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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =

Mexico
15297 Posts

Posted - 08/05/2009 : 17:02:03

man, i don't know if i'm going to be able to make this, but it sure would be fun. Big Sur + Henry Miller Library + Frank Black

3 of my favorite things in one party

floop
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Mexico
15297 Posts

Posted - 08/12/2009 : 08:30:15

or, more importantly, why did you move to Canada

kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~

Belgium
15320 Posts

Posted - 08/12/2009 : 13:53:25

Not for the Mexican food, that's for sure.

Two more nights. You gonna make the drive up, floop?

I remember sitting in a basement listening to Fields of Marigold until I passed out.

floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =

Mexico
15297 Posts

Posted - 08/13/2009 : 07:52:01

i wish i could. it would be fun, and a great excuse to go to Big Sur . don't think work can do without me tomorrow

if anything i'd be really curious to see what the crowd will be like there

Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 08/14/2009 : 07:19:38

MontereyHerald.com - Rock icon and Pixies frontman Black Francis will perform solo among the redwoods in Big Sur.

balls
- FB Fan -

4 Posts

Posted - 08/16/2009 : 17:02:01

Pretty neat show this one. He managed to break through the anecdote block that was plaguing him at the Hotel Utah show I saw. Mere Mortals were cool, venue was one of a kind. Before FB took the stage some guy went up there (manager of the library?) to thank the artists, promoters, audience, and to read a passage from Tropic of Capricorn on music. Then he said this was shaping up to be one of those nights that is remembered as "I was there."

So then Frank Black played Los Angeles, Cactus, I Burn Today, then started telling a story about the drive there. "It doesn't take 3 hours to get here from where I stayed last night. It actually takes a lot longer." He related how his driver/roadie kept trying to pass an 18-wheeler on a narrow winding road while a particular song was playing on the radio, when Frank realized they were inviting disaster by trying to do that. He then played the song which was Wheels by The Flying Burrito Brothers. I wasn't aware of him performing this song before, but he seemed to know it pretty well and did a great job. He continued to refer back to this incident throughout the show.

The rest were mostly outstanding versions of standard fare for the tour: Sing For Joy, Calistan, Mr. Grieves, Masif Centrale, Bullet (this song is about my dad), Monkey Gone to Heaven, Where Is My Mind, 666 (country version), Manitoba (love the way he's been playing this), Horrible Day, Shrimp Song (which has finally taken it's proper role as song he plays while the guitar he actually wants to use is being tuned), She Took all the Money, Angels Come to Comfort You -- before this song he related that he believed Herman Brood chose that building to jump from in order to claim it back from John and Yoko for the Dutch.

After Velouria he commented that someone gave a shoutout when he sang California and that that person would love the next song which was California bound. He actually screwed up the second verse, at which point he said he would normally abort the song but this time would finish it.

He introduced I heard Ramona Sing as a song about the Ramones. Afterwards he commented that around here menudo is a soup, but it used to be a boy band that graduated members at age 16. The departing member would jump into a trapdoor in the stage and a platform would elevate the next 14 year old. He said Menudo is another band he really likes which is why he worked them into his song about the Ramones.

I think he played I'll Be Blue last, then thanked us all for coming and did an a capella version of Been All Around This World.

Pretty awesome show all around. Not as many songs crammed in as at the Friday SF show, but lots of great wit and I wouldn't want to drive home from Big Sur at 1am anyway!

balls
- FB Fan -

4 Posts

Posted - 08/16/2009 : 17:29:13

Oh yeah, he also definitely played Holiday, Nimrod, Wave of Mutilation, When they Come to Murder Me, and Burnt Out Rock 'n' Roll

He was also drinking a split of New House of the Pope. He commented that somebody remembered it was his favorite (maybe from the venue, or one of the promoters).

BLT
> Teenager of the Year <

South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts

Posted - 08/17/2009 : 05:40:52

How could floop have missed this show?

Hey balls, that's interesting about him screwing up California Bound. The same thing happened at The Mint last Wednesday.

blanket
- FB Fan -

4 Posts

Posted - 08/17/2009 : 10:09:47

He aborted California Bound at the San Luis Obispo show, too. Repeated the lyrics to one verse, stopped, and said he got caught in a loop.

Edited by - blanket on 08/17/2009 10:10:06

trobrianders
> Teenager of the Year <

Papua New Guinea
3302 Posts

Posted - 08/17/2009 : 10:52:28

You can't be California bound if you're already in California. You can't mess with that stuff.

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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =

Mexico
15297 Posts

Posted - 08/17/2009 : 11:08:13

quote:
Originally posted by BLT

How could floop have missed this show?

Hey balls, that's interesting about him screwing up California Bound. The same thing happened at The Mint last Wednesday.

but he did end up playing it again and not aborting. at first i thought he was playing the same song again, but realized he must have remembered that he aborted

Edited by - floop on 08/17/2009 11:45:55

bobo plenty
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USA
122 Posts

Posted - 08/17/2009 : 19:38:07