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1965
= Cult of Ray =

Australia
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Posted - 01/31/2010 :  11:22:44  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
30 January 2010 : Goleta/Santa Barbara, CA - The Hard To Find Showspace.

Did anybody go to this?


I have the key to #902

Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 02/02/2010 :  09:39:16  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The Santa Barbara Independent - Black Francis at the Hard to Find.
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windupbird
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127 Posts

Posted - 02/02/2010 :  17:22:15  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thanks, Carl.

I just noticed that at the bottom of the page, there's a link to a recent interview:

http://www.independent.com/news/2010/jan/29/black-francis-talks-new-album-muses-and-extra-terr/

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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

Niue
7438 Posts

Posted - 02/02/2010 :  21:40:07  Show Profile  Visit vilainde's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Apparently Frank played yesterday evening at a Haiti benefit show hosted by Tenacious D in LA? Did anyone know about this?

http://soundcheck.freedomblogging.com/2010/01/26/tenacious-d-friends-benefit-haiti-at-the-wiltern/18475/


Denis

"Can you hear me? I aint got shit to say."
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

USA
5448 Posts

Posted - 02/03/2010 :  07:45:56  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
"patron saint of slackerdom"

I don't know if that really fits a guy that has put out as many albums as Frank Black.

Edited by - darwin on 02/03/2010 08:16:08
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 02/05/2010 :  09:47:41  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Noozhawk.com - Jeff Moehlis: Black Francis Was Not to Be Missed at The Hard to Find.




The Orange County Register- Tenacious D spearheads comedic bash in L.A.



Granted, the three main musical acts — Pixies frontman
Frank Black, the ShinsJames Mercer, and singer-
songwriter Aimee Mann — did manage to deliver
thoughtful, slapstick-free turns that, much like Radiohead’s
set, seemed to inject the crowd with a sobering antidote,
reasserting the benefit’s deeper purpose.

More so than anything offered from the evening’s other
artists, Black’s selections seemed to form a meaningful
tale. Playing his signature Fender Telecaster alone under a
solitary spotlight, he began with “Los Angeles,” a cut from
his 1993 solo debut that served as a deliberate call to his
current audience.

Next, Black epitomized the feelings many have regarding
the Haitian earthquake via the Pixies hit “Where is My
Mind?,” barely pausing before launching into “All My
Ghosts,” an appropriate choice from his time with backing
band the Catholics that mentions “going past a scene of
gore” and asks the relevant question, “Who needs that
now?”

The 15-minute slot ended with two singalong Pixies
favorites, “Monkey’s Gone to Heaven” and “Nimrod’s Son,”
both reinforcing Black’s apparent focus on themes of
religion, death and redemption.

At various other points, notably during Mercer’s haunting, acoustic-driven performance and Mann’s stripped-
down version of “Freeway” — a song with this blatant message: ‘If you’re rich, give more!’ — tears seemed
likely to flow as audience members sunk into the show’s momentarily somber tone.

Edited by - Carl on 02/05/2010 09:53:08
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

USA
5448 Posts

Posted - 02/05/2010 :  10:09:40  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
"— Noozhawk contributor Jeff Moehlis is an associate professor of mechanical engineering at UCSB."

Cool
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 02/06/2010 :  09:08:02  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Sacramento Press - Black Francis coming to Blue Lamp.

Sacramento Press - Black Francis performs solo, Pixies classics.

Edited by - Carl on 02/08/2010 20:54:18
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blckfrncs
- FB Fan -

Luxembourg
158 Posts

Posted - 02/12/2010 :  08:21:02  Show Profile  Visit blckfrncs's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by windupbird

Thanks, Carl.

