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Brackish Girl
~ Soul Eater ~
Ireland
1750 Posts |
 Posted - 09/17/2003 : 15:44:21
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well, goodnight all. its 11.43 here and i'm up at 7.oo tomorrow(later than usual).and thank you Frank for humouring us. even though you ignored my stupid questions(i don't blame you, especially the akward last one). have fun, and don't forget to brush your teeth.
 "In the Cult of Frank/it pays off to be an 'Irish Chick'" |
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Brackish Girl
~ Soul Eater ~
Ireland
1750 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2003 : 15:46:18
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okay 7.00 i mean. don't make FUM of me mere! i'm just too tired.
"In the Cult of Frank/it pays off to be an 'Irish Chick'" |
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mereubu
= FB QuizMistress =
USA
2677 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2003 : 15:47:18
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Sleep tight, you crazy kid.
 "I joined the Cult of Frank / And all I got was this lousy icon" |
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fumanbru
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
1462 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2003 : 15:51:34
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Hello Frank,
Can you tell us about your Teenager of the Year Award? What did you do to get it? (Please don't be modest.) |
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cvanepps
= Cult of Ray =
USA
442 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2003 : 16:10:29
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quote:
Originally posted by Carolynanna
nice try with the green font cvanepps, shoulda used red.
I thought red was too pushy. FB has right of first refusal on any question posed so, no biggie.
-= It's not easy to kidnap a fat man =-
http://christophervanepps.iuma.com |
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harringk
- FB Fan -
USA
202 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2003 : 16:15:57
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Hi Frank!  (grinning uncontrollably)
There is a striking difference between the musical styles of the first 2 live-to-2-track CDs and the last 3 or 4.
Is that due to a conscious effort on your part to take your music in a different direction, or does music just pour out of your soul and you do your best to record it without regard to style or genre?
Thanks,
Kevin |
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gary13th
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
632 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2003 : 16:17:15
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crikey, the man himself is here ?
Hi Frank,
the wife and myself are coming to the edinburgh gig and i'll be heading to the Sheffield gig...though it would have been lovely to have had a date in wonderful newcastle (lots of lovely, friendly people here !)
to also let you know - i was a Frank Black fan before hearing any Pixies songs ! I didnt own a Pixies album until after I bought TOTY.
i'll ask a couple of questions and hope for a reply  (sorry if things have been asked before)
1- will there be any FB&TC merchandise available at the gigs ?
2- any chance of a video for Nadine ? would be great seeing it on the music channels, spreading the gospel to the masses !
3- not really a question - i hope these songs can be incorporated somewhere into a (non)setlist: Living on soul, Do Nothing, Velvety, Ole Mullholland (i think it'd sound great with pedal steel...) and Man of Steel (my wifes favourite FB&TC song !)
thanks for visiting the forum, thanks for the great music now and in previous years.
Gary
~you will get used to me, welcome to your new joy
Heloise by FB&TC |
Edited by - gary13th on 09/17/2003 16:18:14 |
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Malax
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1340 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2003 : 16:22:07
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| Im the only person to ask a godd question thats so cool I may frame...my uh...screen. woo woo! Early Warnings |
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misleadtheworld
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1222 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2003 : 16:23:13
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Hey Frank,
dare i ask anything of this pixies reunion? also, whatever happened to that fender mustang you played in the video to allison? and one last question....what is your opinion of a mr zane lowe? i believe you met him on an mtv channel in the uk recently....*ahem*
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Don Eduardo
= Cult of Ray =
Australia
403 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2003 : 16:27:55
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| Frank - why the cancellation of the aussie tour?? You've gotta come here!!! |
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dougit
- FB Fan -
87 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2003 : 16:30:54
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night, day...all the time. i think you were talking about parsistant contra--s, also known as ch-----ils...GBV "Striped White Jets"...
