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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: markie on April 02, 2004, 09:20:00 am
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Might want to see this:
http://www.disclive.com/artist.php?artistid=8 (http://www.disclive.com/artist.php?artistid=8)
Anyone got $330 for Markie. I bet these things will be going for $100 on ebay after the shows.
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If anyone wants to buy one and combine shipping..... its another $5
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
Might want to see this:
http://www.disclive.com/artist.php?artistid=8 (http://www.disclive.com/artist.php?artistid=8)
Anyone got $330 for Markie. I bet these things will be going for $100 on ebay after the shows.
I just bought one of the first show...it will be quite a collector's item...and BigYawn can review it and look all cool
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Originally posted by redsock:
I just bought one of the first show...
Why didnt we combine to save $5 on shipping?
Nevermind. I just:
Quantity
Product
Total Price
1
Pixies
Minneapolis, MN (2004-04-13)
$22.00
1
Pixies
Indio, CA (2004-05-01)
$22.00
Subtotal:
$44.00
USPS Priority Mail
$6.00
Grand Total:
$50.00
One for Pollard.
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Just bought 11 of them. Hope they vary their set a little. Thanks for the heads up markie. I'll burn you copies if you don't get your own.
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Originally posted by mark e smith:
Originally posted by redsock:
I just bought one of the first show...
Why didnt we combine to save $5 on shipping?
Nevermind. I just:
Quantity
Product
Total Price
1
Pixies
Minneapolis, MN (2004-04-13)
$22.00
1
Pixies
Indio, CA (2004-05-01)
$22.00
Subtotal:
$44.00
USPS Priority Mail
$6.00
Grand Total:
$50.00
One for Pollard. [/b]
Oh, I just got the $5 thing...sorry I'm a bit slow today. Thought about the coachella show...it might be a pretty good set. Is anyone actually going to any of the shows besdies Coachella?
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Originally posted by SomethingMild:
Just bought 11 of them. Hope they vary their set a little. Thanks for the heads up markie. I'll burn you copies if you don't get your own.
That is very cool of you...... Thanks. I might well just take you up on that.
Redsock, Grrrrrrrr and I emailed you last night and you never acknowledged. Double Grrrrrrrrr.
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great info! i just bought the Coachella one, should be a doozy!
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Well the first two discs are sold out already........
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I'll be happy to trade copies of my opening night set for Coachella, or any other night people bought...so you know.
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I just got the Indio 1 also. I don't want to be standing in a long stinkin' line when I'm all sweaty, loopy & Radiohead is playing.
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Got a Coachella copy, which I will be able to pick up at the show...also got the second night in Vancouver. Anyone see that they're playing at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago on 11/13? I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a DC show, I'm thinking it will be Bender Arena. I sincerely hope that they don't do the Patriot Center...that would really really suck. Bender is OK, but the 9:30 would be even better. I'd even take the Smith Center over the Patriot Center.
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Just got tickets for 2 nights at the Aragon in Chicago...woo-hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The Pixies will also be playing at the Curitiba Pop Festival in Brazil (May 8). Apparently, Teenage Fanclub will also be there. The good news is that on those dates I will be pretty close to that part of the world, so I think I will try to make it to the festival.
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For anyone interested, the setlist from last night's Minneapolis show:
Bone Machine
Wave of Mutilation
U-Mass
Levitate Me
Broken Face
Monkey Gone To Heaven
Holiday Song
Winterlong
Nimrod's Song
La La Love You
Ed Is dead
Here Comes Your Man
Vamos
Debaser
Dead
Number 13 Baby
Tame
Gigantic
Gouge Away
Caribou
Encore:
Isla De Encanta
Velouria
In Heaven->Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)
Where Is My Mind?
Into The White
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Wow!! Very excited for my CD to come now!!!
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Originally posted by bunnyman:
For anyone interested, the setlist from last night's Minneapolis show:
so does that mean Into the White is one of their more popular songs? I guess I am just surprised, it is only a B-side, but it happens to be my favorite Pixies song.
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When I saw the Breeders at the North Star, Kelley commented that when she toured with the Kelley Deal 5000 (or is it 6000?), people would constantly request Into the White, which, according to her, was "wrong on so many different levels." At any rate, I was kind of shocked too that a b-side was such a big hit.
Originally posted by pollard:
Originally posted by bunnyman:
For anyone interested, the setlist from last night's Minneapolis show:
so does that mean Into the White is one of their more popular songs? I guess I am just surprised, it is only a B-side, but it happens to be my favorite Pixies song. [/b]
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I definitely think its one of their better and more popular songs - wasn't it on the b-side to Here Comes Your Man? I remember thinking at the time that is was a testament to what a creative roll they were on that it could be a b-side.
Originally posted by pollard:
Originally posted by bunnyman:
For anyone interested, the setlist from last night's Minneapolis show:
so does that mean Into the White is one of their more popular songs? I guess I am just surprised, it is only a B-side, but it happens to be my favorite Pixies song. [/b]
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I have a live version of "Into the White" recorded at the Metro from Chicago, August 1989, and it is easily one of my favorite Pixies songs. At the end of the song, all of them wail and just rip it up like you would not believe. I'm VERY excited about that one! I just hope they add "Planet of Sound" back into the list.
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So if I'm understanding this correctly, some discs will be available at each show, regardless of whether they sell out on the site?
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Originally posted by bunnyman:
For anyone interested, the setlist from last night's Minneapolis show:
That almost looks too good to be true (at least for me). Any word on other aspects of the show though? Great songs - but how'd they sound in this re-incarnation?
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Originally posted by grotty:
Originally posted by bunnyman:
For anyone interested, the setlist from last night's Minneapolis show:
That almost looks too good to be true (at least for me). Any word on other aspects of the show though? Great songs - but how'd they sound in this re-incarnation? [/b]
Well, if you know how to work torrent downloads, you can get a copy of the show here (http://pj.sidewalkcrusaders.com/tracker/details.php?id=171)
The link above is flac.torrent
The link below is mp3f.torrent
http://pj.sidewalkcrusaders.com/tracker/details.php?id=173 (http://pj.sidewalkcrusaders.com/tracker/details.php?id=173)
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The general consensus is that they're as good, if not better, than they were on the Bossanova tour. Tight as hell, and Black Francis still has the screams to go with it. And apparently they are just thrilled by the reception they are getting from fans. Just heard Wilco pulled out of Coachella...maybe the Pixies will get some of their time slot :)
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Well, if you know how to work torrent downloads, you can get a copy of the show here (http://pj.sidewalkcrusaders.com/tracker/details.php?id=171)
The link above is flac.torrent
The link below is mp3f.torrent
http://pj.sidewalkcrusaders.com/tracker/details.php?id=173 (http://pj.sidewalkcrusaders.com/tracker/details.php?id=173)
I am downloading the show off of sharing the groove, it almost seems too easy to get copies of these shows out, people are just putting up the discs from disc live.
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Originally posted by pollard:
I am downloading the show off of sharing the groove, it almost seems too easy to get copies of these shows out, people are just putting up the discs from disc live.
What's the difference between .flac.torrent and .mp3f.torrent?
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
What's the difference between .flac.torrent and .mp3f.torrent?
not sure, i have only used shn and flac, i am fairly new at this, but I do know that mp3s are frowned upon in the torrent community, maybe it is a flac created from mp3s rather than the original source
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Originally posted by pollard:
not sure, i have only used shn and flac, i am fairly new at this, but I do know that mp3s are frowned upon in the torrent community, maybe it is a flac created from mp3s rather than the original source
I'm new to it as well. You're right, the torrent community can be militant about no mp3s.
The size difference in the two file would indicate .flac is much better.
I noticed that the download rate for the Pixies show was considerably (4-5x) faster from the pj site than from the sharingthegroove site. (last night at least).
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the minn show is going for over $100 on ebay (http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&krd=1&from=R8&MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&ht=1&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&query=pixies+live)
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Originally posted by bunnyman:
Just got tickets for 2 nights at the Aragon in Chicago...woo-hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!
did you know that they are doing 4 nights at the aragon?
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
I'm new to it as well. You're right, the torrent community can be militant about no mp3s.
The size difference in the two file would indicate .flac is much better.
I noticed that the download rate for the Pixies show was considerably (4-5x) faster from the pj site than from the sharingthegroove site. (last night at least).
I will have to check out the pj site, I think my pixies download should be complete by now, just left it on overnight.
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Yeah, but the first night sold out too fast for me to get tickets and I've got to be back in DC for the 4th night. I'm sure I can get tickets to the first night somehow though.
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flac and shn are lossless files, while mp3s are "lossy" files. mp3s lose some of the frequencies when wav files are compressed. with flac and shn, the compression is just enough as to not lose any frequency. so why flac or shn as opposed to wav, wav files are still bigger than either flac or shn.
http://research.umbc.edu/~hamilton/shnfaq.html (http://research.umbc.edu/~hamilton/shnfaq.html)
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I just got this Pixies show review for Minn. The email did not list source:
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. In the Pixies' case, a dozen years away from the stage has only helped their legend -- not just a consistently brilliant catalogue that converts thousands of new listeners every year, but
the sense that the Pixies' tremendous effect on other bands (Nirvana pledged allegiance, for a start) was about to be rewarded commercially as well as aesthetically. Instead, the band broke up, and while bassist Kim Deal's Breeders and frontman Frank Black's solo career did just fine, neither one ever eclipsed the Pixies, as music or as legend.
"Legendary" isn't exactly how Black, Deal, guitarist Joey Santiago, or drummer David Lovering appeared at the outset of their reunion trek at Minneapolis' Fine Line on Tuesday night. Instead, they appeared as hard workers transported by their craft, frequently keeping their heads down as they ripped through a career-spanning set, from 1987's "Caribou" through
1991's "U-Mass," taking a detour for Neil Young's "Winterlong." Frank Black (or Black Francis, as he was known in his Pixies days), clad in flannel and jeans, scrunched his eyes shut as he hollered gleefully at the climax of
"Debaser" (the song that got the loudest applause). Deal, all in black, grinned like mad behind a face full of hair. A long-haired and black-capped Lovering appeared -- and played -- like he'd won the rock-drummer lottery.
The dapper Santiago, looked like the Son of Zorro, glanced around the stage like a host concerned about making his guests comfortable, while reeling out one perfect lead after another.
The choice of venue might have had something to do with that work ethic. Minneapolis's Fine Line houses 800 maximum, a number the club kept steadily to despite a horde of anxious fans hoping to get in. (There were still
seventy-five or so even after the show -- which sold out in a reported four minutes -- had finished.) The space's intimacy could have given the Pixies room to meander if they'd wanted, but there was nothing sloppy about the show. They landed on every mark while still seeming casual, and although the band didn't talk much between songs there was a real sense of generosity in
the air: twenty-seven songs covering the entire catalogue. And the audience shouted along with damn near everything, giving as good as they got.
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another pixies review (http://www.bigyawn.net/reviews/concerts/pixies4-13-04.htm)
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Originally posted by igor:
flac and shn are lossless files, while mp3s are "lossy" files. mp3s lose some of the frequencies when wav files are compressed. with flac and shn, the compression is just enough as to not lose any frequency. so why flac or shn as opposed to wav, wav files are still bigger than either flac or shn.
http://research.umbc.edu/~hamilton/shnfaq.html (http://research.umbc.edu/~hamilton/shnfaq.html)
Thanks. Very helpful link.
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flacs and mp3s of the Pixies tour (http://idlemindsradio.com/pixies/)
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Originally posted by bunnyman:
For anyone interested, the setlist from last night's Minneapolis show:
Bone Machine
Wave of Mutilation
U-Mass
Levitate Me
Broken Face
Monkey Gone To Heaven
Holiday Song
Winterlong
Nimrod's Song
La La Love You
Ed Is dead
Here Comes Your Man
Vamos
Debaser
Dead
Number 13 Baby
Tame
Gigantic
Gouge Away
Caribou
Encore:
Isla De Encanta
Velouria
In Heaven->Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)
Where Is My Mind?
Into The White
I might be wrong, don't recall all the songs on each album, but only one song from Bossanova? They should at least play "the Happening", maybe their best song.
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Don't know if this is redundant, but individual MP3 files from the MN show are here:
http://klepshimi.blogspot.com/ (http://klepshimi.blogspot.com/)
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More dates from pixiesmusic.com
SEPTEMBER
4 Les Schwab Amphitheatre, Bend, OR
6 Bumbershoot/Memorial Stadium, Seattle, WA(headlining Main Stage)
18 Austin City Limits Music Festival/Ziker Park, Austin, TX (Texas Stage)
20 Mesa Amphitheatre, Phoenix, AZ (on sale Friday, May 7)
24, 25 Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA (SOLD OUT)
30 Magness Arena, Denver, CO
OCTOBER
8 USF Sundome, Tampa, FL (on sale Saturday, May 15)
14 Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA (SOLD OUT)
16 Voodoo Festival, New Orleans, LA
17 Reliant Arena, Houston, TX (on sale Saturday, May 15)
19 Next Stage, Dallas, TX (on sale Saturday, May 8)
NOVEMBER
10 Roy Wilkins Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN (on sale Saturday, May 1)
11 Roy Wilkins Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN (SOLD OUT)
13-16 Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL (SOLD OUT)
20 State Theatre, Detroit, MI
24 Arrow Hall, Toronto, Ont. CANADA (SOLD OUT)
25 Arrow Hall, Toronto, Ont. CANADA (on sale Thursday, April 29)
26 CEPSUM Arena, Montreal, Que. CANADA
DECEMBER
4 Tweeter Center, Philadelphia, PA
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good to see the Pixies are on the "Texas Stage". I know they rank among my top 10 Texas bands.
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Don't forget they are the surprise guests at the Moving Units Coachella kickoff party in Pomona. Should be an insane show for those that got tickets!
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So what are the DC rumors. Seth...will they be doing 4 nights at the club? It would be a real shame for them to play some place like DAR. What's the deal? They're playing Philly December 4th.
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The DC rumours are that DC is not quite as cool of a town as Bozeman, Boise, and Des Moines, so you aint gettin a show at all, dude. Not until we stop the fuckers from littering the sidewalks with KFC boxes and Burger King trash.
Originally posted by Chip Chanko:
So what are the DC rumors. Seth...will they be doing 4 nights at the club? It would be a real shame for them to play some place like DAR. What's the deal? They're playing Philly December 4th.
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Please god. Not Bender, Pat Center or any other university dump. Those sandboxes are fine for a sporting event but suck for a show. Besides, you can't enjoy an adult beverage at those gigs. I hope they do play Constitution Hall, Merriweather Post, anywhere but a college.
Originally posted by Chip Chanko:
So what are the DC rumors. Seth...will they be doing 4 nights at the club? It would be a real shame for them to play some place like DAR. What's the deal? They're playing Philly December 4th.
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I saw the Pixies back in 1989, and managed to enjoy myself quite a bit, even without an "adult beverage".
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A show without booze is like a show without the faint stench of marijuana, the "woo" girl, the Freebird guy, or the faux encore. I'd rather stay home than be deprived of these concert staples.
Originally posted by My Balls Can DJ:
I saw the Pixies back in 1989, and managed to enjoy myself quite a bit, even without an "adult beverage".
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I'll gladly take your ticket.
It sounds like you are big on cliches.
Originally posted by Lamb007:
A show without booze is like a show without the faint stench of marijuana, the "woo" girl, the Freebird guy, or the faux encore. I'd rather stay home than be deprived of these concert staples.
Originally posted by My Balls Can DJ:
I saw the Pixies back in 1989, and managed to enjoy myself quite a bit, even without an "adult beverage".
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And I will gladly sell you my ticket well above face value. It's another cliche I cherish.
Originally posted by My Balls Can DJ:
[QB] I'll gladly take your ticket.
It sounds like you are big on cliches.
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Anybody pick up the new DVD yesterday?
I'd like ot hear about it if you did.
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Here's a new LA Weekly story about the Pixies, I don't think anyone has posted this yet.
The author saw them at the old club in 89...perhaps they spilt their alcoholic
beverage on Rhett...
http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/23/music-orlov.php (http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/23/music-orlov.php)
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Constitution Hall December 6...
http://www.livedaily.com/news/6459.html (http://www.livedaily.com/news/6459.html)
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Now that I am currently living in South America, I decided to see the Pixies in Brazil. I got a ticket for the Curitiba Pop Festival next weekend. Pixies and Teenage Fanclub.
www.curitibapopfestival.com (http://www.curitibapopfestival.com)
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Constitution Hall is easily one of the worst places ever to see a rock concert. Why the hell aren't the Pixies coming to 9:30? This news blows.
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sigh...
Originally posted by saco:
Constitution Hall December 6...
http://www.livedaily.com/news/6459.html (http://www.livedaily.com/news/6459.html)
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Happy Cinco De Mayo!
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Originally posted by Dupek Chopra:
What am I supposed to celebrate on May 5th? Isn't that the Mexican National Day? relationship with traveling from Bolivia to Brasil to see the Pixies?
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Originally posted by Barcelona:
Originally posted by Dupek Chopra:
What am I supposed to celebrate on May 5th? Isn't that the Mexican National Day? relationship with traveling from Bolivia to Brasil to see the Pixies? [/b]
Are you some kind of racist, or what? Come clean....
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Originally posted by Dupek Chopra:
Originally posted by Barcelona:
Originally posted by Dupek Chopra:
What am I supposed to celebrate on May 5th? Isn't that the Mexican National Day? relationship with traveling from Bolivia to Brasil to see the Pixies? [/b]
Are you some kind of racist, or what? Come clean.... [/b]
It's just that I am not Mexican, but if you want i will celebrate it.
edit: I don't celebrate the Spanish or Catalan national day. I hate national pride.
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What's the number #1 holiday in Bolivia anyway...The Day of The Locust???
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Originally posted by Rupert Pupkin:
Constitution Hall is easily one of the worst places ever to see a rock concert. Why the hell aren't the Pixies coming to 9:30? This news blows.
Why do you hate DAR so much? It's pretty obvious why they're not playing 9:30. It's way too small.
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The only show I ever saw at DAR was Adam Ant and Wall of Voodoo in probably 1985 or 1986. I barely remember the place. Anyone been recently. How is it really?
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The only show I've enjoyed at DAR was Ibrahim Ferrer a few years ago. It just doesn't fit rock bands because it's so cavernous and echoey. It's just a bad layout for a show (maybe because it's so square shaped). Now, this is probably better than seeing them in an arena like MCI or Patriot Center (unless the floor was GA with no seats).
Aragon Ballroom in Chicago is just as cavernous and maybe more echoey...but it's all GA on the floor with no seats, which I'd much prefer for rock. There's always more energy at a show where you're standing shoulder to shoulder with other fans.
In the end, though...since this is the pixies there's probably not much you can do to ruin it. The Wilco/Sonic Youth show was ok at DAR (although it was kind of depressing to see SY opening for someone...).
Originally posted by Skeeter:
Originally posted by Rupert Pupkin:
Constitution Hall is easily one of the worst places ever to see a rock concert. Why the hell aren't the Pixies coming to 9:30? This news blows.
Why do you hate DAR so much? It's pretty obvious why they're not playing 9:30. It's way too small. [/b]
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hmm...it posted twice.
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I've been to one show at DAR. It was an anti-landmines benefit with Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, STeve Earle, Emmylou Harris, and Sheryl Crow. No complaints from me, I thought it was a good place to see a show.
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Yeah...that's the kind of stuff DAR is good for. It seems to take the roll out of rock for me. Whatever that means.
Originally posted by Sacktastic Bag O' Nuts:
I've been to one show at DAR. It was an anti-landmines benefit with Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, STeve Earle, Emmylou Harris, and Sheryl Crow. No complaints from me, I thought it was a good place to see a show.
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I completely agree. DAR sucks the life out of rock bands, but is a very nice place to see more low key or refined acts.
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I saw the Belle & Sebastian / Sleater-Kinney show at DAR. It's the only time I've seen SK less than amazing live-- the space just killed them (that and it was an odd billing, don't you think?) The place was great for the B&S light show, but we weren't allowed to leave out seats. In fact, some of the ushers yelled at us for standing up! When everyone rushed down the aisle and toward the stage when B&S came on, burly security guards forced us back to the seats. There was little dancing to be done and it made me sad. It SUCKED!
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Originally posted by Barcelona:
Originally posted by Dupek Chopra:
What am I supposed to celebrate on May 5th? Isn't that the Mexican National Day? relationship with traveling from Bolivia to Brasil to see the Pixies? [/b]
today is the day that a rag-tag army of mexican's whooped up on the french at the battle of puebla, that led to eventual removal of the french-supported government of maximillian, and the return of benito juarez as president of mexico.
it's one of two days celebrated in mexico to signify an independence day, this one being the larger because it was the last. . .the other date is september 16 when the mexico united to defeat the spanish in 1810 - although full defeat of the spanish came in 1821.
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I agree, Chip. I was there for Belle and Sebastian and Sleater-Kinney. It BLEW for Sleater-Kinney, which is all rock n roll energy, and was great for Belle and Sebastion, which was more chamber-y with a huge light production out of a high end 70s variety show.
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oops, chimbly, hadn't gotten to your post. We generally agree, though I didn't need to dance for B&S, so I was fine. They were brutal with y'all trying to come down and share the B&S love....
Originally posted by Chip Chanko:
Yeah...that's the kind of stuff DAR is good for. It seems to take the roll out of rock for me. Whatever that means.
Originally posted by Sacktastic Bag O' Nuts:
I've been to one show at DAR. It was an anti-landmines benefit with Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, STeve Earle, Emmylou Harris, and Sheryl Crow. No complaints from me, I thought it was a good place to see a show.
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I didn't go to that show because I thought it would be sad to see S-K there. Missing Belle and Sebastian was both there and at 9:30 was stupid, though. I haven't seen them since their black cat show a few years ago and didn't realize that I miss them until too late.
Anyway...it's weird what ends up coming to DAR. Didn't the Breeders play there last year? Maybe Kim loved it so much she persuaded them that it was THE premier venue in DC. I bet the Pixies break up again after playing there with Frank Black Francis chasing Kim down 19th St. yelling "i said you fucking die!!" He was into field hockey players...
