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| mrgrieves1971 |
Posted - 12/19/2005 : 07:27:25
Q: You recording a new album?
A: Yeah, but I need to write some good songs. These Pixies have gotten a little uppity. They're like, ''What if it's not as good as the old records?"
http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2005/12/19/here_comes_your_band/
Here comes your band
December 19, 2005
The flack for eMusic checked in the other day and told us something interesting. In 1998, he said, eMusic -- then called GoodNoise -- was the first online music store to offer MP3s for sale, and the first two tracks in its catalog were by Frank Black, who has been a favorite of ours since he began fronting those post-punk progenitors, the Pixies. (The two songs were ''All My Ghosts" and ''King and Queen of Siam.") The friendly flack then informed us that today eMusic will add the one millionth track to its catalog, and the song is ''Here Comes Your Man," off the Pixies' new live CD ''Hey." All of this seemed a good excuse to get Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV -- a.k.a. Frank Black -- on the horn.
MARK SHANAHAN
Q: How are you?
A: Well, I was up all night, and I was just at the doctor's office with my son, who's got a cold and an ear infection.
Q: We call that a Tylenol deficiency in my family.
A: That's good. (Laughs.)
Q: So, it's true that your songs were the first offered for sale on the Internet?
A: Apparently. As it was explained to me, many artists -- bigger fish than myself -- couldn't for contractual reasons do a deal with eMusic, which, I think, had a dorkier name back then.
Q: You don't strike me as a big Web guy.
A: I'm not. I do download stuff but only if it's for sale. Not because I have high morals; I just don't know how to find stuff.
Q: Why'd you pick ''Here Comes Your Man"?
A: About six months after the ''Here Comes Your Man" video was on MTV, I was driving through El Paso, and I was pulled over by border patrol. It was 3 a.m., and they were very suspicious of my luggage, which included some piņatas I had brought from Boston. They were like, ''Have you been to Mexico, Mr. Thompson?" There were about eight of them standing around my car getting ready to do something when one of them said, ''Haven't I seen you on MTV?" Suddenly, the search was off, and 10 minutes later I was holding a shotgun and wearing night-vision goggles posing for pictures.
Q: That's a great story.
A: The point is that's the song Joe Blow knows me for.
Q: What's the status of the Pixies? Still enjoying the reunion?
A: We just got back from Japan. That was the last gig on the books. At one point during the last show, I was teasing Kim [Deal] about something, and she flipped me off. She was just fooling around, but I thought she was serious. It was the first time that'd happened the whole time, and I thought, ''Oh, man, she's mad at me. It's over."
Q: You recording a new album?
A: Yeah, but I need to write some good songs. These Pixies have gotten a little uppity. They're like, ''What if it's not as good as the old records?"
Q: Say, the Pixies were a Boston band, but you live out west. You still feel any attachment to this place?
A: Sure. It Boston. It's where I was born. It's New England. It's the other place in my life.
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| PixieSteve |
Posted - 12/22/2005 : 08:12:45
3) - "recording" meant "going to record"
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| SoKD |
Posted - 12/22/2005 : 08:06:39
Just a few thoughts:
1) the "here comes your man" part, I think it answers this question: http://forum.frankblack.net/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=15026
2) The "Japan gig incident": perhaps he was just joking, but if he wasn't, that doesn't sound that good to me... Is there still some "hidden" tension? On the other hand, I watched the Sell out DVD and listened to some concerts and they all seemed quite relaxed on stage.
3) They're recording a new album BUT he need to write some songs??? Then, what are they recording? Kim Deal's songs? Santiago's songs? Or are they just jamming? :-) I like the idea of the new pixies album being just like the beatles ones: say, five FB's songs, five Deal's, two Santiago's and one sung by Lovering...
4) Three Pixies members have deals with three different record labels... Which label will release the new album?
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| floop |
Posted - 12/21/2005 : 20:43:41
quote:
Originally posted by BLT
Too bad it's going to sound like James Taylor.
man, that cracked me up. that's harsh, but it cracked me up |
| pixiestu |
Posted - 12/20/2005 : 16:48:27
Yeah, the border patrol story made me smile. Don't know why, it just amuses me.
"The arc of triumph" |
| Daisy Girl |
Posted - 12/20/2005 : 16:43:53
Well this was a cool interivew. I really liked that border patrol story.
Hope little Jack feels better soon. It's so hard sometimes to figure out what's going on with those little guys when they can't talk.
That live alb HEY sounds VERY cool.
Anyway, I know that IF the P's do another alb, that it will be super cool. I don't expect it to sound exactly like the others but I am sure it will be super cool. 
Man, I haven't waited this long and wished for a new alb my whole life! |
| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 12/20/2005 : 16:32:38
Yeah, not really confirmation, just sort of a declaration of intent.
 "If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominos will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate." |
| pixiestu |
Posted - 12/20/2005 : 15:49:21
Although I'm extremely pleased to hear this I still don't see actual confirmation anywhere.
Frank says "Yeah, BUT I need to write some good songs."
It's the 'but' that worries me...
They're like, ''What if it's not as good as the old records?"
Does this mean that if the band don't think the songs are as good as before, there will be no album?
"The arc of triumph" |
| Carl |
Posted - 12/20/2005 : 13:10:10
This is indeed great news, thanks again grievesy! :)
 "Join the Honeycult!"
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| billgoodman |
Posted - 12/20/2005 : 06:04:42
pfff, this was confirmed more than a year ago by Errol via Chickenwithtwoheads
OLD NEWS! ;)
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God save the Noisies |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 12/20/2005 : 05:24:13
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Originally posted by mrgrieves1971
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A: Sure. It Boston. It's where I was born. It's New England. It's the other place in my life.
Floop?
 I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| Z_Zoquis |
Posted - 12/20/2005 : 04:10:24
I'd be anxious about it if it weren't for the fact that FB has had a solid solo career. I mean he was always the song writer in the band (ftmp). This is essentially just the next FB solo record with the pixies as his band (which of course gives it a special significance but theres no reason to expect it to be any weaker than his solo work)... |
| Alex_Heart_Kim |
Posted - 12/19/2005 : 17:04:42
pffff, itll be great. great great great.
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He bought everyone indian food! |
| number 13 |
Posted - 12/19/2005 : 13:39:15
They won't do a duet with LL Cool Jo or Jenny from the block in order to sale, won't they? ... I'm a little bit anxious that they won't match their old glory. |
| BLT |
Posted - 12/19/2005 : 12:50:16
Too bad it's going to sound like James Taylor.
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| Ziggy |
Posted - 12/19/2005 : 11:52:03
Sounds promising. |
| ccuadros |
Posted - 12/19/2005 : 08:13:33
Great news!!! thanks! |
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