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therewererumours
* Dog in the Sand *

Ireland
1240 Posts

Posted - 11/12/2005 :  20:59:02  Show Profile  Visit therewererumours's Homepage  Reply with Quote
the last Pixies album "trompe Le of moons" ?

"Sandy, please try to do as I say and not as I do. Remember, you are a child, Sandy, and far from your prime".
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~

Belize
5305 Posts

Posted - 11/14/2005 :  19:43:26  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
ok Billgoodman I am definately going to get it! But I think I have to wait a really long time to get it here.
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gankuverymuch
- FB Fan -

United Kingdom
31 Posts

Posted - 11/15/2005 :  11:29:34  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I heard there was a review of the book in one of the scotish papers, anyone seen it? able to find it? can ya post it? I can't find it!

There is also a four star review in this months Q that I found.



"cool is about transcending your epic and being righteous about it"
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

Netherlands
6214 Posts

Posted - 11/15/2005 :  14:37:38  Show Profile  Click to see billgoodman's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Daisy Girl

ok Billgoodman I am definately going to get it! But I think I have to wait a really long time to get it here.



be patient
(I still haven't read the book myself, but I will for use)


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God save the Noisies
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gankuverymuch
- FB Fan -

United Kingdom
31 Posts

Posted - 11/21/2005 :  12:12:12  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
FYI yall. Go support Josh and SPREAD THE WORD!!! He did an awesome job and I think it seems you guys agree!


Josh Frank’s UK Table reading tour of
“Fool The World”
The Oral History of a band called PIXIES
DEC 1 and 2 in LONDON!

It’s the 1980s, and the rock landscape is littered with massive hair, synthesizers and monster riffs, but there is an "alternative" being born in the sleepy east of America—we just don’t know it yet.

This is the set up for “Fool The World” The oral history of a band called Pixies, and in just a few weeks the story is coming LIVE to you! Read aloud by a posse of actors and a surprise guest or two, they will bring the story to life for a special one of a kind book reading tour.

The readings will last 40 to 45 minutes, followed by a Q and A.

In London cartoonist Steve Appleby who did the famous cartoons for the last Pixies album, and original new drawings for the book will make an appearance.

Author Josh Frank spent 4 years collecting the stories for the book that Q Magazine has described as “definitive.”

About the book:
Before the Internet, MTV and iPods provided far-off music fans with knowledge and communities—and before Kurt Cobain’s Nirvana helped usher in a newly invigorated youth culture—kids across the world grew up in relative isolation, dependent on mix tapes and self-created art to slowly spread scenes and trends. It was under these conditions that four youngish musicians found each other in Boston, Massachusetts and started a band.

"Fool The World" tells Pixies’ story in the words of those who lived it, from the band - Charles Thompson, Kim Deal, Joey Santiago, and David Lovering - to the tour managers, studio owners, A&R executives, producers, engineers and visual artists who worked with them, to the hometown acts who watched them skyrocket to indie superstardom.

Boasting new original cartoons by Steve Appleby (artist on Pixies’ Trompe Le Monde) and prints by Simon Larbalestier (photographer of all five Pixies covers) "Fool The World" is a complete journey through the life, death, and rebirth of one of the most influential bands of all time.

DECEMBER 1: BORDERS BOOKS- 203 Oxford Street, London, W1D 7pm
DECEMBER 2: BORDERS BOOKS- Angel Centre, Islington, N1 7pm
DECEMBER ?: - GLASGOW
DECEMBER ?: -EDINBURGH


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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 11/22/2005 :  04:22:04  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Anyone know if he's coming to Dublin?!

"Join the Honeycult!"
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gankuverymuch
- FB Fan -

United Kingdom
31 Posts

Posted - 11/28/2005 :  11:03:43  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
just found this...

www.fooltheworldbook.com

"cool is about transcending your epic and being righteous about it"
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 11/28/2005 :  16:06:19  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Interesting.

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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

Netherlands
6214 Posts

Posted - 11/29/2005 :  00:59:59  Show Profile  Click to see billgoodman's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
but no store on that site


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thefague
- FB Fan -

Ireland
20 Posts

Posted - 11/29/2005 :  02:52:26  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by gankuverymuch

just found this...

www.fooltheworldbook.com

"cool is about transcending your epic and being righteous about it"




Guess he never met Joey!

