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| fumanbru |
Posted - 06/14/2009 : 17:27:30
then minni on July 10. i wonder what route he's planning on taking to minnesota? ...the route through winnipeg is pretty exciting scenic prairie 15 hour drive....wpg folk fest starts july 8 and elvis costello is headlining that night....you never know....maybe frank will stop by...you can always always hope...
sorry to derail the edmonton thread....
 "I joined the Cult of Frank/ cause I'm a real go-getter!"...long live snitz!! |
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| Carolynanna |
Posted - 07/22/2009 : 12:10:34
Yeah that sounds more right.
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Fuck off I got work to do. |
| Ziggy |
Posted - 07/16/2009 : 08:10:00
Yeah, I've heard that story too once. I can't remember if the song got played at any acoustic shows prior to the reunion. |
| Mismatched Sasquatch |
Posted - 07/16/2009 : 05:53:04
quote:
Originally posted by Carolynanna
Well when he was younger he lived somewhere near the beach where they'd always ride their bikes, on the strand. He apparently didn't know until he was older( me neither never living near a beach) that paths near the beach are all called the strand. Anyhoo, they called their bikes "strand cruisers". A friend of his got hit and he thought she was dead for a bit although she was not. I think he said something about it being a first brush with death kind of thing.
I've heard a different part of this story at a show once (Pixies reunion?). It seems there was a girl who rode her bike around in the neighborhood (as I remember she was a little mentally challenged - "she's just riding in stupid bliss"). Anyway, she would ride with a boombox on top of the handlebars of her bike, playing music - "with music on her bars".
thats all i got
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Could I stay just for awhile? |
| MissMaceo |
Posted - 07/14/2009 : 15:47:08
quote:
Originally posted by Carolynanna
... he was playing so many Bluefinger songs ...
drool |
| MissMaceo |
Posted - 07/14/2009 : 15:42:51
quote:
Originally posted by fumanbru
cool story! that's what i particularly enjoy about frank shows.
"I joined the Cult of Frank/ cause I'm a real go-getter!"...long live snitz!!
*chants*
storytellers
storytellers
storytellers |
| Carolynanna |
Posted - 07/08/2009 : 10:04:08
There was definitely more than the last time.
Prolly had something to do with all the "playing pixies songs" advertising.
I did like the fact that they cheered for all the songs.
Last time I actually saw some kids yawning as he was playing so many Bluefinger songs that they obviously didn't know.
Like I said I do miss having a whole band there.
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Fuck off I got work to do. |
| Crispy Water |
Posted - 07/08/2009 : 09:16:47
quote:
Originally posted by Carolynanna
I never take a setlist...maybe crispy can help me out
Sadly, I'm in Ottawa now...crying in my beer because he's not coming here. Wish I could have been there to hear some of the songs you mentioned - many people show up for the Monday show?
Nothing is ever something. |
| floop |
Posted - 07/08/2009 : 08:17:32
thanks C. that's cool. i don't think i've ever heard anything about that song, from the man himself. just speculation
groovy |
| Ziggy |
Posted - 07/08/2009 : 06:15:30
Awesome. Glad to hear that 'Boom Chicka Boom' wasn't just a one off! |
| fumanbru |
Posted - 07/08/2009 : 06:10:41
cool story! that's what i particularly enjoy about frank shows.
"I joined the Cult of Frank/ cause I'm a real go-getter!"...long live snitz!! |
| Carolynanna |
Posted - 07/08/2009 : 05:23:39
Well when he was younger he lived somewhere near the beach where they'd always ride their bikes, on the strand. He apparently didn't know until he was older( me neither never living near a beach) that paths near the beach are all called the strand. Anyhoo, they called their bikes "strand cruisers". A friend of his got hit and he thought she was dead for a bit although she was not. I think he said something about it being a first brush with death kind of thing.
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Fuck off I got work to do. |
| floop |
Posted - 07/08/2009 : 05:14:28
quote:
Originally posted by Carolynanna
His explanation of Ed is Dead was neat to hear.
i'd like to hear about that |
| Carolynanna |
Posted - 07/08/2009 : 05:11:04
Okay for Where is My Mind it was pretty funny.