Originally posted by Macktastic Bag O' Flash:
I agree, Chip. I was there for Belle and Sebastian and Sleater-Kinney. It BLEW for Sleater-Kinney, which is all rock n roll energy, and was great for Belle and Sebastion, which was more chamber-y with a huge light production out of a high end 70s variety show.
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here's the dealâ?¦
Constitution Hall was the only venue available this far out
Smith Center/Bender won't release dates this early - they need to wait for their sports schedules
Patriot Center was available, but I didn't think it was the right vibe for this show
besides 930â?¦where would you most like to see this show?
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8:15 Club?
Originally posted by Seth Hurwitz:
...besides 930…where would you most like to see this show?
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Originally posted by Seth Hurwitz:
besides 930â?¦where would you most like to see this show?
The Warner? Or would that still be way too small?
I don't really have much of an opinion about DAR. I've seen a few shows there. Not great. Not terrible.
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Originally posted by Chip Chanko:
Didn't the Breeders play there last year?
They played at Nations.
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Thanks for the info Seth.
I prefer DAR to a gym anyday. The sound has to be a little better, no?
I haven't been to DAR since long ago, back then, the employees would jump on you, ask you a bunch of questions as to where you were headed and usher you back to your seat if you even dared to leave your row. I don't know if that is the case now. I do understand the need to keep areas clear and people in the seat they paid for, any venue with seats will do this. I'd ask if there was a chance for an area to "rock out", but I dunno if that would work. An experience at DAR did end up being comical, my friend, tired of being sent back to her seat when only a foot from it, kept trying anyway. It's a funny sport to watch. She ended up taking off for a couple of hours.
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I'm glad it's not at the Smith Center. Sound there is terrible. Never been to Bender but I doubt it's much better.
The next big question is when do tix go on sale?
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Seth, a personal thank you from the world's biggest Pixies fan for not going for the Patriot Center. That would have been a very wrong choice, even though I'm sure they could have come close to selling it out. But for people like me, it would have GREATLY diminished the enjoyment of seeing my favorite band in the world. I can deal with Constitution Hall, as long as I can get tickets! :) I managed to get tickets for the shows at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago (a bigger venue, but also a bigger city), so I am keeping my fingers crossed for the Pixies. Any chance for a presale? (ducks head from things being hurled by Wilco fans)
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There's a lot of good things about DAR and its very nice physically, and all that matters is that the Pixies are coming to DC. Plus they played there in '90 and apparently people were happy with the show. To put it in relevant terms, I'd say DAR is Bossanova. Its fine, but lacking in spark, energy etc. I can't think of a legitimate option that's Doolittle (let's say 9:30 is Surfer Rosa, which would be sweet, but the scale is now too big). I find gyms like Bender and Smith Center preferable because although the sound is worse, it provides the opportunity for some energy. Like the White Stripes could be the White Stripes at Smith Center, but may have been stifled at DAR. And Dylan could have a loose rocking show at Bender. But DAR is nice respectable venue for these venerable purveyors of the genre formerly known as college rock.
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What is so wrong with the patriot center? Especially is the floor is open (no seats). I would much prefer that to sitting down for a band like the pixies.
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The Patriot Center is a pain in the ass to get to for those of us that don't own automobiles. Second, it's just a very bland, boring venue. Third, it's too big...I despire arenas of that size for a band like the Pixies. In my opinion, they belong in a club or a nice hall like the Warfield in San Francisco or the Riviera or Aragon in Chicago. But not in a sports arena. Generally I hate seeing concerts in those kinds of places. I am not fond of Constitution Hall, but I'd take that over the Patriot Center...at least I can get to it!
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Originally posted by bunnyman:
the Warfield in San Francisco
They're not playing there either - they opted for two nights at the larger Greek theater in Berkeley.
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Originally posted by vansmack:
Originally posted by bunnyman:
the Warfield in San Francisco
They're not playing there either - they opted for two nights at the larger Greek theater in Berkeley. [/b]
ahh, the greek theatre. saw one show there.
hey vansmack, how'd you like the news about jose contreras being sent down?
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I refuse to see any show in a sports venue. The sound is always shit, and sound matters more to me than having to stand.
Originally posted by bunnyman:
The Patriot Center is a pain in the ass to get to for those of us that don't own automobiles. Second, it's just a very bland, boring venue. Third, it's too big...I despire arenas of that size for a band like the Pixies. In my opinion, they belong in a club or a nice hall like the Warfield in San Francisco or the Riviera or Aragon in Chicago. But not in a sports arena. Generally I hate seeing concerts in those kinds of places. I am not fond of Constitution Hall, but I'd take that over the Patriot Center...at least I can get to it!
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
hey vansmack, how'd you like the news about jose contreras being sent down?
He was dropped weeks ago, by after watching his first start, I wish I could by stock in things like "JC won't make it out of April."
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<img src="http://www.pixiesmusic.com/img/pixiestourucdavis2.jpg" alt=" - " />
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Originally posted by Barcelona:
<img src="http://www.pixiesmusic.com/img/pixiestourucdavis2.jpg" alt=" - " />
For $24.00 (+ $6.75 S/H), it can be yours:
http://www.gigart.com/posters/pixies/pixies.htm (http://www.gigart.com/posters/pixies/pixies.htm)
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So I am in Brazil. Got here late yesterday and was only able to see Hell on Whells from Sweden, excelent rock band, and Teenage Fanclub. Teenage Fanclub were great, they play really well live and they finished a two hour and fifteen minute show with The Concept and Everything Flows, to me, their best songs. And they are popular in Brazil, more than anywhere else. Now, ready to see the Pixies tonight, this is going to be great.
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So when do tickets go on sale and through whom?
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Please give us a full report Barcelona!
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Originally posted by Darth Ed:
So when do tickets go on sale and through whom?
not for a looong while, so don't worry about it
I'll post something here before anywhere else
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What do you think the chances are of there being a second night added at some point?
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Given how many of my friends want to go to this thing, I would say that a second and maybe third show would all go like hotcakes. But my guess is that one is up to the band.
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Thanks Seth!
Originally posted by Seth Hurwitz:
Originally posted by Darth Ed:
So when do tickets go on sale and through whom?
not for a looong while, so don't worry about it
I'll post something here before anywhere else [/b]
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<img src="http://mulling.net/pixies.jpg" alt=" - " />
I believe the size of the picture might be really big, but it is a great picture that not too many people expected to see a few years ago. As for the setlist and other pictures, you can find it at www.curitibapopfestival.com (http://www.curitibapopfestival.com) Some of the song names might be incomplete, but you can get an idea.
Bone Machine
Cactus
Nimrod
U Mass
Crackity
Isla de Encanta
Vamos
This Monkey is gone to heaven
Hey
Mr Grieves
Broken
Velouria
Caribou
#13
River
Levitate me
Holiday song
Gouge Away
Wave of Mutilation
Tame
Here Comes your man
Where is my mind
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Gigantic
Debaser
Into the White
Planet of sound
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that is huge, why don't you edit and use this instead
http://mulling.net/pixies.jpg (http://mulling.net/pixies.jpg)
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Originally posted by pollard:
that is huge, why don't you edit and use this instead
http://mulling.net/pixies.jpg (http://mulling.net/pixies.jpg)
Fixed, sorry for my internet ignorance, but is that your website or how did you do that?
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Originally posted by Barcelona:
Fixed, sorry for my internet ignorance, but is that your website or how did you do that?
is my website, i just put it up there, thought it was a cool picture
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Originally posted by pollard:
Originally posted by Barcelona:
Fixed, sorry for my internet ignorance, but is that your website or how did you do that?
is my website, i just put it up there, thought it was a cool picture [/b]
I also thought it was a great picture. It was a great show. Incredible to see how popular they are in Brazil. Big sections in papers in Rio, Sao Paulo and Curitiba, they received a very nice press treatment.
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If this was a perfect world - 10 shows at Warner Theater.
DAR - location is good, sound has and always will be bad that place.
That's my .02 :eek:
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No, in a perfect world, the Pixies would be playing multiple concerts at the 9:30 Club. Warner's nicer than the DAR, but you still have seating.
To summarize the DAR: sound is bad and always will be bad; any kind of seating is bad for rock concerts in general; location is good though, relatively convenient.
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Have any of you actually seen the Pixies live?
Wouldn't it be a shame if their show sucked? Or have you already made up your mind that it will be good?
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Originally posted by Sacktastic Bag O' Nuts:
Have any of you actually seen the Pixies live?
Wouldn't it be a shame if their show sucked? Or have you already made up your mind that it will be good?
i saw them. but there's no way i'm stepping foot in constitution hall. i loathe that place.
i'd travel 1000 miles for a show before i'd go to a show there.
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Originally posted by Sacktastic Bag O' Nuts:
Have any of you actually seen the Pixies live?
Wouldn't it be a shame if their show sucked? Or have you already made up your mind that it will be good?
Does it pay well, being a buzzkill? You're fantastic at it, btw.
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Did someone fart in the place or something?
After being in the smoke infested Recher Theater Friday night (from which we had to leave early to prevent my date from puking), I'd have to say I'd take DAR over just about any smokey club.
Originally posted by distance:
Originally posted by Sacktastic Bag O' Nuts:
Have any of you actually seen the Pixies live?
Wouldn't it be a shame if their show sucked? Or have you already made up your mind that it will be good?
i saw them. but there's no way i'm stepping foot in constitution hall. i loathe that place.
i'd travel 1000 miles for a show before i'd go to a show there. [/b]
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Here are some great live photos from the show in Brazil: http://www.obule.com.br/ (http://www.obule.com.br/) And for the record, the Pixies shows HAVE been that amazing. I've seen one of them and have heard 4 of them...they're that good.
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Originally posted by Sacktastic Bag O' Nuts:
Have any of you actually seen the Pixies live?
Wouldn't it be a shame if their show sucked? Or have you already made up your mind that it will be good?
I saw them on Saturday. Unless they resume their fightings between now and December, the show in DC won't suck. To me, best rock band ever. The only thing I miss in their shows is a live version of the Happening.
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How do they compare to what they were like in the 80's?
Originally posted by Barcelona:
Originally posted by Sacktastic Bag O' Nuts:
Have any of you actually seen the Pixies live?
Wouldn't it be a shame if their show sucked? Or have you already made up your mind that it will be good?
I saw them on Saturday. Unless they resume their fightings between now and December, the show in DC won't suck. To me, best rock band ever. The only thing I miss in their shows is a live version of the Happening. [/b]
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Just as good, if not better. I'm dead serious...I saw them in 1990 and 1991. Trust me, they're just as good now. By the way, Philly tickets on presale. Get your tickets here: http://purchase.sciticketing.com/band/pixies/cgi/dates.mhtml?BAND=PIXIES (http://purchase.sciticketing.com/band/pixies/cgi/dates.mhtml?BAND=PIXIES)
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Holy crap...thanks bunnyman. I think I just got two seats in the 4th row (pit). Or whatever P4 is.
Originally posted by bunnyman:
Just as good, if not better. I'm dead serious...I saw them in 1990 and 1991. Trust me, they're just as good now. By the way, Philly tickets on presale. Get your tickets here: http://purchase.sciticketing.com/band/pixies/cgi/dates.mhtml?BAND=PIXIES (http://purchase.sciticketing.com/band/pixies/cgi/dates.mhtml?BAND=PIXIES)
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Originally posted by Sacktastic Bag O' Nuts:
Have any of you actually seen the Pixies live?
Seen them. Love them. Don't miss them. Ever. Because you never know when they're going to break up again, and you may never get to see them.
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Originally posted by bunnyman:
Just as good, if not better. I'm dead serious...I saw them in 1990 and 1991. Trust me, they're just as good now. By the way, Philly tickets on presale. Get your tickets here: http://purchase.sciticketing.com/band/pixies/cgi/dates.mhtml?BAND=PIXIES (http://purchase.sciticketing.com/band/pixies/cgi/dates.mhtml?BAND=PIXIES)
Yeah, been watching that for weeks, painfully, waiting for our date to show up. It's funny how tempting it becomes to scalp when there's stuff like this, but it's a big investment, you know? Can't get myself to do it.
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I'm surprised they're playing an amphitheater in December. brrrrrrr.
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
great info! i just bought the Coachella one, should be a doozy!
Have you received yours?
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Actually they close it off in the winter so it becomes an indoor venue as well. Crappy place, but hey...I'm in the 5th row center :)
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I just got my copy of the Coachella show from DiscLive!
#1008 of 2000
In a sweet 2 disc package.
Sounds great too. Much better than those boots floating around.
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second show added in philly on dec. 5
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I keep wondering when they'll do a presale for the DC show...I guess no word from Seth yet. It's just bizarre that tickets for all these other shows have gone on sale and we're still waiting...waiting...waiting. I hope they don't go on sale this weekend, I'll be out of town!
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Originally posted by bunnyman:
I keep wondering when they'll do a presale for the DC show...I guess no word from Seth yet. It's just bizarre that tickets for all these other shows have gone on sale and we're still waiting...waiting...waiting. I hope they don't go on sale this weekend, I'll be out of town!
I'm noticing that the tickets just magically appear for the presale-- no notice, no timing-- so i've just been checking twice a day.
then again, i have no life.
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show will not go onsale untill the end of summer
not kidding
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Originally posted by Sugartastic Tee Silk:
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
great info! i just bought the Coachella one, should be a doozy!
Have you received yours? [/b]
yes i just got mine the other day, number 628 of 2000, i just wish i was that close to the show!
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THanks Seth!! We REALLY appreciate the info. Cheers.
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The onsale date for Pixies tickets is Thursday, October 21, 2004...so we have a GOOD long while. Plus, they added 2 more shows at Constitution Hall.
And for any fans of disclive, you have one more reason to hate Clear Channel: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story?id=6066617&rnd=1085585248450&has-player=false (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story?id=6066617&rnd=1085585248450&has-player=false)
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How can they patent this?? Where's the patent in recording a live show and then burning it to disc? I bet it's all done with off-the-shelf equipment (fast cd replicators, blah blah). PLUS people have been doing this for years recording straight to DAT or MD and then giving copies to people. Clear Channel's threats sound ridiculous to me.
I wonder if anyone has a patent on cutting a steak with a knife. If not, I'm going to make bajillions.
Originally posted by bunnyman:
And for any fans of disclive, you have one more reason to hate Clear Channel: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story?id=6066617&rnd=1085585248450&has-player=false (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story?id=6066617&rnd=1085585248450&has-player=false)
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Originally posted by Chip Chanko:
How can they patent this?? Where's the patent in recording a live show and then burning it to disc? I bet it's all done with off-the-shelf equipment (fast cd replicators, blah blah). PLUS people have been doing this for years recording straight to DAT or MD and then giving copies to people. Clear Channel's threats sound ridiculous to me.
I wonder if anyone has a patent on cutting a steak with a knife. If not, I'm going to make bajillions.
PATENTS
How to Take the Concert Home
By SABRA CHARTRAND
Published: May 3, 2004
DIGITAL technology has put the "instant" into many forms of instant gratification. Instant messaging, instant photography via cellphones and instant-answer Web sites are just a few areas where people no longer have to wait for real-time satisfaction.
And now, in a growing number of nightclubs and music arenas, audiences leaving a performance can buy a CD recording of the live concert that is still ringing in their ears.
David Griner, 43, a lawyer in Austin, Tex., first dreamed of an instant recording in the early 1980's as he left a Bruce Springsteen concert wishing he could listen to it all over again in his car on the way home.
"The technology wasn't available to produce these recordings," Mr. Griner said recently. "Once CD-burning technology started to appear on the scene, it clicked and I thought, 'now we have the technology to do this.' "
Mr. Griner and his brother, James, have received the first patent for "creating digital recordings of live performances." Their process uses microphones, recording and audio mixing hardware and software, CD burners and a method of executing the recording and burning process to make it unique.
"It's the organization of the existing CD-burning technology that makes all this work," Mr. Griner said of his patent. "We record the show and do some minimal manipulation of cutting into the tracks, and whether it's on a hard drive or master CD, there are a lot of slave towers, and we pop it in and start burning copies."
"So as each song finishes, we start burning that song onto a CD," he explained. "So at the end of the show, we only have the last song to burn on each CD."
But the Griners' system is not the only one for churning out instant CD's for jazz musicians, independent bands and classic rock acts. Several companies are licensed to record live performances and sell the CD's to audiences immediately afterward. Some also offer them for delivery within a couple of days, and several say they have patents pending. The two largest use huge trucks to move their recording and CD-burning operations from venue to venue.
The Griner brothers have sold their patent to one of those, called Instant Live, which is owned by the radio and concert promotion behemoth, Clear Channel Communications. Like its competitors, Instant Live says about 20 percent of audiences are buying instant CD's. The recording industry says these audiences already spend $400 million a year on concert merchandise like T-shirts, posters and other souvenirs - so everyone is hoping the Griner brothers have hit on the next big thing.
But the Griners just wanted a way to amplify their enjoyment of their favorite bands.
"The genesis of the idea is that I'm a big live music fan, and always have been, especially for some of the lesser-known bands," David Griner explained. "With bands at that level, a lot of what goes into a concert and what you go to see can't ever be captured again. A lot of it comes across in what they say and do. It doesn't come out on the studio CD or live recordings. I've always been bothered that it was lost forever. I wished I could bottle it and carry it home."
He and his younger brother James, 40, an electrical engineer who lives outside Seattle, also wanted their invention to combat bootlegging.
"Bootlegs are less appealing because someone else gets the money, and the artist is not getting anything," David Griner said. "Especially for the people I go see. Most are starving to death anyway. So I didn't want to take away their money."
The Griners' idea did not take off right away. Early CD-burning technology was too slow to make hundreds or thousands of copies within minutes of a concert's end.
"The main thing was proving we could get the CD's out right after the show was over," Mr. Griner remembered. "We didn't think the audience would sit and wait for half an hour, which is what it took to burn CD's then.
"In 1999 and 2000, there wasn't a peep about this," Mr. Griner continued, even though it was possible to burn CD's by then. "But once burn speed got up, people started moving into it. That's the only thing that makes this commercially feasible."
The Griners' first working model was compiled from off-the-shelf recording equipment.
As the first batch of CD's is being sold, follow-up batches are being created.
Mr. Griner believes that Instant Live will also be able to use his patent to eventually make instant DVD's of concerts.
"The patent addresses video, too, and the technology exists to do DVD's," he said. "DVD burn technology is a lot slower, but I still think it can be done."
But technology has not been the only hurdle to instant recordings.
"As the industry took off, we found probably more resistance from record labels than from technological limits. The record companies were afraid they'd lose CD sales." Mr. Griner said, who disagrees with their stance.
"People who buy these CD's are genuine fans and they own every CD already," he said. He said he thought those fans would buy a live concert recording because a band might play an older, more obscure song, cover someone else's song say something original to the audience during the show. It's less like a concert T-shirt, he added, and more like a coffee table book from a museum exhibition.
"I think these CD's are more valuable to people who were at the show," he added. "If you were there you want to re-experience it."
The Griner brothers are not involved with Instant Live, and a confidentiality clause prevented any discussion of the terms of the patent sale.
"I always hoped that when this got put together, I'd get to go on the road with the Boss," Mr. Griner said, referring to the sobriquet that pop music fans have given Bruce Springsteen. "But I guess I'll have to buy my ticket like anybody else."
Even Mr. Griner's respect for pop stars has limits, however.
"I don't know how popular this would be at a Britney Spears concert," he said. "She doesn't do a lot of covers or unique songs, so consequently the concerts all sound the same."
David and James Griner received patent No. 6,614,729.
Patents may be viewed on the Web
atwww.uspto.gov or may be ordered through the mail, by patent number, for $3 from the Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, D.C. 20231.
NY Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/03/technology/03patent.html?ex=1085716800&en=befc878589822acb&ei=5070)
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That's great news! About the extra shows, I mean.
Originally posted by bunnyman:
The onsale date for Pixies tickets is Thursday, October 21, 2004...so we have a GOOD long while. Plus, they added 2 more shows at Constitution Hall.
And for any fans of disclive, you have one more reason to hate Clear Channel: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story?id=6066617&rnd=1085585248450&has-player=false (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story?id=6066617&rnd=1085585248450&has-player=false)
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It still seems like a pretty vague thing to patent. I could see if they developed some software that would automatically do this or some specially invented machine but I don't see why their patent would be able to stop someone from using off-the-shelf equipment to take a soundboard mix and then burn it to a bunch of cd's. Is there a patent on releasing live recordings in general?
Phish's download system has been in place for a while and works really well (it's easier to get any show you want besided the one you went to). Plus the downloading technique works better for bands that play long sets. I was talking to my mom (who's into opera, which has VERY long sets) about how the company that records phish shows should do a deal with opera companies. They could charge lots more to sell them since opera tickets are so much more proportionally expensive.
Anyway...if i had the time to research it I'd be interested in who has patents on this stuff and how many different ones that there are.
SAT word of the day: sobriquet
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BTW Bunnyman....where did you hear this news about the two shows added?
Originally posted by bunnyman:
The onsale date for Pixies tickets is Thursday, October 21, 2004...so we have a GOOD long while. Plus, they added 2 more shows at Constitution Hall.
And for any fans of disclive, you have one more reason to hate Clear Channel: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story?id=6066617&rnd=1085585248450&has-player=false (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story?id=6066617&rnd=1085585248450&has-player=false)
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Probably at www.pixiesmusic.com (http://www.pixiesmusic.com)
I just went through that patent...it is pretty complex. I guess it's like patenting a non-linear editor or something like that. Still...there sure are a bunch of non-linear editors out there. This patent stuff is weird.
Anyone want to talk about American copyright law stagnating our country's creative output?
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some of this was discussed yesterday and it would appear there is still room for innovation...
http://www.930.com/cgi-bin/ubb-cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=007080 (http://www.930.com/cgi-bin/ubb-cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=007080)
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Thanks Kosmo...looks like i was posting in the wrong thread! That's what I get for being a half-assed boarder. You guys already hit all the points I had.
