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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
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 Posted - 09/02/2003 : 17:46:51
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X-Ray is XFm's magazine, if no one has heard of it.
Also, I dunno if this was posted before, but I'll you give you guys tonight to tell me if it has and save me from typing it up :) it's too late right now...
It's about his hates and some of his loves and it's quite funny at times.
g'night |
Edited by - PixieSteve on 09/06/2003 04:44:43 |
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JamesM
= Cult of Ray =
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Posted - 09/02/2003 : 18:04:03
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I don't believe it's been posted.
-Jimmy M. |
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2003 : 06:17:07
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The hates and the occasional loves of... FRANK BLACK
Divorce then therapy: the angst-filled former Pixies frontman has been through one helluva rough ride recently, so we decided to give the guy a little extra space to vent his formidably-sized spleen. (Text - Paul Allen)
HE HATES...
MTV
It was semi-interesting when it was born, but that didn't last too long. It's matriculated into this realy sleazy almost pronographic, debasing, demeaning, gross thing. It just reflects the worst part of pop culture. It's so cheap and dumb. Dumb is fine, but it's so dumb that it makes you think there are a lot of people out there who are just stupid. You think "oh my gosh, I was right. The world really is full of stupid motherfuckers". Am I just getting old, is that was it is, and I'm just not relating to some of these younger kids? No, they're getting dumber. It is happening.
Record comapanies that don't pay on time
It's a horrible game they play. They hold on to everybody's money and drag their feet, and you have to nag them to pay what's due. They've got all this money in the back earning interest for them when it should be earning interest in our bank accoutns. And I loathe that. I mean, if I don't pay my phone bill, they turn the damn thing off.
Stickers
[Geeky voice] "Here's a sticker of my band. Want a sticker?" What am I going to do with a sticker? Put it on my skateboard? Do I look like I ride a skateboard? When I was a child I enjoyed stickers, but not now. I show up to do my gig at this grimy nightclub that years ago had the wonderful theatrical notion to put a mirror in the dressing room, so I can look at myself before I go out on stage, and all these stupid little bands have covered the mirror in their stickers so I can't see anything. It's worse than graffiti. My record company once gave me a box of stickers - I mean thousands of them - to promote my new record. I threw then in the trash can. I won't sell them at my T-shirt stand, and I wish that everyone else would stop. They don't promote anything good. They're just a nuisance.
[that's all for now, must go and buy some stationary for school tomorrow!] |
Edited by - PixieSteve on 09/03/2003 08:24:37 |
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mereubu
= FB QuizMistress =
USA
2677 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2003 : 07:30:49
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You tease! Come back and type up the rest!
Thanks, pixiesteve. Good stuff. (Y'know, he's right. I have one of those Dog in the Sand stickers and I don't know what the hell to do with it. It's not like I have a notebook to stick it on. Or locker. It's so junior high.) |
Edited by - mereubu on 09/03/2003 07:32:01 |
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ramona
"FB Quote Mistress"
USA
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Posted - 09/03/2003 : 08:23:47
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I feel so immature now, but I like stickers! I never know what to do with them either - and usually end up keeping them for awhile in their UN STUCK state. But you can stick them on your computer, a mirror, your CD player, your fridge....shall I go on? There does seem to be an abundance of annoying band stickers though, I am with you there. My favorite stickers are from Unamerican.com - one says WHEN WILL BOYS LEARN and the other says WRITE SHIT DOWN. I mean, those are cool right. Right??
ANYWAY, thanks pixiesteve - can't wait to read Frank's LOVES.
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2003 : 08:54:22
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ok, i'm back... frank only has two loves but nine hates, haha.