Marty
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <

Poland
4698 Posts

Posted - 11/29/2005 :  07:31:25  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
finished it last night, good stuff!

is stormy weather really a cover of a neil young song?



Edited by - PixieSteve on 11/30/2005 06:03:40
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

Iceland
8201 Posts

Posted - 11/30/2005 :  07:35:23  Show Profile  Visit Cheeseman1000's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Um, no. No its not.


I have joined the Cult Of Frank/And I have dearly paid
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <

Poland
4698 Posts

Posted - 11/30/2005 :  09:19:15  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
norton said it was, the fool!


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Ziggy
* Dog in the Sand *

United Kingdom
2463 Posts

Posted - 11/30/2005 :  09:27:38  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I really enjoyed the book, stormed through it very quickly. An essential read.
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 12/11/2005 :  19:53:48  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Yay, my Sister got me this for my birthday!! Haven't read it yey, but I'm looking forward to it.

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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 12/29/2005 :  09:58:53  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I finished this last night. What a mine of information, a cracking read.

"Yo! Ho Ho! Merry Christmas!"
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fooltheworld
- FB Fan -

22 Posts

Posted - 01/03/2006 :  16:58:47  Show Profile  Visit fooltheworld's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Hi all! I just wanted to thank you guys for all the really nice things you have said about the book.

It means so much to me that it works, that yall dig it, and give it yer blessings.

I was pretty freaked out since it was such an explosive topic to live up to. So many people with so much love, and passion for the music and the peeps involved. It is a relief to know that over all it seems that its a good read for everyone.

Again, just want to thank you for picking it up and liking it.

The US edition will be out March 21!

Also wanted to mention that I have a few original prints of photos from the album art, that were used in the book. mainly- Come on Pilgrim and Spike the dog. I hate to see them collect dust as I dont have enough wall space for em. So if anyone is interested in them let me know, They are beautifully framed by me and I'm sellin em for what I got em for.

If interested email me thru the Fooltheworld website-

www.fooltheworldbook.com or just email: fooltheworldbook@yahoo.com

Thanks again everyone for all the nice things you've said on here!
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gankuverymuch
- FB Fan -

United Kingdom
31 Posts

Posted - 01/07/2006 :  11:01:40  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
OKay so the REAL cover of the US edition of Fool The World is up at amazon now, hoo-ray, they went with Appleby!...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312340079/qid=1136660151/sr=11-1/ref=sr_11_1/002-0046693-1525639?n=283155

"cool is about transcending your epic and being righteous about it"
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 01/08/2006 :  05:46:02  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Wasn't the mock-up a Picture of the band? That's pretty much the same as the UK release, just with a bluey colour!!

pas de dutchie!
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gankuverymuch
- FB Fan -

United Kingdom
31 Posts

Posted - 01/08/2006 :  11:46:23  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
OKay so the REAL cover of the US edition of Fool The World is up at amazon now, hoo-ray, they went with Appleby!...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312340079/qid=1136660151/sr=11-1/ref=sr_11_1/002-0046693-1525639?n=283155

"cool is about transcending your epic and being righteous about it"
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gankuverymuch
- FB Fan -

United Kingdom
31 Posts

Posted - 01/08/2006 :  15:31:21  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
yea, I like the appleby in blue so much better then the mock up with the band!

"cool is about transcending your epic and being righteous about it"
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gankuverymuch
- FB Fan -

United Kingdom
31 Posts

Posted - 02/23/2006 :  17:39:49  Show Profile  Reply with Quote

fool the world is on my space...

http://www.myspace.com/thepixiesfooltheworld

and the website has cool updates...

www.fooltheworldbook.com

and it comes out in the states in 4 weeks. hoo-ray.