I just noticed that at the bottom of the page, there's a link to a recent interview:

http://www.independent.com/news/2010/jan/29/black-francis-talks-new-album-muses-and-extra-terr/





re: Santa Barbara article

I just thought I'd mention the writer (very nice chap) did not get my quote correct about life on other planets. I was quoting a common notion about LIFE existing and that we are with big ego to think otherwise, but my point was, in fact, the opposite, that is to say, that we should FEEL SPECIAL if THERE IS NO OTHER LIFE because that puts the overwhelming size of the universe into perspective. Just another notion gleaned from a book.

BF
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Jose Jones
* Dog in the Sand *

USA
1758 Posts

Posted - 02/13/2010 :  05:53:22  Show Profile  Visit Jose Jones's Homepage  Reply with Quote
thanks for the clarification. how exactly does an interviewer get a quote wrong? don't they record this stuff?

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they were the heroes of old, men of renown.
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 02/26/2010 :  01:49:10  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
sacbee.com - A decade of loud and live music.
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badronald
- FB Fan -

USA
70 Posts

Posted - 03/29/2010 :  17:18:56  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Our man is doing an instore in Eugene,Oregon on April 17th

http://www.gotocdworld.com/Instore/main.asp
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Brank_Flack
= Cult of Ray =

Canada
910 Posts

Posted - 03/29/2010 :  18:42:44  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
If you look on that page before it disappears, Shelly and Cal look like perhaps the cheesiest musical duo to ever walk the earth

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Golem Survivor Round 2 http://forum.frankblack.net/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=20079
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

USA
5448 Posts

Posted - 03/29/2010 :  18:48:44  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Come on! They're "agents of unity".

Damn, Exene is the night after BF/FB. My town sucks.
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amyjared
- FB Fan -

USA
1 Posts

Posted - 04/09/2010 :  11:48:59  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
If you look on that page before it disappears, Shelly and Cal look like perhaps the cheesiest musical duo to ever walk the earth


Perhaps, but they are friends of mine and fans of Charles, as well, who are excited to play the same day he does at the store. They are a completely different genre of music from Charles, but what they do, they do very well. I will be at CD World for sure!

"The only funeral you should ever interrupt is your own, and that should be a full time job." -Kinky Friedman
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 08/09/2010 :  15:57:07  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Altsounds.com News - BLACK FRANCIS Adds More Acoustic Shows.
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fbc
-= Modulator =-

United Kingdom
4903 Posts

Posted - 08/11/2010 :  11:13:56  Show Profile  Visit fbc's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I wonder how Shelly and Cal got on. hmm.

The sets with The Notorious E.D.F sound awesome. I clicked there but I am no Blues Guitar God.

Edited by - fbc on 08/11/2010 11:16:33
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Sam
= Cult of Ray =

Ireland
511 Posts

Posted - 08/13/2010 :  01:03:20  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Would love to be going to so some of the edf shows, any of them for that matter but especially the edf ones.
I googled the beachcomber in wellfleet and that looks quite the venue. What a setting for a Black Francis show. Maybe i'll make the next one. :(
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -

Ireland
11546 Posts

Posted - 08/13/2010 :  15:13:53  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
MontereyHerald.com - Ode to Kerouac: A pair of rock shows and 'Big Sur' screening highlight weekend tribute to novelist at Henry Miller Library.

Monterey County Weekly - Former Pixies frontman Black Francis returns to Henry Miller Library.

fresnobee.com - Pixies frontman brings acoustic show to Visalia.

visaliatimesdelta.com - Local music roundup: On tap: SoCal band, a return performer and a local.

Consequence of Sound - Black Francis adds acoustic dates, plays with former Pixies collaborator.

Edited by - Carl on 08/13/2010 15:25:03
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Ziggy
* Dog in the Sand *

United Kingdom
2411 Posts

Posted - 08/17/2010 :  10:50:21  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
No setlists/reports yet :(

Saw this on youtube though. Pretty sure that's Todd, the tour manager, on drums.

