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jediroller
* Dog in the Sand *

France
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Posted - 08/31/2005 :  05:47:33  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
"Pixies", by French journalist Emmanuel Dazin.

The Amazon.fr blurb is so full of typos it's almost funny ("The Jesus ans Mary Chain", "Nirvan", "Palcebo"). It also, puzzlingly, dubs the band "the Pixies brothers".

I have no idea what the book's like though. Apparently it's very slim.


I jumped on the Frank Black Bandwagon/'Cause Pixies are so 2004

floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =

Mexico
15297 Posts

Posted - 08/31/2005 :  09:50:49  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by jediroller

"Pixies", by French journalist Emmanuel Dazin.

The Amazon.fr blurb is so full of typos it's almost funny ("The Jesus ans Mary Chain", "Nirvan", "Palcebo"). It also, puzzlingly, dubs the band "the Pixies brothers".

I have no idea what the book's like though. Apparently it's very slim.


I jumped on the Frank Black Bandwagon/'Cause Pixies are so 2004




"The Pixies Brothers"? that is fucking funny..

is it possible that the French will be able to top John Mendelshon?
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =

Mexico
15297 Posts

Posted - 08/31/2005 :  09:52:10  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
i'm changing my tune now. i used to think it would be better for a book to be written by a non uber-fan but now i'm thinking it should be written by a fan. at least it will have some soul to it
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number 13
= Cult of Ray =

286 Posts

Posted - 08/31/2005 :  10:13:27  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I bought it and it seems good. The author talks about some unreleased songs from the Trompe's sessions, one was called "Loops".
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 08/31/2005 :  11:07:43  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Wow, I hope they release an english translation!

The Pixie Brothers? What, is that some sort of collaboration with The Flying Burrito Brothers? :D
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jediroller
* Dog in the Sand *

France
1718 Posts

Posted - 08/31/2005 :  11:16:17  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I believe that the text in which this strange phrase appears is from the Amazon staff, not the author of the book.



I jumped on the Frank Black Bandwagon/'Cause Pixies are so 2004
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Skatealex1
* Dog in the Sand *

1671 Posts

Posted - 08/31/2005 :  22:19:00  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
loops? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I WANNA HEAR THIS

The Truth Is Out There
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 09/01/2005 :  06:33:58  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Fuck, yeah!!
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jediroller
* Dog in the Sand *

France
1718 Posts

Posted - 09/02/2005 :  04:26:51  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I bought the book and I must say that Amazon is doing it a great disservice. The gross mistakes I mentioned aren't in the book itself. In fact, you can't fault an author who
- says Frank was born in Boston on the very first page,
- says the source for this info is "Frank Black's semi-official site",
- quotes from the lyrics to "Pan American Highway" (and we're still only on the first page!),
- in an appendix on Pixies-related web sites, under "must-see sites", writes: "www.frankblack.net (Frank Black semi-official site, run & maintained by Dave Noisy, Dean Katsiris, Brian Salvatore, Derek Olson and their friends; a goldmine)."

So, the next question is, Emmanuel Dazin, where are you? Care to join the discussion? We obviously need to know more about "Loops"...



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Edited by - jediroller on 09/02/2005 04:29:45
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number 13
= Cult of Ray =

286 Posts

Posted - 09/02/2005 :  07:31:14  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Not only "Loops" but all the story behind the Trompe sessions!

He writes that two Kim Deal's songs were reharsed and rejected for their last album, you can read too that some of the songs intended for Trompe were suddenly hidden and kept for the first Frank Black LP...
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jediroller
* Dog in the Sand *

France
1718 Posts

Posted - 09/02/2005 :  07:31:56  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
"The recording process is laborious. (...) Sometimes the Pixies have to resort to jamming, like on the Velvet-inspired "Loop", a lost track that a journalist from [French mag Les] Inrock[uptible]s could hear in April [1991]."

Not a real song then, only a "jam".


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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

USA
9168 Posts

Posted - 09/02/2005 :  12:00:40  Show Profile  Visit VoVat's Homepage  Click to see VoVat's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
So is Kim a Pixies Brother?



I was all out of luck, like a duck that died. I was all out of juice, like a moose denied.
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

Niue
7443 Posts

Posted - 09/02/2005 :  12:51:32  Show Profile  Visit vilainde's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Amen!


Denis

"We brush our teeth with tequila." - Guitar Wolf
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 09/02/2005 :  16:43:11  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Nice that FB.Net and folks maintaining this site get mentioned. Those Kim songs that wer'nt used surely made there way into The Breeders material?
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Frog in the Sand
-+ Le premiere frog +-

France
2715 Posts

Posted - 09/03/2005 :  11:59:48  Show Profile  Visit Frog in the Sand's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I ordered dat fockin book today

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When will Lyle Workman find Frank again?
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~

Belgium
15320 Posts

Posted - 09/24/2005 :  11:01:45  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I received dat fockin book today


Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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jediroller
* Dog in the Sand *

France
1718 Posts

Posted - 09/25/2005 :  01:56:34  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I thought it was good.

Except when the author calls Lyle Workman's guitar on The Cult of Ray "unbearable", but I suspect he only does it to piss off Frog in the Sand.


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The Holiday Son
= Quote Accumulator =

France
2010 Posts

Posted - 10/09/2005 :  14:03:42  Show Profile  Visit The Holiday Son's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Just read it and it's indeed pretty good.
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