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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <

Canada
4307 Posts

Posted - 06/13/2005 :  19:41:23  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
just posted on pixiesdiscs. way to go susie johnson.

congratulations all involved!!!

http://www.pixiesdiscs.com/blog.php


The waxworks were an immensely eloquent dissertation on the wonderful ordinariness of mankind.

shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <

Canada
4307 Posts

Posted - 06/13/2005 :  19:42:20  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
awwwwwww crap! ignore thread.


The waxworks were an immensely eloquent dissertation on the wonderful ordinariness of mankind.
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The New Bolero
= Cult of Ray =

394 Posts

Posted - 06/13/2005 :  20:34:54  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Wow. Moving half a million units the old fashioned way: by standing the test of time. Great job!
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number 13
= Cult of Ray =

286 Posts

Posted - 06/14/2005 :  01:40:18  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Gold is only half a million unit? I thought it was one million...
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <

South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts

Posted - 06/14/2005 :  08:15:03  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by number 13

Gold is only half a million unit? I thought it was one million...



That's platinum. Or, as they say in England, platinium.
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 06/14/2005 :  09:32:05  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Great! Hope it goes platinum soon!
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

Netherlands
6182 Posts

Posted - 06/14/2005 :  11:36:05  Show Profile  Click to see billgoodman's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
sort of news that makes you sad and happy at the same time

"I joined the cult of Jon Tiven/Bye!"
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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
2002 Posts

Posted - 06/14/2005 :  11:53:47  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by billgoodman

sort of news that makes you sad and happy at the same time

"I joined the cult of Jon Tiven/Bye!"




Oh please. It's much better to share the PIXIES with a bunch of newbies than have the PIXIES die out when we do.


Unless it makes you sad because it took so long to recognize, and happy because they deserve it.


Sorry...I'm feeling very negative lately.

I was alone...in my BIG BED

-bRIAN

Edited by - TRANSMARINE on 06/14/2005 12:35:37
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

Netherlands
6182 Posts

Posted - 06/14/2005 :  14:04:58  Show Profile  Click to see billgoodman's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
hey bRIAN
how old do you think I am?
I'm 20
technically I should be considered a newbie
so obviously I'm sad that it took 17 years and that it's only still only gold
and happy because 500,000 people are A LOT OF PEOPLE!

I also think I should have a better reputation than "newbieslacker"


However
It's a drag that you feel negative lately
maybe you could visit Holland this summer?
I will make tea

"I joined the cult of Jon Tiven/Bye!"
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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
2002 Posts

Posted - 06/14/2005 :  15:02:45  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by billgoodman

hey bRIAN
how old do you think I am?
I'm 20
technically I should be considered a newbie
so obviously I'm sad that it took 17 years and that it's only still only gold
and happy because 500,000 people are A LOT OF PEOPLE!

I also think I should have a better reputation than "newbieslacker"


However
It's a drag that you feel negative lately
maybe you could visit Holland this summer?
I will make tea

"I joined the cult of Jon Tiven/Bye!"



Twice today I've been misunderstood due to my apparant bad choice of wording.

First off, I didn't mean you were a newbie, billgoodman. Second, I was sticking up for newbies...which helps me feel good because it turns out that technically you are a newbie. Third, I edited myself to include what you may take wrong and fix it before you would take it wrong...and it still caused you to take wrong. Lately there has been a lot of negative remarks about 'newbies', and 'PIXIES selling out' and 'kids adopting PIXIES as fad' and blah balh blah. What I did was incorrectly take your post as someone saying essentially "great! Now the Pixies are huge and they really only belong to us 'true' and 'original' fans!". I recognized this as being totally out of left-field and an uncalled for remark, so I changed it to: Unless it makes you sad because it took so long to recognize, and happy because they deserve it.

Again, to reiterate...in no way was I labeling 'newbieslacker' reputation onto you. 'Newbies' have to carry the torch and keep our beloved PIXIES burning! Thats what I meant by: It's much better to share the PIXIES with a bunch of newbies than have the PIXIES die out when we do.
This has opened my eyes to the fact that negative thinking has swayed me to answer in a hasty fashion lately...of which I have rare tolerance for in others...and yet I am finding myself act this way. Hence the edit addition of alternate view.

As for the tea, I'm sure I won't be in Holland this summer (unfortunately! I've always wanted to visit Holland!), but if mysteriously I do, I will look you up first for a cup!

I was alone...in my BIG BED

-bRIAN
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

Netherlands
6182 Posts

Posted - 06/15/2005 :  00:00:07  Show Profile  Click to see billgoodman's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
it's cool bRIAN


"I joined the cult of Jon Tiven/Bye!"
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =

United Kingdom
17125 Posts

Posted - 06/15/2005 :  14:45:44  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by BLT

quote:
Originally posted by number 13

Gold is only half a million unit? I thought it was one million...



