| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| dslator |
Posted - 08/06/2006 : 08:50:41
I've noticed on UK Amazon a new Pixies DVD which is released on 4th September. Anyone know anything about it?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000H6SUUY/sr=1-4/qid=1154879124/ref=sr_1_4/202-3911038-7751835?ie=UTF8&s=dvd |
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| Carl |
Posted - 05/29/2007 : 16:15:15
Talking Pish: Films, Films, Films.
The Pixies Live at the Paradise in Boston. This is a concert film of
The Pixies playing a 200 capacity venue in their hometown last year. The
band seems quite relaxed and chatty with the audience as they play
through faves like Nimrod’s Son, Monkey Gone to Heaven, Debaser and
Gigantic. The DVD also features a 12-song set from a Boston show in
October 1986, filmed on a shaky camcorder and transferred from a bad
quality video tape. |
| chineselover |
Posted - 01/09/2007 : 13:56:27
Great DVD.. esp the bounsu footage.. in fact, its all about that bonus footage really - what a bonus! |
| fbc |
Posted - 12/27/2006 : 11:09:38
Yeah, I was 8, probably listening to Shakin' Stevens while playing my Uncle's Atari.
"There's an old piano and they play it hot behind the green door" |
| mrgrieves1971 |
Posted - 12/27/2006 : 10:26:50
quote:
Originally posted by fbc
You're not wrong, Ziggy. I'd have paid the asking price just for the '86 bonus gig. I've never seen some of those songs performed live before, just heard them. To think fB was only 20 when it was recorded. Inspiring to say the least.
And that gig was only about a mile from my house and I was probably just sitting at home doing my high school homework.
It's a shame ... |
| fbc |
Posted - 12/27/2006 : 07:56:49
You're not wrong, Ziggy. I'd have paid the asking price just for the '86 bonus gig. I've never seen some of those songs performed live before, just heard them. To think fB was only 20 when it was recorded. Inspiring to say the least. |
| Ziggy |
Posted - 12/25/2006 : 16:46:22
It's a brilliant DVD, way better than 'Sell Out'. |
| ATBNG |
Posted - 12/25/2006 : 10:37:43
I've watched this several times over the past week. I've come to this conclusion. "All Around The World" is a great song and really benefits from Kim's second vocal part. I strongly prefer the Pixies version to the Jarvis/EDF/Block ensemble. I also love the live version of "Winterlong."
The older I get, the more I love "Planet of Sound." They seemingly nail this song every time live. This performance is no exception.
Frank is very funny on the DVD; I enjoy when he gets chatty and the other three members look like they're afraid of him. "Two-Three-FOUR!!!!"
|
| Carl |
Posted - 12/16/2006 : 08:51:06
Yeah, me neither, I love BF's expression and Kim's just like "Whatever!!"
Saw this on another forum-it's a promo sampler for Live At The Paradise and Newport. The track listing is:
1. Here Comes Your Man
2. Monkey Gone To Heaven
3. Debaser
4. Gigantic
http://www.concertlivewire.com/pixiesdvd1.htm
Pixies play with fire
Pixies - Live at the Paradise in Boston DVD
(Eagle Vision)
4 stars (out of 5 stars)
Reviewed: Dec. 21, 2006
Review by Andy Argyrakis
Since reuniting, The Pixies haven't put out a project filled with entirely new material, but the group
has released a slew of products, especially under the DVD umbrella. First up was 2004's Pixies
(4AD), which complied vintage concert clips, music videos and documentary footage, followed by
2005's Sell Out (Rhino), bringing the tour from the same year to home viewing audiences. Then
there was early 2006's self-explanatory Acoustic: Live in Newport (Eagle Vision), the predecessor to
the same label's brand new Live at the Paradise in Boston as part of its "Club Date Live" series.
While the group is almost wearing out its welcome on the small screen, the latest installment has an
especially intimate feel, simultaneously capturing the group's genuine joy performing for a hometown
audience. Whether it be the sparse acoustics of "La La Love You," the quirkiness of "Monkey Gone
to Heaven" or the searing "Subbacultcha," there's plenty for die-hards to devour, especially those
who weren't able to attend this highly coveted appearance.
