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| frankblacktaper |
Posted - 04/22/2004 : 10:19:02
That the Coachella Warmup Party at the Glass House in Pomona on Friday Night is a Pixies gig. Heard it through Radiohead people, it went on sale 11 minutes ago. The fact it is a no-name band with "special guest" and a 2 ticket limit seems to imply somebody cool is playing
If anyone who is travelling with the band and can ask someone that would be huge...Of course they will probably say "what pomona gig"
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| sarah spinart |
Posted - 05/09/2004 : 08:37:22
does anyone have a recording of this show?! it's a shame it didn't get disclived because it was amazing!
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| johndietzel |
Posted - 05/06/2004 : 21:02:44
Where have I been? I had no freaking idea how hip everyone is nowadays.
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"In a world . . . one man . . . the true meaning . . ." |
| floop |
Posted - 05/06/2004 : 10:19:05
quote:
Originally posted by DennisCulver
Hmm i guess I've been growing it for a few months now. I just got tired of doing the clipper thing so I let it all grow. I need a trim I think though...
that's pretty impressive for just a few months. have you ever thought about competing, professionally? |
| DennisCulver |
Posted - 05/06/2004 : 01:37:27
quote:
Originally posted by floop
apparantly there was a lot of Red Stripe lager going around.
i still got the most excited about seeing Tony Hawk. and knowing i was probably one of the few people who recognized him. and finding out he's a Pixies fan.
by the way, nice beard Dennis. how long you been growin'?
Hmm i guess I've been growing it for a few months now. I just got tired of doing the clipper thing so I let it all grow. I need a trim I think though... |
| DennisCulver |
Posted - 05/06/2004 : 01:36:04
quote:
Originally posted by anazgnos
[quote]
Was that in the venue? Where were they serving beer?!?!
They didn't serve beer until after the show, there was this whole lounge area type thing backstage. I lucked into the afterparty thru friends of friends. |
| floop |
Posted - 05/05/2004 : 22:22:29
apparantly there was a lot of Red Stripe lager going around.
i still got the most excited about seeing Tony Hawk. and knowing i was probably one of the few people who recognized him. and finding out he's a Pixies fan.
by the way, nice beard Dennis. how long you been growin'? |
| slaveish |
Posted - 05/05/2004 : 22:04:02
yeah, that's l.a...........so many beeeuuuutiful people.
hey, jack black and frank black. |
| floop |
Posted - 05/05/2004 : 15:35:27
i remember there being some serious, serious babes at that show, great pictures.. |
| anazgnos |
Posted - 05/05/2004 : 15:15:04
quote:
Originally posted by DennisCulver
thanks!
this was seriously the best show I have ever seen.
I had a great time.
Here are some more pics of the show and afterparty I found:
http://www.polaroidscene.com/movingglasshousepixies/index.html
Here is me with a cheesy post awesome pixies show grin:
http://www.polaroidscene.com/movingglasshousepixies/IMG_8492.html
Was that in the venue? Where were they serving beer?!?! |
| DennisCulver |
Posted - 05/05/2004 : 13:59:28
thanks!
this was seriously the best show I have ever seen.
I had a great time.
Here are some more pics of the show and afterparty I found:
http://www.polaroidscene.com/movingglasshousepixies/index.html
Here is me with a cheesy post awesome pixies show grin:
http://www.polaroidscene.com/movingglasshousepixies/IMG_8492.html
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| anazgnos |
Posted - 05/04/2004 : 15:11:52
quote:
Originally posted by DennisCulver
Hi, I'm new here.
I was at the glass house show and I took some pics on my cameraphone.(that means the quality is not so hot.
