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Carl	Posted - 09/09/2009 : 03:04:03 Okay, so the old 'Really not worth a topic' thread is a total mess, with lots of stuff that's really not worth posting AT ALL. So, I thought I'd start a new thread for little articles and things, but not cram it with every little thing that mentions Pixies! So anyway, came across this and hopefully this is an example of something possibly worth posting: NYTimes.com - Living With Music: A Playlist by Joanna Smith Rakoff. 1) Is She Weird, Pixies. Nowadays, when people talk about the 1990s, the first band they mention is Nirvana, but for me � and most of my college-radio-station-DJ, record-store-regular friends � that era was all about the Pixies, with their irresistible, genre-busting sound: the slow, precise bass, the shifting tempo, the eerie hiss and scream of Black Francis. In 1990, when �Bossanova� came out, I listened to it endlessly � even though it wasn�t on the level of �Doolittle� or �Come on Pilgrim� � thrilled by this brief, odd song, a freaky gloss on Macbeth: �Is she weird? / Is she white? / Is she promised to the night? / And her head has no room.� I was 18 then, and felt very weird and very white.
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Bedbug	Posted - 06/03/2025 : 03:49:58 Tony Hawk talks about biggest albums in his life, SR/ Doolittle about halfway point https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l4zSZtYPPlo
danjersey	Posted - 02/27/2025 : 19:25:00 That crazy fish. I�ve only heard Placebos�s placebo. Frank has spoken about writing the libretto for his songs. I wonder if he was already consciously writing lyrics as libretto when he wrote Where is my Mind.
Bedbug	Posted - 02/23/2025 : 10:21:36 The five best covers of WIMM according to Far Out https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/five-best-covers-of-where-is-my-mind/
billgoodman	Posted - 02/03/2025 : 23:42:08 Very interesting --------------------------- BF: Mag ik Engels spreken?
jake3	Posted - 02/01/2025 : 03:12:13 quote: Originally posted by jake3 quote: Originally posted by jake3 quote: Originally posted by jake3 quote: Originally posted by jake3 An interesting Spotify stat: 'All I Think About Now' is the 10th most listened to song in the entire Pixies catalogue having more listens than any other song on �Come On Pilgrim�, �Bossanova�, �Trompe Le Monde�, �Indie Cindy�, �Head Carrier� or �Beneath the Eerie�, as well as more listens than any FB/BF/Catholics song or any Breeders song, excluding 'Cannonball'. Quite the achievement for Paz's first songwriting contribution! Just to update this 'All I Think About Now' is still rapidly gaining listens on Spotify. It's now the 7th most listened to Pixies song on the platform at 39.9 million listens behind 'Where Is My Mind?' (662.3m), 'Here Comes Your Man' (169.9m), 'Hey' (145.5m), 'Debaser' (81.9m), 'Monkey Gone To Heaven' (68m) and 'Gouge Away' (40.5m). Quite unbelievable really. From what I can gather it's a Spotify playlist thing. Update (16 Jan 24) Top 10 Most Streamed Pixies Songs On Spotify: 1) Where Is My Mind? - 810.6m 2) Here Comes Your Man - 203m 3) Hey - 169.3m 4) Debaser - 93.1m 5) Monkey Gone To Heaven - 83m 6) All I Think About Now - 61.2m 7) Gouge Away - 51.8m 8) Wave of Mutilation - 41.4m 9) Gigantic - 35.2m 10) Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf) - 34.4m x) Cannonball - 115.6m Monthly Listeners: Pixies - 9.6m The Breeders - 1.2m Frank Black - 152k Frank Black & The Catholics - 14.4k Black Francis - 12k Grand Duchy - <1k Update (05 May 24) Top 10 Most Streamed Pixies Songs On Spotify: 1) Where Is My Mind? - 870.5m 2) Here Comes Your Man - 218.4m 3) Hey - 177.8m 4) Debaser - 97.2m 5) Monkey Gone To Heaven - 88.9m 6) All I Think About Now - 70.7m 7) Gouge Away - 55.6m 8) Wave of Mutilation - 51.9m 9) Gigantic - 36.9m 10) Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf) - 36m x) Cannonball - 121.3m Monthly Listeners: Pixies - 9.5m The Breeders - 1.2m Frank Black - 143k Frank Black & The Catholics - 15.5k Black Francis - 12.7k Grand Duchy - <1k Update (01 Feb 25): Top 10 Most Streamed Pixies Songs On Spotify: 1) Where Is My Mind? - 1,013.8m 2) Here Comes Your Man - 256.0m 3) Hey - 196.5m 4) Debaser - 107.1m 5) Monkey Gone To Heaven - 102.1m 6) All I Think About Now - 91.0m 7) Gouge Away - 63.4m 8) Wave of Mutilation - 58.3m 9) The Thing - 45.3m 10) Gigantic (Album Version) - 40.9m x) Cannonball - 134.6m Monthly Listeners: Pixies - 9.4m The Breeders - 1.1m Kim Deal - 211.8k Frank Black - 158.4k The Amps - 32.7k Frank Black & The Catholics - 25k Black Francis - 18.1k Grand Duchy - <1k
Bedbug	Posted - 12/16/2024 : 12:29:10 FBF is always ahead of the curve Interesting read on the high tech underwater drones known as Manta Ray https://www.northropgrumman.com/what-we-do/sea/manta-ray
tamefan	Posted - 11/06/2024 : 16:40:53 Oh my bad, didn't realize it was the wrong thread -- deleted!