But the real treat is a twelve track bonus set filmed in 1986 at TT The Bear's (also in Boston).
Though the production is extremely sketchy, it complies a much younger, grungier group performing
the cryptic and chaotic likes of "Rock a My Soul," "Ed Is Dead" and "Down To the Well." Even with
this insertion, the project doesn't quite measure up to the exceptional Sell Out experience, though it's
still serves a worthwhile purpose.
The Pixies Live at the Paradise in Boston Set List:
1. La La Love You
2. Winterlong
3. Into the White
4. Vamos
5. All Around the World
6. Mr. Grieves
7. Nimrod's Son
8. In Heaven
9. Where is My Mind?
10. Gouge Away
11. Something Against You
12. Dead
13. Isla De Encanta
14. Crackity Jones
15. Monkey Gone to Heaven
16. Wave of Mutilation
17. Subbacultcha
18. Planet of Sound
19. Bone Machine
20. River Euphrates
21. Allison
22. Sad Punk
23. U-Mass
24. Broken Face
25. Debaser
26. Tame
27. Gigantic
28. Hey
29. Caribou
 |
| Levitated |
Posted - 12/15/2006 : 16:50:52
Wow I had never seen that picture before! Thanks Carl |
| Carl |
Posted - 11/09/2006 : 08:19:20
Ha ha, that'll never...whoops!!
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/11/15/223419.php
Article posted here:
http://forum.frankblack.net/topic.asp?whichpage=1.65714285714286&TOPIC_ID=15210&
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/7324/pixies-the-pixies-club-date-live-at-the-paradise-in-boston-dvd/
Pixies
The Pixies - Club Date: Live at the Paradise in Boston [DVD]
(Eagle Vision USA)
US release date: 3 October 2006
by Zeth Lundy
PopMatters Music Columns Editor
In the wacky world of arts and leisure,
“retirement” is often just another word for
“indefinite period of self-imposed silence
during which an audience saves a special
corner of its wallet for an inevitable, Jesus-
esque homecoming”. You know, kinda like
the period between the final song and the
encore at a rock concert, only with
prolonged, hopeless years piled up in
between. This explains why particular
“retirements” come across as transparent
publicity stunts; after all, who didn’t expect
Jay-Z, the Roger Clemens of hip-hop, to
tire of lounging on sun-soaked yachts?
Pixies, arguably Boston’s most influential
rock band from the late ‘80s / early ‘90s
(next to Mission of Burma, perhaps),
weren’t just living the proverbial retired
life—they were dead. At least that’s what
the T-shirts and posters promoting the band’s final slogan had us believe:
DEATH TO THE PIXIES read their loveless goodbye. They served the
noblest of indie-rock lives—coined an iconic brand of dissonant
“alternative” rock with tugging dynamics, had a near-hit with a pretty little
out-of-character pop song ("Here Comes Your Man"), saw said iconic
formula shamelessly co-opted by a band (Nirvana) that became impossibly
famous, and, throughout it all, never compromised their poker-faced
weirdness—only to die just as profoundly as they had lived.
The relationship between singer / screamer / songwriter Black Francis and
bassist / singer / rock-geek fantasy girl Kim Deal had become so
tempestuous that, post-break-up, the subject of the band became one to
avoid: Francis would dodge reporters’ Pixies-related questions, while Deal
would simply hang up the phone. Francis reversed his fake name to make
another fake name, Frank Black, and pursued slightly pleasanter power
pop; Deal formed the Breeders, whose 1993 hit “Cannonball” charted
higher than any Pixies song ever did; drummer David Lovering became a
magician, as many drummers do; and no one knows what happened to
guitarist Joey Santiago, but he was reachable when it came time for that
fated reunion.
In the ensuing commercial wake of Pixies’ surprising and successful 2004
reunion tour comes the DVD Live at the Paradise in Boston, which
documents a show the band performed that year at the titular club in the
city of its origin. While it is yet another entry in a rash of recently
released Pixies concert DVDs (The Pixies Sell Out, Acoustic: Live in
Newport, the upcoming loudQUIETloud documentary) that capitalize on the
reunion’s endless buzz, Live at the Paradise benefits from its nostalgic
angle (band plays for rabid hometown crowd), intimate / unique setting
(200 lucky fans crammed into a tiny rock club, the size of which is a
fraction of what the band now commands), and anything-goes
atmosphere.
