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 Posted - 08/05/2006 : 20:25:05
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I posted an article a couple days ago from the Salt Lake Tribune (http://forum.frankblack.net/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=16659). Here's one from the other paper in town, the Deseret News (it's the lesser paper, and you can tell from the poorer quality of this article). Interesting answer Frank gives about his weight. I'm really curious what the reporter asked him.
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,640199729,00.html
Black can't escape the Pixies
Former member last visited Utah 2 years ago for a reunion
By Scott Iwasaki
Deseret Morning News
Frank Black, also known as Black Francis of the Pixies, says he remembers the last time he was in Salt Lake City. He was part of the Pixies reunion in Kingsbury Hall two years ago.
"I was having some problems," Black said by phone from his home in Eugene, Ore. "It's so dry in Utah that my sinuses were acting up."
Black — whose real name is Charles Thompson — says he's looking forward to coming back for his solo show. "But I know it's going to be hot and dry."
The tour is in support of his new album, "Fastman Raiderman," his new double-CD for Back Porch Records. "I had a feeling that sometime I'd make a double CD. I mean we've been beyond the vinyl format for some time, and the CD can hold up to 74 minutes of music. And I had a lot of songs I wanted to do."
Within his original works that include "In the Time of My Ruin," "Kiss My Ring" and the title tracks, "Fast Man" and "Raider Man," Black also remade the Pogues' "Dirty Old Town." "That song was recorded at the last minute. I enjoyed making this album. It was a long process with different sessions at different times, but the last day in the studio is always depressing. Things are getting cleared up and it's basically empty, with just a single microphone on the floor.
"I hadn't written any more songs, but I didn't want to stop recording. While I had messed around with 'Dirty Old Town' live, I'd never recorded it. So a thought came to me, and I announced that I wanted to do it. So we worked up a nice little arrangement and did it, I think, in one take.
"I used to do it the Pogues' way verbatim, but we changed it around and made it feel like that last day in the studio — bittersweet. We changed it around and did it in 6/8 time. It was great."
Reflecting on his career, Black said the most frustrating part was trying to live up to the Pixies. "It will always be a shadow I'll have to live under. When I make my own music, it will always be compared to what the band did. Don't get me wrong, I'm proud of the Pixies, but there will always be this feeling of Pixie rock vs. Frank Black Nashville sound.
"While people flip out about my change of style, to me it's always been a natural progression. There are times when I get tempted to whoop it up in my solo shows. And maybe I will in the future, I don't know. But I do know it is impossible to escape the shadow of the Pixies. And it's something I have to cope with."
Another thing that Black says has been dogging him lately is his physical appearance. "I'm overweight. When I started in the music business, I was thin. But I'm not now. And I don't look like those pop-star, teen idols. And for some reason, in most of the reviews I read about me and my music, there is always a pot shot taken at my pudginess. I always find it funny that being overweight is not sexy, but being a heroin addict might be — especially in England. But I'm trying to lose it. Being a fat bald dude does affect me.
"And I don't think I've ever answered a question with that kind of answer before, but you caught me on a good day."
If you go
What: Frank Black
Where: Urban Lounge, 241 S. 500 East
When: Wednesday, 9 p.m.
How much: $15
Phone: 467-8499 or 800-888-8499
Web: www.smithstix.com
E-mail: scott@desnews.com
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Edited by - coastline on 08/05/2006 20:27:01 |
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Another Salt Lake article