Dirty dressing rooms
I come from a long line in saloon keepers. The bathroom at my brother's bar - and it's not a fancy-pants bar, it's a blue-collar, working class bar - is spotless. There is soap, handtowels, it's civilised. So what is it about the whole "well, it's rock'n'roll, man, so we just gonna sit back here in our own filth"? It's like, what the fuck? I'm not in a slum in Bombay. We don't really need to get into the whole dysentery thing here. How about some toilet paper and some soap. I don't know how these people who work in the nightclubs were raised, but after I wipe the remnants of my shit out of my asshole, I like to wash my hands. Call me crazy. What the fuck is going on, you know? Get a fucking trash can back here. Get a broom, for crying out loud.
"Oh, but the young bands come in and trash everything," they say. Well then don't pay them. It's very east to deal with, but all they are about is the front house - selling the booze. They don't give a crap about backstage. I'm a professional, I'm an entertainer. I just drove 600 miles to get here. I don't want to sit on some ratty old futon smeared with grease. What if my mother's gonna come by to say hello? We're not back here vomiting in the corner, we're back here warming up our voices so we can sing nice.
People who wear baseball hats indoors
Some architect designed this building to protect us from the elements. Please remove your baseball hat. We don't care what team you like. We wanna see what you look like. What kinda head of hear you got. We don't need to see the hat. The hat is to keep the sun out of your eyes, or the rain off your face. We don't have that problem in here. It looks stupid. You look like you're 12 years old. Take your fucking hat off. When you see someone in a restraunt wearing a baseball hat, they're wearing it because they care about sports or something far too much. Call me old fashioned, but...
[Actually, I wear one to cover up my shit hair - Steve]
Venues without dressing rooms
They don't need a lot of space. You go to a home depot, get a few pieces of two by four and some nails, and you can put it up in about half an hour, but they're like, "oh, we're sorry. We don't have a dressing room. We're small here". It's like, fuck you. I may not be a big star, but I don't really want to stand out in the rain at the back of the club with the rats in the gutter. And I don't really wanna sit at the bar chatting away with all my fans. It's not appropriate. The artists should not have to sit there and socialise with everybody before they go on. I think every club that doesn't have a dressing room should be eliminated.
Travelling billboards
When I see those billboards that drive around on the back of a truck, I am tempted to be an eco-terrorist. I'm thinking, I'm 38 years old, I have responsibilities and people to take care of, I can't really be getting arrested for this kind of stuff. How can I get away with it? It's the one true crimr, I really think about. There's already enough traffic. I understand you want me to buy something, but try to communicate some other way. Can you just leave me alone? It's very agrressive, and I think it's evil. And some day I think I will commit the perfect crime. I'm a little afraid, I have to admit, to get into a life of crime, but I'm gonna do it and it's gonna feel so good. When I see travelling billboards, it seems like the world is ending. That's it, we're gonna blow ourselves up, and there's proof, right there.
Rude staff at music stores
That, for me, is my holy church. You should never give any kind of attitude in a music store. People who work there are just wannabe musicians. They don't understand they are stewards of something holy. This is where people start out. It's where they get their guts up to go in and figure what it's all about. And to discourage it is like having a teacher or a parent saying you're stupid. It's music, for crying out loud! We are talking about the language of God, and they're giving people hassle! What is their problem? They're like monks, and people are coming to them for solace. They're slapping them in the face.
Taxi drivers
"I'm going to 123 Maine Street," I say. "Do you know where it is?" That's the response I get off them. "Sorry, I don't know where that one is." It's like, what the hell? Tha's why I am here. That's what it's all about. Taxi, by definition, means you're gonna tranport me from point A to point B, and it's very likely that I don't know how to get there. Otherwise I'd already be there. And maybe they don't know. And I don't mind if they admit they don't know where it is, as long as they have this thing - I came familiar with these things quite young - they're called maps. So I don't understand what the problem is. What's the big deal? I just want to scream. It drives me absolutely insane. What that happens, the world is ending. There's the proof right there. You get into a cab, he doesn't know where it is, and there's a lot of head scratching going on. What are we gonna do about it. You know what I mean. It'd be different if I was asking him the meaning of life...
