| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| chickenwithtwoheads |
Posted - 05/31/2004 : 07:20:43
Ok, first, look for someting to hold on to, you might fall off your chair when you read the following...
Ready?
Right.
Yesterday, I went to the Pinkpop festival only to see the Pixies.
You can find a review here: http://forum.frankblack.net/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=8074
After the show I wanted to go home immediately, it kept raining, and after seeing the Pixies, no other bands seemed to have any importance.
I met another fan at the train station.
We talked about how cool the Pixies were, and still are.
Started singing Pixies songs to kill some time.
Talked about the show, how cool Joey was during Vamos, how glad I was they did In heaven.
After about half an hour a voice came through the speakers in the train telling us we had to switch trains due to a car accident some miles ahead.
A guy with a sleepy head asked us in English what they told, and if this was the right train to Amsterdam.
I told him he also had to leave this train and take the other one.
I noticed the pink bracelet he was wearing around his wrist and while walking on te platform towards the next train I asked him if he also went to the Pinkpop festival.
"Yeah," he siad, "I went to see my brother."
All of a sudden I just knew who was walking next to me.
This person had to be...
"So your name is... Thompson?"
"Yeah yeah, Chuck's my brother, I came here to see him perform with the Pixies..."
I was stunned.
Of all people in the world I just met the brother of the person who I adore for making in my opinion the best music ever made!
The beginning of a very interesting conversation.
I talked to him for about fifty minutes, enough time to ask him almost anything I wanted to know about The man and his music.
I hope he's cool with me publishing this on the forum, and I guess he knew I would do this, so I feel I'm doing right.
Chuck, don't hate me for this, don't kill your brother for this...
Ok here's the rest of the Errol Thompson IV story:
"Oh man, there's so much I'd like to as you about his music, and there's so much you probably know about it, but I'm afraid you won't tell?"
He laughs.
I ask him about the new stuff.
"What do you wanna know? Pixies or his solo stuff?"
I start about the solo album.
"Honeycomb?, ah, it's good..."
"Better than Show me your tears?"
"I thinks so, yes, but it's different, that's because it's not live recorded"
"Recorded in 24 tracks right?"
"Yeah, it sounds slick, but it's damn good"
He tells about the difference between this and a Catholics record. All different sudio artists, completely different sound compared to the Catholics stuff.
Honeycomb is already completely finished, waiting for it's release.
He couldn't tell me the date of release though.
Couldn't believe my ears when he tells me he owns three different versions of that album...
But there's more to top that...
He tells me he owns a lot of unreleased stuff, enough to fill six albums!!!
Of course I asked if it's possible to put it on the fb.net FTP.
He smiles and says it's not gonna happen.
Yet.
CT often uses parts of old unreleased songs to use in new ones.
Once, there will be a moment these song will be released too, he assures me.
I can't help to ask:"So are the Catholics history?"
"No no, I guess not, they definately will be playing together some time, for sure, they're so good as a band, they're amazing."
He tells me it doesn't matter who Chuck's playing with, it's all good.
Nice to see his brother is probably his biggest fan.
He's very proud and is happy to tell about his brother, obviously he's willing to tell me a lot because of the fact it's not hard to see I'm a big fan...
He tells me Charles gave him all the DiscLive recordings, but he didn't have the time to listen to all of them.
Coachella is my favourite, and he says he was there as well...
When his job allows it he's following Chuck where he can.
After staying with friends in Amsterdam he'll travel to London to watch the Pixies' shows.
After that, he will join them in Paris, and even in Japan...
I ask him what kind of job he has, how the hell does he manage to have the time and/or money to join the half of the Pixies tour?
He says he owns a bar, which is quite succesfull, one good man is all it takes to do the job, he says, grinning.
"Quite a good living..."
I ask for the name of the bar, which I forgot already.
According to him, it's already posted somewhere on the forum.
Yep that's right, Frank's brother often reads our posts on the forum...
He's quite positive about the site:"It's a good site, it's so complete, and I really enjoy reading the posts, don't know who runs it though.."
I tell him I believe it's some guy from Canada, haha, referring to Dean with the most posts...
You're from Canada right?
But are you the one who runs the site?
