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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

Iceland
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Posted - 03/09/2006 :  01:58:29  Show Profile  Visit Cheeseman1000's Homepage  Reply with Quote
FRANK BLACK TO RELEASE DOUBLE CD ³FASTMAN/RAIDERMAN²

Los Angeles, CA ­ Thursday, March 9, 2006 -- Following the critical success
of 2005¹s ³Honeycomb,² which Rolling Stone called ³a mind-blowing collection
of tasty laid-back tunes,² Pixies¹ icon Frank Black will see the release of
his ambitious new double-CD, ³Fastman/Raiderman,² on June 20 (Back
Porch/EMI).

Paired again with producer Jon Tiven, the 27-song CD was recorded over a
two-year period at studios in Nashville and Los Angeles, and slams a bit
harder than the laid-back ³Honeycomb.²

³Fastman/Raiderman² features some of the most celebrated players in music,
including Levon Helm from The Band, Tom Petersson from Cheap Trick,
Heartbreaker drummer Steve Ferrone, the legendary Al Kooper, honky-tonk hero
Marty Brown, songwriting enigma P.F. Sloan, and Simon Kirke from Bad Company
and Free, as well as ³Honeycomb² ³returnees² Steve Cropper, Reggie Young,
Buddy Miller, Spooner Oldman and Chester Thompson, to name just a few.

For Black, the recording of ³Fastman/Raiderman² was a bit of a homecoming.
³On ŒHoneycomb¹ I was walking on eggshells,² he admits about his renowned
³back-up² band. ³These guys are still legends, but now that we¹d hung around
a bit, I was more at ease.²

Songs on ³Fastman/Raiderman² include the somewhat bizarre ³Kiss My Ring,²
the almost hallucinogenic ³Dog Sleep,² and the overlay of the lyrically
obscure and the body-punch, visceral groove of ³In the Time of My Ruin.²
³Highway to Lowdown,² ³Sad Man¹s Song,² and ³Where the Wind Is Going² were
originally recorded for ³Honeycomb² but didn¹t match that album¹s laid-back
feel so have been in hibernation until now. ³Fitzgerald² and ³Elijah² look
back to when Black and the Pixies were just beginning to turn rock music
inside out from their home base in Boston, and ³My Terrible Ways² is a true,
tragic story of heroism in the devastation in Mississippi from Hurricane
Katrina.

One of Black¹s favorites is the track ³Raiderman² which was recorded one
lazy summer night at Tiven¹s house in Nashville. It boasts an accompaniment
from a chorus of cicadas chirping in the backyard and Tiven¹s dog Sammy, who
made himself heard right before the second verse. ³That provides a nice
backdrop to this tale of a Polish coal miner who lost his legs to the coal
train,² Black says. ³He ends up being a security man after he gets fired by
the coal company, chasing the Raiderman away Š²

As Black is fond of doing, some of the new songs were recorded in a single
24-hour marathon session with musicians coming and going in three shifts and
only one two-hour break for some shuteye.

³We gutted it out on sheer adrenaline,² Tiven remembers. ³By the end things
were getting surreal and we were just going with the untamed forces of the
universe. If you¹re halfway between waking and sleeping, you can do things
with a song that might not normally seem possible.²

Black plans to put together a band that can support the songs on
³Fastman/Raiderman² and hit the road later this year. First, he¹ll join his
Pixies¹ bandmates on a European summer tour.


I have joined the Cult Of Frank/And I have dearly paid

Edited by - Cheeseman1000 on 03/09/2006 03:21:55

Frog in the Sand
-+ Le premiere frog +-

France
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Posted - 03/09/2006 :  02:34:43  Show Profile  Visit Frog in the Sand's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Merci Monsieur Fromage Mille. Interesting, to say the least.

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Edited by - Frog in the Sand on 03/09/2006 02:35:13
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Ziggy
* Dog in the Sand *

United Kingdom
2463 Posts

Posted - 03/09/2006 :  03:10:09  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Well, sounds like the best of both worlds. Pixies tour AND some solo promo :D
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prozacrat
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
1186 Posts

Posted - 03/09/2006 :  06:04:04  Show Profile  Visit prozacrat's Homepage  Click to see prozacrat's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Can't....sleep.... until.... I get...... this..... album.......

http://www.prozacrat.com
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

Netherlands
6214 Posts

Posted - 03/09/2006 :  07:21:18  Show Profile  Click to see billgoodman's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Reading this pressrelease it almost looks like Kiss My Ring
was re-recorded. Cause it mentions other songs being from the Honeycomb sessions, but not KMR



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misterwoe
= Cult of Ray =

Greece
675 Posts

Posted - 03/09/2006 :  07:50:08  Show Profile  Visit misterwoe's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I'm so excited! I hope I don't miss FB while I'm in Greece...Maybe I'll get to see him there. YES!

Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole.
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Jontiven
= Cult of Ray =

USA
347 Posts

Posted - 03/09/2006 :  08:27:08  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
"Kiss My Ring" is the same version, but remixed. There were no re-records.

bye,
Jon Tiven
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

Netherlands
6214 Posts

Posted - 03/09/2006 :  12:51:39  Show Profile  Click to see billgoodman's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Jontiven

"Kiss My Ring" is the same version, but remixed. There were no re-records.

bye,
Jon Tiven



who wrote that stinking lying press release!