Striped White Jets
(R. Pollard)
Send in the striped white jets
In through stained glass ceilings, ah-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh
Color them white or red
Don't let anyone find out
Or expose your feelings, ah-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh
Cover your head instead
And penetrate this dark heart
And as the wound is healing, ah-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh
Crawl to the other side
Where things are new in brilliant blue
And striped white jets come speeding through, ah-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh
And we must not forget
The sudden pain of birth and greed
And what's expected of this superbreed
And those who dream to touch the sun
And those who run
Who always run
Perfect striped white jets
In their hangars bleeding, ah-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh
Cover them all in black....
have you ever seen that pict i have the link to? really do tell me, if not...save it on your computer and study it, here is a hint...abe & melchezedik...
later frank...
p.s. seen you a few times in ole' tucson. including the ten guitars over the soldier night...
I'm sorta short, just like you. |
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dougit
- FB Fan -
87 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2003 : 16:35:03
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frank, one more thing.
i now live in flagstaff, Arizona.
God's country.
please come play here.
ORPHEUM THEATER.
when NAU is in sesson (larger fan base here in Flag when the university is in session)
and advertise in Pheonix....
later
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leokearse
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
203 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2003 : 16:38:03
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quote:
Originally posted by darwin
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Originally posted by leokearse
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Originally posted by Stuart
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Originally posted by Ten Percenter
Does this mean that Stuart is Burt Reynolds? Do you think his experiences during the making of Deliverance turned him into a serial clopser?
No man is an island, unless he is in the bath
Ha ha ha..... so you live in Edinburgh do you?
Who's the man that won't cop out when there's danger all about?
Stuart, if you really are Burt Reynolds then you'll know the answer to this. How many monkeys did you get through during the filming of "Every Which Way But Loose"?
- Leo
Two problems:
1) was Burt Reynolds even in "Every Which Way But Loose"? Clint Eastwood was.
2) orangutans aren't monkeys (they're apes), so the answer may be 0
Mr Reynolds here are some questions. Given that you're a Florida State football fan what is the name of the horse ridden onto the field before every home game and what color pants do you buy for the team?
A pedant writes:
Orangutang may or may not be French for orange monkey. Burt Reynolds may or may not have been in Bedtime for Bonzo. But Stuart lives in China, and is unlikely to be an octogenarian movie star.
Under the old studio system, orangutangs in films are given amphetamines, PG Tips and monkey porn to keep them going during long days of filming, just like Judy Garland was. If they droop or flake out they are burnt with cigarettes. Oooh ya fucker! If they are burnt too much, they die from pain.
As Burt Reynolds smokes cigars the size of a childs leg, I think the question is a fair one. And I bet you thought the Lion King was a family movie. Oh yeah hakuna mattatta!
So yeah, if you really are Burt Reynolds, which ones are orangutangs? The ones with big noses and bright red arses?
- Leo |
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Jason
* Dog in the Sand *
1446 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2003 : 16:47:41
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Just in case Frank isn't sick of the board yet - I'm curious how Jon Tiven ended up working on the "Headache" b-sides. He's an interesting fella. (I've never met him, though.)
And do you have any favorite truck stops in Texas? |
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Itchload
= Cult of Ray =
USA
891 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2003 : 17:11:30
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| Wow Frank, this is amazing. I just wanted to let you know what a big source of pride you are up at U-Mass. The class that shows Un Chien Andalou has actually worked you into the curriculum! The day it was shown we listened to Frank Black (the orange album) and Debaser/U-mass (we watched the movie with your music playing over it, ha). Anyhow, great to see you in the forum. |
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chickenwithtwoheads
= Cult of Ray =
Netherlands
391 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2003 : 17:12:28
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Hi Charles,
I was wondering if you could record more solo-accoustic stuff.
I really like the versions of Abstract plain, Freedom Rock, or the Late Late Night Cold heart of stone (ok, the last one isn't quite solo) played solo that are anchored in my iTunes.
Just the accoustic guitar and the voice, it's just so pure.
Any chance to see anything of that in , for example, a B-side form?
I'd love to hear more of that.
I'm bored with the valleys and bored by the peaks. So I bought a ticket to the freaks |
Edited by - chickenwithtwoheads on 09/18/2003 13:28:12 |
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chickenwithtwoheads
= Cult of Ray =
Netherlands
391 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2003 : 17:13:24
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Not that I'm tired of Frank Black AND the Catholics...