That's platinum. Or, as they say in England, platinium.



From the country that can't say aluminium right.


Don't believe the type!

Edited by - Homers_pet_monkey on 06/15/2005 14:46:03
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tobafett
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
1713 Posts

Posted - 06/15/2005 :  19:54:27  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
great news! i wonder if the girl from kansas gets a signed copy...
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 06/15/2005 :  23:43:42  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
She should, really. :)
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <

South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts

Posted - 06/16/2005 :  08:26:09  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It's gold, Jerry, GOLD!

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Skatealex1
* Dog in the Sand *

1665 Posts

Posted - 06/16/2005 :  21:29:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
does anyone know if the susie johnson thing was a joke or she really bought the cd?

The Truth Is Out There
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

Iceland
8201 Posts

Posted - 06/21/2005 :  08:31:35  Show Profile  Visit Cheeseman1000's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Press Release:



PIXIES' "SURFER ROSA" CERTIFIED GOLD

PIXIES were presented with a Gold record last night (June 13) onstage during
their show at the Merriweather Post Pavilion outside of Washington, D.C.
The award was made in recognition of having achieved sales in excess of
500,000 copies for their 1988 album, "Surfer Rosa." This is PIXIES second
Gold award, the first being for "Doolittle" which was originally released in
1989 and certified in 1995.

PIXIES wrap up a three-week tour tomorrow (Wednesday) at Agannis Arena in
Boston. The band will then play a handful of U.S. concerts in July,
including the headline slot at Lollapalooza on July 23 in Chicago, before
heading off to Europe to play festivals throughout the month of August.

PIXIES formed in Boston in 1986 and disbanded in 1992 after recording five
albums together and have since been acclaimed as one of the biggest
influences on the alternative rock scene of the time. The band reunited in
April, 2004 and over their eight-month reunion tour, shattered sales records
around the world and were named "Comeback of the Year" by SPIN magazine.

(Photos of the presentation are available at Wire Image's web site -
http://www.wireimage.com.)



What's a computer?
Eat Y'self Fitter!
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 06/21/2005 :  09:53:26  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It's also made it into the top ten of Spin magazine's best albums of the last 20 years:

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050620/ENTERTAINMENT04/506200423/1081/ENTERTAINMENT04

June 20, 2005


Radiohead album named No. 1


Associated Press


NEW YORK -- Spin magazine named Radiohead's "OK Computer" the top album of the past 20 years, praising a futuristic sound that manages to feel alive "even when its words are spoken by a robot."

The British band's 1997 album edged out Public Enemy's "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back" and Nirvana's "Nevermind" on a list in Spin's 20th anniversary issue, currently on newsstands.

"Between Thom Yorke's orange-alert worldview and the band's meld of epic guitar rock and electronic glitch, ('OK Computer') not only forecast a decade of music but uncannily predicted our global culture of communal distress," reads the editorial note on what separated the release from the other 99 ranked albums.

Released between Radiohead's straight-ahead rock disc "The Bends" and the more experimental, electronic "Kid A," "OK Computer" was the album that propelled Radiohead to worldwide, stadium-sized popularity. Though it never went higher than No. 21 on Billboard charts, it won critical raves and a Grammy for alternative music performance.

Years earlier, Spin ranked Nirvana's "Nevermind" the greatest album of the nineties. In the time since, however, editor-in-chief Sia Michel and others simply found they were reaching for "OK Computer" more than the slightly less relevant "Nevermind."

Also in the top 10, in order, are Pavement's "Slanted and Enchanted," The Smiths' "The Queen is Dead," Pixies' "Surfer Rosa," De La Soul's "3 Feet High and Rising," Prince's "Sign 'o' the Times," PJ Harvey's "Rid of Me" and N.W.A.'s "Straight Outta Compton."

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andrewface
- FB Fan -

27 Posts

Posted - 07/19/2005 :  09:00:52  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
theyve only sold half a mill...wow that cd is fcuking amazing alot of people are missing out
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Triakel
- FB Fan -

119 Posts

Posted - 07/20/2005 :  07:13:38  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Considering its considerable influence, I'm surprised "Surfer" has sold only a half million. I bought my copy in 1990, and thought I was a latecomer. But whatever.

A half million is roughly the population of Minneapolis/St. Paul, a supposed alt-rock capitol. Brings home the fact that most people aren't into alt rock as much as we are!