Okay it's not lying, but it's misleading! Thanks for clearing that up


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NimrodsSon
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
1938 Posts

Posted - 03/09/2006 :  19:39:51  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Ooooh!!!! I can't wait! (for the record and the tour!)


¡Viva los Católicos!
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spunXtain
= Cult of Ray =

USA
377 Posts

Posted - 03/12/2006 :  17:24:58  Show Profile  Click to see spunXtain's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Cheeseman1000

³My Terrible Ways² is a true,
tragic story of heroism in the devastation in Mississippi from Hurricane
Katrina.




I have joined the Cult Of Frank/And I have dearly paid



You've got to be shitting me...

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prozacrat
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
1186 Posts

Posted - 03/12/2006 :  23:25:53  Show Profile  Visit prozacrat's Homepage  Click to see prozacrat's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Sounds like they wanted to put something relevant in the press release and embellish it a bit. But hell, with all the bad shit and good shit that's gone one down south because of Katrina, I'm sure something happened that was worth writing a song about it. There are a lot of people I wouldn't trust writing a song regarding that subject matter, but Frank Black is not one of them. St. Francis Dam Disaster turned out pretty damn good, it was just a little less contemporary.

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Jontiven
= Cult of Ray =

USA
347 Posts

Posted - 03/13/2006 :  05:01:00  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The press release is 100% accurate. "My Terrible Ways" was inspired directly from a CNN story. And it is a compelling one.

bye,
Jon Tiven
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Monsieur
* Dog in the Sand *

France
1688 Posts

Posted - 03/13/2006 :  05:55:21  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Jontiven

The press release is 100% accurate. "My Terrible Ways" was inspired directly from a CNN story. And it is a compelling one.

bye,
Jon Tiven



Wow!
The journalists know your dawg's name?


I will show you fear in a handful of dust
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =

Canada
11687 Posts

Posted - 03/13/2006 :  06:24:46  Show Profile  Visit Cult_Of_Frank's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by prozacrat

Sounds like they wanted to put something relevant in the press release and embellish it a bit. But hell, with all the bad shit and good shit that's gone one down south because of Katrina, I'm sure something happened that was worth writing a song about it. There are a lot of people I wouldn't trust writing a song regarding that subject matter, but Frank Black is not one of them. St. Francis Dam Disaster turned out pretty damn good, it was just a little less contemporary.

http://www.prozacrat.com



May I say, Amen.


"If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominos will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate."
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

Netherlands
6214 Posts

Posted - 03/13/2006 :  12:10:24  Show Profile  Click to see billgoodman's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Jontiven

The press release is 100% accurate. "My Terrible Ways" was inspired directly from a CNN story. And it is a compelling one.

bye,
Jon Tiven



Yeah, but still misleading, about Kiss My Ring. (joke)


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prozacrat
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
1186 Posts

Posted - 03/13/2006 :  17:01:34  Show Profile  Visit prozacrat's Homepage  Click to see prozacrat's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
I'm glad it's 100% accurate. A FB album shouldn't need hype.

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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

Netherlands
6214 Posts

Posted - 03/14/2006 :  00:49:05  Show Profile  Click to see billgoodman's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by prozacrat

I'm glad it's 100% accurate. A FB album shouldn't need hype.

http://www.prozacrat.com



cough....pixies reunion....cough....honeycomb....cough...hype


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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =

Canada
11687 Posts

Posted - 03/14/2006 :  06:34:19  Show Profile  Visit Cult_Of_Frank's Homepage  Reply with Quote
You should really get that cough checked...


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

USA
187 Posts

Posted - 03/14/2006 :  14:51:23  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
mr. tiven--

I don't know if this has been asked, but did the Shameka Copeland duet make the cut?
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Jontiven
= Cult of Ray =

USA
347 Posts

Posted - 03/14/2006 :  17:56:46  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
No Shemekia on this record, sorry to say. It was recorded, but ultimately Frank didn't feel comfortable with the song as a duet, and we reverted to its original form.

Either way, it's a wonderful cut. Perhaps someday he will have second thoughts about this, but I wouldn't hold your breath.

bye,
Jon Tiven
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TheScooper
- FB Fan -

USA
187 Posts

Posted - 03/14/2006 :  20:10:15  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
uncomfortable? with her voice? actually...singing next to her would make me feel pretty insecure

thanks mr. tiven
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Jason
* Dog in the Sand *

1446 Posts

Posted - 03/17/2006 :  21:56:56  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
One thing I miss about the pre-Pixies reunion days is Frank's self-written press releases.
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

Netherlands
6214 Posts

Posted - 03/18/2006 :  02:51:19  Show Profile  Click to see billgoodman's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Jason

One thing I miss about the pre-Pixies reunion days is Frank's self-written press releases.



yeah, he can write a good piece, don't you think.
What do we have to drink when listening to this record?


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