Troubles A Foot	Posted - 11/06/2024 : 08:09:51 Wrong thread for sure. Tempted to reply but won't take the bait!
natenate101	Posted - 11/06/2024 : 06:41:35 SMH. So dumb. Take this crap elsewhere.
billgoodman	Posted - 11/06/2024 : 01:34:40 Seems like a General Chat-post, and I have a hard time congratulating anybody right now, but I guess congrats! --------------------------- BF: Mag ik Engels spreken?
yarbles	Posted - 10/24/2024 : 11:50:12 quote: Originally posted by The Maharal Adam Buxton did an interview with Kim Deal. It'll be interesting since he's good friends with Black and was around the band moments after Kim left the Indie Cindy sessions. Edit: Actually, don't think it was for his podcast. More a show in anticipation of Kim's new album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6_rBsjQJFs&list=TLPQMjQxMDIwMjSsFQoMt67nbQ&index=2&ab_channel=SteveHurst Interesting, was there an interview as well? Would love to hear it if it's out there anywhere.
The Maharal	Posted - 10/24/2024 : 10:07:08 Adam Buxton did an interview with Kim Deal. It'll be interesting since he's good friends with Black and was around the band moments after Kim left the Indie Cindy sessions. Edit: Actually, don't think it was for his podcast. More a show in anticipation of Kim's new album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6_rBsjQJFs&list=TLPQMjQxMDIwMjSsFQoMt67nbQ&index=2&ab_channel=SteveHurst
Bryanwex	Posted - 09/18/2024 : 16:01:25 �� . �� , ��, �� . https://moismi.ru/info/704-kak-otlichit-originalnuyu-veshch-balmain-ot-poddelki-osnovnye-sovety/
Bryanwex	Posted - 09/18/2024 : 14:46:52 �� . �� , ��, �� . https://moismi.ru/info/704-kak-otlichit-originalnuyu-veshch-balmain-ot-poddelki-osnovnye-sovety/
Bedbug	Posted - 09/04/2024 : 01:36:22 More Dave Grohl going on and on about the Pixies https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-band-dave-grohl-thought-could-have-had-nirvanas-fame-we-were-blown-away-they-never-got-big/
rivum	Posted - 09/03/2024 : 06:34:13 quote: Originally posted by tamefan Mother Mother's lead singer, Ryan, met Joey at a bar and Joey played new & unreleased Pixies songs for him on a headset. Not sure if this story is referring to Zombies or to an earlier album. It's amusing that Joey walks around with new Pixies music in his pocket at the ready. Ryan tells the story here: https://youtu.be/05An5P_Yaso?t=347 Here's Mother Mother covering Cactus and Gouge Away. Ryan plays an interesting solo during Gouge Away: https://youtu.be/EOYxc5tS8fM?t=298 i got the impression from listening to that video clip that joey playing him those unreleased songs wasn't recently, since he said "i met the guitarist at a bar ONCE..." could be wrong but i'm thinking it isn't the currently unreleased songs he heard
rivum	Posted - 09/03/2024 : 06:32:54 mother mother are really cool. good canadian band! i saw them one time at a festival and was surprised when they played two pixies covers (cactus and gouge, same as the other show posted above). seemed odd to take up a fairly short time slot with two songs that are covers. but i loved it! they do a great job on them and clearly are very passionate pixies fans.