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From Pixiesmusic.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MONDAY, June 14, 2004
PIXIES WRITE AND RECORD FIRST NEW SONG IN THIRTEEN YEARS "Bam Thwok" Will Make Its Debut Tonight via Apple's iTunes
OK, all of you Pixies fans, the moment you've been waiting for has arrived - the PIXIES have written and recorded a brand new song, the band's first in thirteen years, and you can get it starting at Midnight tonight exclusively on Apple's popular iTunes Music Store. "Bam Thwok" was penned by Kim Deal and produced and recorded by the Pixies at Stagg Street Studios in Los Angeles this past March. The 2:35 "Bam Thwok," with Deal singing lead, can be downloaded from the iTunes Music Store for 99-cents (http://www.apple.com/itunes/).
The music for "Bam Thwok" had its genesis in a chord progression that Deal had been toying with for a while, and the lyrics from an art book she found discarded on a city street a number of years ago while on tour. "From the handwriting, you could tell that this book must have belonged to a little kid," Deal recounts. "This kid had written a short story, a paragraph really, about a party that took place in another universe, about people and monsters that were partying together. That's what provided the inspiration for the lyrics." The song is a musical romp, and features a driving beat, searing guitar, and the whimsical chorus, "Love. Bang. Crash. Wakka, wakka, Bam Thwok." "It's a song about loving everyone," Deal added, "showing good will to everyone."
The Pixies - Deal (bass, vocals,) Frank Black (vocals, guitar), Joey Santiago (guitar), David Lovering (drums) - arranged and rehearsed the song at Santiago's home studio, which includes a 15-second carousel-esque organ solo performed and recorded many years ago by Santiago's father-in-law while he was doing missionary work in the Philippines. "That's a great piece of music," added Deal, "and it fits perfectly."
"'Bam Thwok' is a really good song," said Frank Black. "Recording it was a nice way for us to break the ice after twelve years. The recording process was very relaxed and it didn't feel like twelve years had passed."
As the Pixies are not currently affiliated with a record label, they had the luxury of making their first new song available to fans around the globe at a low price and instantaneously, something that iTunes could easily provide.
The Pixies plan to perform "Bam Thwok" at concerts on their current European and upcoming North American tour dates.
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I already bought it at 3:00 pm today...so much for midnight!
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any good?
Originally posted by Chip Chanko:
I already bought it at 3:00 pm today...so much for midnight!
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Not bad...some good harmonies. It reminds me more of something off Title TK than a Pixies song, though. More fun and less energy.
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Originally posted by Chip Chanko:
Not bad...some good harmonies. It reminds me more of something off Title TK than a Pixies song, though. More fun and less energy.
Agreed, Title TK was the first thing that came to my mind when I listened to it for the first time.
Not bad, but not great either. I hope Kim goes back to the Amps and Breeders's "Pod" music. That was really excellent music.
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Yeah Pod was so great...what a unique sounding record. All the other breeders stuff I heard sounded pretty average to me.
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Why are people down on Last Splash? I don't think it sounds average at all.
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Originally posted by thirsty moore:
Why are people down on Last Splash? I don't think it sounds average at all.
I would choose Pod over Last Splash. However, I still think that Last Splash is an excellent album. Songs like No Aloha, Flipside, I just wanna get along, Divine Hammer, Saints, Drivin' on 9... excellent album. But albums like Pod or Belly's Star are just unrepeatable.
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I'm not trying to dis their later stuff...but they set the bar really high with Pod.
Originally posted by Barcelona:
Originally posted by thirsty moore:
Why are people down on Last Splash? I don't think it sounds average at all.
I would choose Pod over Last Splash. However, I still think that Last Splash is an excellent album. Songs like No Aloha, Flipside, I just wanna get along, Divine Hammer, Saints, Drivin' on 9... excellent album. But albums like Pod or Belly's Star are just unrepeatable. [/b]
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Well... Pod wouldn't beat an album recorded by, say, Louis Armstrong and Jimi Hendrix and Joe Strummer and John Bonham and Keith Moon.
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Uhh..ok thirsty. I'd agree that a Armstrong/Hendrix/Strummer/Bonham/Moon supergroup would have a one of a kind sound. Can you imagine Bonham and Moon in the same band? Talk about an accident waiting to happen!!
Originally posted by thirsty moore:
Well... Pod wouldn't beat an album recorded by, say, Louis Armstrong and Jimi Hendrix and Joe Strummer and John Bonham and Keith Moon.
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You're damn straight.
Originally posted by chaz:
I'd agree that a Armstrong/Hendrix/Strummer/Bonham/Moon supergroup would have a one of a kind sound.
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thought I would bump this back up to the front.
I first saw dates listed on Pollstar for DC. Now there is nothing on there. And the DAR website lists nothing as well. Anyone hear anything? Are these shows still happening???
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You sure got that right. Belly. Now there's an all time classic band.
Originally posted by Barcelona:
Originally posted by thirsty moore:
Why are people down on Last Splash? I don't think it sounds average at all.
But albums like Pod or Belly's Star are just unrepeatable. [/b]
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For what it's worth, the shows are still listed here (http://www.pixiesmusic.com/live_04.php) .
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
You sure got that right. Belly. Now there's an all time classic band.
Originally posted by Barcelona:
Originally posted by thirsty moore:
Why are people down on Last Splash? I don't think it sounds average at all.
But albums like Pod or Belly's Star are just unrepeatable. [/b]
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Did I say Belly is a classic band? If so, didn´t mean it (won´t bother to visit previous posts, this was an old post). However, Tanya Donelly has been responsible for some great albums such as Pod, King or Star.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/08/arts/music/08PARE.html (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/08/arts/music/08PARE.html)
The Pixies Get Their Act Together
By JON PARELES
Published: August 8, 2004
LONDON
MIDWAY through one of their four instantly sold-out concerts in June at the Brixton Academy in London, the reunited Pixies charged into "Monkey Gone to Heaven," a song about apocalypse and faith. The audience — some who had seen the Pixies between 1986 and 1992, and an equal contingent of younger fans getting their first glimpse — all knew what to do as Frank Black started to sing the song's reverse countdown: "If man is five/ Then the devil is six/ And if the devil is six/ Then God is seven."
At 39, he looked less like a rock star than ever: bald, portly, dressed in a shapeless T-shirt. He barely glanced at Kim Deal, 43, the band's bassist and occasional singer. Yet as he worked his way from a strangled, nasal whine to a shriek, the whole room sang along, and thousands of hands shot into the air with fingers raised on cue: five, six, seven. The crowd couldn't have been more enthusiastic if the song, released in 1989, were in the current Top 10.
The Pixies have been rapturously received since they started touring in April, and have been one of the few unqualified successes in a summer filled with foundering tours. Reunions are a staple in the concert business, as acts from Simon and Garfunkel to the Eagles to Duran Duran to the Sex Pistols periodically reappear. Affection for the oldies is one draw; so is the possibility that every reunion is the last chance to see a group. Nostalgia seems to peak after two decades, and lately the postpunk bands of the 1980's have been regrouping — among them, Mission of Burma, which sold out a club tour last year and went on to make a new album.
But the response to the Pixies reunion has been greater by orders of magnitude. It wasn't just the shows in smaller venues that sold so briskly; more than 50,000 tickets were snapped up for the Pixies' day at the Coachella festival, and theaters around the United States have quickly sold out for multiple dates. The Pixies were to perform at the New York stop of the Lollapalooza Festival this month, which had already sold 11,000 tickets when the entire tour was canceled. Instead, they will have New York dates on Dec. 12 and 13 at the Hammerstein Ballroom. Meanwhile, the company DiscLive has been offering instant live recordings of every concert by the reunited group. Those CD's, in numbered limited editions of 1,000 or 2,000, are selling out, too, and turning into instant collectors' items available for handsome mark-up on eBay.
Charles Michael Kittredge Thompson IV, a k a Frank Black, who called himself Black Francis on the Pixies' recordings, claimed to be unimpressed. Pixies audiences were enthusiastic for most of the group's initial career, he said. Now, he added, there are more curiosity-seekers. "I'm wondering if there's a large section of the audience that kind of isn't really getting it," he said. "That's good. It gives us an opportunity to preach to the still-not-converted."
It's an arty underdog's attitude that seems to be a holdover from the band's first time around. The Pixies, who got started in Boston in 1986, became hit-makers in England and Europe. Yet in the United States, they never quite broke out of the collegiate rock circuit, even after they were signed to a major label, Elektra. Those who discovered the Pixies have cherished their catalog ever since. When the band played Coachella on May 1, one visitor's license plate read, "DEBASR," for "Debaser," the Pixies song about (among other things) the Surrealist film "Un Chien Andalou."
Black Francis's songs for the Pixies were terse but wild-eyed. As he sang about the Bible, science fiction, incest or immigration, the music could sound like punk or country, surf-rock or metal. Joey Santiago's lead guitar laced the music with twangy little hooks or solos that threatened to skid right out of the song; Ms. Deal answered Black Francis's hopped-up vocals with calm, airy responses, and David Lovering's drums paced the music from brisk to quasi-Latin to booming. Quiet verses suddenly gave way to howling, stomping choruses — a tactic that would be commandeered by the Pixies' most influential and grateful fan, Kurt Cobain of Nirvana.
The songs are full of musical and verbal non sequiturs, but skewed as they were, a decade and a half later they sound like irrepressible pop. And at a time when rock has grown sodden with earnestness and self-pity, the Pixies' songs sound like a corrective; they're smart, lightheaded, profound and comic, and they rock with a vengeance.
That was the idea from the beginning. "I got exposed to some Surrealist films of the 1920's and 30's and 40's or whatever in college, read a couple of articles, attended a couple of lectures," Mr. Thompson said in an interview between shows in London. "And I applied all of that in a really fumbly kind of way to having a rock band. It was going to be quirky but in a really simple, brief, swift fashion. It was like, `Oh yeah, I'm going to add something or I'm going to take something away so that it's a little bit lopsided or whatever.' Because when it's just a foursquare thing, it at least stands a 50-50 chance of being boring, cliché-ridden, heard-it-before. When you lop off one corner of it, well, I don't know if it's boring or not. But it's definitely something that you've not heard before.
"Now people pursue rock music, and they go, `I have something important to say, and here's what it is, and ooh, I'm singing it from my heart, too.' And it's all too serious. And people totally miss out. They totally miss the fun, Jabberwocky, fun-with-language, fun-with-poetry."
From the beginning, the Pixies were diligent. They practiced five hours a day, four days a week, in Mr. Lovering's garage. "We wouldn't be able to play if we didn't figure out what we were going to play," Ms. Deal recalled. "We could not jam. I still can't jam."
They invested $1,500 to make a demo tape that eventually yielded songs for the band's punk-flavored 1987 debut EP, "Come On Pilgrim." With the producer Gil Norton polishing their dynamics, the Pixies went on to make two indelible albums, "Surfer Rosa" (1988) and "Doolittle" (1989), and two solid ones, "Bossanova" (1990) and "Trompe le Monde" (1991). And they toured steadily for five years, from hole-in-the-wall punk clubs to European rock festivals.
The grind of traveling gradually frayed the band. "It's intense being on tour," Mr. Thompson said. "You're cooped up in a bus with a bunch of different personalities — people you know, people you don't know. You're on a weird time schedule. Sometimes there's a lot of drinking and drugs and all, sleep deprivation. It's kind of a weird situation."
By the end of a final tour, opening for U2 and facing audiences that barely knew them, Mr. Thompson was no longer speaking to Ms. Deal. In 1992, he dissolved the Pixies via faxes sent from his manager's office. "If I would have called a meeting or something, then it would have just kind of devolved into this big discussion," he said " `Oh, come on, Charles. Don't do this right now.' And I just wasn't up for that. I was just, like, I'm done. I'm done. Goodbye. There's no discussion, you know what I mean?"
Ms. Deal went on to start the Breeders, who had a million-selling album in 1993 with "Last Splash" but struggled to follow through. Mr. Thompson renamed himself Frank Black and started writing more straightforward songs than his Pixies material; Mr. Santiago worked on and off with Frank Black's bands and started a band called the Martinis with Mr. Lovering in the mid-90's. More recently, Mr. Lovering gave up drums and was scraping out a living as a magician until the call came to rejoin the Pixies. He still keeps a deck of cards close at hand and has sometimes been the Pixies' opening act. "I love the Pixies," he tells crowds who may not recognize his name. "I've been to every one of their shows."
The Pixies reunion, Mr. Thompson said, started as a joke. Or maybe it wasn't exactly a joke, but some combination of wish and strategy. He isn't about to say. But last July, while on tour with his own band, he was doing an interview on a London radio station when he was asked the question he had been asked in every interview he had given for the last 12 years: Would the Pixies ever reunite? And for the first time, he allowed that there just might be the possibility of a reunion.
The news zipped across the Internet to fans who had been waiting since the Pixies ended their six-year career in 1992, and anticipation started to build. Mr. Thompson had joked with the interviewer that the Pixies were still jamming and working on new songs, but he also said that any time he envisioned a Pixies reunion, it was like the classic anxiety dream of being unprepared in public. Still, in August he quietly held some strategy meetings with his manager and booking agent. He called Mr. Santiago, who called Ms. Deal. "I just went, `Oh really?' " Ms. Deal said. "But Joe was telling me, `This could be a change of school district for me. This is important to me.' And because of that I said I'd do it."
The band members, now in their 30's and 40's, are temperate on tour these days. Over dinner, Mr. Thompson and Ms. Deal drank nonalcoholic beer. In London, Mr. Santiago was joined by his pregnant wife, Linda, and his year-old daughter; Mr. Lovering played host to his parents.
The Pixies have recorded a new song together, written by Ms. Deal, called "Bam Thwok," which was originally written for the soundtrack to "Shrek 2." But the movie company chose a song by Counting Crows instead, and "Bam Thwok" ended up helping to inaugurate the European version of iTunes.
Marc Geiger of the William Morris Agency, the band's longtime agent, says he is hoping the Pixies will record a new album early next year. "I have thought of that concept, yes," Mr. Black said. "I wouldn't mind asking Tom Waits to produce us. Why not? I like the way his records sound."
But the band members are resolutely not looking ahead. They have kept the tour as familiar as possible; not just the songs but their business associates, lighting director and sound man are the same as they were the first time around. In Brixton, even the backstage caterer was the same as on the Pixies' last visit to the same theater in 1991.
"There's surprisingly little déjà vu on this tour," Mr. Thompson said. "It's more like just a continuation. It's like there's a bunch of songs. We played them to death in the late 80's and early 90's for a period of about five years. So, a bit of a long sabbatical. Now we're playing them again. And there really isn't any mystery."
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According to Pitchfork, TV on the Radio is opening for the band in DC. That's good Monday news.
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Originally posted by nkotbie:
According to Pitchfork, TV on the Radio is opening for the band in DC. That's good Monday news.
Last week I saw this on www.pixiesmusic.com (http://www.pixiesmusic.com)
DEC 7 constitution hall
washington, d.c. the datsuns, the bennies opening
DEC 8 constitution hall
washington, d.c. tv on the radio, the bennies opening
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Thanks for the update. Now I know NOT to get tickets to the 12/7 show.
Originally posted by Barcelona:
Originally posted by nkotbie:
According to Pitchfork, TV on the Radio is opening for the band in DC. That's good Monday news.
Last week I saw this on www.pixiesmusic.com (http://www.pixiesmusic.com)
DEC 7 constitution hall
washington, d.c. the datsuns, the bennies opening
DEC 8 constitution hall
washington, d.c. tv on the radio, the bennies opening [/b]
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Just found this article on CNN.com:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/12/music.the.pixies.ap/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/12/music.the.pixies.ap/index.html)
Cheers
DJ Medusa.
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all right! i just got pixies tickets for norfolk this morning. i didn't realize the show is entirely general admission. are the d.c. shows going to be GA as well or is it seated?
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At Constitution Hall they're usually seated.
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i got tickets for norfolk too.
one reason i chose norfolk over dc was that i assumed norfolk would be GA.
another reason is that i hate constitution hall.
but anyway.. i'm looking for another pixies show to go to on the east coast that's not seated in addition to norfolk..
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hey distance - did you notice that on ticketmaster is says the thrills are opening but on pixiesmusic.com it says the datsuns are opening? i'm confused. i do like both bands so it doesn't matter which i see.
i chose norfolk just cos it's slightly closer than d.c. plus i won't have to deal with driving through d.c. haha.
i'm hoping i may be able to snag some d.c. tickets, though, through my college radio station that i work for. crossing my fingers!
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Originally posted by malkmess:
hey distance - did you notice that on ticketmaster is says the thrills are opening but on pixiesmusic.com it says the datsuns are opening? i'm confused. i do like both bands so it doesn't matter which i see.
i chose norfolk just cos it's slightly closer than d.c. plus i won't have to deal with driving through d.c. haha.
i'm hoping i may be able to snag some d.c. tickets, though, through my college radio station that i work for. crossing my fingers!
now that you mention it, i did notice that. i hadn't really thought about it (it should have stood out more as i called a friend yesterday and told him the various opening acts).
norfolk and dc are really an equal distance for me (though the tunnel could make norfolk take longer (not sure if i have to go through it for this venue) -- but it seems like there's more likely to be accidents on the way to dc, so... it's a toss-up really).. typicall when shows happen in norfolk and dc, norfolk is typically around 20% cheaper for whatever reason... though comparing the norva and 930.. 930 sounds waaaay better.. the main thing (for me) that the norva has going for it is that it's non-smoking always.. i don't have a problem with people smoking.. i just like to be able to come home from a show and not reek of smoke.
unless i get _really_ good tickets or cheap tickets or something, i really don't want to go to dc for the pixies.. this just isn't something i want to see at a place like DAR.. it just seems like it'd totally ruin the atmosphere of that type of show.. not that i want to mosh or anything... hopefully i can make another east coast general admission show, but if not, i still will have caught them at coachella, ACL and norfolk this year.
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From a pixiesmusic.com newsletter today:
"Also, just a reminder, the December 7 & 8 Washington, DC shows at Constitution Hall will be going on sale Saturday, September 18."
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Anybody know any details about a possible presale?
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PLEASE OH PLEASE let there be a presale. I will be at the beach the days tickets go onsale and last time I was there I had shitty luck getting tickets for the Chicago shows. My damn dial-up on my laptop just about made me go insane. Seth, we'd be grateful if you did a presale.
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Originally posted by bunnyman:
PLEASE OH PLEASE let there be a presale. I will be at the beach the days tickets go onsale and last time I was there I had shitty luck getting tickets for the Chicago shows. My damn dial-up on my laptop just about made me go insane. Seth, we'd be grateful if you did a presale.
well I gotta hook up my forum folks, at least
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Tickets for both shows in DC will be on sale on September 18.
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that would be great seth. thanks!
Originally posted by Seth Hurwitz:
]well I gotta hook up my forum folks, at least [/QB]
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Ditto!
Originally posted by lily1:
that would be great seth. thanks!
Originally posted by Seth Hurwitz:
]well I gotta hook up my forum folks, at least [/b]
[/QB]
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Seth, that would be incredibly cool if you can do that. We are truly lucky to have the 9:30, thanks for listening and helping us out. Being from Chicago, I can say that honestly if I ever moved away the 9:30 would be one of the things I would miss the most (and I would miss Lily too of course!!) ;) I will be reading this post religiously this week for updates.
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Seth, from all of us here on the board, you rule!
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presale would be great :)
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Originally posted by Seth Hurwitz:
well I gotta hook up my forum folks, at least [/QB][/QUOTE]
Hey, hey...let's not forget about me. Consider me a forum folk and a MAJOR Pixies fan. I'm an old fart...but know damn good music. :D
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Any word on when this presale is going to happen? Please? Pretty please? ;)
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awesome :D
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I meant to thank you earlier, Seth. We look forward to getting the details!
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Since the Pixies aren't doing 3 nights at Constitution anymore, any chance that if a third night is added that it can be at the 9:30?? That would be SO excellent.
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don't want to steal seth's thunder, but...
Washington, DC Presale Begins Tomorrow
PIXIESMUSIC.COM will host an EXCLUSIVE presale event for the December 7 show at Constitution Hall in Washington, DC. Tickets will be available tomorrow, Wednesday September 15, starting at 10:00AM EST.
(from pixiesmusic.com)
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HALLELUJAH...I assume both shows go on sale at the same time?
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But is there a password...it's all so unclear. Is it just that you go through the Pixies website??
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Hey Seth,
Know anything about a presale for the other show?
Can't wait!
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Personally i'd much rather go to the show on the 8th. Or the 'secret' 930 show. :) TV on the Radio will sound tons better than the Datsuns.
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Well what would be the coolest is if Seth managed to get the Pixies for a secret third night, then gave us Forum members at shot at tickets first, LOL. But I have a WAY overactive imagination. Seeing the Pixies at the 9:30 would pretty much be the ultimate for me. Anything after that would pale a bit, except for maybe the Stooges.
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No no....I think Seth should have a special Forum-members-only secret Pixies show at the fabulous Chateau du Hurwitz.
With free beer.
And hookers. Lots of hookers.
And nitrous,
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Originally posted by bunnyman:
HALLELUJAH...I assume both shows go on sale at the same time?
The December 8th show isn't listed in the presale area on pixiesmusic.com, which is unfortunate because that's the one I want to attend (TV on the Radio rules).
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From the Pixies newsletter....
Hey!
Just a quick email to let everyone know that PIXIESMUSIC.COM will have an EXCLUSIVE
PRESALE for the Washington, DC Constitution Hall show on December 7th. Tickets go
on sale TOMORROW MORNING! That's Wednesday, December 7th at 10:00AM. To purchase
tickets, go to http://www.pixies.tickets.musictoday.com/ (http://www.pixies.tickets.musictoday.com/)
Tickets for the December 8th show at Constitution Hall MAY go on sale tomorrow as
well, but there is no official confirmation yet.
Opening acts for both shows are:
December 7: the datsuns, the bennies
December 8: tv on the radio, the bennies
Tickets will go on sale through Ticketmaster on Saturday, September 18.
That's all for now! You may here from us soon as there will be another exciting
announcement tomorrow morning!
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Any word on Wednesday's New Exciting Announcement? My spam filter always blocks Pixies list emails.
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the only new news posted is a 5th Chicago show...
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also i'm sure what they mean by tomorrow seeing as the email was sent at 2am... is it wed or thurs they are alluding too
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
also i'm sure what they mean by tomorrow seeing as the email was sent at 2am... is it wed or thurs they are alluding too
Wed., clearly.