Here you go:
http://www.funwrecker.com/pixies1.jpg
http://www.funwrecker.com/pixies2.jpg
http://www.funwrecker.com/pixies3.jpg
-dc
I like the dreamlike quality of these photos, I must say. |
| floop |
Posted - 05/04/2004 : 14:10:28
yeah. going to coachella the next day (with friends who weren't at the show) i had to pretend that it didn't suck, in comparison.. knowing i had gotten to see that show is probably the main thing that kept me from becoming violently annoyed at Coachella (with the heat and crowds).. it was like my little secret.
i like anazagos' and BLT's comments.. the lighting did look cool. that was one thing that really struck me, just how fucking cool they looked up there. the lighting was perfect. dark and ominous.. during some of the instrumental parts, when Frank would step back in the smoke, silhouetted.. it felt like some kind of ritualistic thing. i can't really explain it. it really did look surreal.
and like anazagos said, it was just this roar of guitars.. the sound was was unbelievable. and i've never heard them sound tighter, on any bootleg or what have you... his/their performance was above and beyond what it had to be.
i've noticed this before, but it seems to me that when Frank is at a smaller gig, ironically, he seems to put that much more effort into it; a theoretical "throw away" gig is treated as life and death.. i felt like at the Glass House he was just fucking all out.. giving 100 percent of his energy. where at Coachella, it was excellent. but the energy level was not quite the same level. some of the screams were softer etc..
basically (i was telling the person i went with this), the Glass House gig is how i would imagine a dream gig to be. like, if i had a wish-fantasy style dream that the Pixies played, it would probably look and sound just like the Glass House show. not to sound cheezy or like i'm exaggerating. but that's honestly how i feel about it.
i just feel lucky to have gone. this'll probably stay in my top 5 gigs of all time for life.
unless i can get Frank to play in my backyard or something. |
| BLT |
Posted - 05/04/2004 : 11:58:49
quote:
Originally posted by floop
all i can say for now is this was one of the best shows i've ever seen, period. probalby the 2nd best all time show..
All seems right with the world when they save their best for Los Angeles... er, Pomona.
I gotta say I thought the Glass House was a pretty cool little venue. Totally no frills, but the laid-back ins & outs door policy is ace. Plus I didn't encounter any assholes that night.
I've been careful not to mention the show too many times around my wife. She's still irritated that she couldn't go. That wasn't my fault, but still I don't want to push my luck. |
| pinkashtray |
Posted - 05/04/2004 : 05:34:55
Seeing all 4 of them and that beautiful yellow-orange P..on a friday nite, in a random year, 20 mins from home, in gutter punk alley..im still not sure if it happened.
fucking amazing.
i was the grrl wearing a pixies tattoo and a pink halter top..crying and crying.
-whatever i say is only spit- |
| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 05/03/2004 : 23:40:00
Hey Sarah, glad to have you back and posting!
 "Join the Cult of Frank / And you'll be enlightened" |
| sarah spinart |
Posted - 05/03/2004 : 23:10:11
i think everyone here was standing in the same place because i had to have been standing either right next to or behind whoever took those pics!!
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| anazgnos |
Posted - 05/03/2004 : 11:17:02
quote:
Originally posted by Mister pink
quote:
Originally posted by ChristinaMarie
You were right over by me...thanks for sharing those photos. So many of mine looked like they were going straight up Kim's nose because of the angle I was at.
hello
may i use some of your pictures to create a covers for the show ?
http://the.pixies.free.fr
You have a recording of this show?!?!? |
| DennisCulver |
Posted - 05/03/2004 : 11:02:34
Hi, I'm new here.
I was at the glass house show and I took some pics on my cameraphone.(that means the quality is not so hot.
Here you go:
http://www.funwrecker.com/pixies1.jpg
http://www.funwrecker.com/pixies2.jpg
http://www.funwrecker.com/pixies3.jpg
-dc |
| Mister pink |
Posted - 05/03/2004 : 10:49:29
quote:
Originally posted by ChristinaMarie
You were right over by me...thanks for sharing those photos. So many of mine looked like they were going straight up Kim's nose because of the angle I was at.
hello
may i use some of your pictures to create a covers for the show ?
http://the.pixies.free.fr |
| floop |
Posted - 05/03/2004 : 09:47:18
i'm still recovering from Coachella heat exhaustion..
i'm glad you got in anazagos. good for you.
all i can say for now is this was one of the best shows i've ever seen, period. probalby the 2nd best all time show.. i can't say how much of a treat it was and how lucky i feel to have gone to it. i'll say more, but i have to work..