The latter is an apt description of the show itself, which opens not with an
expected one-two bomb of ruthless disharmony like “Bone Machine” or
“Debaser”, but with the sweet and playful “La La Love You” and a
requested cover of Neil Young’s hazy “Winterlong”. Moderate b-sides like
“Into the White” and “In Heaven” follow closely behind, long before the
real aural bloodletting begins. After these initial curveballs in the set list,
a bit of predictability sets in: yes, “Monkey Gone to Heaven” and “Where
Is My Mind” are featured, as are a majority of Doolittle‘s and Surfer Rosa‘s
tracks. (Their prickly swan song, Trompe le Monde, is noticeably
underrepresented, and only one song ["Alison"] is drawn from their surf-
rock-on-Mars masterpiece Bossanova.)
Maybe it’s age or maybe it’s just the hurdle of re-learning forgotten roles,
but it takes the band a little while to reach its abstract plane of whacked-
out wickedness. On a thrasher like “Something Against You”, they seem
to be delivering the thunder rather than really channeling it; by the time
the convulsive “Crackity Jones” is tackled, however, everyone’s warmed
up and back in their old molds: Lovering plows ahead at full-steam,
Santiago stands motionless like a deer in the headlights, Deal offers
plentiful smiles of defiance between requisite smoke breaks. Black
eventually gives in to his possessed, tongues-speaking alter ego, which he
appears unable to hold back after so long—not even a pair of respectable
glasses can repress the primordial voice that his eerie songs summon.
When the band finishes its set, throwing sweaty arms around the bipolar
closer “Caribou”, we’ve been given two glimpses of Pixies: the
kindler,
gentler manifestation, and that kinder, gentler manifestation’s rough
estimate of past incarnations now distanced by time, age, forgotten roles,
and so-called “retirement”. If that’s a reasonable delivery of the best we
can expect, it’ll have to do.
* * *
As an added bonus, Live at the Paradise contains newly discovered
footage from a 1986 show at the even smaller T.T. the Bear’s club in
nearby Cambridge, billed as one of the band’s first live appearances. The
home video is crudely shot and blurry at times, but it manages to convey
a solid picture of Pixies at their onset, rampaging through early material
like “Ed Is Dead” and “The Holiday Song”. Seeing Black wield and batter
an acoustic guitar, both in 1986 and 2004, is a reminder of the
instrument’s once-crucial role in provocative and punk-descended rock
music, not to mention its routine and ridiculous banishment from the realm
of “loud” music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV_GcYm4LpY&eurl=
The Pixies Live at the Paradise in Boston teaser clip
RATING: 
— 19 November 2006
http://www.caughtinthecrossfire.com/music/dvd/2520
The Pixies - Live in Boston
Club Date: Live In Boston/Acoustic: Live In Newport
(Eagle Rock Entertainment)
If you're not familiar with the Pixies, then stop
reading this and don't come back until you've at
least got your grubby little paws on a copy of the
'Death To The Pixies' compilation, and listened to it
repeatedly. Been there, done that, you say?
Good - then go and read about how this Boston
quartet became one of the most influential
alternative bands of the late 80's/early 90s,
arguably paving the way for Nirvana and their ilk
with classic albums like 'Doolittle' and 'Bossanova'.
Having originally split in 1992, they reformed in
2004 for a hugely successful world tour; and these
two DVDs catch the band at two performances in
their native New England.
For such a revered band, there's a refreshing lack
of egotism or grandstanding from Black Francis and
co on these performances; just a few snippets of
endearingly amateurish between-song banter that
lend the outdoors Newport performance a certain
intimacy, and give the impression of a band playing for a couple of hundred close friends (as
opposed to lucky fans) at the tiny Boston show.