But what to do about the 8th not being listed? I too want to see the tvotr show...
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great, the website is already overloaded and won't even come up for me.
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I'm going to buy for the 7th show just in case and hope to get tix for the 8th too!
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so what are folks doing?? - buying tix at pixiesmusic just in case or waiting to see if seth is gonna hook us up/a 9.30 gig?
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i am patiently waiting for the page to load...and so i wait, and wait, and wait.
Originally posted by brennser:
so what are folks doing??
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At this moment, there are not enough tickets to fill your request. Please go back and try again. This does not necessarily mean that there are no tickets available. Other ticket buyers are trying to purchase tickets too, and are holding the available tickets. :mad:
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That was the shadiest pre-sale ever. I secured tix in Row S and after I put my credit card information in, it said I had nothing in my shopping cart. And now there's no more!
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I'm holding out for the December 8th show. I want my TV on the Radio!
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Wow - I guess I got lucky. I got in with no problems. :)
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I got row K...and I'm on the phone with Lily and she cannot get in at all.
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i got 6 in row Q, but then dumped 'em. i wanna see tv on the radio!
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i got row m... i'm not going to worry about the openers or a secret show, just want to see the pixies and be done with it.
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and i still can't get thru, on a t1 line, and i work for an internet company!
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Number of tickets: 2, Seat Locations: Section ORCH, Row P, Seats (118,
120)
i'm happy with these, i suppose.
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Presale is sold out...good God. That was fast.
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I can't get through, either. I have row 4 in philly, though.
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Presale sold our in 4 minutes, and me without tickets. Sad day.
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sold out faster than that it seems. i logged in the first possible minute and didnt get tickets.
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I got no tix avail at 10.02
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this case sensitive thing is pissing me off...
cmon, dec. 8th!
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Where does it say the presale is sold out?
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this case sensitive thing is pissing me off...
ya, me too
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well based on my experience at belle & sebstaine at constitution the tickets maybe closer to the stage... at that show the first couple rows were covered up by the stage. so the first row was actually E or something like that.
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Methinks you're right Kosmo. I had like row P for Belle and Sebastian, but I was in the 7th row. So let's just hope for the best. I cannot believe this one. Apparently they got slammed. I guarantee there will be at least 3 or 4 shows at Constitution Hall, this was just insane. No presale for the 8th. I'll just have to go through this again on Saturday, UGH.
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Originally posted by SalParadise:
this case sensitive thing is pissing me off...
cmon, dec. 8th!
i think you can just resubmit the same information, so once you get it in once you should be fine
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I tried and failed.
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Maybe we could attract Mission of Burma for a 3rd or 4th show since they're opening in NYC...the Wrens would also be a good opener.
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i think you can just resubmit the same information, so once you get it in once you should be fine
I don't think so but would be glad to find out before the next presale
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count me in on the screwed section. no tix. I'm going out of town this weekend so i won't be able to do the regualr sale either. doh!
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according to the forum admin over at pixiesmusic.com there were only 500 presale tickets up for grabs... no presale for the 8th.
remember the any additional shows wont likely be announced until the first two sellout.
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Welcome Easement! Here I'm bunnyman, but on the Pixies forum I'm Edisdead :)
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
according to the forum admin over at pixiesmusic.com there were only 500 presale tickets up for grabs... no presale for the 8th.
remember the any additional shows wont likely be announced until the first two sellout.
thanks for the info.
i was about to puncture a hole in the computer screen where it says "refresh".
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Got 5 in ORCH Row L.
Lucked out for once... with my crappy dial-up connection and all!
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So being the greedy bastard that I am, I was curious if there's any chance that there will be a presale for the show on the 8th. Seth? Seeing as how a lot of forum members didn't have good luck and all for this show.
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Originally posted by brennser:
I don't think so but would be glad to find out before the next presale
can't guarantee it, but i think if you hit refresh and ok to resubmitting informatiom, you should be fine
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I had 6 tickets for row Q but lost them when I tried tried to change credit cards. This SUCKS! Whatever, I would rather see the Pixies with TV on the Radio instead of the Datsuns.
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and i was still never even to get past the conditions and agreements page. :mad:
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I lost out on this too, though it wasn't for lack of trying.
Hey Seth, how about opening the presale on Saturday a few minutes early to forum people, with our own password?
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I am really blown away by how many people tried to get tickets and got nothing. 500 tickets is really not a huge allotment, but still. At least none of them are showing up on Ebay or Craig's list.
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Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
Wow - I guess I got lucky. I got in with no problems. :)
You are ALWAYS lucky, Chutney. I think you cheat somehow!! :p
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I wish I new how to cheat the system, but I don't.
I've bought tickets via musictoday in the past. I think that helped me get in quickly. Plus I only bought one ticket. That always helps during these lightning-fast presales.
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I was at a meeting, so I didn't even try...hopefully there will be a presale for the 8th, or a friend can work his magic during the general sale Saturday.
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Hey Bombay, what row did you get? Like you, I registered beforehand and also got only one ticket. I got row K, on the right...so I will be sort of between Kim and Charles. Woo-hoo!
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ticketbastard is claiming a pre-sale for the Dec 7th show on Friday. Anyone receive word on that with a password? I normally get the 9:30 emails.
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Jeez, who would give out the password? I sometimes get passwords through HFS, but I don't think they're doing anything with these shows. Not like HFS would even play the Pixies. Of course, I cannot even remember the last time I listened to them. Wish they would do a presale for the show on 12/8 as well.
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I got Row K too. Right side.
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maybe seth is just keeping us all on the edge of our seats and is having the pixies play a private show for just us for the forum christmas party?
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I suspect that's probably the closest that one could get for this presale. As Kosmo pointed out, the first few rows are probably taken up by the stage like they have been at previous shows. I would also imagine that tickets will be "released" at a later point anyway. That stuff always seems to happen closer to the show.
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Well if Seth does do a presale, it would be interesting to see how it works....because you know that password would be all over the place minutes after it was 'released'.
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Well, there's a 9:30 Club email, but again -- presale only for the 7th show...???
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This Monkey's Back from Heaven
And the Gods are on the 7th! After months of speculation, they are finally here: Pixies in Washington, DC.
PIXIES
w/ The Datsuns & The Bennies
@ D.A.R. Constitution Hall â?¢ Washington, DC
December 7
Presale runs from Friday, September 17 from 10am-10pm
Regular on sale is Saturday, September 18 @ 10am through Ticketmaster
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shit, i have a meeting for work at 10 am. i rescheduled the 10 am one i had today so i could try to get tickets and that got me zilch.
fuckin a.
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Is there a password for Friday's pre-sale?
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Bags am I reading correctly that 9:30 sent an email with the presale info/password for the 7th? Why oh why did I not get it!!!!
Anyone know how to get a resend of the email? I would rather go to the 8th show for the opener but the 7th is my b-day and I cant think of a better whay to spend it than with teh Pixies!
J
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as promised, I'll have something just for us forum types later today
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Our prayers have been answered.
Thanks Seth
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Rock on!! Does that include for the 8th as well?
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*giddy*
and if requires ordering tickets for a site that i cannot connect to, could someone please help me out? i still don't know why i couldn't get on the site yesterday. bizarre.
Originally posted by Seth Hurwitz:
as promised, I'll have something just for us forum types later today
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Originally posted by jb1677:
Bags am I reading correctly that 9:30 sent an email with the presale info/password for the 7th? Why oh why did I not get it!!!!
J
The email was sent sometime last night. Not on the 7th.
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is the first in a line of people who are solely registering so they can get the passcode, rather than dedicated 930 club supporters/forum members who didn't join only for the occasional presale?
Originally posted by jb1677:
Bags am I reading correctly that 9:30 sent an email with the presale info/password for the 7th? Why oh why did I not get it!!!!
Anyone know how to get a resend of the email? I would rather go to the 8th show for the opener but the 7th is my b-day and I cant think of a better whay to spend it than with teh Pixies!
J
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Seth, thank you!!!
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Jeez....the wait to see what Seth has up his sleeve is just killing me.
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as promised, I'll have something just for us forum types later today
hopefully theres a 'post threshold' people have to meet
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i hope so!
Originally posted by brennser:
hopefully theres a 'post threshold' people have to meet [/b]
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Originally posted by lily1:
i hope so!
Originally posted by brennser:
hopefully theres a 'post threshold' people have to meet [/b]
[/b]
so do I, 10,000 sounds reasonable to me....... :p
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:D
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how about under 100?
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Long-time lurking should count!!
Originally posted by brennser:
:D
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oh good, i qualify! works for me!
Originally posted by brennser:
:D
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Originally posted by LRHippo:
Originally posted by jb1677:
Bags am I reading correctly that 9:30 sent an email with the presale info/password for the 7th? Why oh why did I not get it!!!!
J
The email was sent sometime last night. Not on the 7th. [/b]
You got an email on a show besides the 7th?
I got the regular weekly email, and it had a passcode for the show on the 7th only. And that's all I got....
I will be *glued* to my desk/computer all day! ;)
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stop freaking out about the 7th, as we all know there is a second show on the 8th which means we have potentially three shots at buying tickets
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Originally posted by Bags:
]You got an email on a show besides the 7th?
[/QB]
No...I miss read the original post and thought JB thought the email was sent out on Sept. 7th regarding the Dec. 7th show...I no read very good. :D
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Start checking those PMs, I'm working as fast as I can...
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please don't leave me out of whatever's going on.
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Originally posted by evilsanta:
Start checking those PMs, I'm working as fast as I can...
Standing by, evilsanta.
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Evilsanta rules!!
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PM away Evilsanta.
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lily1:
You had me pegged perfectly! I started going to the 930 club back in 94 or so when it was actually on 930 F st and have gone to atleast 50 or 60 shows since but there is no way I can even compare to someone like you a "dedicated 930 club supporters/forum member".
I spend almost all free time working to try and make money to go to as many shows as possible, I am sorry that to truly be a fan or supporter you have to spend hours on a message board, who knew?
And thanks for the kind hello! Is everyone here as nice as you?
J (soley registered so I could get lily1's beloved passcode)
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Originally posted by Seth Hurwitz:
as promised, I'll have something just for us forum types later today
Hooray! Thanks, Seth.
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Ok heres the deal if you have posted in this thread prior to this morning, you can get on the forum presale, so PM evilsatan with your email so the details can be sentout. i'm sending pms as fast as i can. i'll be checking to see whose naughty and nice...
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I think I qualify there ;) LOL
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Are The Datsuns opening on the 8th? I'm really sleepy and just catching up w/ this thread.
Originally posted by Bags:
PIXIES
w/ The Datsuns & The Bennies
@ D.A.R. Constitution Hall â?¢ Washington, DC
December 7
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Satan? :mad:
Originally posted by evilsanta:
PM evilsatan
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Originally posted by Sugartastic Tee Silk:
Are The Datsuns opening on the 8th? I'm really sleepy and just catching up w/ this thread. Originally posted by Bags:
PIXIES
w/ The Datsuns & The Bennies
@ D.A.R. Constitution Hall â?¢ Washington, DC
December 7
[/b]
Nope, TV on the Radio open on the 8th...
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Hey Santa...is this new info, or is this for the same presale that is going on tomorrow?
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and indeed is the better opener than the datsuns on the 7th, imho.
Originally posted by Bags:
Nope, TV on the Radio open on the 8th...
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*cue churchlady/snl skit when churchlady rearranges the name santa to prove its really satan*
Originally posted by Sugartastic Tee Silk:
Satan? :mad: Originally posted by evilsanta:
PM evilsatan
[/b]
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I'm happy about TV on the Radio just never seen The Datsuns...Thanks for the info.
Originally posted by lily1:
and indeed is the better opener than the datsuns on the 7th, imho.
Originally posted by Bags:
Nope, TV on the Radio open on the 8th...
[/b]
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Should I be worried if I haven't recieved anything yet?
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I'm glad I didn't succumb to my usual aversion to threads over three pages :)
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I haven't received anything yet either. But give evilsanta time to make his list and check it twice.
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kosmo here, well i guess a new alter ego is needed seeing as the cover is blown with this one :p
anyhoo, intial list of email addresses has been forwarded to the power that be. good thing i don't have a real "job"
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I have read that Black Francis is an Old 97's fan.
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evilsanta rules!
Have others noticed that Frank Black/Black Francis has been going by his real name, Charles Thompson, in interviews lately? I guess he got tired of trying to figure out which stage name to use for the reunion tour...
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I'm anxiously checking my e-mail...LOL. I'm hoping to hook up friends that didn't get tickets in the first round of the presale, not to mention hoping to get tickets for the show on the 8th. This brings back nightmarish memories of trying to get Radiohead tickets.
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i'll let everyone know if i hear anything...
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Has anyone seem them in other cities? I'd be interested to hear how the shows were. I bought tix for the L.A. show next week but can't go anymore, and am going to one of the Detroit shows...
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
I have read that Black Francis is an Old 97's fan.
They are both playing in Austin on Saturday. Coincidence?
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As an FYI, I hope folks here don't give out the 'special' info too extensively... I think the point of the offer is that enough of the hardcore regulars here haven't gotten tickets yet. There's a more general presale going on as well. I'm happy to send that password to folks who post here.
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Originally posted by Sieve-Fisted:
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
I have read that Black Francis is an Old 97's fan.
They are both playing in Austin on Saturday. Coincidence? [/b]
Not sure, but is this apart of the Austin City Limits festival?
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Yes, please, Bunnyman and others, don't pass along whatever forum password/info we receive. Everyone else can wait for the Friday morning presale.
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Originally posted by cdg:
Has anyone seem them in other cities? I'd be interested to hear how the shows were. I bought tix for the L.A. show next week but can't go anymore, and am going to one of the Detroit shows...
I saw them in Palm Desert at Coachella, even with the LARGE crowd and high heat (>110 F) the show was AMAZING!
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Hey, go try the www.pixiesmusic.com (http://www.pixiesmusic.com) presale link again...I JUST got 2 ticekts ORCH Row G Seats 105 & 107!!!!!!!
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and still the page won't load for me so i can click continue after terms and agreements. wtf!
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yeah, looks like there aren't any more now.
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Woo! Worked for me! Thanks for the tip. 2 tickets in row F! I can finally breathe. Yeah, this shouldn't be that big a deal, but for some reason it is!
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I was able to pick up 4 with 2 different orders. Couldn't do it in 1. But the second set was ORCH Row F Seats 118 - 120. I guess it pays off to keep checking back!
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Originally posted by LRHippo:
Hey, go try the www.pixiesmusic.com (http://www.pixiesmusic.com) presale link again...I JUST got 2 ticekts ORCH Row G Seats 105 & 107!!!!!!!
Thanks for the heads up. I just got Row H. I checked back a few minutes after it said there were no more. I suggest people keep trying...
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Let's hope we're not accidentally using up Seth's presale tix... The whole PixiesMusic presale has been very strange indeed.
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I still haven't heard aything about the forum presale happenings...But it was mentioned earlier in this thread or on pixiesmusic.com that there were known scalpers and that their orders were being cancelled and to keep trying....
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anyone notice that they added a 5th show in chicago with urge overkill opening.
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i appauld the efforts to cancel the orders of the ticket brokers... still nothing regarding the forum presale
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oh, don't say that! i still don't have tickets!
Originally posted by cjdawson:
Let's hope we're not accidentally using up Seth's presale tix... The whole PixiesMusic presale has been very strange indeed.
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
anyone notice that they added a 5th show in chicago with urge overkill opening.
OHMYGOD, that would so frickin' kick ass.
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I just tried and it said none available :(
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I got a few about an hour ago...orch row G seat 120 or something.
This whole pre-sale is whack.
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Right now there's only 1 DC ticket up on eBay, and that's probably because he hasn't checked his email to see his order has been cancelled! :D ;)
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So does anyone know whether or not there is going to be a presale for the December 8th show??
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Originally posted by Bags:
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
anyone notice that they added a 5th show in chicago with urge overkill opening.
OHMYGOD, that would so frickin' kick ass. [/b]
Yup. And I bet JBTV gets involved (has them on the show, etc.).
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just got a tickets are no longer available through this outlet message :(
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Yup I think someone screwed up over there.
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I wasn't planning on giving anything out, for the record. I feel lucky that Seth is giving us a chance at tickets here and think it's very, very cool to help us out.
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YAY!!!!!!!!
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Originally posted by Seth Hurwitz:
as promised, I'll have something just for us forum types later today
As usual sir, you should be commended for your efforts. I don't know any other owner that goes this far for his regulars, who are in fact, just regular people. Treating regulars like VIP industry insiders is over and above the call of duty.
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check your email boxes!
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I got nothing.
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be sure it didn't trapped in the spam filter, it was sent out like the 9:30 weekly email...
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thank you Seth and evilkosmo, I mean santa
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Thanks! It's worth getting in to work early....xo
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I must second Bags' caution against spreading this around, you all know how internet stuff spreads like wildfire -- if it gets out we'll sign on at 9:00:01 tomorrow and they'll all be gone already!
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Yes, Seth, thanx for the pre-sale info. I just think everyone should know that Sean posted the password on the Pixiesmusic site. I am kind pissed about that now every MF has the pass. Can it be changed? I respect all the news Sean has offered over there, but given the difficulty of true DC fans getting tix at the 1st pre sale I wish he would have respected the REAL fans a bit more. We all know the pass. We are the only ones who need to know.
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I think it's safe to say that we should all feel pretty lucky to have this chance...I'm sure they must be great seats as well. So let's just keep it under our hats because to have an opportunity like this is just SO friggin' cool. Thank you Seth and Evilsatan, I mean santa!! ;) You guys really are the best. Thank you thank you thank you.
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That's a different presale that got posted, isn't it?? That's the ticketbastard one that starts at 10am...we lucky stiffs have another one at 9am.
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OK...I wasn't on here ealier today, so I haven't gotten anything in my inbox about what ever evilsanta wanted. I hope I am not to late. You on here evilsanta? Please don't let me be too late.
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Yeah landshark, the special 9:30 presale is definitely NOT on the Pixies site. I think there'd be a public hanging if someone did that! :)
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Do you think evil santa will be back on before the am to get my e-mail addy? I seriously can not miss out on this. Aghhhh! I hate that I had to work today. ANd yes, I am a bit paranoid about this.
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if anyone posts it an angry mob is definitely called for!
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You can always send him a private message, but FYI he's only sending out the password to people who posted to this thread before this morning.
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Oh yeah, I replied to his PM. I just hope that he gets it before the am. That's all.
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santa, i didn't get anything...
:(
can you resend or can someone pm it to me? i wonder if my spam filter ate it? :(
Originally posted by evilsanta:
be sure it didn't trapped in the spam filter, it was sent out like the 9:30 weekly email...
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Maybe the email is still making it's way to you - dependent on your IP or server?
Anyhow, thanks satan and Seth. Seth - you rock. Seriously. I wasn't even going to go to the because I'm short on funds, but now, b/c of the great opportunity you have provided and the lengths that you go to for your patrons and fans- I will probably go just to show my appreciation.
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but you all got it over an hour ago!
someone please help.
Originally posted by Sugartastic Tee Silk:
Maybe the email is still making it's way to you - dependent on your IP or server?
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thanks santa! i'll be attending the show in norfolk instead, but it's nice to know i'm inside the "velvet ropes" despite being mostly a lurker. ;P
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I didn't get it either. :(
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I hope i don't geet screwed (in the bad way) agian. I am going probably going to miss a plane in order for my shot. If ig get good seats, or any seats at this point, it will be worth it.
I've said it befroe and I'll say it again: I have waited years for this show.
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phheewww. good to know i wasn't the only one!
Originally posted by kurosawa-b/w:
I didn't get it either. :(
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Yay! I've got it. Thanks, evilsanta. And a huge thank you to Seth for recognizing us in this way. Much appreciated.
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yippee! i got it!
thanks so much! this is great! thanks for treating your patrons like rock stars, seth!
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Thanx again evilsanta and Seth! You guys sooooo rule!
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merry christmas evil santa, merry christmas seth, merry christmas kermy.
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Can you do me a favor Kosmo or whoever sent out the passwords. I just changed my e mail address, can you resend it to my new one. Thanks in advance and if not, thanks for thinking of me the first time.
Gee
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shit, I never looked at this thread because I assumed it would be the same ticketmaster presale stuff. asdfa;oisdjfasdf oh well. I guess I'll just have to stick with that and hope for the best.
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Originally posted by jb1677:
Originally posted by cdg:
Has anyone seem them in other cities? I'd be interested to hear how the shows were. I bought tix for the L.A. show next week but can't go anymore, and am going to one of the Detroit shows...
I saw them in Palm Desert at Coachella, even with the LARGE crowd and high heat (>110 F) the show was AMAZING! [/b]
I have copies of the fineline and Coachella shows. They sound great. Frank messed up some songs at Fine Line though.
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I just want to thank Seth for arranging for the special forum pre-sale. That rocks. And thanks to Evilsanta for doing the legwork. I just wish the pre-sale was for the December 8th show! (Sorry, just had to say it.)
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Good luck everybody.
NP. Here We Go - Ministry, which I find amusing.
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Seth and the 9:30 club have won my undying loyalty.
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Listening to my Coachella CD right now...it was easily one of the most memorable concert experiences I've ever had. The Pixies were just as good there as they were when I saw them back in 1990 and 1991. As long as they don't get burned out on this tour, I'm sure we can expect some pretty amazing performances. I'm so damn excited right now.
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Originally posted by Nietzsche:
Seth and the 9:30 club have won my undying loyalty.
Let's remember that if not everyone gets a good seat in the pre presale....(not directed at you, Nietzsche!)
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its 9:02 am and i can't get online...
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any reason why this isn't working?
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Nothing's happening at the moment...I'm still getting no tix available. But I'm patient! ;)
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Section D is the best I'm getting right now-- no Orch. Shit!
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it's working for me. try clearing your cache.
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I got sec d - row c - thanks seth!
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how'd you get in, chimbley?
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I got row B. I guess I'll see you there.
Really, thanks again Seth. It's nice to be taken such good care of.
Originally posted by brennser:
I got sec d - row c - thanks seth!
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Originally posted by Bags:
how'd you get in, chimbley?
through ticketbastard-- scroll down.
now i'm getting "no tix avail."
