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| Apesy |
Posted - 02/11/2004 : 20:35:35
Intro to Journalism students at my college get a crack at submitting stories to its newspaper, and so when I was asked to pitch my story idea I was lucky enough to have just seen the official press release about the reunion (because I had no clue what to choose before). I was really thrilled to be doing this, but it's turning out to be much tougher than anticipated. When I first came up with the idea, I had so much information whizzing through my head about what I could put into the article; on reflection, however, it's very hard to cull it all down to a few sentences/paragraphs. I especially have to keep in mind I'm writing for lots of people who have probably never even heard of the Pixies before, so I have to write something introductory but not too involved.
I obviously want to mention that they hailed from Boston, as I go to Middlesex Community College in Lowell, MA, and the local angle will help catch attention.
Would it be too much of a stretch to say that this reunion was more unexpected than one of The Beatles? I honestly think that's the case, but maybe it's going too far.
I'll of course need to put in how influential they were -- i.e. Kurt Cobain.
Is David Lovering the only member to give a quote about the reunion so far? Did Frank mention anything at the Keynote Convention?
Does anyone have any suggestions for me? I don't want to screw up both my first article ever and a chance to write about the Pixies.
-=Apesy |
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| Apesy |
Posted - 03/06/2004 : 13:15:01
So the paper came out this past Tuesday, and here's my article:
http://members.aol.com/homerpalooza/images/ApesyPixies.jpg
Notes:
a) I did not come up with that headline; the editor did.
b) They made me change "with the former's Kurt Cobain" (as in, Nirvana is the former and Kurt belonged to them) to "with the former Kurt Cobain," which is wrong in so many obvious ways; I just eventually took out the "former/'s" and they didn't notice.
c) They made me change "holed up" to "held up," which does not make sense in this context.
d) I did not take that picture (well, duh), and I do not know why it's credited to me. I took it from a webpage after asking my professor if that would be acceptable and getting a go-ahead. Then the editor told me they couldn't use a photo unless I personally took it or had permission from the person who did. But they put it in anyway. I'm going to jail...
e) I also didn't get a straight answer if quoting people off an internet message board without their permission is wrong or not. My professor said it's fine, and the editor didn't say anything about it, so oh well.
-=Apesy |
| Apesy |
Posted - 02/17/2004 : 00:09:46
Thanks for the replies. The article is written and done, and I guess I'll post it here once the paper comes out. This was a very frustrating project, as I went well above the recommended word count and still was left with so much to say. I think it gets its job done, though, if you look at it through the eyes of somebody unfamiliar with the Pixies and Frank Black. Here's hoping it all turns out just fine...
-=Apesy |
| DeBased |
Posted - 02/12/2004 : 23:47:57
I think this reunion is definitely as amazing to alternative music fans a Beatles reunion would have been for pop music fans. I'm a Beatles fan as well and I often wished they would have put a tour together (someone filling in for John, maybe his son), so that the next generation of listeners could have seen them just once. After George's death, of course that can never happen. There's a terrible finality in that, its sad. I really never thought a Pixies reunion would happen, based on the history there. Even with the rumors last year, I did not think it was possible. This reunion is such an incredible thing for the fans. Those of us who have played their records over and over, playing along, singing along, and digging up bits of history to induldge ourselves with...we have the chance to see them today. Its like bringing back life and youth. Somehow life's more complete. Do I sound like a fanatic yet? Another parallel between the Pixies' music and the Beatles' is the songwriting genius that's there. There's a uniqueness about each song, its not cookie cutter formulated songwriting. There's raw expression and a beautiful perfection in those songs...and an abundant proliferation of it from the Beatles and from Frank Black. I think they stand out from everyone else.
the method...of stop tap spin, no talkin'... |
| Little Black Francis |
Posted - 02/12/2004 : 14:04:31
when I first saw Frank which was in 96 in DC he was only playing 2 Pixies songs on that tour, WoM, and... shit, I can't remember the other one...
I think it was Holiday song |
| IceCream |
Posted - 02/12/2004 : 12:41:47
I think www.pixiesreunion.com is wrong. Didn't Frank play "Wave of Mutilation" at McCabe's in 1996?
Tim, the only one who laughs |
| pixieReunion |
Posted - 02/12/2004 : 12:18:49
if you are looking for help, check out www.pixiesreunion.com. the "timeline" link basically spells out why the chances of a reunion where nil.
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| IceCream |
Posted - 02/11/2004 : 21:02:13
Frank mentioned something about it in the keynote convention.
Don't forget that Pixies also influenced Radiohead -- that might be a higher honour; I mean Radiohaed's Ok Computer made #1 in Pitchfork's top 100 best albums of the 90s list. Nevermind only made #6 I think.
And quotes about the Pixies Reunion back in 1996 are great too.
Tim, the only one who laughs |
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