Brank_Flack	Posted - 08/31/2024 : 07:32:32 Nice find! Presumably it was Zombies since they should only be beginning their next round of sessions with Tom in the UK right around now since the tour just wrapped up in Ireland.
tamefan	Posted - 08/30/2024 : 22:19:31 Mother Mother's lead singer, Ryan, met Joey at a bar and Joey played new & unreleased Pixies songs for him on a headset. Not sure if this story is referring to Zombies or to an earlier album. It's amusing that Joey walks around with new Pixies music in his pocket at the ready. Ryan tells the story here: https://youtu.be/05An5P_Yaso?t=347 Here's Mother Mother covering Cactus and Gouge Away. Ryan plays an interesting solo during Gouge Away: https://youtu.be/EOYxc5tS8fM?t=298
billgoodman	Posted - 07/25/2024 : 04:14:03 I like all her stuff, but it's always same old, same old I'm not really complaing, because it's all good. The only thing that seems a bit different is Last Splash to me (more overdubs, complexer arrangments?) --------------------------- BF: Mag ik Engels spreken?
natenate101	Posted - 07/24/2024 : 17:01:22 quote: Originally posted by Bedbug Not a fan of space woman? I thought that was a better album than most True though that nothing came close to Pod I really liked All Nerve (the album as well as the song) a lot.
Bedbug	Posted - 07/24/2024 : 13:46:37 Not a fan of space woman? I thought that was a better album than most True though that nothing came close to Pod
presley1	Posted - 07/24/2024 : 09:10:08 Better than anything done by the breeders in 20 years Oh my golly!
Bedbug	Posted - 07/16/2024 : 00:29:31 Dig it Gave me Blondie
Stevio10	Posted - 07/15/2024 : 12:42:55 quote: Originally posted by Troubles A Foot quote: Originally posted by Stevio10 New Kim Deal single, sounds very nice https://pitchfork.com/news/the-breeders-kim-deal-shares-new-song-coast-listen/ New songs from the people this forum is dedicated to seems "new topic worthy" to me, at least. Of course, please feel free to do so :)
Troubles A Foot	Posted - 07/15/2024 : 07:37:41 quote: Originally posted by Stevio10 New Kim Deal single, sounds very nice https://pitchfork.com/news/the-breeders-kim-deal-shares-new-song-coast-listen/ New songs from the people this forum is dedicated to seems "new topic worthy" to me, at least.
Stevio10	Posted - 07/15/2024 : 06:56:09 New Kim Deal single, sounds very nice https://pitchfork.com/news/the-breeders-kim-deal-shares-new-song-coast-listen/
billgoodman	Posted - 06/02/2024 : 23:05:24 quote: Originally posted by Stevio10 Some love for Frank Black & The Catholics from Jack Black https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/jack-black-favourite-musicians/ Jack Black has a point! --------------------------- BF: Mag ik Engels spreken?
Stevio10	Posted - 06/01/2024 : 11:52:52 Some love for Frank Black & The Catholics from Jack Black https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/jack-black-favourite-musicians/
Stevio10	Posted - 05/11/2024 : 14:38:03 Only recently realised how many albums Albini produced - or was a sound engineer for. Seems like most/all artists he worked with trusted and respected him a great deal. Still to listen to Shellac, is on my list. Would rather a new Pixies album produced by Albini than Dalgety but hey ho it is what it is. Gary Smith from Fort Apache passed away last year as well, he was also instrument for Come In Pilgrim.
Sprite	Posted - 05/10/2024 : 04:42:25 I completely agree but then nobody has...Why is that I wonder? Because he was a bit sniffy about the band? Personally I'd be sadder if Gil Norton passed away. Anyway there is no shortage of nice tributes underneath this Guardian story. His influence on the sound of the 90s is without doubt. https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/may/08/steve-albini-us-alt-rock-musician-and-producer-dies-aged-61
Troubles A Foot	Posted - 05/08/2024 : 14:52:30 I feel like Albini's death may deserve its own thread, seems like a huge topic.
matto	Posted - 05/08/2024 : 13:47:11 RIP https://variety.com/2024/music/obituaries-people-news/steve-albini-dead-big-black-shellac-nirvana-1235996121/ -------- baby poop, curry
Bedbug	Posted - 05/08/2024 : 06:19:52 Wow, that�s an interesting list Some make sense to me, others not so much I personally love the Tenement Song, my favorite track on Head Carrier, but didn�t think many liked it
Active Duck	Posted - 05/07/2024 : 06:54:11 Actually it looks like Human Crime has overtaken Greens and Blues now. I wanted to make a playlist of the top 12 out of curiosity . I definitely spent more time looking at the numbers than I did listening to the playlist.

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