There's nothing amateurish about the music though. Sure, the Pixies were never the most
accomplished of musicians, but that didn't (and still doesn't) stop songs like 'Nimrod's Son', 'Bone
Machine', 'Wave Of Mutilation' and the more well-known 'Monkey Gone To Heaven' sounding like the
bonafide alt-rock classics that they are. The lengthy set-lists on both DVDs are guaranteed to keep
most Pixies fans happy, and the sound and video quality is excellent throughout. There's also a
mini-documentary and a recording of an early 1986 performance on offer in the 'Extras' sections.
Many of the songs featured on 'Acoustic: Live In Newport' have never officially been recorded in an
acoustic form, and hence this DVD will probably be of most interest to the seasoned Pixies
aficionado. Nevertheless, 'Club Date: Live In Boston' serves as a fine document of a classic band who
have managed to bury their creative differences and re-emerge sounding as great as ever. If
you've managed to catch them live over the past couple of years, you'll no doubt agree; and these
DVDs are sure to bring back some fond memories.
Check www.pixiesmusic.com and www.ilovepixies.com for more info.
Alex Gosman
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DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
Three DVDs capture the Pixies’ reunion
By TED DROZDOWSKI
December 12, 2006 1:25:43 PM
SLOW LEARNERS: The Pixies needed four or five years to become exceptional.
The Pixies have always been an electric band. Nothing balances well-rounded frontman
Black Francis/Frank Black/Charlie Thompson’s yowling about the numerology of God and
the Devil and waves of mutilation like grinding guitars and the heavy snap of an amplified
drum kit.
Hell, when the group started in 1986, they barely played well enough to hammer out their
songs on stage. That was shortly after Thompson, an anthropology major, dropped out of
college to form a rock band, apparently after digging up the demon Pazuzu and becoming
possessed. Early on, Thompson, Kim Deal, Joey Santiago, and David Lovering were
passionate little devils when they took the stage at Boston area clubs like the Rat and T.T.
the Bear’s. But they lacked the blend of technique and panache that makes a rock band —
even a primitive punk-rock band — good, not to mention the precision that acoustic
arrangements demand. The truth about the Pixies is that though it took them just two
albums and an EP to become influential, they needed four or five years of playing to
audiences to become true performers. And then, after their 1992 tour, they broke up.
So it’s odd that a pair of DVDs capturing the reunited band in semi-acoustic and acoustic
performances would be released within the past month. Pixies Acoustic Live at Newport
(Eagle Rock Entertainment) is fascinating, even when the framework for their songs turns
weak. Pixies — Live at the Paradise in Boston (also on Eagle Rock) is hideous and
uncomfortable until Thompson puts down his acoustic guitar and hefts a Fender Telecaster
to join his mates in plugged-in-ville. Then it’s exceptional — an electric Pixies concert that
captures the group’s balance of musical passion and mad lyric prophecy. And for those
curious as to why the Pixies are playing together again at all, there’s loudQUIETloud; A Film
About the Pixies (MVD Visual), a behind-the-scenes documentary about their reunion that’s
the finest of these releases.
What’s best about the Newport show is that its 22 tunes set Thompson’s lyrics in sharp
relief. Biblical imagery bumps bellies with dark absurdism and contemplations on fate with
absolute sonic clarity during their performance on stage at the famed Rhode Island folk
festival on a sunny August 2005 day. The summery setting adds some innocence to a set
list that’s a fan’s dream. Alterna-hits like Deal’s vocal feature “Gigantic,” “Monkey Gone to
Heaven,” “Where Is My Mind?”, and “Wave of Mutilation” are balanced by thornier numbers
like “Gouge Away,” “Subbacultcha,” and “River Euphrates.” The well-directed multi-camera
shoot puts you right in the midst of the Pixies, and that makes it easy to see Santiago and
Thompson exchange half-bemused/half-resigned glances whenever the usually bellowing
guitar lines don’t make the transition to tinnier acoustic tones. When an audience member
shouts for the group to jam, Thompson replies, “We’ve never jammed.” But a few songs
later, on “River Euphrates,” he shoots Santiago a sly look and they do just that. Deal
appears as nonplussed as ever behind her blimp-sized mariachi bass. Lovering has it
easiest; his instrument’s always acoustic, and as usual he provides the Pixies’ pounding
heartbeat with methodical grace.