He tells he signed in once, but actually didn't post anything.
"It's good not to spoil the mystery..."
He assures me Charles will be back to post on the forum.
"He likes that a lot"
I tell he him how much it is appreciated by us, the fans, and he says Frank knows that, he knows how we feel to be close to our hero.
Talking about our hero: I asked Errol about The Ring...
"They'll probably get married soon..."
"So it's an engagement ring?"
"I like to call it a promise ring"
I sure like the idea of that.
And now for something completely different:
The Pixies will release an album with new songs!!!
The Pixies will release an album with new songs!!!
The Pixies will release an album with new songs!!!
Yes, that's right.
The Pixies will release an album with new songs!!!
Errol told me he's not easily shocked but he sure was when he listened to those new songs...
So now you know why I referred to a 2005/2006 tour...
Man, I was flabbergasted by these words he told me.
New Pixies songs...
There is a god!
And then I gave him my last cigarette which he enjoyed and went home.
What a day!
I'm bored with the valleys and bored by the peaks. So I bought a ticket to the freaks |
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| billgoodman |
Posted - 07/12/2006 : 07:43:42
yeah that was a bit weird, I chat with him sometimes
maybe I could ask him
but you know
he was right, the pixies did want to make a new record, but Kim was against that
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God save the Noisies |
| milo |
Posted - 07/11/2006 : 15:24:55
Maybe I was being harsh. I don't really think chicken made up meeting Errol. I think that he got carried away and embellished the tale significantly. For example, do I remember in Breaking News Part 2 there was supposed to be a massive, exciting Pixies related secret that he knew but couldn't possibly divulge? |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 07/11/2006 : 14:41:29
Finger lickin' good!
 I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| floop |
Posted - 07/11/2006 : 11:25:43
chicken is good people
"I don't have any money to buy new clothes and if they paid me to get some I'd probably buy more hoodies." - Mark Wainfur |
| billgoodman |
Posted - 07/11/2006 : 10:31:25
me too
he told me some more details about meeting him
they seemed to be correct
chicken is a nice guy too
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God save the Noisies |
| floop |
Posted - 07/11/2006 : 06:52:30
i believe in the chicken
"I don't have any money to buy new clothes and if they paid me to get some I'd probably buy more hoodies." - Mark Wainfur |
| milo |
Posted - 07/11/2006 : 04:07:19
My take is that it was a hoax. Okay that detail about Honeycomb was okay but it was a pretty vague anyway and was 50/50 to be correct anyway!
Very much like Nostradamus and every other false prophet, chickenwithtwoheads didn't really tell us anything specific in his story. Go on, read it, there's no hard facts in there. In my opinion he was hedging his bets knew that he could never be disproved.
But that's just me, an old cynic I guess. |
| anazgnos |
Posted - 07/10/2006 : 12:15:15
quote:
Originally posted by matthew
So why wouldn't chicken tell us that after it was released? Why the mystery still?
Because s/he grossly misunderstood what he/she was even talking with Errol about? |
| matthew |
Posted - 06/22/2006 : 11:51:09
So why wouldn't chicken tell us that after it was released? Why the mystery still? |
| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 06/22/2006 : 09:55:58
That was my suspicion as well, somewhere back there...
 "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." |
| Jason |
Posted - 06/22/2006 : 09:13:05
Despite Mr. Chicken's statements to the contrary, rereading the remark about Errol being surprised/startled by the "new Pixies songs", I'm pretty sure Errol was likely referring to the Frank Black Francis thing. |
| Suicide_Samurai |
Posted - 06/22/2006 : 08:34:21
quote:
Originally posted by chickenwithtwoheads
"Honeycomb?, ah, it's good..."
"Better than Show me your tears?"
"I thinks so, yes, but it's different, that's because it's not live recorded"
"Recorded in 24 tracks right?"
"Yeah, it sounds slick, but it's damn good"
Was this a hoax?! |
| matthew |
Posted - 06/21/2006 : 09:48:34
You still won't tell us anything chicken? If it wasn't a hoax, what was it? |
| onehappyprick |
Posted - 06/20/2006 : 15:01:22
The songs are gone now:
http://www.nme.com/news/pixies/23387
"Goodnight Kim", "Goodnight Charles", "Goodnight Kim", "Goodnight Charles", "Goodnight Joe".... "Goodnight Charles" |
| chickenwithtwoheads |
Posted - 06/18/2006 : 15:10:52
no |
| heile |
Posted - 06/18/2006 : 11:17:46
yes |
| matthew |
Posted - 06/16/2006 : 09:49:21
What happened to this? Was it a hoax?