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I'm bored with the valleys and bored by the peaks. So I bought a ticket to the freaks |
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monkey40258
- FB Fan -
USA
9 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2003 : 17:24:50
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Hey Frank,
I just recently discovered your music through a friend and have fallen in love with your style.
I was just wondering if you are going to stop in Louisville, KY when you do the US leg of your tour |
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noexx
= Cult of Ray =
361 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2003 : 17:40:27
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Next time you happen to pop around if you see this I would like to know if you mind that I run a server for some members of this forum where they can download and upload live shows of yours? I have quite a few on there. Everything on there has never been officially released and/or sold anywhere. If you want to see what's on there sometime, when you get a cable modem, let me know and you can tell me if there is anything you would or wouldn't want on there. It sure beats postage/trading.
ryan |
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Ebb Vicious
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1162 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2003 : 17:41:17
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well i'd like to contribute more than negativity;
hey frank the first time i saw you live was when you were opening for TMBG. i still think it's probably the most fun show i've ever been to. just last night i heard mono puff's cover of 'oddball' and enjoyed it greatly, and it made me want to let it be known that frank and the johns go together like blood and chocolate.
and one question, how do you feel about people up close to the stage singing along (possibly loudly) to every single song? does it get on your nerves? if so i won't do it next time you come to SE mich. |
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Chip Away Boy
= Cult of Ray =
914 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2003 : 17:50:58
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F - R - A - N - K
The new album is excellent! I love the mellow vibe. I was just wondering, do you think you'd put out another CD that has majority Rocking songs like the FB&C's Self-Titled CD?????
thanks for all the music |
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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
2002 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2003 : 18:01:39
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OK...yay!
Frank, I'm not sure how the afore mentioned TOTY songs are completely connected, but I always read into BIG RED not as Mars being atmosphered, but Earth gettin' a jump start by martians many many years ago...and then themselves going the way of the dodo. Even if I'm wrong, can we still get a taco? Or a beer? Love the tears you showed us, by the way!
Sorry I duplicated this...just was wonderin' what you thinks.
Catchin' blue in his eyes that were brown
-bRIAN |
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big_galoof
= Cult of Ray =
USA
310 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2003 : 20:13:15
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hey frank - i'm a narcissist, so my only question is: do you remember me?
i know there have been a lot of gigs, but i'm a guy who might have made an impression on you.
outside the iron horse in northampton you let me take a photo with you:
http://www.mediablazedesign.com/p/images/fb/011301F.jpg
also - i've given you a couple of discs - mostly illicit recordings of FB & the Cs with custom layout by me. here's some links to maybe jog your memory:
http://www.mediablazedesign.com/gd/black_prinzenbar.htm
http://www.mediablazedesign.com/gd/black_lowlands.htm
well, i love ya even if you don't remember me. see you when you swing back through the northeast (in 2001 i caught five shows in a matter of weeks: northampton, syracuse, albany, wilmington and boston!)
i'm THE BIG GALOOF, dammit!
PS: it was gray and rainy the whole time i was in edinburgh - the only bad weather on my whole scotland trip.
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2003 : 21:00:48
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Aw man, Frank got right up to the message after mine on page 3 before he left, now I'll never know if I was right about my guesses. That's what I get for not knowing the meaning or brevity. Nor the spelling.
"Join the Cult of Frank / And you'll be enlightened" |
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Merdre
- FB Fan -
1 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2003 : 21:12:39
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Fra Bla,
what's the status of the Australian Catholics tour in 2004?
I sent Tony Maimone and Jeremy Dubs a cee dee to give you from a prospective support band, which may contain me...
Nice b sides on 'Everything Is New', too.
Sam. |
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Stuart
- The Clopser -
China
2291 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2003 : 21:20:02
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Hey Frank, do you like Burt Reynolds?
Who's the man that won't cop out when there's danger all about? |
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soundofataris
= Cult of Ray =
USA
715 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2003 : 23:35:57
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Frank, your appearance motivated me to stop lurking and actually join the forum.
I love your stuff, especially pistorelo and BLD, and I've been really enjoying SMYT.
Anyway, quick question: will any more shows be available from hear it again?
also, is the pixies regrouping legit?
thanks etc.