FB was actually quite chatty, I think being first stop of the tour and all. He was telling a story and some guy yelled it out at an appropriate part of his story and he played it right there.
I never take a setlist...maybe crispy can help me out
Lots & lots of Pixies songs, Planet of Sound was cool.
His explanation of Ed is Dead was neat to hear.
Headache.
Boom Chicka Boom.
I burn today. Bullet.
California Bound was a treat.
I'll think of more.
Hmmm, I liked it of course.
But I need a band.
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Fuck off I got work to do. |
| franktaper |
Posted - 07/07/2009 : 19:12:47
Or did he at least smash a guitar over anyone's head that yelled out "Where Is My Mind?!"
quote:
Originally posted by fumanbru
quote:
Originally posted by Carolynanna
This is how the Starlite Room advertised it in their email;
Monday July 6th:
S - Union Events presents Black Francis (of The Pixies) Solo Acoustic Tour and guests.
Playing Pixies songs
Now all the no-good youngins will come out screaming "play where is my mind!"...
__________
Fuck off I got work to do.
did he play "where is my mind"? give us some crumbs at least!
"I joined the Cult of Frank/ cause I'm a real go-getter!"...long live snitz!!
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| fumanbru |
Posted - 07/07/2009 : 17:35:00
quote:
Originally posted by Carolynanna
This is how the Starlite Room advertised it in their email;
Monday July 6th:
S - Union Events presents Black Francis (of The Pixies) Solo Acoustic Tour and guests.
Playing Pixies songs
Now all the no-good youngins will come out screaming "play where is my mind!"...
__________
Fuck off I got work to do.
did he play "where is my mind"? give us some crumbs at least!
"I joined the Cult of Frank/ cause I'm a real go-getter!"...long live snitz!! |
| franktaper |
Posted - 07/07/2009 : 11:26:28
Anyone know what songs he played at this show? |
| Carl |
Posted - 07/07/2009 : 11:01:55
Edmonton Journal - 'The record business is over'.
Bit late with this, but it consists of a Frank interview (in which he talks about Michael Jackson), so worth checking out. I'm just not in the mood to type it up! :D
Calgary Herald - Black Francis still thinks outside the box.
Actually the same interview, but with a pic of Frank! |
| Ziggy |
Posted - 07/07/2009 : 09:17:08
Anyone? Picture on Facebook of The Man with that funky Telecaster he's been playing all year. |
| fumanbru |
Posted - 07/06/2009 : 17:53:13
so how was it?!
"I joined the Cult of Frank/ cause I'm a real go-getter!"...long live snitz!! |
| Carl |
Posted - 07/02/2009 : 10:45:59
Vue Weekly.
MUSIC
BLACK FRANCIS
ALONE TIME: BLACK FRANCIS GOES SOLO
Bryan Birtles / bryan@vueweekly.com
During the tour that Black Francis embarked on following
the release of his latest solo outing, Svn Fngrs, he came
up with the idea of playing "precores"—solo acoustic
outings that happened prior to his show that night, in
locations he would let people know about through the
Internet. Sometimes a few dozen fans might show up, but
other times—such as a precore he played in Dublin—the
crowd became so large that police took the singer away in
order to disperse them.
The vibe at these precores is similar to the one Francis will
be trying to create when he embarks on a solo acoustic
tour that will touch down in Edmonton this week. While the
audience members probably won't be invited to create the
setlist the way they were during the precores, Francis
explains that the vibe will be looser than it would be if he
was playing a show with a full band.
"I don't like making setlists. I just go up there and it's kind of a stream. Sometimes I might have a couple of drinks
too and I'll end up playing something I hadn't planned on playing and sometimes it goes great and sometimes I
mess it up," he laughs before explaining that messing up when he's up on stage by himself can be covered up a bit
better than when he's got a band looking to him for direction. "You don't have to be in time, you can stop the
arrangement right in the middle of the song and put in as many pregnant pauses as you want. It's kind of liberating
in that way."
Though he has a reputation for being ornery, Francis is probably one of the most stable musicians out there. He
has his hand in all aspects of his artistic pursuit including, perhaps most
importantly, the financial side that most musicians find to be an incredible bore.