Pazuzu’s curse is in effect during the early portion of Live at the Paradise. The band are off-
balance: Thompson’s acoustic-guitar playing is lackluster, and Santiago seems reticent to
blast over the frontman’s strumming. So the rocket fuel the audience is craving the moment
the band take the stage is missing. The Pixies’ reunion was still very much a novelty at this
point, and expectations for this semi-secret home-town show were high. Slow tempos and
muffed song starts deflate the occasion, even if they seem a bit calculated on Thompson’s
part. Maybe it was the cameras, since the group also have that deer-in-the-headlights look
until Thompson straps on his Telecaster.
As any nervous club musician can tell you, there are two brands of courage: liquid and
sonic. When Thompson begins to rumble through his amplifier on “Gouge Away,” he and
Santiago provide a potent flaming double shot of the latter. And the Pixies find their wings,
delivering the kind of rock-and-roll orgy they grew into before calling it quits.
Good as the Paradise concert becomes, fans may get a bigger turn-on from the disc’s
bonus show: a 1986 set from T.T. the Bear’s. It’s bootleg quality, so the sound and the look
aren’t as impressive as Thompson’s hair, and his thinness, and the pleasure of witnessing
the Pixies when they were truly tiny.
LoudQUIETloud is an impressive little beast. Besides giving fans a chance to see
Thompson in his skivvies, Steve Cantor and Matthew Galkin capture the band on stage at
their best, thriving in the just-reignited spotlight during their first returning tours of Europe,
Canada, and the States. Although the filmmakers’ contention that the Pixies are among the
most influential bands of all time is dubious, they get into their subjects’ craniums with
unforced effectiveness. Deal comes off as the most soulful and complex. (“She needs
something to do besides making poetry, snowflakes, and sleeping all day,” her mom says
of the reunion.) And who knew that after the band broke up, Lovering became a struggling,
couch-surfing magician?
Incidental music by Daniel Lanois fills in the quiet spaces. Since the Pixies aren’t Chatty
Cathys, there are lots of these. Then again, on the early comeback tours, the band had
much to brood about. Deal was one year sober; Lovering’s dad was dying of cancer;
Santiago and his wife had another baby on the way; Thompson was struggling with an
impasse in his solo career. LoudQUIETloud is also a wake-up call to all the dipshits who
slag bands like the Who for reuniting to harvest a cash crop on tours. Terrific as they are, it’s
obvious early on that the Pixies are back in it only for the money. Frank Zappa would be
proud! |
| PixieSteve |
Posted - 11/09/2006 : 08:03:30
what if frankblack.net goes dead? i hope you're keeping a back up of all of these on your hard drive! god forbid these reviews ever become lost for eternity!
FAST_MAN RAIDER_MAN - June 19th |
| Carl |
Posted - 11/09/2006 : 06:32:33
Yeah, I upload icons all the time, just for that 'authentic' touch! It only takes a couple of moments, and it's nice to reproduce the article for prosperity, y'know, if the link goes dead!!
 |
| PixieSteve |
Posted - 11/08/2006 : 14:18:07
did you really upload those smilies just so you could put them in your copy of the review? :O
FAST_MAN RAIDER_MAN - June 19th |
| Carl |
Posted - 10/03/2006 : 12:22:09
http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article?article_id=3335
News
{Web Exclusive}
2006-10-03
Pixies Live DVD Released
On October 3, 2006, Pixies Live at the Paradise in Boston, was released by Eagle
Vision. The DVD highlights an intimate concert by the seminal band that helped
define the “alternative” sound during the 1990’s. Cited as an influence by
Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain, the Boston-based band - Black Francis, Kim Deal, Joey
Santiago and David Lovering - plays to a packed house of 200 during the 29-song,
110-minute DVD, reprising much of its most popular material. Bonus material
includes a never-before-released 1986 twelve-song set in Boston.