(Written while inexplicably and compulsively shuffling between FB's "Honeycomb" and Tomahawk's "Mit Gas" albums. "When Stars Begin to Fall" is stuck, stuck, stuck ...)
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~

Belgium
15320 Posts

Posted - 08/03/2005 :  11:34:05  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Frank in illinoisentertainer.com this week on Surfer Rosa's new gold status:

"It took like 17 years, but I'm not complaining. It's the mark of a cool record -- one that sells, doesn't sell a lot, but steadily sells, year by year. It's always in print. It's always available, and it has a reputation. That is the most important."





Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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fbc
-= Modulator =-

United Kingdom
4903 Posts

Posted - 08/04/2005 :  04:42:26  Show Profile  Visit fbc's Homepage  Reply with Quote
longevity frankie boy. you got it. the mainstream want it.

Nothing Catholic on the horizon. But then again. What does that mean. I mean. Horizon in terms of real life - frnck blck
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 08/04/2005 :  11:16:44  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Triakel

Considering its considerable influence, I'm surprised "Surfer" has sold only a half million.


Yeah, I suppose Dolittle is the big popular seller, the 'known' Pixies album!
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~

Belgium
15320 Posts

Posted - 08/15/2005 :  15:21:13  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I meant to post these a while back, when shiner put up that pixiesdiscs.com link.
I love these pix! Check out Joey showing some emotion.






Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 08/15/2005 :  16:03:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
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CrackCrack
- FB Fan -

Thailand
15 Posts

Posted - 11/17/2005 :  04:11:46  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
hahah..those pics are awesome....joey looks so happy...im so glad that surfa rosa finally became gold......no other album has its unique qualities and crypticness....long live late 80's underground college rock!

***even in my dreams my words get blown away***
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 11/17/2005 :  04:53:20  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It'd be a golden album, even if it had'nt of gone gold!!

Hello, CrackCrack!!

"Join the Honeycult!"
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CrackCrack
- FB Fan -

Thailand
15 Posts

Posted - 11/19/2005 :  00:01:05  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
hi man........or carl....nice to talk to other pixies fans....where i live in thailand...know one has even heard of them.....i am like the biggest pixies fan in all of asia...

***even in my dreams my words get blown away***
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 11/19/2005 :  02:35:38  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I've never been there, but I know a couple of people, including my bother, who have. Are'nt there a lot of beautiful statues and shrines there?

"Join the Honeycult!"
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gabh
- FB Fan -

Sweden
1 Posts

Posted - 03/05/2006 :  06:21:07  Show Profile  Visit gabh's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I always thought gold was 100,000 copies. Thar you go. And they got one each. Does that happen if the London Philharmonic go gold?

Amen.
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pixiestu
> Teenager of the Year <

United Kingdom
2564 Posts

Posted - 03/05/2006 :  06:31:23  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Welcome, gabh!

"The arc of triumph"

Edited by - pixiestu on 03/05/2006 06:31:44
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 03/06/2006 :  20:20:22  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi, gabh!!

pas de dutchie!
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Cesar2450
- FB Fan -

Austria
5 Posts

Posted - 05/24/2006 :  19:36:39  Show Profile  Visit Cesar2450's Homepage  Reply with Quote
IMO there is just one thing you are missing... I'll PM you about that.





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Skatealex1
* Dog in the Sand *

1665 Posts

Posted - 05/25/2006 :  16:01:55  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
anyone know how many copies the other pixie cds sold? Is Susie JOhnson A real person? AM I GOING INSANE

The Truth Is Out There
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hammerhands
* Dog in the Sand *

Canada
1594 Posts

Posted - 05/26/2006 :  10:50:36  Show Profile  Visit hammerhands's Homepage  Reply with Quote
How many copies of Surfer Rosa would make it Gold?

            Silver  Gold    Platinum    Diamond 
Argentina           20,000  40,000      
Austria             15,000  30,000      
Australia           35,000  70,000      
Brazil              50,000  125,000     500,000
Canada              50,000  100,000     1,000,000
Denmark             20,000  40,000      
Finland             15,000  30,000
France      50,000  100,000 300,000     1,000,000
Germany             100,000 200,000     
Greece              20,000  40,000      
Hungary             10,000  20,000      
India               10,000  20,000      
Indonesia           75,000  150,000     1,500,000
Ireland             7,500   10,000      
Italy               50,000  100,000     
Japan               100,000 250,000     
Malaysia            15,000  25,000      150,000
Mexico              50,000  100,000     500,000
Netherlands         35,000  70,000      
New Zealand         7,500   15,000      
Norway              20,000  40,000      
Philippines 25,000  50,000  100,000     1,000,000
Poland              20,000  40,000      200,000
Singapore           10,000  15,000      
Spain               40,000  80,000      
Switzerland         20,000  40,000      
Ukraine             25,000  50,000      200,000     
U.K.                60,000  100,000     300,000     
USA                 500,000 1,000,000   10,000,000

Edited by - hammerhands on 05/26/2006 10:52:12
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