Big Red/Bullet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd-fX9IY2zQ

Where is My Mind (EDF on organ!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N339mRyVM04

Edited by - Ziggy on 08/17/2010 11:40:43
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

USA
5448 Posts

Posted - 08/17/2010 :  11:32:56  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Cool Ziggy. I like the Bullet at the end of the Big Red (two of my favorite songs).
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Ziggy
* Dog in the Sand *

United Kingdom
2411 Posts

Posted - 08/17/2010 :  20:49:43  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Headache

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ-V_gfcqPk
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <

Canada
4307 Posts

Posted - 08/17/2010 :  21:36:56  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Black Francis live @ The Henry Miller Memorial Library 08.15.10

Big red - TOTY
Bullet - DITS
Cactus - Surfer Rosa
Calistan - TOTY
Dead Man's Curve - Nonstop Erotik
Eighty Five Weeks - Pistolero
Get Away Oil - TA single
Headache - TOTY
Horrible Day - SMYT
I Heard Ramona Sing - FB
(I Wanna Live On An) Abstract Plain - TOTY
Jumping Beans - Oddballs
Los Angeles - FB (with music lessons)
Manitoba - Show Me Your Tears
Nimrod's Son - SR
Planet Of Sound - Trompe Le Monde
Sing For Joy - Honeycomb
Six-Sixty-Six - FB & tC
Some Things - Snake Oil
That Burnt Out Rock 'n' Roll - ?
Ed Is Dead - Come On Pilgrim
The Swimmer - DITS
Where Is My Mind? - Surfer Rosa
The Holiday Song - Come On Pilgrim

note: I didn't place eighty five weeks right away and when I got back to my car I listened to quite a few songs so I can't be 100% it was eighty five weeks but I'm pretty sure. He said because it was a "library" it would be fitting to play the songs alphabetically. They also ended up skipping a song between Nimrod's and Planet of Sound. That would have made it 25; a buck a song. I was gonna say something but refrained, haha. Anyways, great venue. Will definitely return one day; maybe sooner than later, arcade fire anyone??? That highway is awesome to drive...WOW!!!

that's me bobbing my head in the green hat, grey shirt, aisle seat 3rd from front...


The waxworks were an immensely eloquent dissertation on the wonderful ordinariness of mankind.
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <

Canada
4307 Posts

Posted - 08/17/2010 :  21:42:26  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Actually, the skipped song might have been after planet, cause I remember hoping for punk rock city.


The waxworks were an immensely eloquent dissertation on the wonderful ordinariness of mankind.
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ruzom
= Cult of Ray =

France
267 Posts

Posted - 08/17/2010 :  22:39:42  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Interesting, thanks for reporting the setlist! I wish he could come back to France soon...
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Ziggy
* Dog in the Sand *

United Kingdom
2411 Posts

Posted - 08/18/2010 :  01:14:51  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I love those performances I've seen, but it'd be nice to see some other songs appear now and then. Out of the whole 'Honeycomb/FM/RM' period it's 'Sing for Joy' all the time. Golem songs never get a look in. Or NSE ('Dead Man's Curve' excepted).

Edited by - Ziggy on 08/18/2010 11:33:23
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Sam
= Cult of Ray =

Ireland
511 Posts

Posted - 08/18/2010 :  05:00:31  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
that is one hell of a setlist, excellent.

85 weeks!! - one of my faves
Ramoma! - its been so long
Some things- love it

Good old San Fran got some treats
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franktaper
- FB Fan -

USA
158 Posts

Posted - 08/18/2010 :  15:55:21  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Even to see him playing Calistan again would be an honor! Eighty- five weeks and Some Things would be so fun. Will this be appearing on the trader's/collector's rounds anytime soon? Very nice setlist, thanks for keeping track(s)!
franktaper




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Originally posted by shineoftheever