(celebrity sightings: Juliet Lewis, Tony Hawk, Dave Phillips, BLT) |
| billgoodman |
Posted - 05/02/2004 : 13:04:06
Kim Deal really looks good these days
 "I joined the Cult of Frank/Nobody wanted to join my Culf" |
| anazgnos |
Posted - 05/02/2004 : 11:27:52
I thought I should try and come up with a setlist so they can put it in the official setlist thread...otherwise, years from now, people won't believe this show really happened. As far as I can come up with, they did the 19 songs listed below, in roughly that order. It's still kind of surprising how many "every-nighters" they left out of this show - no Gouge, no Monkey, no Holiday, no Man, etc... Anybody sees anything I forgot, post it.
Bone Machine
U-Mass
I Bleed
Cactus
Dead
Number 13 Baby
Caribou
Craxity Jones
Something Against You
Isla De Encanta
Broken Face
Hey
Deabaser
Gigantic
Tame
Wave of Mutilation (UKS)
Vamos
Nimrod's Son
In Heaven / Where is My Mind
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| anazgnos |
Posted - 05/02/2004 : 10:55:52
Anecdote: For the past two days since the show, about every 15 minutes, I say "you know, I saw the Pixies" to whoever's around (in most cases, only my roommate). It's like, it keeps occurring to me freshly at 15 minute intervals, and I keep getting stopped dead in my tracks by the realisation. It makes me very happy. |
| BLT |
Posted - 05/01/2004 : 20:15:36
quote:
Originally posted by ChristinaMarie
You were right over by me...thanks for sharing those photos. So many of mine looked like they were going straight up Kim's nose because of the angle I was at.
There was a tall guy standing near you. I had to crop his head out of half my photos! |
| ChristinaMarie |
Posted - 05/01/2004 : 17:40:11
You were right over by me...thanks for sharing those photos. So many of mine looked like they were going straight up Kim's nose because of the angle I was at. |
| Dave Noisy |
Posted - 05/01/2004 : 16:50:48
Love the B&W thumbnails, stylin'. =)
 Join the Cult of the Flying Pigxies - I'm A Believer! |
| BLT |
Posted - 05/01/2004 : 16:04:43
I'm not complaining about the digital cameras. I had mine:
http://www.smashitup.net/pixies/
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| ChristinaMarie |
Posted - 05/01/2004 : 15:48:21
I was at the show last night, in the first row in front of Kim. I'm still overwhelmed...
Don't complain TOO much about those digital cameras - here are some of the pictures I took last night. I may go over my bandwidth, so if that happens just check back tomorrow.
http://www.villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?selected=867370 |
| BLT |
Posted - 05/01/2004 : 15:15:25
quote:
Originally posted by anazgnos
Did anybody else notice the "Joe and Kim hop" during Broken Face?
I saw it but when they didn't repeat I thought it was coincidental. Now I think it was part of their master plan.
I also thought the lighting was great. |
| anazgnos |
Posted - 05/01/2004 : 15:06:35
quote:
Originally posted by BLT
the bridge in "Dead"
Yeah, it's funny, as they were playing that, I was struck with the thought "that's like their version of the bridge to "Here Today" off "Pet Sounds". I dunno why, but if I ever get the chance to speak to Charles, I'll tell him that, I'll bet he'd get a kick out of it.
