Cult of the whore at the door / And You'll find no answers, but real fun" |
| paintmeister |
Posted - 06/18/2004 : 22:06:51
I have tickets to see the Pixies in October and can't wait BUT I still want to see The Catholics in concert some time also. I'm not sure how large a venue the Pixies will be in (I'm fairly close though--Row 11) but tomorrow I might get tickets for a venue in KC that holds only 1800.
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| ramona |
Posted - 06/14/2004 : 10:28:47
My answer to that question is "not soon enough for me!"
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So if you're lonely
you know i'm here waiting for you
I'm just a crosshair
I'm just a shot away from you...
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| leokearse |
Posted - 06/14/2004 : 05:58:11
Bizarre...I saw the Catholics last year at the London Astoria and the sound was shit AND it was a big ugly venue stuffed full of people. Conversely, the Brixton Academy gig (I was there on the saturday) felt intimate (even though there were 5,000 there) and had brilliant sound quality.
- Leo |
| n/a |
Posted - 06/08/2004 : 15:51:53
saw the catholics in an awfull venue in october in birmingham, they shut down half of the academy and shoved FB and the catholics in a corner because they didn't sell enough tickets, yet FB with the pixies sells out in minutes.... seems odd to me!
tre-who-kills-threads |
| Adnan_le_Terrible |
Posted - 06/08/2004 : 10:32:25
quote:
Originally posted by vilainde
Exactly what I thought yesterday when seeing the Pixies in a 4500 people arena with a shitty sound. I don't think the Catholics woud play bigger venues - and I can't wait for Frank to come back to Paris in a small theatre.
Denis
I didn't find the sound that bad. It was much worse at Elysée-Montmartre.
But I didn't like that much the people who were there. A bunch of highschool kids that didn't know much about music. And they were pretty violent (I was in the front at the beginning, then had to go back because the guys in the front obviously weren't there for the music).
Frank's audience is much nicer. More like me.
Btw, this show (I was too young to see the Pixies before) made me realize that the Pixies should remain in the past. I mean, the other members seemed to be really kind (especially Dave who seems to be a genuinely nice person), but you must say that everything was gravitating around Frank. Frank was the star. Simply, the Pixies were directed towards a younger and wider audience, and Frank's solo/Catholic work is more mature and more complex.
Now we're all waiting for Honeycomb!
And though I can hide my cold gaze, and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable... I simply am not there. |
| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 06/08/2004 : 07:24:59
I don't think you're going to be seeing the Catholics in large venues, just my opinion, but the Pixies were around 12 years ago and had a large following when FB went solo, and not many followed him, so I don't see why they would now...
That said, I would hate it if that were to happen now even as I'd love that FB's finally getting the deserved attention. So torn...
 "When 5000 posts you reach / Look as good you will not, hmmm?" |
| Ziggy |
Posted - 06/08/2004 : 06:38:36
I haven't seen the Catholics yet, only FB solo last year. And I'm sorry to say, that seeing the Pixies in Brixton last Friday paled by comparison. Bad sound and fair weather fans. I don't sound snobbish, do I?
"Me and the chickens running in the street" |
| the thing |
Posted - 06/08/2004 : 02:17:47
True, sad but true. Gives you that "yeah, but I liked them when they were small" feeling. Imagine how REM fans must feel!
 How does lemur fur, reflect the sea? Someone should do tests |
| vilainde |
Posted - 06/08/2004 : 01:24:47
Exactly what I thought yesterday when seeing the Pixies in a 4500 people arena with a shitty sound. I don't think the Catholics woud play bigger venues - and I can't wait for Frank to come back to Paris in a small theatre.
Denis
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