Black Francis live @ The Henry Miller Memorial Library 08.15.10

Big red - TOTY
Bullet - DITS
Cactus - Surfer Rosa
Calistan - TOTY
Dead Man's Curve - Nonstop Erotik
Eighty Five Weeks - Pistolero
Get Away Oil - TA single
Headache - TOTY
Horrible Day - SMYT
I Heard Ramona Sing - FB
(I Wanna Live On An) Abstract Plain - TOTY
Jumping Beans - Oddballs
Los Angeles - FB (with music lessons)
Manitoba - Show Me Your Tears
Nimrod's Son - SR
Planet Of Sound - Trompe Le Monde
Sing For Joy - Honeycomb
Six-Sixty-Six - FB & tC
Some Things - Snake Oil
That Burnt Out Rock 'n' Roll - ?
Ed Is Dead - Come On Pilgrim
The Swimmer - DITS
Where Is My Mind? - Surfer Rosa
The Holiday Song - Come On Pilgrim

note: I didn't place eighty five weeks right away and when I got back to my car I listened to quite a few songs so I can't be 100% it was eighty five weeks but I'm pretty sure. He said because it was a "library" it would be fitting to play the songs alphabetically. They also ended up skipping a song between Nimrod's and Planet of Sound. That would have made it 25; a buck a song. I was gonna say something but refrained, haha. Anyways, great venue. Will definitely return one day; maybe sooner than later, arcade fire anyone??? That highway is awesome to drive...WOW!!!

that's me bobbing my head in the green hat, grey shirt, aisle seat 3rd from front...


The waxworks were an immensely eloquent dissertation on the wonderful ordinariness of mankind.

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Mac E. Doobage
= Cult of Ray =

503 Posts

Posted - 08/19/2010 :  01:07:16  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Anyone record this?
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MissMaceo
= Cult of Ray =

USA
388 Posts

Posted - 08/21/2010 :  19:32:16  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I REALLY hope someone taped it... fingers crossed
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stymie
= Cult of Ray =

385 Posts

Posted - 06/23/2011 :  23:49:15  Show Profile  Visit stymie's Homepage  Reply with Quote
85 weeks is the best song of that set if iyt was played. I'd love to hear or see this
stymie840@gmail if you can help please
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =

Canada
11674 Posts

Posted - 06/24/2011 :  04:36:20  Show Profile  Visit Cult_Of_Frank's Homepage  Reply with Quote
We should have some new FB solo tour information shortly, fyi.


"Now you're officially my woman. Kudos. I can't say I don't envy you."
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coastline
> Teenager of the Year <

USA
3111 Posts

Posted - 06/24/2011 :  09:44:47  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
bf.net sez:

07/12 – Boise, ID – Neurolux (SOLO)

07/15 – Salt Lake City, UT – The State Room (SOLO)

07/18 – Kansas City, MO – Knuckleheads (SOLO)

07/19 – St. Louis, MO – Old Rock House (SOLO)

07/20 – Indianapolis, IN – Radio Radio (SOLO)

07/21 – Columbus, OH – Outland Live (SOLO)

07/22 – Pittsburgh, PA – Club Cafe (SOLO)

07/24 – New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge (SOLO)

07/28 – Wellfleet, MA – Beachcomber (SOLO)

09/10 – Hamilton, Ontario – Supercrawl Festival (PALEY & FRANCIS)
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =

Canada
11674 Posts

Posted - 06/24/2011 :  09:48:30  Show Profile  Visit Cult_Of_Frank's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I have a whole shwack of them coming soon, many more...


"Now you're officially my woman. Kudos. I can't say I don't envy you."
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The Maharal
= Cult of Ray =

960 Posts

Posted - 06/24/2011 :  12:55:46  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Anything outside America?
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =

Canada
11674 Posts

Posted - 06/24/2011 :  17:48:12  Show Profile  Visit Cult_Of_Frank's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Not so far, sorry. Mostly eastern and southwest US. I'm not trying to tease, we just can't release it for a little bit yet.


"Now you're officially my woman. Kudos. I can't say I don't envy you."
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