http://www.rochester-citynews.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A4942
NOVEMBER 1, 2006
Music reviews - 11-01-06
This week: The Sadies, Pixies, Jeff Tweedy, and The Decemberists
Pixies
Live at the Paradise in Boston
Eagle Rock
Why should you purchase this video instead of the 2004 concert DVD, The Pixies Sell Out? You shouldn’t --- if
you’re a fan, you’ll want both. Sell Out was filmed at a huge outdoor European festival while Live at the
Paradise was filmed the same year at an intimate venue in Boston, the Pixies’ hometown. Both have their
charms. In this case, it isn’t the close camera work alone, but the band’s casual onstage demeanor that
fosters an intimate vibe. Frank Black and Kim Deal aren’t exactly known for their warmth, but they leave their
usual aloofness (which works great in the other video) at the door, joking around and clearly at-ease in this
setting. They even stop songs to try them again amidst much laughter. For all their power, the Pixies’
lackadaisical approach to song order can set them adrift on big stages; here, it enhances the fun, as does
the shockingly green bonus footage from Halloween night 1986.
--- Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
http://www.rocknworld.com/features/06/PixiesBostonDVD.shtml
Pixies - Live at the Paradise DVD
Review
by Zane Ewton
Another Pixies DVD. This time for the Club Date series, the Pixies
perform for about 200 fans at the Paradise Club in Boston, the same
place where one of their first gigs was almost 20 years ago. The
bonus features include footage from that fateful show so many years
ago. It's completely unlistenable and unwatchable, but is an
interesting relic of the infancy of the Pixies.
The 2005 show is considerably different. The Pixies were a few days
removed from their performance at the Newport Folk Festival, which
was also filmed for DVD release. The good vibes of that show
followed the Pixies into Boston.
Frank Black asks David Lovering to sing an impromptu "La La Love
You" before a single note is played. After a false start and some jovial
rambling by Black, the band gets it together and plows through all the
required songs.
Joey Santiago solos on "Vamos", Kim Deal sings "Gigantic" and
Black wails like a banshee. The band covered "Been Around the
World" at Newport and they play an electrified version here.
Another Pixies DVD with the same set list is completely unnecessary
at this point. The world waits with baited breath to see if they will ever
be bothered to release something new.
The reunion was fantastic. Now what?
Pixies - Live at the Paradise DVD
Label:Eagle Rock
Rating:  |
| Levitated |
Posted - 10/02/2006 : 17:52:08
pretty good setlist for the 1986 show. I would've loved if Subbacultcha (purple tape version) was played but hey we got rock-a-my-soul and boom-chicka-boom!! |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 10/02/2006 : 09:47:26
http://www.nme.com/news/pixies/24527
Pixies release live DVD
And there's a bonus 1986 show included
Pixies are set to release a 29-song DVD of an intimate 2004 club performance in Boston.
'Pixies Live At The Paradise In Boston' features the band performing to a 200-capacity crowd in their hometown. The DVD also features a bonus 12-song set from their first-ever filmed show in 1986 when the band performed at TT The Bears.
The tracklisting is as follows:
'La La Love You'
'Winterlong'
'Into The White'
'Vamos'
'All Over The World'
'Mr Grieves'
'Nimrod's Son'
'In Heaven'/'Where Is My Mind'?
'Gouge Away'
'Something Against You'
'Dead'
'Isla De Encanta'
'Crackity Jones'
'Monkey Gone To Heaven'
'Wave Of Mutilation'
'Subbacultcha'
'Planet Of Sound'
'Bone Machine'
'River Euphrates'
'Allison'
'The Sad Punk'
'U-Mass'
'Broken Face'
'Debaser'
'Tame'
'Gigantic'
'Hey'
'Caribou'
Bonus Set:
'The Holiday Song'
'I'm Amazed'
'Rock A My Soul'
'Broken Face'
'I've Been Tired'
'Caribou'
'Isla De Encanta'
'Nimrod's Son'
'Ed Is Dead'
'Build High'
'Boom Chicaboom'
'Down To The Well'
The DVD is due for release in the US on October 3.
Pixies have already released two live DVDS taken from their comeback tour - 'Sell Out' and 'Pixies Acoustic: Live In Newport'.
A documentary about the tour, 'LOUDquietLOUD', is set for release later this year.