BTW--y'all, Section D is on the side, NOT on the floor.
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Section D, row F
THANKS...we'll see if orchestra comes up during the TM presale...
xo
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I got in, best I could get was section D, so I tried again, now it's sold out.
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Many thanks to Seth for setting up the Forum presale. I already got my tickets, but it's still greatly appreciated.
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don't you have a ticket already?
Originally posted by bunnyman:
any reason why this isn't working?
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i'm going to release the pair i have so try again in a minute...
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section d for me as well.
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i guess i'll hold out for the 8th, then...
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Originally posted by brennser:
I got sec d - row c - thanks seth!
watch out for the mumbling brit and bubbly scot ;)
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sec D, row D. thanks all!!!
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*SOB*
no tickets for me AGAIN!
it's like i'm fuckin cursed or something! and i can't do the 10 am because i have a meeting.
ARGH.
thanks though seth and kosmo for doing this, even if i didn't luck out. its murphy's law for me!
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Originally posted by brennser:
I got sec d - row c - thanks seth!
Me, too. What are your seat numbers?
Thank you again, Seth. It is a relief to have them as now I know I will get to go to at least one of the shows!
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Section D row A. Possibly a better view than orch. Thanks again 9:30!
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there are still tickets available... dont start sobbing yet. i just saw row e.
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I guess all of these tickets were in section D, got row E, thanks Seth
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Lily, can't you get someone you know to do the 10:00 sale? (PS, I think your chances for tickets on Sat will be as good as today....everyone who cares has the presale password, so the presale allotment will go fast...)
Plus, the show on the 8th is still up in the air!
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Section D row D. I just saw a set available for the same row, but decided not to buy and give everyone else a fair chance. Thanks!
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Wow, row A...that rocks. How'd I end up in F....
TRUST me, I am NOT complaining! ;)
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bunnyman got in for me and got me 2 in sec d, row c. brennser, i think we are sitting right next to you!
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I got sec D row F too. I did Have row B but my
#$%^ing computer froze. I was then double checking after I got mine and saw some for row c. I do not understand ticketbastard!
But I love Seth and evilsanta! And the 930! Woo Hoo.
Thanx
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I think I sat around Section D for Pearl Jam a few years ago, ok seats
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Originally posted by jardison:
Section D row D. I just saw a set available for the same row, but decided not to buy and give everyone else a fair chance. Thanks!
They won't let you buy two sets in the same presale -- that's when your purchases get cancelled (and that's how tickets end up opening up an hour after the sale appears to be 'sold out')
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I have a feeling this and the 12/8 show are going to go like hotcakes once the general sale goes up tomorrow. Here's hoping that they'll add a show on the 9th. Trying to get tickets for this has just been NUTS.
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hmmm a load of forumites sitting in the same section ... think of the possibilities! Face Painting, Foam Fingers, the word Pixie painted on peoples chest. Oh what fun that could be :D
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Had I KNOWN there was a forum presale I would have posted... anybody wanna send me the password?
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Originally posted by Bags:
As an FYI, I hope folks here don't give out the 'special' info too extensively... I think the point of the offer is that enough of the hardcore regulars here haven't gotten tickets yet. There's a more general presale going on as well. I'm happy to send that password to folks who post here.
can someone help me out. i'm a big pixies fan and apparently theres info out there that i don't know about. i guess i shouldn't be so concerned cause there is a presale at 10am today and tomorrow.
also, when do tickets for the TV on the Radio show go on sale?
tenpercenter76@yahoo.com
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Originally posted by Bags:
They won't let you buy two sets in the same presale -- that's when your purchases get cancelled (and that's how tickets end up opening up an hour after the sale appears to be 'sold out')
Um...are you sure abou that. I've had to do 2 purchases to get a total of 4 tickets with presales in the past and have had no problems. They just make sure you don't go over the total limit...Like this one has a 4 ticket limit. I can do 2 sales of 2 tickets, but no more, that's when they get kicked out.
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wow first suede, then leaf, and now cerunnos! feels like 2001 all over again :) now who wants to unearth misskitty and ian curtis
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ps check your pm...
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Just got Section D Row E and that was w/o receiving the password in advance haha, I put in enough random Pixies related words and finally got in :)
Hunter
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that sucks. if i'd have known they were all in the same section, i may have tried to buy some.
oh well..
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Perhaps a pre-show happy hour would be in order, to get our drink on?
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and, a group of people who will not talk thru the entire performance! yippee!!!!!
:D :D
Originally posted by evilsanta:
hmmm a load of forumites sitting in the same section ... think of the possibilities! Face Painting, Foam Fingers, the word Pixie painted on peoples chest. Oh what fun that could be :D
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Originally posted by LRHippo:
Originally posted by Bags:
They won't let you buy two sets in the same presale -- that's when your purchases get cancelled (and that's how tickets end up opening up an hour after the sale appears to be 'sold out')
Um...are you sure abou that. I've had to do 2 purchases to get a total of 4 tickets with presales in the past and have had no problems. They just make sure you don't go over the total limit...Like this one has a 4 ticket limit. I can do 2 sales of 2 tickets, but no more, that's when they get kicked out. [/b]
But the limit on this sale wast 2.... Dunno, but I'd never chance having my purchase cancelled.
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yup, the email explicitly said 2 ticket limit.
the earlier presale, and then one at 10 am allow for 4 tickets in a SINGLE purchase. not multiple purchases with the same card or name or billing address. its clearly written out on ticketmaster's site.
dont' take your chances folks and stick to the guidelines.
Originally posted by Bags:
[/qb]
But the limit on this sale wast 2.... Dunno, but I'd never chance having my purchase cancelled. [/b][/QUOTE]
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Damn, looks like I missed out... need 3 tickets anyways (was going to tell the fiance, who will be the wife by then, that she could sit this one out, she's not a big Pixies fan anyways). Guess its a sign that the tickets are all gone.
When are the tickets for the 12/8 show going on sale?
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haha, i was thinking that too when Cernunnos
posted. i can report that miss kitty is alive and well in the suburbs of baltimore but mr. curtis i havent seen in a while...
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but seriously seeing markie with a big X painted on his chest would be quite the sight no...
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Guess if anything was gonna pull us old-timers out of the woodwork it would be a Pixies reunion? I didn't even know about the show until 3 weeks ago (man, I'm totally loosing it in my old age of 25).
And I didn't even know the forum had returned until I saw the "forum presale" thing on Ticketmaster and thought "hmm..." Good thing the old user/pass worked.
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why do i have this feeling for past 24 hours i've been the devil but still wanting to give out presents to good little forumites hmmmm...
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Phewww. I just got through reading 10 pages of "I got Row F Seat 15-16", and I just have to say, this thread is the most exhiliratingly exciting threaed I have ever read!
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kosmo, where are you and kosmette sitting?
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i got my seats through the pixiesmusic presale and sitting in row m. so there best not be any beer spillage from the balcony :mad:
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Are tickets for the 12/8 show still going onsale tomorrow rather than today?
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god.....what's the password needed??? please help!!!!
sudaca@gmail.com
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Bags, you are right, it was a 2 ticket limit as per the email. I was going off of what the ticketbastard site said:
Ticket Limit
There is a 4 ticket limit for the presale and an 8 ticket limit for the public sale!
Please adhere to published ticket limits. Orders exceeding the ticket limit will be canceled without notice. This includes duplicate orders having the same name, billing address or credit card.
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got that bags and markie? kosmo doesn't want to be doused in beer!
:D :D
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
i got my seats through the pixiesmusic presale and sitting in row m. so there best not be any beer spillage from the balcony :mad:
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Phewww. I just got through reading 10 pages of "I got Row F Seat 15-16", and I just have to say, this thread is the most exhiliratingly exciting threaed I have ever read!
Payback for the 10 million Wilco and Old 97's threads.
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Just tried the regular pre-sale for the hell of it and got Orchestra Row D Seats 6 and 7 from the center!
So had a friend buy those just to make sure they dont get cancelled. I know this isnt the ticket selling forum but I might be making a post on there selling my Section D pair so forum folks who missed out and want to hang together keep an eye out.
Hunter
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I just got 2 tickets for some friends for the Pixies show on the 7th and they are Orchestra seating Row HH seats 2 and 4!!!!!!!!!!
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Congratulations!
Originally posted by jardison:
I just got 2 tickets for some friends for the Pixies show on the 7th and they are Orchestra seating Row HH seats 2 and 4!!!!!!!!!!
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RealHunter, I might take you up on those tickets ;)
Like I said, the signifigant other probably wouldn't care if she missed out.
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
i got my seats through the pixiesmusic presale and sitting in row m. so there best not be any beer spillage from the balcony :mad:
there is no beer allowed in DAR
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section SEC-D, row C, seats 5-4
looks like there will be quite the crowd of us! curiosa redux!
Originally posted by kurosawa-b/w:
Originally posted by brennser:
I got sec d - row c - thanks seth!
Me, too. What are your seat numbers?
[/b]
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Congratulations!
Originally posted by brennser:
section SEC-D, row C, seats 5-4
looks like there will be quite the crowd of us! curiosa redux!
Originally posted by kurosawa-b/w:
Originally posted by brennser:
I got sec d - row c - thanks seth!
Me, too. What are your seat numbers?
[/b]
[/b]
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Section D - Row A
Thanks Seth.
Thanks Santa.
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I can't get squat right now.
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i was acting as markies proxy today and he's in row c 9-8, shall i put you down for the P?
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Section D - Row A
Thanks Seth.
Thanks Santa.
your tall enough, i'll put you down for the S
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Congratulations!
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Section D - Row A
Thanks Seth.
Thanks Santa.
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So for the heck of it I tried the presale at 10am and I got row D in the Orchestra. This is crazy...I'm just wondering if the first few rows are going to be taken up by the stage, like at the Belle and Sebastian show. If that's the case, row D could very well be front row.
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
i was acting as markies proxy today and he's in row c 9-8, shall i put you down for the P?
What am I doing wrong here?
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Originally posted by lily1:
got that bags and markie? kosmo doesn't want to be doused in beer!
:D :D
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
i got my seats through the pixiesmusic presale and sitting in row m. so there best not be any beer spillage from the balcony :mad:
[/b]
Then he better wear a rainhat....Actually, you can buy & drink beer and wine at DAR, but can't bring it inside the concert hall. Have to down those babies out in the hallway/lobby/foyer (whatever you call that area).
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Originally posted by TheREALHunter:
Just tried the regular pre-sale for the hell of it and got Orchestra Row D Seats 6 and 7 from the center!
Dude, I do not have luck with Ticketmaster. Even in the forum sale, I got the worst seats so far....it's not a big deal, it just astounds me again and again.
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Help! I have no idea what I am doing -- I know I need a password to be able to buy tickets today from Ticketmaster, but I don't know where to find the password(s). Is there a kindhearted soul who can point me in the right direction?
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Voting for Bush and rooting for the Yankees.
Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
i was acting as markies proxy today and he's in row c 9-8, shall i put you down for the P?
What am I doing wrong here? [/b]
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Originally posted by chaz:
Payback for the 10 million Wilco and Old 97's threads.
The Wilco and Old 97s threads? You mean the ones I don't read because I'm not interested in them? Amazing, that filter you can use...it's like changing the channel for a t.v. show you don't want to watch, rather than diss on the t.v. show.
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Voting for Bush and rooting for the Yankees.
Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
i was acting as markies proxy today and he's in row c 9-8, shall i put you down for the P?
What am I doing wrong here? [/b]
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I knew those things would come back to haunt me. Actually, I never voted for Bush, I just support him......and Kerry if he gets elected. But I've already had this mini discussion with Markie and Kosmo.
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I am still sooooooo EXTREMELY happy! God, you guys rule.
The folks on Pixiesmusic.com are sooooo confused (http://www.pixiesmusic.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=4096&st=0) . I really feel the VIP treatment. I can not say thank you enough.
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Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
i was acting as markies proxy today and he's in row c 9-8, shall i put you down for the P?
What am I doing wrong here? [/b]
haha, what Rhett said.
but as for the Pixies, I dont know, i cant get tickets either.
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Originally posted by Bags:
Originally posted by TheREALHunter:
Just tried the regular pre-sale for the hell of it and got Orchestra Row D Seats 6 and 7 from the center!
Dude, I do not have luck with Ticketmaster. Even in the forum sale, I got the worst seats so far....it's not a big deal, it just astounds me again and again. [/b]
Be glad you got something. I'm still failing.
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Originally posted by Bags:
Originally posted by TheREALHunter:
Just tried the regular pre-sale for the hell of it and got Orchestra Row D Seats 6 and 7 from the center!
Dude, I do not have luck with Ticketmaster. Even in the forum sale, I got the worst seats so far....it's not a big deal, it just astounds me again and again. [/b]
2 of my co-workers pulled 2 each for me at the same time (as I was going to buy whichever the best pair was) and one got Row N and other Row LL so it was pretty random I guess.
Hunter
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I'm still holding out for the December 8th show.
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this better not happen at the Muse presale (hahah)
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It would appear that the pre-sale allotment has been tapped since none are coming up now, though the last time I successfully checked they were selling seats in Section J so I wouldnt have been too psyched about getting those.
Hunter
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Who wants in on a pool to predict when Rhett will once again tell us the story about the girl with blue hair who gave him Pixies tickets in London?
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just a quick point of clarification... the 9:30 forum presale started at 9am and was probably over shortly there after, I have no idea how many tickets were up for grabs then.
there was a third presale at 10am which used the password set out in the 9:30 email on weds.
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Wouldn't that be a bit boring and predictable?
Maybe I should move on to the part about smoking weed with Joey Santiago and members of Pere Ubu backstage after the show.
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Who wants in on a pool to predict when Rhett will once again tell us the story about the girl with blue hair who gave him Pixies tickets in London?
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I give up.
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Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
I give up.
now if only Bush and the Yankees would do the same.
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You totally made out with big boy David Thomas didn't you. You sly dog. Was he wearing his scientist apron while hitting you from the back?
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Maybe I should move on to the part about smoking weed with Joey Santiago and members of Pere Ubu backstage after the show.
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
I give up.
now if only Bush and the Yankees would do the same. [/b]
If either one had any competition, maybe they would. :D
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Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Maybe I should move on to the part about smoking weed with...members of Pere Ubu backstage after the show.
Yeah, but who hasn't done that.... :D
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Originally posted by pollard:
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
i got my seats through the pixiesmusic presale and sitting in row m. so there best not be any beer spillage from the balcony :mad:
there is no beer allowed in DAR [/b]
nor breathing or any kind of exciting activity.
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Did I ever tell you guys about the time the girl with blue hair gave my friend and I free tickets to the London show back in '89?
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Was your friend deaf, Asian, and a tranny?
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Did I ever tell you guys about the time the girl with blue hair gave my friend and I free tickets to the London show back in '89?
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Worse, he was balding at 23.
Originally posted by econo:
Was your friend deaf, Asian, and a tranny?
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Did I ever tell you guys about the time the girl with blue hair gave my friend and I free tickets to the London show back in '89?
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Congrats to sonickteam, who successfully chose the 11:05-11:10 A.M. slot!!
You win a replica of the "Death to the Pixies" shirt that Rhett appears to wear to nearly every show he attends.
The rest of you won't be leaving empty-handed -- You will all receive the home version of "Predict Rhett's Next Boring and Predictable Post" -- Fun for the whole family!!
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Have I mentioned how much the White Stripes suck in the last week or two?
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Congrats to sonickteam, who successfully chose the 11:05-11:10 A.M. slot!!
You win a replica of the "Death to the Pixies" shirt that Rhett appears to wear to nearly every show he attends.
The rest of you won't be leaving empty-handed -- You will all receive the home version of "Predict Rhett's Next Boring and Predictable Post" -- Fun for the whole family!!
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Nobody cares...and I think you need to find someone else to go bug.
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Ladies and gentlemen, the most predictable poster on the board...Random Citizen
Originally posted by Random Citizen:
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shame you aren't going to show rhett, you would have made a damn fine I
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Question --I always thought a troll was someone who reads a BB religiously, but never posts....
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Originally posted by Bags:
Question --I always thought a troll was someone who reads a BB religiously, but never posts....
more of a statement really :p
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Originally posted by Bags:
Question --I always thought a troll was someone who reads a BB religiously, but never posts....
That's a lurker. A troll is an agitator, or attempts to be one, by posting insults, off-color comments, irrelevant items in various threads in the hopes of angering/annoying other boardfolk.
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heh... and pretty much every board has one... it's the cyberspace equivalent of the village idiot.
ps ... Sec D Row B. Thanks 930 :D
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Congrats to sonickteam, who successfully chose the 11:05-11:10 A.M. slot!!
i tried at 9:30am dummy. and i wasnt planning on going really, but then i heard everyone was sitting anear, so i thought i would , but then i was too late.
I am going on vacation that whole next week anyway. plus Hannukah and what not.
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he's not talking about pixies tix
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Congrats to sonickteam, who successfully chose the 11:05-11:10 A.M. slot!!
i tried at 9:30am dummy. and i wasnt planning on going really, but then i heard everyone was sitting anear, so i thought i would , but then i was too late.
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Originally posted by brennser:
he's not talking about pixies tix
am i supposed to know what he IS talking about?
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Who wants in on a pool to predict when Rhett will once again tell us the story about the girl with blue hair who gave him Pixies tickets in London?
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i got tix this morning on the pixiesmusic presale.. nothing special 2 in section M row N (nearly as far away from the stage as possible) but now I'm setting my sights on the 12/8 show. Anyword on when the 9:30 presale will take place?
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Originally posted by brennser:
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Who wants in on a pool to predict when Rhett will once again tell us the story about the girl with blue hair who gave him Pixies tickets in London?
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oh yeah!!
i won? wow, i feel priveliged. do i get NASCAR tickets too?
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Originally posted by Defcon9:
i got tix this morning on the pixiesmusic presale.. nothing special 2 in section M row N (nearly as far away from the stage as possible) but now I'm setting my sights on the 12/8 show. Anyword on when the 9:30 presale will take place?
Not to spread misinformation as this may not be the way it goes down but sometimes when theres a second show in the wings, they just put them out there for sale w/o any fanfare when the first one sells out (or is close to selling out) so Id watch ticketmaster.com closely tomorrow.
Hunter
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Yeah, what he said...
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Hmm...dentist appointment meant no tickets for me...I still think the 8th is for me. Alas, have fun all at the show on the 7th. And wish me luck tomorrow morning...grumble grumble.
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Bad presale tix occasionally available: just got row DD for the 7th using the 9:30 password. More impressive as a bra size than seat location, but what the heck we're in.
And while I'm here a story about my lifetime worst decision regarding a show: was living in Boston in the late 80s, Gigantic was on the radio constantly, and I heard the Pixies were returning from England and doing their first US gig as semi-stars at the intimate (i.e. hole in the wall) TT the Bear's Place in Cambridge. And I thought, "these guys are going to be really big...but nah, I don't like them that much." They've grown on me since.
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(homer voice) mmmmm.... DDs...
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Why is this all so terribly confusing? It should be like in the old days when everyone had to wait in line for their tickets.
Or there should just be cage matches to the death.
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why I remember back in 1977, we had to line up for FIVE DAYS in the Capital Centre parking lot for Led Zeppelin tickets. AND WE LIKED IT!
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Originally posted by brennser:
section SEC-D, row C, seats 5-4
Excellent! My seats are 6-7!
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I couldn't get to a computer until 11 because I was in school, so I didn't get tickets. I'm going to try tomorrow, hopefully I will be more successful.
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I can't even find December 8th show on Ticketmaster. There's no link on pixiesmusic.com. I'm not convinced December 8th is even going to go on sale tomorrow!
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and the boy and i are in 2 and 3!
Originally posted by kurosawa-b/w:
Originally posted by brennser:
section SEC-D, row C, seats 5-4
Excellent! My seats are 6-7! [/b]
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Help!! I' so confused. Can anyone confirm this from the PixiesMusic website.
tv on the radio, the bennies opening, tickets on sale saturday, september 18.
I am hopeful for getting tickets tomorrow as I was unable to get any today. Damn lousy school connection.
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I think the concensus of opinion is that when the Dec. 7th show sells out tomorrow, the Dec. 8th show's tickets will become available on Ticketmaster. In other words, we will all be glued to our computers from 10am onwards.
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Amen, sister!! ;)
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is it sold out? at 10.01 am it told me box 28. at 10.02, nothing available.
though i was able to get online this time.
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My 'search time' is over 4 minutes....
Did you take those box seats? I definitely would have...
But waiting on the 8th show.
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My wait time keeps going up...at 9mins now, but I am waiting for the 8th!
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Woops, now my wait time is 14 minutes.
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nope, i gave them up. too far away. the 8th needs to go on sale now! i have to get dressed and head out to the md wine festival in less than a half hour.
my wait time went from 2 min to 5 minutes.
Originally posted by Bags:
My 'search time' is over 4 minutes....
Did you take those box seats? I definitely would have...
But waiting on the 8th show.
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Got through right away at 10:00
Box 25 was available
Now just waiting (like so many) for the 8th
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Vote for Change tickets -- gone.
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bastards! i just got row t for 12/8 and then i got an internal error message from them and lost my goddamn order!
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I got section L right at the buzzer. Would much rather get the 8th though, but at least i know I'm going...
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Sweet!! My wait time ran out for the 7th, came up with a link for the 8th and I got 2 ticskets! Orch Row U Seats 120 and 122!! Where's the 3rd show at??? :D
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just got orch row F for 12/8. it looks like you can only get the link to that show when you try for the 12/7 and it comes up with no tix available
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VICTORY!
Box 19, front seats! 12/8!
VICTORY!
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YAY!! I got Orchestra row D for the 8th on my crappy laptop!!
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got box 17 seats for the 8th after dropping row MMs and KKs five times. is it wrong to be excited for Dec. already? 2 Ted Leo shows at black cat on the 1st and 2nd, then pixies on 8th. X-mas will have to be a let down after all that.
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I got 8 tickets in section B for the 8th -- four in row A (yeah) and four in row F.
A friend got 8 in a section further back, so when it sells out, I know we'll have extra.
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I also got tickets for 12/8. Orchestra Row P.
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It's now saying tickets for the 8th aren't availble yet...what up?