Brendan
I want to be a singer like Lou Reed |
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GarlicSoul
- FB Fan -
36 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2003 : 00:07:21
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Frank!
One thing that I was wondering about, was if the character in Chip Away Boy is supposed to be an Indian. Like in Calistan, when you purposefully pronounced Nava-Joe, instead of Navaho...is it actually a Chippewa boy?? The references in the song would be a stretch, but they can be there, nonetheless.
I even did a search that cross referenced "Chippewa" and "Sluiceway" and found a story about The Mississsippi River's Winnibigoshish Lake Dam that was constructed in 1881. The project employed 300 skilled and unskilled laborers, including local Chippewa Indians.
The present concrete structure was constructed between 1899 and 1900. Stop logs divide 5 13-foot sluiceways into 3 sections. A 12-foot log sluice and a 5-foot fishway.
Shawnte
http://shawnteorion.4t.com |
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Blackolyte
- FB Fan -
USA
109 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2003 : 01:06:59
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Frank,
Thanks for stopping by and enlightening us.
You rocked at McCabes! I can't wait 'til you and the Catholics come back state side.
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bazza
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1439 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2003 : 01:41:16
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hey charles. new album is fantastic and just wanted to say - ireland loves you!
what are the chances of getting to say hi to you guys backstage at the vicar street gig?
cheers
Television! Teacher, mother, secret lover. |
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Ten Percenter
- FB Enquirer -
United Kingdom
1733 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2003 : 01:49:37
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Hi Frank - great new album, and some very good reviews this time (ignore those fuckers who work at Q magazine). On the offchance that you hold court in Edinburgh, some more scraps for you:
1. Is Snake Oil a cover of the Steve Earle song?
2. Is the person commemorated in Ed is Dead and Adda Lee the same person? In fact, does this person appear in SMYT - Nadine, perhaps?
3. You said that Blood on the Tracks was not your favourite Dylan album, which is your favourite Dylan record - Blonde on Blonde perchance?
4. You have great taste by choosing Edinburgh to rehearse in! Any warm-up gigs planned - Charlie Thompson's Rush tribute band maybe?
Great new album - cannot wait until the 26th!
PS - Jonathan Ross said that he wanted you to appear on his radio show again after playing My Favorite Kiss last Saturday...
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cuntman
- FB Fan -
21 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2003 : 01:58:43
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hi frank
no one seems to like my name on hear...........anyway
great new album any chance of playing adda lee at the astoria???
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TOTIPOTENT
- Master of Differentiation -
USA
247 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2003 : 03:21:54
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Mr. Thompson,
I am a GI and have been station in Baghdad, Iraq for the last six months and I was wondering why you are not on the USO (United Service Organizations) bandwagon (you know, when famous people go to military sites and put on shows to show them support). That was more or less a joke; I actually have a pretty funny story about a Kid Rock appearance. What are your opinions/views of 'The Happening' (World Events)?
I spend the rest of my days being a scholar of Botany and Entomology. In your lyrics, you have a lot of common references to such subject matter. Where do your interests lie within these subjects?
Very respectfully,
<\signed\>
TOTIPOTENT
 "I joined the Cult of Frank / 'Cause Dean promised me World Domination" |
Edited by - TOTIPOTENT on 09/18/2003 03:55:00 |
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spunXtain
= Cult of Ray =
USA
377 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2003 : 04:06:04
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Hi Frank. This is Dustin from Kentucky and I met you at the Louisville show. My friend had the kick ass Bossanova album cover tattoo. Anyways yeah you don't remember every single fan! Just wanted to say that the night I seen your show was the best night of my life EVER and I hope you guys stop by Kentucky again next year (and the year after, and the year after, etc). One more thing, bring back BIG RED! Great song.
Take care!
Got coffee, got donuts, got wasted.. |
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
7443 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2003 : 04:40:31
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Hi Frank. I noticed the intro of Goodbye Lorraine (the drums kicks) sound exactly like the intro of Bowie's Sound & Vision. Was it on purpose?
Denis
"I'm in the Cult of Frank/Now how the hell do I get out?" |
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