"I'm fairly in tune with it—there are some musicians that are really out of touch with that and there's nothing wrong
with that, especially if you're making a lot of money—you can afford to be out of touch with that," he says. "You can be
like, 'I am an artist, don't talk to me about numbers!'
There's people who live like that and if you're making a lot of money you can afford to live in that bubble and I say,
'Touché, why would you wanna be thinking about that crap?' Some people find it to be a distraction from their art."
There are plenty of people out there who see Black Francis—who is, after all, the frontman for rock 'n' roll innovators
the Pixies—as a huge star, yet that's not exactly how the 44-year-old sees himself. Francis feels that he's more of a
blue-collar musician who sometimes gets to pretend to be famous.
"When I'm playing with my old band the Pixies and we're opening up for Neil Young and there's 60 000 people and
we're being paid a ridiculous amount of money and I'm staying at a four-star hotel, I guess you could say I'm a star,"
he admits. "But I like music a lot so I'm not content to just sit around and wait for those particular moments to
happen and in between I'll just sit at my house going, 'Yep, I'm still a star, I'm just going to wait until the next
opportunity comes and until then the star's just gonna sit right here by this swimming pool and do his down-time
thing.' I'm just a little more hyperactive and I enjoy doing what I'm doing, I enjoy playing music and I enjoy playing
shows, that's why I got into this—I didn't get into it to be a star." V
Mon, Jul 6 (8 pm)
Black Francis
With guests
Starlite Room, $25
SEE.
Old, Gifted Frank Black
You can call him Frank, you can call him Black Francis, but just get to the point of your
questions
Published July 2, 2009 by Tom Murray in Music Preview
BLACK FRANCIS
w/ guests. Starlite Room (10030-102 Ave). Mon,
July 6 (8pm). Tickets available through Freecloud,
Listen, Blackbyrd and Ticketmaster.
The best (and funniest) scene in Jim Jarmusch’s
film Coffee and Cigarettes has a clearly flustered
Iggy Pop explaining to Tom Waits that he can call
him by his stage name if he wants, or by his given
name, Jim.
Introduced to Pixies frontman Black Francis over
the phone, the question also arises in a joking way
— how should he be referred to? Is he Charles
Michael Kittridge Thompson IV? Black Francis?
Frank Black?
There’s a long silence, followed by a sigh, after
which Francis wearily responds. “They’re just
names. It doesn’t matter — you can call me what
you want. Can we just get to the music?”
Mental note: do not try and ingratiate oneself early
on with Black Francis.
Of course, once you’ve buried yourself right off the
top, it’s generally hard to recover in an interview; like Pop with Waits, there’s a
remorseless undertone thereafter as each question gets floated and judged wanting.
But his impatience is understandable; along with wife Violet Clark (with whom he
plays in the duo Grand Duchy), Francis presides over a household of five children.
Include various Pixies reunion dates plus solo acoustic shows and you have a very
busy man.
The tour that has him coming through town is split between acoustic dates — this
Monday’s Starlite performance, for instance — and Grand Duchy shows. Thompson
waxes enthusiastically about the family project that has him splitting songwriting
and musical duties with Clark, but seems slightly dismissive about questions
regarding what fans can expect from the solo concert.
“I will be there with a guitar, I will sing and potentially talk to the audience,” he
explains patiently. “I don’t know exactly what I’ll sing, but it’ll be from my repertoire,
whether this band or that band. I don’t really think about performing as a campaign
anymore, as in ‘Okay, this is what I need to do to tell the audience about new songs.’
Now it’s about ‘Okay, here I am.’”
Fair enough, Mr. Black. After years marginalized by a rock press insistent that he
repeat himself artistically on post-Pixies releases, he has to be a little tired of playing
the game. And it has to be said that nowhere in the interview is he ever actually
angry or snide — just eager to get to the crux of the matter, pronto. Ask a few point-
blank questions about a particular phase of his career and he opens up.
“Yeah — I think those Catholics records have some integrity to them. Now people
might say, ‘Oh yeah, those Frank Black and the Catholics albums were great,’ but at
the time they were ignored by the press and even fans. ‘What are you up to? This is
stupid.’