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no more tickets for the 8th....!!whats up?!!
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i think you will only have luck with single tickets. i kept trying for 4 for my friends and i and had zero luck. i took it to 2 tickets and had decent luck. single tickets, you're guaranteed first 15 rows at this point.
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Glad to be going on the 7th - shut out of tic for the 8th - patiently waiting for the 9th?!
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there are now tickets for the 7th. i have to get offline now. if the 9th goes on sale, could someone please get me a ticket. i'll paypal you the money when i get back this afternoon. bunnyman?
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Originally posted by lily1:
single tickets, you're guaranteed first 15 rows at this point.
Coming up with sec A & B for the 7th right now.
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Rock on Lily, I got ya!!
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how obstructed a view is that? that's what is open for the 7th right now.
Originally posted by Bags:
I got 8 tickets in section B for the 8th -- four in row A (yeah) and four in row F.
A friend got 8 in a section further back, so when it sells out, I know we'll have extra.
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It's on the side of the stage...
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4 in orch row L waaaay on the left (1-7) for the 8th.
but i belong way on the left anyway. :D
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Is the 9th gonna happen??? I've got to take a mean SH*T and don't want to leave the computer! :( :D
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don't you have wireless and a laptop so you can take it with you to the bathroom?
are you not prepared!
geesh!
:( :D [/b][/quote]
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Sadly, no...I'm at work...if I were home I could do it...
Stomach rumbling...what to do, what to do!! :p
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I think once the 7th and 8th are both sold out then they'll add the 9th.
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81th is temporarily suspended or soemthing...
whatever that means
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Who's left to buy the obstructed view seats?
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A friend and I were tag-teaming Ticketmaster. I saw the link for the December 8th show and got 4 seats in orchestra row S. My friend couldn't find the freaking link for nearly a minute. He ended up with section R, row F. Since we have some short people going with us, we had agreed beforehand to to try for the sides if we couldn't get something in the first ~10 rows of the Orchestra. So I gave up my tickets and we went with section R. Wish I could have grabbed Orchestra row F-L or my friend could have grabbed something in Section S or T.
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Good...took a chance and ran to the bathroom! Still no 9th...much better...
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Ridiculous. No official information from the band or anyone on ticket sales, and now they're all gone. Great.
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I am going to give up on 9th for now...I am happy with 5th row Philly, and my DC tickets...plus general admission for Chicago. What can I say, I'm obsessive! I have a feeling they'll announce a third show sometime this week.
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bunnyman, just got off the phone with T and he got NOTHING. hence, he and the wife are most miserable right now.
Originally posted by bunnyman:
I think once the 7th and 8th are both sold out then they'll add the 9th.
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For the 8th, TM now says:
"This show is temporarily off sale!"
With the exclamation mark and all -- wonder what it means.
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well not sure how I did it, but I just got Orch Row A for Dec 7 :)
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Are you kidding me???? NOTHING??? Jeez, is the 8th sold out as well?
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Originally posted by friarfunk:
Ridiculous. No official information from the band or anyone on ticket sales, and now they're all gone. Great.
A lot of people overbought tickets. Watch here and you'll be able to get tickets to one of the shows eventually (ie, lots of folks bought tix for the show on the 7th, but then again for the 8th prefering that opener...)
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Yeah...I have the wife at home watching TM.com while I jump in the car and head home...Congrats to those that got tickets...keep trying to those that didn't....not every order will go through and tickets will be released!
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i just got 2 seats for orch, row d, for the 7th.
how bizarre!
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Does "temporarily offsale" mean that tickets will be on sale again?
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Awesome Lily!! THat is GREAT!!
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can you call me at home right now? or call my mobile?
Originally posted by bunnyman:
Are you kidding me???? NOTHING??? Jeez, is the 8th sold out as well?
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Originally posted by bunnyman:
Are you kidding me???? NOTHING??? Jeez, is the 8th sold out as well?
I think now they're holding the 8th again until the 7th is sold out.
This is truly insane and really annoying, the whole thing.
Seth & santa, thanks again.
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Originally posted by Bags:
Originally posted by friarfunk:
Ridiculous. No official information from the band or anyone on ticket sales, and now they're all gone. Great.
A lot of people overbought tickets. Watch here and you'll be able to get tickets to one of the shows eventually (ie, lots of folks bought tix for the show on the 7th, but then again for the 8th prefering that opener...) [/b]
And I can only go to the 8th. Alas. Really, I just wish the band's official site would have something to do with getting this information out to the public rather than making us guess.
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Right now for the 1st show if youre looking to get a single ticket theyre unloading Rows B-D obstructed on the side in the orchestra when I check.
Hunter
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on the bright note, a lot of tickets will open up on the ticket exchange from forum members who are now going to go one night or not the other so i'm sure in the spirt of the forum and good ticket karma, those that are ticketless here, will find a good ticket in their hand quite soon.
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i just found out my seats are actually against the wall in section L....c'mon 8th or 9th....
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Single seat orchestra row A (obstructed view) tickets still available for 12/7.
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Sorry if this was discussed before, but what are the areas of obstructed view? I've never been to DAR before.
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Originally posted by TheREALHunter:
Right now for the 1st show if youre looking to get a single ticket theyre unloading Rows B-D obstructed on the side in the orchestra when I check.
So it says "obstructed view"?
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Sorry, but this event no longer exists in our database.
for the 8th
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Originally posted by redsock:
i just found out my seats are actually against the wall in section L....c'mon 8th or 9th....
I'll have tickets to sell, red. Between me and my friend, we got 16 tickets. This is quite the clusterfuck, though, isn't it...
OKAY, now it says for the show on the 8th:
"Sorry, but this event no longer exists in our database.?
But it's still listed when you search for "pixies."
Like I said, a clusterfuck.
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They're just trying to sell off the obstructed view seats, but, yeah, it sucks. My guess is that once all of the 12/7 obstructed seats are gone, they'll start with the 12/8 obstructed view seats.
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Originally posted by Bags:
Originally posted by TheREALHunter:
Right now for the 1st show if youre looking to get a single ticket theyre unloading Rows B-D obstructed on the side in the orchestra when I check.
So it says "obstructed view"? [/b]
yes.
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nah, something's weird. Why pull the 8th off the site, as they now have...and the 8th were not up very long at all...somebody messed up somewhere....
But thanks Bags, we'll see how everything shakes out first... but I know where you live... :)
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mine are orch d, obstructed view, but we are right on the aisle, with seats 1&2 so i think we'll be a ok.
and at this point, i jut don't give a fuck anymore.
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Originally posted by lily1:
mine are orch d, obstructed view, but we are right on the aisle, with seats 1&2 so i think we'll be a ok.
and at this point, i jut don't give a fuck anymore.
Hopefully theyre numbered 1 and 3 or 2 and 4 or youll have to wave to each other during the show ;)
Hunter
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Orchestra tickets available for the 8th! GO GO GO guys!
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FYI The 8th is back up.
Hunter
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Just got 3 tickets in Orchestra FF! Move, folks, move!
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just got 2 Row LL
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8th is back on sale
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whew! got orchetra HH for the 8th...!!!
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I just got tickets for the 7th. Section A, Row K, seats 5-6. Sound good?
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i got row a box 28 and row ff
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Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
I just got tickets for the 7th. Section A, Row K, seats 5-6. Sound good?
Youre close but if their map is accurate youll be getting a side view of the band.
Hunter
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I got orchestra row CC. The more I hit "search again" the better the seats seemed to get. They were first offering Sec Q row L - then box 36 - then orch B obstructed view - then LL - then JJ. Once they offered CC I figured I wouldn't push my luck anymore.
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I just got
Seat location: section SEC-F, row F
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Section S Row A Dec 8
I'm Happy
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See the seating chart below. It's better than the one on tm.com. I am assuming the "obstucted view" orch seats are on the far left and right of the stage.
Go to www.dar.org (http://www.dar.org) to find a much larger and clearer version with seat numbers, etc...
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just improved my lot to row H, yippee!!!
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Originally posted by redsock:
just improved my lot to row H, yippee!!!
....in SECTION H.
Be careful, that's way back in the corner.
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Originally posted by Jaguär:
Originally posted by redsock:
just improved my lot to row H, yippee!!!
....in SECTION H.
Be careful, that's way back in the corner. [/b]
Heh, yeah I figured that out. Looks like I've got 4 more tickets to sell. Somehow I don't think that'll be a problem.
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I got Orch Row C on the 8th. I got them at Hects w/o any probs at a few mins after 10. I think that if you go to the outlet stores you have better luck than using TM.com. In my opinion.
And the 7th I'm still Sec. D thanx again 930, Seth and evilsanta!
Also just check TM a few mins ago and there are still tix available for both shows.....
......come on December!
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I've now got tickets for the 7th and 8th and I don't even know one Pixie's song. Guess I better start listening to that greatest cd I've had four six months but haven't listened to yet.
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Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
I've now got tickets for the 7th and 8th and I don't even know one Pixie's song. Guess I better start listening to that greatest cd I've had four six months but haven't listened to yet.
Dude you have better start listening...they are one of the GREATEST bands in the world...you will sooo not regret it.
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Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
I've now got tickets for the 7th and 8th and I don't even know one Pixie's song. Guess I better start listening to that greatest cd I've had four six months but haven't listened to yet.
I don't have tickets and I gave my cd to nkotbie.
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Well, for anybody willing to part with them, I'm definately in the market for 2 tickets for either night, since both times I had NO luck. Just PM me and we'll talk ;)
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Just saw their set broadcasted over the web from Austin City Limits!!!! IS IT DECEMBER YET?!?!?!?
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contact bags, i think she has extra tickets.
so what happened to this show on the 9th? announced? rumor?
Originally posted by Cernunnos:
Well, for anybody willing to part with them, I'm definately in the market for 2 tickets for either night, since both times I had NO luck. Just PM me and we'll talk ;)
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Can't Wait Til December? I have coupla decent extras to COLUMBUS Mon Oct 4. (Ind. Air has $128 R/T incl tax/fees)
contact me offline
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There are still unobstructed tix available for the 8th. Section K, which is in the back, but it's not like DAR is MCI....
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Maybe your sugar daddy could buy them up and distribute them to the homeless? They might appreciate a warm place to sit on a cold night. Maybe they wouldn't even bitch about not getting to smoke or have beer while sitting down.
Originally posted by Bags:
There are still unobstructed tix available for the 8th. Section K, which is in the back, but it's not like DAR is MCI....
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I just checked and ticketmaster is selling section J for the 8th right now...
I'm always randomly checking. It's a good idea if you're looking for better seats.
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So I just came back from a short vacation and thought I wouldn't be able to find tickets, but I was wrong, just got tickets for the 8th.
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Looks like the first night is sold out and the second night is close to selling out as well. I wonder if we still have a shot at one more show on the 9th?
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they're both sold out now...my fingers are crossed!
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Ha ha...and I just sent two friends to buy tickets. This makes for a very good chance they'll add a third (and probably final) show. Jeez, my poor credit card! The sick thing? When all is said and done I'll have probably seen them 8 times this year.
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If a 3rd show is added, any thoughts on if it will be at DAR or 9:30?? Ticketmaster.com or tickets.com? I'm watching both, but I have a feeling a 3rd show won't be added.
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I think a third show will happen...just a hunch. I'd be really surprised if it wasn't added. I don't know if I'm crazy, but I could have sworn that Better Than Ezra was originally listed on 12/9 on Pollstar, now they are 12/10. So now 12/9 is open, both at the 9:30 and Constitution Hall. The Pixies have Thursday and Friday before they have to be in NYC on Saturday. They could very well do a show on Thursday, 12/9. Where that show will be is anyone's guess. I would say at Constitution because they probably could sell that one out and make more money. But a show at the 9:30 would easily be the concert of the year, in my case probably the concert of a lifetime.
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I was leaning towards 9:30 just because of the fact that it took a few days to sell out the DAR shows. If they both sold out on Saturday I could see a 3rd DAR show. A 9:30 will sell out like that! Just hope I can get tickets if it happens!
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My money is on a third show too... I remember originally on pollstar it had 4 shows listed... and according to their schedule, they have no shows booked for the 9th and the 10th. Given that it's two months away and both DC shows are already sold out, I figure they're trying to foil the scalpers by adding at least one more show at some point between now and December. A 930 club show would be fantastic...and that would be my best bet.
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there is no 3rd show scheduled
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is there a chance that one might be scheduled in the future?
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There's not one CURRENTLY scheduled. However, I would imagine that there's still a chance for a third, especially if both shows are currently sold out.
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Originally posted by Seth Hurwitz:
there is no 3rd show scheduled
Well, if anyone would know anything, it would be Seth... so I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens.
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Section S for both nights are available
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Maybe they just want some time off to do some sightseeing and Holiday shopping in NYC.
Or maybe there's an unannounced show in Philly, Boston, or some other non-local venue.
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Originally posted by Jaguär:
Maybe they just want some time off to do some sightseeing and Holiday shopping in NYC.
I figured the same. Or, they will make an appearance on Letterman or something.
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Which Forum Member is auctioning off his/her Pixies tickets? (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=16122&item=2272728387&rd=1)
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ooh bad boardie...............
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Joe lieeees.... Joe lieeees....
When he crieeeeees.
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they are the seats next to mine, I'll ask them who they bought them from ;)
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Anyone get their tickets from the www.pixiesmusic.com (http://www.pixiesmusic.com) presale yet?
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Originally posted by econo:
Joe lieeees.... Joe lieeees....
When he crieeeeees.
You made my day.....
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Originally posted by redsock:
Originally posted by econo:
Joe lieeees.... Joe lieeees....
When he crieeeeees.
You made my day..... [/b]
ditto. That was soooooo good.
Now, back to the Pixies. The question is, since most of us did end up getting tickets for the show on the 8th, who's still going to the 7th show in the "forum section"?
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Originally posted by LRHippo:
Anyone get their tickets from the www.pixiesmusic.com (http://www.pixiesmusic.com) presale yet?
I don't have mine yet.
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scalpers must die... even if they are board members!
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i got my pixiemusic.com tickets will call...
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Originally posted by Doctor Doom:
scalpers must die... even if they are board members!
Just looked at it, so...because its Section D its automatically assumed that it was purchased by a board member? Also, the tickets are at $93 so being that a pair was 92.80 after all charges it looks like they stand to make a tidy 20 cent profit before ebay takes their cut, cant see anything to get excited over.
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This is a matter of principle Hunter, not profit. Setting up these presales is very time-consuming, and there already were other presales associated with this event that needed to be dealt with. Seth and box office staff went to a considerable amount of trouble to provide something special for the regular Forum members so they could all see the show together, and most people genuinely seemed to appreciate that effort. I don't think it's cool that someone decided to profit from this goodwill gesture.
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Whoever it is, they recently bought some really ugly shoes (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=63850&item=5317518555).
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Perhaps he funded those shoes by getting rid of his Ozzy diecast metal car collection (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=223&item=6915676653#ebayphotohosting).
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It does not seem like they have been selling other tickets on ebay. Perhaps they bought tickets in good faith and then something else came up, or they just got better tickets.
I like the shoes BTW, but they are for someone with very small feet, Rhett?
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Is this an admission?
We know your fondness for race cars and haute couture.
Originally posted by Deepak Chopra:
It does not seem like they have been selling other tickets on ebay. Perhaps they bought tickets in good faith and then something else came up, or they just got better tickets.
I like the shoes BTW
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but I have 10.5s
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I could see Lulu wearing those. Doesn't she like Nikes?
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Originally posted by econo:
I could see Lulu wearing those. Doesn't she like Nikes?
Actually she might be an 8.....
Shit it was me.
Not really. I was on holiday in NYC on the day of the pre-sale and a very kind moderator got my tickets. I stll owe him....
ooops
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
Which Forum Member is auctioning off his/her Pixies tickets? (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=16122&item=2272728387&rd=1)
what shall we do with this person
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The ticket x-change forum does exist for a reason and given that the concert is in December that route should have been considered as the first venue for attempting to sell them. Especially since there maybe forum people who missed out on the presale and might want to see the show with the rest of the those who got tickets in the party section. Deepak Chopra (markie) is being very diplomatic in pointing out that it's not a full time ticket broker thats selling them. Not quite sure what should be done in this case other pointing out that Ebay wasn't the best route to go given the special pre-sale etc. I also think the seller needs to come clean. Maybe others will chime in.
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Allright....whoever is behind this come fwd now. If you don't, the whole class will be punished!
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Actually I am on the fence about this....
I have no problem reselling tickets for a profit or buying at over face value.
But it is beyond the pail to sell tickets that you got from a special small club pre-sale. It's just too cheeky.
As they have just put an image up on ebay it would be easy to track the tickets and ban them from future presales....
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so i am clear...are we chastizing someone because they are scalping tickets? or because they used the 930 Club presale to purchase, then scalp them?
just wondering why we're angry with him.
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
because they used the 930 Club presale to purchase, then scalp them?
Ding ding DING.
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I just now read through this.
Sounds like the person didn't break any laws or anything, just broke the unspoken fraternity house rules.
Originally posted by Deepak Chopra:
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
because they used the 930 Club presale to purchase, then scalp them?
Ding ding DING. [/b]
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ok, so i agree with you guys.
Its ok if you know a show is going to sell out, so you buy some extras and sell them when it does.
but to infiltrate a special presale or fanclub is just weak. hopefully this doesnt start a trend that stands to eliminate these presales.
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Has anyone gotten their tickets for the 8th yet? I got the tickets for the 7th, but not the 8th
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Originally posted by brusie:
Has anyone gotten their tickets for the 8th yet? I got the tickets for the 7th, but not the 8th
Ditto. I've received the tickets for the 7th, but not the 8th.
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
but to infiltrate a special presale or fanclub is just weak. hopefully this doesnt start a trend that stands to eliminate these presales.
The trend already exists. Pro scalpers do just that - join fanclubs, access presales, buy season ticket subscriptions, etc.
That's why they've usually got the best tix.
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Originally posted by grotty:
The trend already exists. Pro scalpers do just that - join fanclubs, access presales, buy season ticket subscriptions, etc.
That's why they've usually got the best tix.
i know, i know, but hopefully it wont grow so that they stop.
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
ok, so i agree with you guys...to infiltrate a special presale or fanclub is just weak. hopefully this doesnt start a trend that stands to eliminate these presales.
Okay, wait, wait. No one answered my intitial question, and it gets to this point.
A number of forum members had wanted to go the Dec 8th show rather than the 7th because the opener is better. However, it was unclear when those tickets would ever go on sale. So we jumped, happily and gratefully, on the forum presale and all have tickets near each other (though again, inexplicably, I'm a few rows back...).
But then, in the general sale, tickets for the 8th went on sale and I think just about every forum person who wanted them got good seats to that show. I have 8 for the second show, 16 if you count what my friend got.
So are all of you *still* going to the show on the 7th, so we can all be at a show together?
Granted, I would *never* have put tickets on E-bay or Craigslist. I'd offer them here -- in fact, I'd probably PM those folks who stated in this thread they couldn't get tickets. If no one needs them that way, I'd post in the Exchange, and sell them for face.
So....will any other Section Ds be made available at some juncture??
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Originally posted by sonickteam2:
so i am clear...are we chastizing someone because they are scalping tickets? or because they used the 930 Club presale to purchase, then scalp them?
just wondering why we're angry with him.
well, I'm just annoyed that I tried to do something nice for the Forum Regulars (an oxymoron, I know), and it resulted in tickets being scalped
so I'm going to have to think about this before I do it again
although I suppose enabling someone to exploit this for personal monetary gain could be be construed as doing something nice
imagine, someone trying to make money by selling tickets to concerts
maybe I'm just jealous
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I too have only received my tickets for the 7th and not the 8th at this point.
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I got my ticket for the 8th yesterday from Ticketbastard.
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maybe the seller should buy the other regulars a round of drinks with their profits...
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as did i.
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great, so this wanker, or wankette, whomever he/she/it is, has probably ruined future forum presales for us.
thanks wanker, wankette, or wank-it.
and those shoes are a size 8 mens. so either that man has a really tiny wee wee or is a girl with clodhopper feet.
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so what charity should the ticket seller give his $24 gain to?
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Got my nosebleed seats for the 8th a few days ago. Actually the quickest I've ever gotten tickets from Ticketbastard...
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while the person selling tickets gained through the forum presale did nothing wrong, its still a slap in the face of those people who worked hard to pull the presale together. i personally spent a couple hours gathering emails so that forum members could be notified of the presale. i certainly hope that what little money was gained by the sale was worth it to the seller. lets just hope the action of one dosen't ruin it for the rest of people that visit the forum...
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apparently 50 Foot Wave will be supporting the Pixies on one of their NYC dates
also there are some rumors of a New Years Eve Boston date w/ Throwing Muses and The Lemonheads as opening acts
as for the person scalping Forum pre-sale tickets - shame, shame - I still intend to be there on the 7th AND the 8th
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Ticketmaster keeps releasing more tickets. I just bought front row center box seats for the 7th.
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Well, I have 4 extras for both the 7th and the 8th, and didn't get ticks through the forum presale. I hope no one minds if i sell most of them. I will be giving two away as a BY prize too.
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At the holidays, I suppose the seller on Ebay will be receiving coal from evilsanta?...(there's a reason his/her screen name is really evilsatan :eek: )
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rest assured evilsanta and evilsatan are two different people
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And remember, Santa spelled sideways is Satan
--9:30 T-shirt, circa 1992
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did anyone get tix for these final nyc shows now?
i got 4, but in my case sensitive typing frenzy, i'm not sure for which show i got (early or late).
also, how's hammerstein ballroom as a venue?
also pt. 2, i might have two dec. 7th orchestra seats for sale now that i have tix for dec. 8th and 18th.
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Hammerstein isn't bad, I've seen a few shows there and it's a decent venue. It's like a stripped down House of Blues type deal with balconies and a few levels. I've never been to Roseland, people tell me Hammerstein if a more desirable venue. Webster Hall is pretty OK too, I like Irving Plaza a lot as well.
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Just got my pixiesmusic.com pre-sale tix delivered!
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I got an email with a UPS tracking number for 1 of my 2 orders. Hopefully the second is shorlty behind that.
