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| sombrero11 |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 10:35:12
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer:
Pixies' sell-out concert at Rock Hall gets music fest off to rockin' start
Thursday, June 09, 2005
John Soeder
Plain Dealer Pop Music Critic
I am un chien Andalusia! singer-guitarist Frank Black of the Pixies howled Wednesday night at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.
The tune was "Debaser," a hard-charging ditty about lust and surreal cinema.
And the occasion was opening night of the first CMJ/Rock Hall Music Fest.
The College Media Journal Network and the Rock Hall are bringing 100 bands from across the country and abroad to Cleveland for the festival. It runs through Saturday.
Wednesday night brought double duty for the Pixies, a seminal alternative-rock quartet formed in Boston in the mid- 1980s. Besides Black, the group includes Joey Santiago on guitar, Dayton native Kim Deal on bass and David Lovering on drums.
Following the sold-out Rock Hall gig in front of 1,000 fans who packed the museum lobby, the band headlined a late show at Scene Pavilion in the Flats.
"Everybody is very excited," Rock Hall President and CEO Terry Stewart told VIPs at a Music Fest launch party before the early Pixies concert.
CMJ and the Rock Hall hope to make the festival an annual event, Stewart said.
"I'm not a native Clevelander, but . . . I've fallen in love with your city," said Bobby Haber, CEO of New York City-based CMJ.
"We've been talking for years about a music festival in Cleveland," said Brian Ratner, chairman of the Rock Hall's local board. "It feels great finally to make a start."
The festival roared to life to the tune of "Monkey Gone to Heaven," "Gouge Away," "Where Is My Mind?" and other passive- aggressive Pixies favorites. In the middle of the uptempo "Vamos" (sung partly in Spanish by Black), Lovering tossed a drum stick to Santiago, who used it to coax a sci-fi solo from his guitar.
After closing their 45-minute Rock Hall set with "Gigantic," a catchy love song from Deal, the Pixies boarded a van for the short ride to Scene Pavilion. Instead of indulging in "Behind the Music"-worthy debauchery, they made small talk about a Bruce Willis movie.
En route, Black was asked how it felt to rock the Rock Hall's glass pyramid.
"It felt like an in-store appearance," he said, gazing out a window at the Warehouse District scenery.
The Pixies will be eligible for induction into the hall in 2012, 25 years after the release of the group's debut recording, "Come On Pilgrim."
Are they looking forward to such an honor?
"I'll take it," Black deadpanned. "I'll take whatever I can get."
The Pixies got a hero's welcome when they took the stage at Scene Pavilion around 10:20 p.m., kicking off their second gig with "Is She Weird?"
In the background loomed the lit-up Cleveland skyline, with plenty more wonderfully weird music on the horizon for Music Fest's next three days and nights.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ To reach this Plain Dealer reporter:
jsoeder@plaind.com, 216-999-4562
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| Carl |
Posted - 03/04/2006 : 20:25:10
http://www.cmj.com/articles/display_article.php?id=9547332
"Last year marked the first inception of the festival and featured the Pixies, Spoon, Stephen Malkmus, the Futurheads, Digable Planets and more."
 pas de dutchie! |
| tobafett |
Posted - 06/16/2005 : 19:07:41
black who? |
| sombrero11 |
Posted - 06/16/2005 : 16:56:53
quote:
Originally posted by Carl
They deserves it, I tell's yah!
The certainly do. I just hope the stupid voters at the Rock Hall see it that way too. After all, these are the same people that inducted U2, but still refuse to induct Black Sabbath. |
| Carl |
Posted - 06/15/2005 : 18:14:30
They deserves it, I tell's yah! |
| two reelers |
Posted - 06/15/2005 : 08:40:30
"I'll take it," Black deadpanned. "I'll take whatever I can get."
f***ing best quote for a long time...
I joined the cult of Souled American / 'cause they are a damn' fine band |
| kathryn |
Posted - 06/11/2005 : 11:13:46
Yeah, count on Frank for great quotes.
 I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
| Daisy Girl |
Posted - 06/11/2005 : 09:38:52
lol I love this quote : "It felt like an in-store appearance," he said, gazing out a window at the Warehouse District scenery."
ok 2012 my callendar is marked! i will be there with bells on! |
| tobafett |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 18:12:06
i spent a week there two years ago...it was ok. did the warehouse dist, RnR HoF, etc...hofbraus...
i just remember LOADS of bars and a few locals saying it was (as in most big cities I've visited lately) hip to live downtown...
thanks sombrero! |
| sombrero11 |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 13:12:51
More than ever. The Flats pretty much died within the past couple of years, so now the Warehouse district is the trendy place to be on the weekends. They're actually building new apartment complexes down there now. Can you imagine that? New buildings in Cleveland... |
| tobafett |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 11:12:06
ah, the warehouse district...still loads of bars down there? |
| kathryn |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 11:06:58
Thanks for posting it all the same!
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
| sombrero11 |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 10:37:19
Kind of a lame article now that I think about it... Oh well, what can I tell you, The Plain Dealer sucks...
2012 though... Something to think about. We should start a letter-writing campaign or something. |
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