“But that’s the way it goes when you play ‘alternative rock’” — the phrase sounds
utterly ironic when he utters it — “You make your records and then years later
everyone loves them. ‘Teenager of the Year [his second solo album] is a classic!’ Well,
at the time everyone was like, ‘Well, it’s kinda long, isn’t it?’”
Validation is sweet, but as any number of critically acclaimed musicians can testify,
it doesn’t feed the family. A moderately successful indie rock career after being
namechecked far and wide as a godfather to the ’90s boom would have to be somewhat
galling, but fortunately Francis has his kid’s college fund taken care of.
“The Pixies reunion shows have been lucrative; we don’t have chefs, we show up and
production crew is dumbfounded. Four musicians with a dinky rider, easy as can be,
no number-crunching, we play some shows and make money.”
Was there ever any possibility after so many years as a solo artist that he’d chuck it
and become a manager at the Gap?
“Nah – as soon as I played my first show I thought, ‘Okay, that’s it, I’m a Beatle. I’m in
the club, I get my own record deal.’ I knew I wanted to be doing this, and nothing was
going to stop it. I’ll load my own gear if I have to — and trust me, sometimes I still
have to.”
Supplied
Disowning His Catholic Upbringing |
Frank Black has played in a lot of bands,
but he’ll be performing a solo show in
Edmonton this Monday.
DETAILS
Black Francis
Starlite Room
Monday, July 6 - Monday, July 6
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| Carolynanna |
Posted - 06/26/2009 : 17:45:55
This is how the Starlite Room advertised it in their email;
Monday July 6th:
S - Union Events presents Black Francis (of The Pixies) Solo Acoustic Tour and guests.
Playing Pixies songs
Now all the no-good youngins will come out screaming "play where is my mind!"...
__________
Fuck off I got work to do. |
| Carl |
Posted - 06/24/2009 : 12:52:29
Edmonton Sun - Ex-Pixies frontman coming. |
| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 06/18/2009 : 17:58:41
Acoustic if memory serves...
 "Now you're officially my woman. Kudos. I can't say I don't envy you." |
| Crispy Water |
Posted - 06/18/2009 : 16:13:16
The Black Francis site has some shows listed as solo acoustic, some Grand Duchy. Anyone know what this show will be?
Nothing is ever something. |
| speedy_m |
Posted - 06/15/2009 : 11:42:12
No Saskatoon show?
Shitty.
www.myspace.com/thepeacoats |
| fumanbru |
Posted - 06/15/2009 : 10:58:46
in calgary he's playing at the grande theatre. in regina at the exchange.
http://www.unionevents.com/events/
i haven't heard yet where he is playing in winnipeg. it will be great wherever he ends up playing.
"I joined the Cult of Frank/ cause I'm a real go-getter!"...long live snitz!! |
| shineoftheever |
Posted - 06/15/2009 : 10:08:12
hmmmm. maybe frank will be at the stampede?
The waxworks were an immensely eloquent dissertation on the wonderful ordinariness of mankind. |
| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 06/15/2009 : 07:09:46
That actually sounds awesome except for the driving part. Let me think about it and thanks for the offer. :)
"Now you're officially my woman. Kudos. I can't say I don't envy you." |
| fumanbru |
Posted - 06/15/2009 : 05:18:35
thanks dean! and i've solved your dilema! check out xavier in saskatoon on wednesday....then get up early and drive to wpg..stay at the fu's...check out black francis on thursday! ......then......we head up to the wpg folk fest for friday to see iron and wine and neko case!! wow! that's a road trip....and then if you're up for it you can come to our cottage on lake wpg for a few days.....i'm not kidding!
"I joined the Cult of Frank/ cause I'm a real go-getter!"...long live snitz!! |
| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 06/14/2009 : 23:49:38
I believe it's Edmonton-Calgary-Regina-Winnipeg-Minny in a 6-7-8-9-10 fashion. No Saskatoon show as far as I know. :( Worse, he's on the same night as Xavier Rudd, for whom I already have tickets even if I were traveling to Regina for the show (I still may...).
"Now you're officially my woman. Kudos. I can't say I don't envy you." |