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I actually got my 7th and 8th tickets unbelievably fast. I've been listening to The Pixies live cd and am now glad I got both nights. :D
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i wonder when the forum "regular" who sold his tickets via ebay is going to justify his actions given that people were and still looking for tickets in ticket x-change forum.
remember lots of work was put in to setup up that presale and to turn around and sell tickets with offering them first to other forum members is an insult.
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Yeah...that is totally crappy. It would be one thing if this person had sold them off at face value to friends or buddies or people on here...at least they would have been sold in a way that was excusable. But given what had to happen to make that presale a reality, it gets me mad because it could mess up further presales or perks for Forum members. Not cool.
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I'm sure he/she will fess up on who he/she is. I say, hook us all up to a lie detector and get to the bottom of it. Guilty boardie beware, you will not get away with this.
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i guess the question is was it a regular? - I thought the threshold for inclusion was anyone who had posted on this thread before a certain date - that included a lot of people who were there only for Pixies tix/info and haven't been seen since....
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
i wonder when the forum "regular" who sold his tickets via ebay is going to justify his actions given that people were and still looking for tickets in ticket x-change forum.
remember lots of work was put in to setup up that presale and to turn around and sell tickets with offering them first to other forum members is an insult.
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Speaking of, are there any board regulars who need/want tickets to the show on the 7th? Just wondering...
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Originally posted by Bags:
Speaking of, are there any board regulars who need/want tickets to the show on the 7th? Just wondering...
chimbly sweep may be interested.
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Originally posted by SalParadise:
chimbly sweep may be interested.
nope-- been taken care of, thanks to friendly boardie folks. (now if i could just get one more ticket to death cab...)
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If I had a ticket to Death Cab, I'd give it to you. Alas, I didn't get tix either.
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It's official...no third DC show, instead on the 9th a date in Syracuse has been announced. Bummer!
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Originally posted by bunnyman:
It's official...no third DC show, instead on the 9th a date in Syracuse has been announced. Bummer!
Syracuse? Do they realize that town is full of losers and *snow*? Do they know that travel to Syracuse in December is futile?
psha.
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They're from Boston, I imagine they can deal.
Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
Originally posted by bunnyman:
It's official...no third DC show, instead on the 9th a date in Syracuse has been announced. Bummer!
Syracuse? Do they realize that town is full of losers and *snow*? Do they know that travel to Syracuse in December is futile?
psha. [/b]
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From Salon (http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2004/10/21/pixies/index.html)
"I don't know that we really changed anything"
Charles Thompson, the legendary -- and legendarily cranky -- frontman of the Pixies, talks about their sold-out return, their future, and why music journalism is so incredibly lame.
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By Scott Thill
Oct. 21, 2004 | I said, "I wanna be a singer like Lou Reed"
"I like Lou Reed," she said, sticking her tongue in my ear
"Let's go, let's sit, let's talk
Politics go so good with beer
And while we're at it, baby, why don't you tell me one of your biggest fears"
I said, "Losing my penis to a whore with disease."
-- Pixies, "I've Been Tired"
Tired, indeed. Charles Thompson has been a busy man, ever since he picked up a guitar and dreamed up the fantastically twisted tales that lace the Pixies catalog like so much lyrical cyanide. Not only did Thompson, whom fans know as Pixies frontman Black Francis, churn out five commanding albums with his high-impact modern rock quartet -- including two efforts, 1988's "Surfer Rosa" and 1989's "Doolittle," that are regarded by many as two of the finest rock albums ever -- but he's averaged around an album a year during his solo career as Frank Black, including his latest from SpinArt called "Frank Black Francis."
That Thompson's newest solo album riffs on his dual identities may not come as a surprise to the Pixies faithful, but you can be sure that the reinvented versions of old Pixies standards like "Caribou" and "Subbacultcha" at the hands of producers Two Pale Boys (also known as Andy Diagram and Keith Moline) will. But Thompson is a rock 'n' roll animal who can quickly become bored with whatever he's doing and is apt to follow his artistic muse wherever it takes him. How else to explain why the man U2's Bono called one of America's most gifted songwriters of all time (in "Gouge," a U.K. documentary about the band) would, without any real warning, break up what Bono (and many others) also called one of America's most significant bands of all time? How else to explain how, after years of refusing to answer questions about the Pixies and trying to downplay their significance, he summarily reformed the band 12 years after they'd called it quits and set about touring the world like nothing ever happened?
Don't look to Thompson for answers. He seems to be professionally comfortable when he's doing one thing only: making music, in the studio or on the stage. And even that seems a recent development; dedicated Pixies fans who remember that he looked none too happy playing concerts with the band sometime after the "Doolittle" tour will notice how Thompson seems to be truly enjoying himself this time around. Back in 1992, if bassist Kim Deal messed up "Debaser" and caused the band to stop the show in midsong, as she did recently at a packed gig in Berkeley, Calif., Pixies die-hards would have cringed and waited for Thompson to chuck an instrument at her. He's done it before. But in the Pixies' new afterlife, Thompson merely stops and good-naturedly heckles her before starting up the whole song again. With the new kinder, gentler Pixies, it's all good.
But one thing that hasn't changed about Thompson is his interview style. He can be variously tangential, disengaged, ecstatic and bored. Thompson did eventually answer a few questions about what the band's future might hold, but not before firmly placing Spin magazine, tabloid gossip, pugnacious journos, the "soulless" mainstream scene, VH1's utter banality and much more in his cross hairs and pulling the trigger. In other words, if you've come for answers to big questions about the band, you've come to the wrong place.
How do you feel about having to sit down and do this after years of not having to talk about the Pixies?
The tour is doing very well. There are a few markets where the tickets weren't completely sold out, so from a business point of view you could say we could do something to urge things to go all the way. Also, I suppose there are other things to do to maintain our profile somewhere, on the business side of things. So our publicist can talk us up to people like, I don't know who, David Letterman's booker or whoever ... You know, she says, "Do these three things, and I'll be really happy." But with the Pixies, we're so like, there is nothing to say -- not really, not from our point of view. What is there really to say, you know? Some trite VH1 baloney ... You know, there's been a proliferation of this sort of thing, heartfelt moments presented on TV. There's so much of that, so that when you, in a friendly way, mock it with the interviewer, they're really surprised. It's kind of like they don't get it.
Most of your interviews in the '80s and '90s didn't have anything to do with the albums. You seem pretty particular about what you talk about, and won't.
Maybe, but I don't know, it's also the person you're sitting down with. Sometimes I talk to journalists that ask the 10 most basic questions there are to ask, and I have a totally great interview with them. It's just sometimes you can tell ... I don't know ... you can tell if they're smart or what their level of interest is. Even though you don't know them, you have some sense of who they are, what their drive or commitment to their craft is ... And other people? You can tell they don't ...
Know you?
No, it's not about me, whether they get me or something like that. It's "Why are you really here? What's your bag, man?" Because with some people you're just like ... [heavy sigh] ... You end up being snotty with them, because it drives you nuts. It's already driving you nuts, even before they open their mouth. Because you're just waiting for it, until you get to "Yes! I knew they were like that!" And I feel bad for them afterwards, because they're trying to be nice -- and you're trying to be nice, but you just can't help it. You want to say, "That's a really stupid question." I mean, I don't say that, but I say that between the lines: "I don't like your question." And sometimes this guy's question is the same as that guy's question, but I can just tell the way that he asks it. Like with fucking Spin magazine -- nice guy and everything, but ...
What?
He wanted to do a follow-up on the whole face-to-face time he spent with us. It's just the way he asked everything -- and he might not even have intended it this way. Maybe I just had an overly knee-jerk reaction to the way he asked it. So after all this hanging out -- where I took him to the laundromat, the coffee shop and everywhere else -- I then have to do a 20-minute follow-up call on my cellphone during a gig. And I don't have a lot of patience as it is at this point, especially since he's asking so many general questions ... And we're literally in the last moments and he's like, "So Frank, you're having a kid." [Laughs] You know what I mean? And it's like, "Yeah, I'm having a kid." I could tell what he wanted, some fucking trite comment on fatherhood, blah, blah, blah. It's just like, goddamn it all, I'm not going to do that. I was thinking, OK, he asked that question. My girlfriend could be reading this article. We're kind of new, so she's not quite used to seeing me misquoted and taken out of context over and over again, or saying something that infuriates her. So I'm going, "Goddamn it, be careful what you say here." After all, we're talking about the being that's in her body right now, so I do something else for this guy and it comes out in print. And I'm like, "Oh, there's the Spin magazine, oh God. No, don't buy it. It's going to ruin our night." She says, "It's OK, Charles, whatever you want to do." And then I thought maybe I'm being too upset about this. So I'm having fun reading it, and she starts reading it and it's [makes an explosive noise]! She's pregnant, know what I mean? So I was like, "I knew it! I knew you were going to read that and think that." I made some comment, just kind of impersonal and not real ...
You're not going to bare your soul about fatherhood.
Exactly. I'm not going to give it to you. You don't deserve it!
Someone from Spin magazine who was probably in sixth grade when the Pixies were around called my manager a year ago and was like, you know, "Spin magazine really wants to do a piece, a cover, full art, all exclusive. We're really, really big fans of the band." And my manager, Ken Goes, answers, "Actually you're not really big fans." She says, "No, no, no, we're really big fans of Frank Black, the Breeders." Ken's like, "Excuse me, you don't know of what you speak. You haven't written about my client in fucking 11 years and you only wrote one piece about his old band, which was not that flattering. So actually you're not fans." I don't know. I mean, whatever. It's all personality exploitation. There's nothing really about music. And that's what's wrong with all the VHI stuff and everything.
It's manufactured product.
And they never ask you about your songs. They want to talk about [in a nerdy voice] "How do you write your songs? What are your songs about?" As if I had an answer to that question! What do you mean? How do I write my songs? Not to make a big deal out of it, but it's so assuming. You're assuming that I have this method of writing, and it's the same one I use for every single song.
Well, the thing about Q-and-A's is that no one can put words in your mouth.
I don't mind Q-and-A's. I just feel like these journalists are all struggling to be legitimate writers. They're just in the music biz to work on their résumé. Which is fine -- we all have to work on our résumés -- but I feel like they're not really into it. I just have this fantasy: I have my own damn rock band. I want to be Lou Reed and I want the writer to be Lester Bangs. Know what I mean? I want him to be so into it that he's arguing with me about the validity of a song I wrote. I don't care if it's insulting. I don't care if it's challenging or whatever.
All of those fucking music magazines are so gossipy. None of them are really about music or songs or records or just all the stuff that's apparently too nerdy for their audience.
What's going to happen when this tour is over? Where do you guys go from here?
What does a band do? They go out on tour and then if they feel they have to make it or continue to make their mark, they go and write music and record it. We're not really in that mode, because right now we're just playing the old songs and getting paid lots of money for it. That's all anyone is asking for, so that's all we're motivated to do. People haven't come to us and said, "Warner Bros. really wants to know if you were to make your grand LP statement right now, what it would be? Just please do some kind of contract with us." Where are those guys? They're not interested. Business is business, and I understand how business works. Fine. But, I don't know, if I ran a record company I'd be a little more curious about it. Actually, there's been one label, one guy who has been very motivated to get us to record. But yeah, generally they're not asking and, to be honest, neither is the audience. I don't know how they would ask, but that's not really what this is all about. This is all just about, "You guys broke up too soon and I was in high school. So please tour again."
I don't know. We've barely even talked about it or thought about it.
Really?
Well, we have, but mostly for fun. It hasn't been blatant. A week ago, we chatted about doing this or doing that, but it's just fun talk ... I just don't know what to say about it. Make a record because ... why?
Well, the tour is lucrative, for one reason. Your band changed music. You changed music.
I don't know about that. [Mockingly] Kurt Cobain liked us. Nothing against him -- that's great that he liked us -- but we're a quirky band and a bunch of people liked us. I don't know that we really changed anything. I was telling my friend about this. The Pixies came out at a time when heavy metal was pretty big, and that was just at the more banal end of the spectrum. And then there were all these Eastern Seaboard-based college rock bands, which we were part of, I guess. So we were in contrast to the mainstream, and now people are saying, "Frank, you spawned a whole new generation of alternative rock music." And I'm thinking, what alternative rock music? You mean that masculine new heavy metal -- and I got nothing against heavy metal, mind you -- that's just a more macho upgrade of the glossy, hairspray, effeminate heavy metal that was in the mainstream when we were coming out? I don't know, man. Maybe I'm just getting old, but mainstream music now seems so much more soulless than it was back in the '80s.
It's almost cyclical. Metal became nu-metal, the boy bands became Britney Spears, and now that you guys are reappearing at this déjà vu period in time, it seems you're helping -- along with other bands -- push that cycle hopefully forward again.
[Total silence]
OK, you're not accepting that. Let's change gears.
No, I do accept it, but how could I have a response to that? "Yes I am?" What am I supposed to say? What's there to say? There isn't anything to say. If that's what we did, then so be it. It's out of my hands. We just go into a room, plug in a bunch of amps and come up with a repertoire. That's how it is. In the arena of entertainment, we are trying to have fun and be entertaining via this thing called rock music, popular music or whatever. And that's it.
I think there are probably not enough people making music that allows their personalities to be what they are, to be there as part of the art. Which is necessary, I think, for cool music. It doesn't matter what kind of music it is; it has nothing do to with that. It's really about saying, "Hey, I have a personality and I'm not going to keep it hidden." Too many people are trying too hard to be something that they're not, and no one really believes it. And that's always the problem with something that's very good: People are usually like, "I don't buy this. They think they know what I want, but I don't even know what I want." No one knows what he or she wants. You like. That's what it is. You don't know. The reason you know what you want is because something struck a chord in you and you go, "Oh, I like this." But no one knows what they want, they don't have any preconceived notions. We're human beings. We were born without language; we don't know what we want. We get exposed to things and decide we like them. The problem with the people who aren't very good is that they are trying so hard -- to have a hit, have a career -- that they're not being themselves.
A lot of people have pointed to the compositional nature of the Pixies songs as a major reason the band has had such staying power.
Well, it would be far too simple to say that's the only reason people like us. Because we have plenty of songs that are plenty square. Well, not square per se, but ... well, you know. The quirkier the song is, the less it was thought about. I don't know. People are just too aware of those things.
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About the writer
Scott Thill is the editor of Morphizm.com. He has written on media, politics and music for Popmatters, All Music Guide, AOL, XLR8R and other publications.
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So if they had a contest, who would lose more weight, Black Francis or Ruben Studdard?
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Pixies show available for download (http://stores.musictoday.com/store/dept.asp?dept%5Fid=3612&band%5Fid=792&sfid=2)
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Disclive is back! Not yet for the DC shows, but for the next 12 or so dates I think. I'm off tomorrow for 3 nights at the Aragon Ballroom in my hometown of Chicago. I will give a full report of the gigs, cannot friggin' wait for these. :)
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I just checked Ticketbastard and they are selling tickets to both 7th and 8th shows right now! Seats are decent for both nights.
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All I can say is that the Chicago shows were absolutely incredible, even better than when they played at Coachella. Some of the stuff sounds absolutly ferocious, like Joey's guitar solo on "Caribou". We are in for such a treat at the Constitution Hall shows. Sad thing is that I went 3 nights in a row and still would have gone back again tonight if I had stayed in Chicago. And the merch is cool as hell. Great t-shirts, a bag, hat, stickers, buttons, hooded sweatshirt, kid t-shirt, etc. Something for everyone. Anyway, I'm excited as all hell for the DC shows. They will be awesome!!
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How was the opening act?
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Actually, I was able to get a very good deal to fly to DC for both shows. Should be there. It's the tour of the decade.
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Originally posted by Barcelona:
Actually, I was able to get a very good deal to fly to DC for both shows. Should be there. It's the tour of the decade.
Excellent...do you have tickets for both shows?
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I missed the Datsuns, caught some of the Walkmen (they were OK) on the second night, and saw some of the band last night (can't remember their name). In DC we get TV on the Radio, the Datsuns, and the Bennies on both nights. I wish I hadn't missed the Coctails. They're playing tonight and they're a great Chicago band.
I want to put in a special word for the Chicago audience. The looks of joy and rapture from those people made the shows so great. I think the band picked up on that and it has truly made the tour probably better than their wildest dreams. Fucking awesome.
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Originally posted by Bags:
Originally posted by Barcelona:
Actually, I was able to get a very good deal to fly to DC for both shows. Should be there. It's the tour of the decade.
Excellent...do you have tickets for both shows? [/b]
Only for the 8th, but I hope to find one for the 7th as well.
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Originally posted by Barcelona:
Only for the 7th, but I hope to find one for the 8th as well.
We'll make sure you're taken care of... ;)
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Originally posted by Bags:
Originally posted by Barcelona:
Only for the 7th, but I hope to find one for the 8th as well.
We'll make sure you're taken care of... ;) [/b]
Thanks, actually, you will see that I corrected my original post. I bought a ticket through ticketmaster for the 8th from Spain, but at the same time a friend of mine was buying me another ticket for the 8th as well. I have two tickets for the 8th, I am going to try to trade the extra one for the 8th for a ticket for Dec. 7.
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It seems that I do have 4 tickets for the 8th that I would happily offer to any board member at face value. Section HH I believe. Feel free to PM me. And chimbly, do you still need tickets for the 7th?
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i have 2 tickets to the camden/philly show for sat, december 4 if someone wants them. i'll be up in nyc instead catching the frames at joe's pub. i'll scan them in tonight so you can gander where your seats are and email them to you so just pm me.
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Hey Bunnyman...the Coctails will also be opening for Yo La Tengo at Maxwell's in Hoboken on Dec 12th for one of their Hannukah nights. I was always bummed that i couldn't make it to their last show a few years ago, but it looks like they're going to be playing together again (in Chicago on Jan 15th, too).
For anyone who like the Coctails, their new box set of rare stuff is really good.
Originally posted by bunnyman:
I missed the Datsuns, caught some of the Walkmen (they were OK) on the second night, and saw some of the band last night (can't remember their name). In DC we get TV on the Radio, the Datsuns, and the Bennies on both nights. I wish I hadn't missed the Coctails. They're playing tonight and they're a great Chicago band.
I want to put in a special word for the Chicago audience. The looks of joy and rapture from those people made the shows so great. I think the band picked up on that and it has truly made the tour probably better than their wildest dreams. Fucking awesome.
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My Dec 7th tickets are officially available to any board member. I got the tickets not knowing if I'd get tickets for the 8th, which I got (in spades).
I also have tickets for the 8th available to anyone....
PM me.
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both nights are sold out right? I imagine it shouldn't be a problem unloading at the door if necessary?
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I've got 2 tics available for the Dec 8 show.
ORCH LL
PM me
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Originally posted by redsock:
both nights are sold out right? I imagine it shouldn't be a problem unloading at the door if necessary?
I know....it's crazy. There was so much furor over this show here, and among friends of mine in other cities. I bought 8 tickets for Dec 8, my friend got another 8 (we didn't know we each were getting that many), so we have 16 tix for the 8th and my two pre-sale for the 7th, and there are only FIVE friends who want to go.
Man, how frickin' odd. I'd rather not wait until day of the show to sell'em, but it may come down to that.
As always, I want to give folks here first crack, but should I try Craig's List? And if I sell them that way, how do you do the exchange (it's easy because I got the PDF's, but do I wait until I get buyer's money, etc?)
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Anyone else going to the Pixies show in Camden on Saturday night? I'll be in the 5th row, wearing my Germs t-shirt. :)
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Originally posted by bunnyman:
Anyone else going to the Pixies show in Camden on Saturday night? I'll be in the 5th row, wearing my Germs t-shirt. :)
the band probably already recognizes you in the crowd each night.
on a related note, they played "hey" the other night. first time they've played it all tour.
yay.
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Originally posted by Bags:
Originally posted by redsock:
both nights are sold out right? I imagine it shouldn't be a problem unloading at the door if necessary?
I know....it's crazy. There was so much furor over this show here, and among friends of mine in other cities. I bought 8 tickets for Dec 8, my friend got another 8 (we didn't know we each were getting that many), so we have 16 tix for the 8th and my two pre-sale for the 7th, and there are only FIVE friends who want to go.
Man, how frickin' odd. I'd rather not wait until day of the show to sell'em, but it may come down to that.
As always, I want to give folks here first crack, but should I try Craig's List? And if I sell them that way, how do you do the exchange (it's easy because I got the PDF's, but do I wait until I get buyer's money, etc?) [/b]
I think the best thing is to talk to the people over the phone... I've had no big problems buying or selling tix on craigslist that way. Also, since you're dealing with pdfs, you can get people to paypal you the money (if you use it). Just have to agree on who is going to send first.
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They played "Hey" in Chicago...that's my sister's favorite song of theirs, so she was ecstatic. Yeah, my goal is to get to say hi to them at some point and thank them for doing this tour. Kim might actually remember me...Frank Black told me once I look like Bob Mould. And Joey Santiago kissed me on the cheek once.
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Originally posted by bunnyman:
They played "Hey" in Chicago...that's my sister's favorite song of theirs, so she was ecstatic. Yeah, my goal is to get to say hi to them at some point and thank them for doing this tour. Kim might actually remember me...Frank Black told me once I look like Bob Mould. And Joey Santiago kissed me on the cheek once.
nevermind, i'm stupid. they've been playing "hey" all along (how could they not?). i think they even played it at coachella, and i was there.
i know they pulled out something new recently...maybe "i've been tired"...
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The rare tracks have definitely been stuff like "La La Love You", "Head On", "Is She Weird", "Blown Away" and "River Euphrates". They have been popping up though. No more Disclive for the tour (they got fired by Pixies management), but apparently the final shows WILL be recorded and released to fans at some point. At least that.
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Reunited, Pixies Are Thinking Big
By Eric Brace
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, December 3, 2004; Page WE06
"I JUST LAUGH all the way to bank," says Charles Thompson, being frank on the phone from his Chicago hotel room. Or perhaps he's being Frank. Frank Black that is, aka Black Francis. Those are both aliases of Thompson's when he's fronting the Pixies, one of the best and most influential rock bands of the past 20 years.
The thing that's got him laughing and making those bank deposits is the success of the newly reunited Pixies, a band that from 1987 to 1992 made records that were deliberately surreal, wondrously abstract and rocked like crazy, but never charged up the charts. And while Pixies tunes often had subversively catchy hooks, none was ever a top 10 hit.