OK, that's the last of the hates. I'll post the two loves soon. It's just that it's pretty boring typing it all out in one go. |
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
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Posted - 09/03/2003 : 09:48:55
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Thanks a million, Pixiesteve. Now I can truly relate to Frank: I hate taxi drivers too. Oh, except Renee from the Abstract Plain, she was very cool.
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2003 : 11:46:07
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HE LOVES...
Truck stops
The whole world is there going someplace, huddling together to revive themselves. It's a nice thing. Their biggest clientele are people that are on the road: truck drivers and - we're a minority, but we're out there - rock'n'roll bands. We have our favourite truck stops around the world. It's a little oasis, usually in the middle of nowhere. There's not rush for you to leave - spend as little as you like. You don't have to spend anything at all. Just hang out. I feel very at home at a truck stop.
Hotel Bars
I love the comfortable chairs, the music at low volume. It doesn't have to be good music, and frequently it isn't, unfortunately, but at least they keept it low so you can have a conversation. It's kinda like a quiet cocktail party that's spontaneously happened. Everyone's invited. There's no judgment, no sense of cool or chic. You're just there to buy a drink and it's probably gonna be an expensive one, but I'm willing to pay the price cos it's just so relaxing and pleasant. A good hotel bar frequently also has decent champagne by the glass. You can have some nice icy cold champagne. And there's no rush, you can stay as long as you want. You don't have to get smashed in a hotel bar. Of course, having said that, you can get very smashed in a hotel bar. |
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El Barto
= Song DB Master =
USA
4020 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2003 : 12:15:20
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Man, he's angry...awesome article, I love it. I can't believe he wrote "wipe the remnants of my shit out of my asshole." Amazing. Nail on the head with the MTV thing.
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FRANK BLACK SATAN WORKSHIP BLACK MASS |
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fumanbru
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
1462 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2003 : 20:13:49
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| thanks for the article. that's some funny shit (no pun intended). i love frank's bit on the taxi drivers. totally cracked me up. but seriously, these nightclubs need to get their shit together. frank's a rock god and him and the catholics are rockin hard for 2-3 hours, and touring non-stop. i don't think asking for some asswipe and a descent dressing room is too much to ask for. |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 09/03/2003 : 20:48:38
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| Wow, Frank is a crusty old bastard. "Get a broom, for crying out loud." I love it. |
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ramona
"FB Quote Mistress"
USA
3988 Posts |
Posted - 09/04/2003 : 06:55:10
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| He's like an old crabby uncle who doesn't want to feel rushed. It cracks me up. Viva Frank! |
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Stuart
- The Clopser -
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Posted - 09/04/2003 : 08:24:53
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Frank is class..... and I'll be buggered Ive reached 1001!
Bacon....... Its not fantastic |
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Dave Noisy
Minister of Chaos
Canada
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Posted - 09/04/2003 : 12:43:41
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the swimmer
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 09/04/2003 : 13:55:15
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Originally posted by Dave Noisy
Pretty damn funny. =)
Just shows to go ya why we all love Frank. Because he tells it like it is.
Between this and that one article where he named the songs that influenced him, that's pretty cool. |
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pudmeister
- FB Fan -
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Posted - 09/05/2003 : 09:43:53
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I totally agree with him on the rude music shop staff, I always feel intimidated when i go check out guitars etc. I usually ask to try one out, and straight after they plug it in, they usually pull off some van halen solo or something and then i feel like just smashing the thing.
"Looking through the eyes of a pig I see it all" - Cypress Hill |
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NimrodsSon
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1938 Posts |
Posted - 09/05/2003 : 16:58:32
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Chroneos
- FB Fan -
USA
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Posted - 09/05/2003 : 23:33:37
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...and next time I see a live show I'll be sure to get a haircut shortly before so I don't have to wear a hat...even if it is a "FB&theC's" hat... ;-) plus I've been wearing hats less lately after I seemed to irritate a bailiff with my forgetfulness...