Did anybody else notice the "Joe and Kim hop" during Broken Face? I noticed it but it was so quick and subtle (and they didn't repeat it in the song), I wasn't sure if I was imagining things. Then I read Kelley Deal's post about the first show, and she mentioned it, so I know it was a real planned bit of choreography. Perfectly executed, by all appearances. And the drumstick toss - people have referred to it before, but I always assumed that Dave tossed Joey a drumstick before the song, not during. Those Pixies, man, they don't do anything halfway.
I really liked the lighting at this show. All white, almost no colored lights. All the smoke and insanely bright, white light during "Bone Machine" was just overwhelming. |
| BLT |
Posted - 05/01/2004 : 13:53:01
quote:
Originally posted by donkeykong
ots of digital cameras and a couple video cameras in the crowd so lots to look forward to ...
Yeah, I've never seen so many digital cameras and cell phones in my entire life. |
| BLT |
Posted - 05/01/2004 : 13:49:08
After Moving Units left the stage, the Pixies' road crue got to work preparing the instruments. The guy in charge of Kim's P-bass tuned it and got the knobs adjusted correctly, then gently placed it on the stand. A few minutes later, he repeated the process. And again. Husker Du's "Zen Arcade" played while he walked around doing other things. Then he picked up the bass and checked it again. He must have examined that bass at least a dozen times. The thought passed through my mind that this guy's boss was around and he was trying to look busy. "Zen Arcade" droned on and on. I was thinking that, even though I own that album, it will by okay if I never listen to it again.
Finally the band came out. What a surreal experience. It was so strange to stand there and see Kim and Frank in front of me, both on stage at the same time. There was no set list, of course. "Bone Machine" was first up. Amazing song. After that I can't remember the order of the songs (I'm bad at that, just like I don't remember jokes). They did most of the early thrashers and sounded great. I think U-Mass was the only post-Doolittle track, which didn't really bother me. Count me as one who is happy they didn't do "Here Comes Your Man" or "La la Love You". Considering it was a relatively short set, the song selection was perfect.
A list of my personal highlights:
-the bridge in "Dead"
-the "Number 13" outro
-Frank pressing his nose up against the mic
-the bridge to "I Bleed"
-"Broken Face" (the whole incredible song)
-"Tame"
Some thoughts...
Standing about 15 feet in front of Kim, I was close enough to see a drop of sweat collecting on the end of her nose during the wonderful long outro to "Number 13". I waited to see if it would drop by the end of the song, but it didn't. The she and Frank both towelled off.
There was one track (I think it was the surf version of "Wave of Mutilation") where something with the bass seemed dreadfully wrong. I couldn't quite pin it down, though. It couldn't have been out of tune because it was okay on the songs before and after.
I was also a little miffed about getting stiffed for the encore, but considering this was a "secret" show and they've got a big day ahead of them in the desert heat, I don't blame them. |
| marbleslinger |
Posted - 05/01/2004 : 12:45:05
hell yeah anazgnos, glad you got in!!!!!!
live music is one of my favorite experiences in th world, if im determined to get into a show i go there and do everything in my power to get in, within reason of course:)
i was talkin to peachy peach about kissy kiss |
| donkeykong |
Posted - 05/01/2004 : 09:44:11
no disc live but saw some video cameras in the balcony ... any tapers ? will you share ?? |
| cross morris |
Posted - 05/01/2004 : 07:31:53
The NME have a report on the gig here:
http://www.nme.com/news/108375.htm
"PIXIES PLAY SECRET WARM-UP SHOW
PIXIES performed a secret pre-COACHELLA gig outside LOS ANGELES last night (April 30).
Moving Units were billed alongside ‘Special Guests’ at the Pomona Glass House and shortly after 9.30pm, the guests were revealed as Frank Black and company performed an hour long set to a crowd that included Jack Black, Juliette Lewis and Har Mar Superstar.
The group opened with ’Bone Machine’ and played over a dozen songs including ’Debaser’ and ’Gigantic’, which Black stopped mid-song. "I get nervous," he said to bassist Kim Deal on stage. "It’s my guitar solo in the Pixies." |