"cool is about transcending your epic and being righteous about it"
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~

Belize
5305 Posts

Posted - 02/23/2006 :  17:59:11  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
can't wait to order it. one month until it comes out in the us. I am kinda last minute so won't order for a few more weeks.
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gankuverymuch
- FB Fan -

United Kingdom
31 Posts

Posted - 03/13/2006 :  13:12:04  Show Profile  Reply with Quote

Updates galore...

www.fooltheworldbook.com

March 21 is just around the corner.

"cool is about transcending your epic and being righteous about it"
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Sprite
* Dog in the Sand *

1334 Posts

Posted - 03/13/2006 :  13:21:25  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Wow I had no idea this book was not even out in the U.S. yet. Just read it in a frenzy over the weekend. It is without doubt a very good book.

Must say I think Albini comes over as a bit of a git. I wonder if we'd ever heard of him if he hadn't produced Surfer Rosa.
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =

Canada
11687 Posts

Posted - 03/16/2006 :  20:23:27  Show Profile  Visit Cult_Of_Frank's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Just thought this topic might be relevant again to the North American masses.


"If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominos will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate."
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Crackity Craig
- FB Fan -

United Kingdom
33 Posts

Posted - 03/20/2006 :  12:59:24  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Has anyone read both the UK (256 pages) and USA version (336 pages) of this book? I've got the UK release and was wondering if its worth importing the USA copy for those extra pages.
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 03/20/2006 :  15:30:47  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It's a bit frustrating for us folks outside the US....we got the book first, but the shorter version!

pas de dutchie!
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fooltheworld
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22 Posts

Posted - 03/20/2006 :  15:54:34  Show Profile  Visit fooltheworld's Homepage  Reply with Quote
To the UK and Euro Folks-

Have no fear. As it turns out you pretty much end up with the same book as the US one. So you really are not missing out on anything. Infact, you get color photos. Your book cost double the US cost, but you get color pictures. US gets to pay less but no color. Its sort of like you get the coffee table version of the book, the one that looks good next to the magazines spread out on the table.

There are maybe a few paragraphs here and there that go on extra about Boston and the scene that virgin didn't think UK folk would care about. You know US atmosphere etc...

but really thats about it in the end.

Just so ya know. US folk get it cheaper and some extended US/Boston atmosphere but you get color photos.

my best, Josh
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fooltheworld
- FB Fan -

22 Posts

Posted - 03/20/2006 :  16:15:00  Show Profile  Visit fooltheworld's Homepage  Reply with Quote

oh and I guess the introductions to the chapters in the US edition are each a bit longer and extended. Who knows, only you can judge in the end if it's worth it to have both. Just tryin to help. Enjoy it either way, I wrote it for you guys first and foremost, so I hope you feel you get yer moneys worth.
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frnck blck
-= The Man =-

312 Posts

Posted - 03/20/2006 :  19:44:28  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Q & A WITH FRANK TODAY/TONIGHT AT 10.00 PM PST IN the kings holds court THREAD. SEE YOU THERE!

FB
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 03/20/2006 :  23:18:19  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by fooltheworld

There are maybe a few paragraphs here and there that go on extra about Boston and the scene that virgin didn't think UK folk would care about. You know US atmosphere etc...


It's odd that the guys at Virgin Books went over the book and picked little things like that out.

pas de dutchie!
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Crackity Craig
- FB Fan -

United Kingdom
33 Posts

Posted - 03/21/2006 :  09:22:43  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thanks for the info Josh,

I loved your book but you'd make a terrible sales man! You should have said the USA version is loads different and you could have increased your sales by thousands with people buying 2 copies!!! LOL
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kfs
= Cult of Ray =

USA
889 Posts

Posted - 03/24/2006 :  06:58:01  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
My copy of the book came in the mail yesterday...I was so excited!
I'm enjoying it so far. I've never seen some of the pictures.
Everyone should get this book!
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gankuverymuch
- FB Fan -

United Kingdom
31 Posts

Posted - 03/26/2006 :  20:37:43  Show Profile  Reply with Quote

HOLY BOXCARS OUTSIDE WAITING! THE PIXIES ORAL HISTORY BOOK IS TWO BOOKS AWAY FROM BEING SOLD OUT OF AMAZON LESS THEN A WEEK AFTER RELEASE!

They said more were on the way.

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