 I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
|
| Carl |
Posted - 09/29/2006 : 11:15:19
http://www.antimusic.com/news/06/sep/2905.shtml
Live Pixies DVD
09/29/06
(Kayos) Hot on the heels of its debut “Club Date” DVD (Elvis Costello
& The Imposters Live In Memphis), Eagle Vision, the wholly-owned
Eagle Rock Entertainment subsidiary, is proud to announce the
October 3 release of Pixies Live At The Paradise In Boston, an
intimate night of magic by a band that set the standard for all things
“alternative” in the 1990s.
This most influential American band—Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist
Black Francis, Bassist Kim Deal, Guitarist Joey Santiago and
Drummer David Lovering—had parted ways in 1994. Deal started
The Breeders. Francis became solo artist Frank Black. The silence
was deafening. 10 Years. But when Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain stated in
interviews that all he was trying to do when writing “Smells Like Teen
Spirit” was write a Pixies song, interest in the Boston-based band
piqued into an obsession. Fast–forward to 2004.
Packed to the gills with 200 Pixies fanatics, this 29-song 110-minute
celebration puts the viewer in the midst of the madness. In reprising
their most popular material, the band, on this night, achieved the kind
of magical audience chemistry that transcends mere concert
excellence. As an added bonus, an early 1986 12-song set from
Boston’s TT The Bear’s, never-before-released, is included.
http://www.spin.com/features/news/2006/09/060929_pixies/
Pixies Ready Pair of DVDs
September 29, 2006
A live DVD will hit shelves Tuesday, while the buzzed-about
documentary, loudQuietloud, will arrive a month later.
Pixies fans, this is your
season, as Oct. 3 will see the
release of a live DVD, and
an acclaimed documentary
on the band will arrive Nov.
3. Pixies Live at the Paradise
in Boston includes one of the
band's 2004 reunion shows
at Beantown's Paradise Club,
featuring songs like
"Debaser," "Wave of
Mutiliation," "Bone Machine,"
and "Monkey Gone to
Heaven," as well as 25
others. The set also includes
never-before-seen footage
of one of the Pixies' first
performances, shot in Oct.
1986 at TT The Bear's in Boston. One month later, loudQuietloud, which
premiered at this year's SXSW, will arrive in stores. The documentary
follows the preparation for and execution of the Pixies' 2004 reunion tour.
Talk: How do you get your Pixies fix? COMMENT
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| Jefrey |
Posted - 09/22/2006 : 15:54:34
You can now preorder the US/NTSC versions of both Pixies Club Date: Live at the Paradise in Boston (Oct 3) and Loud Quiet Loud on Amazon US. LQL comes out Nov 7th.
I see this info is also in the threads on the News section, but in case you missed it. |
| benji |
Posted - 09/19/2006 : 16:09:41
got them both the other day too.
thought the boston show was very good. sound quality top notch and very nicely filmed...with the 1986 footage a real bonus.
the acoustic show hasn't grabbed me as much...i just tended to skip thru that one, whereas i watched the boston show from start to finish....
all i can say, thank god for polio! brian |
| Broken Face |
Posted - 09/19/2006 : 10:11:15
http://www.eaglerockent.com/eaglerockUSA/media_detail.php?media_id=769
Out in the US October 3.
-Brian - http://bvsrant.blogspot.com |
| Ziggy |
Posted - 09/13/2006 : 11:06:09
It's a delightful surprise, the whole deal. Excellent setlist. I think that 'the Sad Punk' is one of the real highlights. 'Allison' sounded surprising good too. |
| Carl |
Posted - 09/13/2006 : 08:39:16
Watched it last night. Great stuff. I though that Eagle Vision might be some cheapo company knocking out some crap footage to cash in on the Pixies popularity, but I was very pleasantly surprized. Very nicely filmed, intimate and lively. The presentation is really nice, both the packaging and the DVD menus. I love the band banter. Also, the addition of the 1986 footage is a rare bonus, an exciting opportunity to see the band in the very early days. I've still got the Newport DVD to look forward to!!
http://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid22197.aspx
Could all this be the PIXIES’ fault? They may not have new studio material due
anytime soon, but expect Eagle Rock to follow up Pixies: Live in Newport (from last
summer’s Newport Folk Festival) with another live reunion DVD shot at the
Paradise: Pixies Club Date: Live at the Paradise in Boston comes out October 3. |
| Joey Joe Jo Jr. Chabadoo |
Posted - 09/10/2006 : 14:45:14
Great DVD. Performance is fantastic and their little funny interactions are nice. Fans in the puplic are grotesque just like any fans.