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Okay, so until next time, who put the 'ween' in Halloween? I don't know, probably you, you freakin' weirdo. |
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2003 : 04:53:00
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i didn't even notice that they had a review of his album too... silly me.
FRANK BLACK & THE CATHOLICS
Show Me Your Tears
(Cooking Vinyl)
Ninth (count 'em) LP from onetime Pixies frontman - and his best.
Chunky, balding, former frontmen of mighty alterna rock bands never die, they just limp off into ignominious solo careers. Running neck-and-neck with Bob Mould in the "is-he-still-going?" stakes is Frank Black - but, ten years after disbanding the Pixies, he may have made his best solo album yet.
Gone is that decibel-cranked, primal howl; so, too, Black's trademark twanging, surf-fi guitar. Instead there are echoes of Lou Reed, Leonard Cohen and Bruce Springsteen: poetic narratives blacked by lean, bar-room blues and Calexico-spiced country. Only the falsetto-spiked 'Massif Centrale' and the jabbering 'The Snake' are reminders of Black's early history.
'Show Me Your Tears' (allegedly his shrink's demand when Black first sought help) is the sound of a man finally relaxed, but not resting. Downbeat confessionalism, is, apparently, the new Black. Sharon O'Connell
XXXx (3.5/5) |
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2003 : 04:55:33
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Not bed eh?
X-ray seem to be being good to Frank Black. 'Massif Centrale' was on the free CD too (they have one every month). Described as "Moody, intelligent rock - a taster from Show Me Your Tears, out on Sep 8 on Cooking Vinyl" |
Edited by - PixieSteve on 09/08/2003 10:50:27 |
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green_will
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
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Posted - 09/08/2003 : 09:21:23
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| Yeah, it was a good issue... it was nice to hear the track in advance because it's so good. |
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mereubu
= FB QuizMistress =
USA
2677 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2003 : 11:06:10
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"We're not back here vomiting in the corner, we're back here warming up our voices so we can sing nice." And don't think we aren't grateful for that!
Great article--thanks so much. I haven't laughed this hard in a couple of days.
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Steak n Sabre
* Dog in the Sand *
Uzbekistan
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Posted - 09/08/2003 : 11:13:47
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| Imagine the torment felt when FB goes in a truck stop, and all the truckers are wearing hats.... |
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mereubu
= FB QuizMistress =
USA
2677 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2003 : 11:16:22
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lol
Do you think he makes a distinction between baseball hats and truckers' hats? |
Edited by - mereubu on 09/09/2003 19:13:35 |
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Steak n Sabre
* Dog in the Sand *
Uzbekistan
1013 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2003 : 11:17:48
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| And what about Harris wearing a hat on stage??? |
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mereubu
= FB QuizMistress =
USA
2677 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2003 : 11:20:53
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Yeah!
Actually, the show before last in Little Rock, he wore this afro wig. Anyone else ever see that, or was I just hallucinating? |
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speedy_m
= Frankofile =
Canada
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Posted - 09/08/2003 : 11:52:09
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| I saw the wig in Portland mere. We assumed he was bald and ashamed. He is bald, but not ashamed. Rub it for good luck, and he's yours. Or so Dean tells me. |
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mereubu
= FB QuizMistress =
USA
2677 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2003 : 11:56:27
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| Oh good, I'm glad I'm not the only one. I was like, "wha? Scott sure seems, um, swarthy this time around." |
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seabisquit
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Posted - 09/08/2003 : 20:05:39
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| Ok, swimmer, can you give us a link to the songs that influenced FB or a recap? That would be very interesting! |
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mereubu
= FB QuizMistress =
USA
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seabisquit
- FB Fan -
USA
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Posted - 09/09/2003 : 19:07:09
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Thanks for the links! The Washington Post article is currently not available, but maybe it will return!
Glad I found this great forum! |
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