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| Skatealex1 |
Posted - 08/28/2005 : 16:07:47
Bam Thwok has great joey guitar!!!!
The Truth Is Out There |
| fbc |
Posted - 08/28/2005 : 06:23:38
quote:
Originally posted by silvereel
i can't think of any other songs that they've played that don't appear on their commercially released works...
bam thwok a wokka? |
| kottke |
Posted - 08/28/2005 : 02:17:32
I like the sound on both "Bam Thwok" and "Ain't That Pretty At All". Kicking guitar on both.
"Give me white ground to run" |
| silvereel |
Posted - 08/20/2005 : 11:13:04
Is "all around the world" the only new song in the pixies' setlist? they played it two or three times accoustically. i can't think of any other songs that they've played that don't appear on their commercially released works... |
| billgoodman |
Posted - 08/11/2005 : 08:48:23
they recorded it
so
you know
it's released in a time they were touring there asses off
so is bam thwok
a lot of naysayers said that the pixies couldn't have a recorded a new album
cause they didn't have enought time.
I say:
yes they could have recorded it
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God save the Noisies |
| Levitated |
Posted - 08/11/2005 : 08:36:41
"ain't that pretty at all", it's a cover though |
| The Marsist |
Posted - 08/11/2005 : 07:33:15
2 new songs? bam thwok and...
"To be known as an underdog - that can only be a good thing. It's better than sucking."
- Frank Black
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| billgoodman |
Posted - 08/11/2005 : 02:22:03
still think a new record is just a matter of time
we already have 2 new songs, right?
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God save the Noisies |
| Skatealex1 |
Posted - 08/11/2005 : 00:33:04
AHAHAHAHAHA HAD TO RESSURRECT THIS THREAD
SORRY
The Truth Is Out There |
| unchienandalou |
Posted - 06/23/2004 : 05:40:10
Must admit, I'm was bothered by new Pixies/FB releases (can you recapture the old buzz argument) - BUT reading the posts on this thread has convinced me to keep the faith!!! Thanks guys.....
I'm a humble guy, with healthy desires..... |
| kathryn |
Posted - 06/16/2004 : 06:52:03
No pressure, not from us, the fans. Maybe from himself, but I'd hate to think that he'd do that.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank |
| velvety |
Posted - 06/15/2004 : 15:51:17
Itīll be interesting seeing Frank doing an album with pressure on his back. It would be the first since FB&C self titled?
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| langdonboom |
Posted - 06/15/2004 : 13:39:29
I honestly believe it. No other artist in any medium has so regularly thrilled me, in so many different ways, even when it took me a minute to be really thrilled. As much as I love film, and other music, FB has been right there at the top through practically my entire art-absorbing life, so I see no reason after all this time to start doubting the man now. |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 06/15/2004 : 11:37:34
Wade, I'm delighted with the trade.
Listen to Nine Black Alps. |
| kathryn |
Posted - 06/15/2004 : 11:22:58
quote:
Originally posted by langdonboom
Has this man ever let us down? I mean REALLY? EVER?
.
My god, those are the most inspirational words I have read in a long time. Sincerely, I mean that. While I've thrilled at the thought of seeing the Pixies after all these years and of hearing new songs from them, so, too I've worried about the kick-ass Catholics. But you crystalize the truth right there in that post. Than you, thank you!
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank |
| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 06/15/2004 : 09:50:43
Heh heh, exactly.
 "When 5000 posts you reach / Look as good you will not, hmmm?" |
| PixieSteve |
Posted - 06/15/2004 : 09:24:26
hmm.. jcarr has actually travelled in time and broght us news from almost 17 years ago. |
| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 06/15/2004 : 07:38:30
An eight song Pixies EP, hey... I could get into that.
"When 5000 posts you reach / Look as good you will not, hmmm?" |