The 86 concert is just very touching. Frank was so thin still... weird.
++++ |
| Ziggy |
Posted - 09/10/2006 : 09:49:31
It's weird, my new DVD-R drive rejects them, but the old DVD drive will let them. |
| Carl |
Posted - 09/10/2006 : 09:08:25
I got them both yesterday in HMV for €19.99 each, and have yet to watch them.
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| pixiestu |
Posted - 09/08/2006 : 09:50:06
I can't watch them on my computer though 
"The arc of triumph" |
| pixiestu |
Posted - 09/08/2006 : 09:31:56
I bought them both today for under £20. Not Bad. I love the Newport one. I'd heard the show but I'm glad I've seen it. It looks like the band are really enjoying playing.
The behind the scenes is good. Like you say, it is interesting to see Frank teaching the song and you can see why Debaser might not have worked.
I've not seen the Boston one yet apart from the footage from '86 which I thought was cool. Charles and his awful jacket!
"The arc of triumph" |
| Ziggy |
Posted - 09/08/2006 : 06:44:59
A very very good show, that club show. Excellent sound and picture, but most of all, a brilliant performance from the band. Love the banter.
Acoustic DVD is wonderful as well, particularly the 'behind the scenes' featurette. Interesting to see FB teaching the rest of the band 'All Around the World'. |
| 1965 |
Posted - 09/08/2006 : 06:07:03
Btw the Boston Paradise (Club Date) DVD now has a US release date scheduled: 3 Oct '06.
(( I'm a Snake... )) |
| Carl |
Posted - 09/08/2006 : 05:14:09
Thanks for the heads up and little review, acorahs, I actually didn't realise they were out already, must keep me eyes peeled for them.
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| the acorahs |
Posted - 09/07/2006 : 13:51:26
bought it today in HMV for £12, it is pretty ace, really good sound quality and lots of talking from charles, which is always nice, although kim seems a little subdued, but seemed to cheer up towards the end
(and also found out the charles' plectrums say "kim" on the them and kim's say "frank," and to paraphase the man "that was only due to a fuck up")
only downside is that the crowd didn't seem that into it, until maybe the last 1/3, but still, pixies were brilliant regardless
(and yes it does have the full 29 tracks)
just watching the acoustic newport DVD as we speak... and acoustic bone machine works!
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it is a wretched life and vanity is repulsive |
| Ziggy |
Posted - 08/26/2006 : 06:28:02
Happily, baileyswalk.com suggests that the complete setlist will be featured after all.
1) La La Love You 2) Winterlong 3) Into The White 4) Vamos 5) All Around The World 6) Mr Grieves 7) Nimrod’s Son 8) In Heaven 9) Where Is My Mind? 10) Gouge Away 11) Something Against You 12) Dead 13) Isla De Encarta 14) Crackity Jones 15) Monkey Gone To Heaven 16) Wave Of Mutilation 17) Subbacultcha 18) Planet Of Sound 19) Bone Machine 20) River Euphrates 21) Alison 22) Sad Punk 23) U-MASS 24) Broken Face 25) Debaser 26) Tame 27) Gigantic 28) Hey 29) Caribou
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| Carl |
Posted - 08/25/2006 : 19:33:37
According to Bailey's Walk, Virgin Megastores UK stores are giving away limited edition slipcases with copies of this.
http://www.baileyswalk.com/
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| Ziggy |
Posted - 08/24/2006 : 10:19:47
Need I say anything in response? |
| gapu |
Posted - 08/24/2006 : 07:55:19
quote:
Originally posted by Ziggy
Still, 'Into the Night' eh? OMG NEW PIXIES song!!!!!!!!111!!
that just can be "into the white".. i'd say thats wrong titled |
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