But during a year in which concert ticket sales have been lackluster nearly everywhere for nearly every band, the Pixies reunion tour has sparked something extraordinary in the concert-going public: almost a year's worth of sold-out shows in the United States, Canada and Europe. The band is performing for audiences several times larger than those they used to play for. When the Pixies end this tour Dec. 18 (the final night of seven at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom), they will have played to about 415,000 fans and grossed more than $14 million on the road this year. (Their Washington dates are Tuesday and Wednesday at DAR Constitution Hall.) "Do you know how much money we're making on this tour?" Thompson cries. "We're pigs in [expletive]!"
Well, all right, Charles! So, does that mean the band is getting along well, after the bad blood of nearly a decade ago when Thompson famously dismissed his fellow Pixies by fax? "Oh my, yes," he says. "Everyone's very happy." He even goes a step further: "It's all kisses and hugs. It has been this whole tour, even though it wasn't always then, something I'm sure was cause for much concern among the good people out there."
He clearly doesn't give a fig about our concerns, and frankly (as long as we're all being so frank), that's pretty refreshing in a media age when stars are so desperate to please and not fall below pop culture's radar. "We never sold millions of records," Thompson says, "and we're not about to, but there was definitely something special, something cool that seemed to linger after we stopped playing." That "something special" didn't just linger, it kept growing, slow and steady, boosted by things such as Nirvana's Kurt Cobain's proclaiming that all he was ever trying to do was write a song like the Pixies', and David Bowie covering the band's song "Cactus," and all kinds of publications and Web sites putting Pixies albums (usually 1988's "Surfer Rosa" or 1989's "Doolittle") on some sort of "all-time greatest" list.
Thompson isn't sure how to explain the band's newfound success. At concerts, the crowds have been nearly evenly divided between their old fans ("the ones standing in the back," he says) and new young ones ("the 16- to 20-year-olds, the ones who heard about the band through their big brother's record collection"). And reports from the road have the Pixies roaring through some 25 tunes at their concerts, smiling a lot and apparently having a good time being back together on stage.
The question of a reunion was always on fans' (and interviewers') lips over the past decade, as Thompson forged an impressive solo career as Frank Black, bassist Kim Deal had some success with the Breeders, guitarist Joey Santiago made records with his band the Martinis, and drummer Dave Lovering built a career as a magician. The query was always brushed aside until July 2003, when Thompson was interviewed on a London radio station. He joked that the band was talking all the time, jamming a lot and working on new stuff. The news zipped around the Internet, and the idea developed legs. Thompson decided to talk to Santiago, who talked to Deal. Lovering was called. Managers and agents got in on the discussions. Finally, early this year in Deal's Los Angeles rehearsal studio, the four Pixies tested their muscle memory and found they still made very beautiful music together.
That music began in 1986, when Thompson dropped out of the University of Massachusetts in Amherst to form a band with Santiago, a former roommate. Santiago wanted to call the band Pixies in Panoply, but Thompson edited that down, and the two of them put an ad in a Boston paper looking for a bassist who was up on both Husker Du and Peter, Paul & Mary. Deal was the only person to call, and she brought along Lovering to play drums. On the strength of a quickly made demo tape, the Pixies signed with the independent British label 4AD. Those demos were released on vinyl in England and became No. 1 on the indie charts there. The band's four subsequent albums ("Surfer Rosa," "Doolittle," "Bossanova" and "Trompe le Monde") make up an astonishing body of work, one that marries the art-school tendencies of early new-wavers like Talking Heads to the punk ferocity of the Ramones and Husker Du. Thompson's agitated vocals delivered obtuse lyrics about aliens, the Bible, government officials and the atomic bomb. While their material might have put off many listeners, to their loyal college-radio-listening fans, Thompson's (and to a lesser extent Deal's) lyrics were ripe for the decoding. In fact, several Web sites are dedicated to unraveling the Pixies' words.
"Yeah, I've looked at some of those sites," Thompson says. "It's amazing what some people do in their spare time." And how about some of the interpretations he's read? "They never get it. Nobody gets it." That doesn't seem to bother Thompson. Has he always been willfully obtuse? "Maybe a little early on," he admits, "but now it's just how I write."
Some of those Pixie fan Web sites began tracking each band member's move, looking for signs of a reunion. When the rehearsals began in earnest, people would stand in the alley outside the studio, Thompson says, and send text messages announcing which songs were being worked on. The first gig was a barely publicized affair in a Minneapolis club in April. It sold out in four minutes. Then two weeks in Canada honed the quartet's chops, followed by a few California dates leading up to the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in the desert near Indio, Calif. There, in front of 50,000 people the band's return was really announced to the world.
Since then, they've played a grueling schedule, with no agenda other than to not embarrass the memory of their own music, and -- not incidentally -- to make money. "I have two step-kids," Thompson says, "and one of my own on the way. That's three college funds." The band has also entered an agreement with DiscLive to sell a limited number (generally more than a thousand) instant CDs of a given night's concert, and so far those have been selling out. On top of that, SpinArt Records has just released a double CD, "frankblackfrancis." One disc is made up of the earliest Pixies demos, with "Black Francis" singing along to his acoustic guitar. The other disc is "Frank Black" reworking a dozen Pixies songs with the Two Pale Boys production team, gorgeously updating songs that didn't need to be updated. Why? "To make money," Thompson says. It seems there's a theme here. "Well, not for the sake of making money, but to feel okay about selling the record. When I was approached about releasing the early stuff, I thought, well, it's just a time capsule demonstration tape, not even that. It was a reference tape for the producer, just before we went into the studio to make our first demo tape. So I felt I needed something to accompany that, to make the product palatable."
Thompson has also recently finished recording two CDs' worth of what he calls "mellow" music in Nashville, with such renowned players as Steve Cropper, Levon Helm, Spooner Oldham, Duane Jarvis and Dan Penn. The first batch of those songs is slated for early 2005 release, to be called "Honeycomb." You can also look for a Pixies DVD next year, filmed during the current tour. And though Thompson has been cagey about a new Pixies CD the past few months, on the phone from Chicago he is unequivocal: "We are talking three college funds! There is going to be another Pixies album. I'm going to have to find the songs somewhere. I guess I'll have to write them." One new Pixies song has already been recorded, a Deal composition entitled "Bam Thwok," written for the "Shrek 2" soundtrack. Rejected for being "too edgy" and replaced by a Counting Crows number, "Bam Thwok" ended up being used to launch the European iTunes service.
"Don't talk to me about selling out," Thompson says defensively. "The world is a different place now than it was when we broke up before. That's just one more opportunity to get your music out there."
THE PIXIES -- Appearing Tuesday and Wednesday at DAR Constitution Hall. â?¢ To hear a free Sound Bite from the Pixies, call Post-Haste at 301-313-2200 and press 8121. (Prince William residents, call 703-690-4110.)
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as Thompson forged an impressive solo career as Frank Black, bassist Kim Deal had some success with the Breeders
hmmm, Kim probably sold a helluva lot more records with the Breeders than Frank Black did solo
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Originally posted by bunnyman:
Anyone else going to the Pixies show in Camden on Saturday night? I'll be in the 5th row, wearing my Germs t-shirt. :)
I'll be in the 4th row. I'll be wearing white socks.
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Originally posted by bunnyman:
Anyone else going to the Pixies show in Camden on Saturday night? I'll be in the 5th row, wearing my Germs t-shirt. :)
Look for me. Seventh row. Latex body suit....ass cheeks cut out, David Lee Roth style. I'll be drinking cold brews. Look for me. I'll be lookin' for you.
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Holy Shit. The Camden show was 10x better than I expected. The band is SO ON. They play all the fast stuff (Something Against You, Broken Face, Oh My Golly!, etc) PERFECTLY. I didn't really think about this till after the show, but how many other concerts can you go to where you kow every song by heart and they're all amazing.
I really hurt my neck crazy dancing so hopefully it'll be back in shape for DAR. I can't wait till Tuesday to do it all again.
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Yeah, I thought it was a pretty outstanding show. A buddy of mine went at the last minute and got a ticket for a seat in the 8th row. I almost stayed for the one tonight too, but I have to be up for work so I nixed that. I'm going to enjoy the DC shows a lot though! :)
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I'm so excited about this I don't know what to do with myself! :D
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i get to go tomorrow night in norfolk.
general admission!
suck that.
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are there any parking garages around DAR?
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4th rom, section 119. I'll be wearing white socks also.
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Originally posted by Jerrinna:
are there any parking garages around DAR?
Good question. Are there any garages around there? I'm on a tight rope tomorrow night - after work I'm rushing to chinatown to meet friends for dinner before the show. I don't want to have to devote any time searching for parking.
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There are parking garages located in the area on New York and Pennsylvania Avenues, and 17th and 18th Streets.
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I'm thinking about grabbing tix last minute ... what are the times for tomorrow/wed?
730 doors?
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Hoya, I have tickets for the 8th I'd love to sell...I may even cut a board brother a deal. ;) We can ask Eddie the set times over in the FAQ section...
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Tickets say doors @ 6:30...
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I would just park on the east side of the White House somewhere, like on E Street or 15th Street or somewhere like that, and just walk a few extra blocks. Most of the doofuses driving in from the burbs never think about doing that.
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Doom, ssssshhhhhhhhhh
;)
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before tonight, i'd never seen someone crowd surfing in a suit before.
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So I know the doors open at 6:30 but what time does the show actually start? I need time to go home and change out of my yuppie clothes so people won't think I'm a poser.
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http://www.930.com/cgi-bin/ubb-cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=001687 (http://www.930.com/cgi-bin/ubb-cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=001687)
The question is how many forumites will actually be in their seats prior to the Pixies hitting the stage and where should we all congregate in the hallway high school style... seeing as i'm driving down i'll be there earlier rather than later in order to secure a parking spot.
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whoops, thanks!!!
I'll try to get by early-ish so I can be there for all the socializing and joint-passing...
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i felt like i was 5 on christmas morning when i woke up today.
knowing what i witnessed at coachella 7 months ago...and knowing i'm gonna see it again tonight, only twice as long, and two nights in a row...
i can't fucking wait.
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so who's gonna be there? Or should that be (or is it already) a separate "roll call" thread?
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*edit* Schedule according to Eddie (http://www.930.com/cgi-bin/ubb-cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=001687)
Originally posted by Doctor Doom:
So I know the doors open at 6:30 but what time does the show actually start? I need time to go home and change out of my yuppie clothes so people won't think I'm a poser.
I'd see if Eddie can give you a run down on the schedule. Last time I went to DAR, doors were to open at 6:30. They didn't open until 7:30. (Headliner went on at 8:30 and the main act didn't go on until well after 9:30) Needless to say, I wish I had asked Eddie.
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Needless to say, I'll be there tonight and tomorrow night.
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I'll be there but probably not till closer to 9:30. D row D
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6:30 PM Doors
7:30-8:00 PM The Bennies
8:20-9:00 PM The Datsuns (Tues) or TV For the Radio (Wed)
9:30 PM Pixies
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A lot of people probably won't like the Datsuns, but I think they rock. The Bennies are entertaining as well...I haven't seen TV on the Radio yet though. Damn, I am SO excited about these shows. Lily, where are your seats tonight?
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how long will the pixies set be? 1.5 hours? is that what they have been averaging during this tour?
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orchestra, 4th row, tonight. box 19, tommorow night. btw, got all your earlier messages but was out of town and dealing with clients.
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I had to give my tickets to friends for tonight's show. :( But I will see you all tomorrow night! After seeing them at Coachella and in Tampa, I can agree with all the positive reviews. The shows will be incredible.
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i'm curious about setlength also
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Right around 1.5 hours...sometimes a few minutes longer, sometimes a few minutes shorter.
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well I look forward to meeting all of you... I will be wearing a cape and my "Doctor Doom" mask.
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I'll be wearing sneakers.
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i'm bringing dean moriarty with me.
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is redsock going and will he be wearing red socks? :D
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Originally posted by SalParadise:
i'm bringing dean moriarty with me.
is it true that the only people for you are the mad ones... you know, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn burn burn like fabulous yellow roman candles until the blue centerlight pops and all the people say "aww?"
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my friend is in a bind and has tix for tomorrow (great floor seats) and needs to switch for tonight. anyone?
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Originally posted by lily1:
is redsock going and will he be wearing red socks? :D
Nope, selling my tickets for tonite. But I'll be there very happily for tomorrow nights show, sans the red socks.
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Originally posted by Doctor Doom:
Originally posted by SalParadise:
i'm bringing dean moriarty with me.
is it true that the only people for you are the mad ones... you know, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn burn burn like fabulous yellow roman candles until the blue centerlight pops and all the people say "aww?" [/b]
stay off the drugs, son.
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Originally posted by Doctor Doom:
Originally posted by SalParadise:
i'm bringing dean moriarty with me.
is it true that the only people for you are the mad ones... you know, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn burn burn like fabulous yellow roman candles until the blue centerlight pops and all the people say "aww?" [/b]
YASS! YASS!
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heh... Bombay got the reference, and Sal (ironically) apparently did not... ;)
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Originally posted by Doctor Doom:
heh... Bombay got the reference, and Sal (ironically) apparently did not... ;)
i was humoring you.
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Originally posted by SalParadise:
i'm bringing dean moriarty with me.
on the road sucks. my two cents.
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Originally posted by palahniukkubrick:
Originally posted by SalParadise:
i'm bringing dean moriarty with me.
on the road sucks. my two cents. [/b]
much appreciated.
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Originally posted by SalParadise:
Originally posted by Doctor Doom:
heh... Bombay got the reference, and Sal (ironically) apparently did not... ;)
i was humoring you. [/b]
oh... heh.
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4th row, all in black (for frank)
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just for the record, should anyone buy tickets for a constitution hall event and you get "obstructed view" orchestra seats, you need not worry. there is a full view and you have scored excellent seats. i didn't know what to expect with my seats but they were right on the aisle, 4th row, and just as good as those that were across from me in the middle section right in front of frank black. i cannot believe how lucky i got with those tickets. so all that hell i went thru with the presales and then having to do general sale was totally worth it. must be karma.
just watch out for the speakers. an employee handed out earplugs to us all, and even with my crap hearing, i actually had to use them because it was so loud.
strange to hear them do a jesus and mary chain song. that threw me a bit.
how was hte sound? since we had to wear earplugs and were within 20 feet of the speakers i couldn't get a good gauge of the sound quality.
bunnyman, we could see you rockin' away the entire time! i just had to look to my right and see your jumping all over in excitement!
set list:
(no la la love you, i hop they do that tommorow night)
in heaven
slow wave
winterlong
nimrod's son
holiday song
here comes your man
bone machine
subbacultcha
catcus
#13
moneky gone to heaven
velouria
is she weird
debaser
umass
gough away
crackity
something
isla
hey
caribou
broken face
head on
tame vamos
gigantic
where
did the band hang around after and did anyone meet them/party on the tour bus with them/get stuff signed/find out what hotel they are staying at? we had to leave. f'n work as usual.
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heh, Lily, we were right in front of you :) B-8 and 9... was Bunnyman the dood in the aisle in front of the stairway? Unfortunately I don't know what anyone looks like so I didn't meet anyone. Here is my pic...
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I thought they sounded great, and I didn't think they were too loud, but maybe my ears are already shot. There were some sound problems with the PA (I think) at the beginning, but that seemed to go away. The JAMC song, "Head On," is on one of their albums, btw. Didn't recognize the Neil Young song, it's cool that they did that. I also loved the stuff the guitarist did with his unplugged guitar cord. Noise rarely sounded so good!
Finally, one endearing and nearly-missed moment: I spotted the drummer during a drumless part of a song using a digital camera to take a picture of the fancy ceiling above the stage. DAR hall is a beautiful building, even if the Daughters of the American Revolution themselves are a bunch of ninnies.
ps -- thanks again to the 9:30 staff for those awesome seats!!! xoxoxo
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we were in d 1 and d 3, so the other side of you. bunnyman was closer to you, but in the same row as me so i just had to look down the line to see him and wave hello.
Originally posted by Doctor Doom:
heh, Lily, we were right in front of you :) B-8 and 9... was Bunnyman the dood in the aisle in front of the stairway?
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Originally posted by Doctor Doom:
thanks again to the 9:30 staff for those awesome seats!!!
yeah, second that, thanks Seth and the 9:30, I enjoyed the show and they were great seats
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and eventhough my luck was crap during the 930 presales, i too should thank the club for taking the time and effort to set that up for their dedicated patrons.
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good show - great seats - good time had by all (except for an embarassing incident on the metro involving markie!) - thanks seth for setting up the presale for us
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well geez brennser, you just can't mention it and not tell us what happened in complete detail!
btw, was that you i tapped on the shoulder and say hi to this morning on the way to work or was that your secret agent twin?
Originally posted by brennser:
good show - great seats - good time had by all (except for an embarassing incident on the metro involving markie!) - thanks seth for setting up the presale for us
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Originally posted by Doctor Doom:
Finally, one endearing and nearly-missed moment: I spotted the drummer during a drumless part of a song using a digital camera to take a picture of the fancy ceiling above the stage. DAR hall is a beautiful building, even if the Daughters of the American Revolution themselves are a bunch of ninnies.[/QB]
I spotted this too, and I think he was taken a pic of the part that said MASSACHUSETTS, at least that was the way he was pointing.
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Very disapointed, did not enjoy the show nearly as much as I thought I would, and I say this looking around after about 5 songs and half the crowd was sitting again. They opened with my 3 least favorite songs, and this cements it, Frank Black and the Catholics are officially better(by far) than the Pixies. Yes, I listened to the Pixies before I bought a single Frank CD. Disagree if you like, but I was the guy saying for months I was happy the Pixies were touring again, but, now, I understand why all the fans that disagreed with that were saying so. Where's 'Honeycomb'?, Frank...later.....
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I thought it was a great show. The solo during vamos and hearing gigantic live...those things alone were worth the price of admission for me.
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btw, was that you i tapped on the shoulder and say hi to this morning on the way to work or was that your secret agent twin?
hmmmm, not sure, where exactly did said shoulder tapping occur? I did metro yesterday for a change but was deep in ipodland for most of the trip
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it was one of those shows were i wasn't left wanting to hear more, heard everything i wanted to hear from. the band was rockin' and rumbling like a finely tuned roadster. thought the sound guy did a great job, one could hear kim deal's whispered utterances as clear as day. this show was much better than when i saw them in 91...
kosmette wonders if the sudden downpour after the show wasn't a result of all the heat being released from constitution hall when the show was over. which also explained why people were choosing to sit for the show. i wonder if markie took second prize in the wet t-shirt contest on the metro ;)
and forgive me, but i can't hear gigantic without hearing self's version of it...
titanic
titanic
a big big boat
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on the metro between friendship heights and bethesda going towards shady grove? 7.45-8 am ish?
perhaps it was your secret agent twin? :eek:
Originally posted by brennser:
hmmmm, not sure, where exactly did said shoulder tapping occur? I did metro yesterday for a change but was deep in ipodland for most of the trip [/b]
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SOrry to go back to this... but any idea what time TVOTR will take the stage tonight? Is it OK to assume it's the same time as the Datsuns last night?
(EDIT: DUUUUH! Sorry about that. I just saw the lineup on two other pages of our friendly forum.)
I'll be in L1 on the floor, if anyone wants to say hi and/or debate the merits of suburban vs. urban life between sets... :p
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from page 18 of this 19 page thread:
6:30 PM Doors
7:30-8:00 PM The Bennies
8:20-9:00 PM The Datsuns (Tues) or TV For the Radio (Wed)
9:30 PM Pixies
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yup, it was him :cool:
Originally posted by lily1:
on the metro between friendship heights and bethesda going towards shady grove? 7.45-8 am ish?
perhaps it was your secret agent twin? :eek:
Originally posted by brennser:
hmmmm, not sure, where exactly did said shoulder tapping occur? I did metro yesterday for a change but was deep in ipodland for most of the trip [/b]
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Originally posted by lily1:
from page 18 of this 19 page thread:
6:30 PM Doors
7:30-8:00 PM The Bennies
8:20-9:00 PM The Datsuns (Tues) or TV For the Radio (Wed)
9:30 PM Pixies
Be warned that The Pixies came on at about 9:20 last night. I'd suggest getting there a little early.
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I admit that I had a rockin' good time, the sound was not up to par with Philly and the audiences at the Chicago shows could have beat the DC crowd any day. I was a little bummed that more people up front weren't into it, but I blame Constitution Hall on being a lousy venue and people feeling a little out of their element.
The cool thing that happened to me last night is after the show I got videotaped by Kelly Deal talking to Kim and had the band sign some stuff. Kim was great as always, she's got the friendly midwest demeanor...David likewise was cool as shit. Frank and Joey were pleasant but more distant, no surprise there. They're both good guys though, just more introverted. The Pixies' roadies are an awesome bunch though. All in all, a really memorable evening.
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so, anyone figure out who bought the tickets off of ebay?
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I had a dream last night that after the show me and my friends were giving Charles and Kim a lift in our car.....pretty funny.
I liked the show. Had great seats in the 7th row in front of Kim. Audience was kind of listless, and the acoustics in DAR aren't the greatest. Could have used more guitar in the mix, but that might have had a lot to do with where the seats were.
I thought song selection was great, the band seemed to be having fun too. Kim smiled nearly the whole show.
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
so, anyone figure out who bought the tickets off of ebay?
if i remember correctly they were the seats next to mine, and they were empty
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Thanks Seth (and Kosmo) for hooking us up with cool seats.
I thought that was a pretty great show.
I always have a mix of anxiousness and fear at the thought of a reunion show. You know that the band cannot live up to the legend of their younger more svelte selves. But I cannot really imagine that show being any better. Well not unless it was general admission. I would love to be in the crowd one-day when debaser starts and the place goes mad.
Sorry about that whole metro thing Brennser. Will you be eating soup anytime soon?
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i remember that place being bigger for some reason, so when we settled in our row FF floor seats...i was pleasantly surprised. it was almost like standing by the merch table at 930 club (minus the marble columns).
good show, they seem a little tired from when i saw them at coachella, but to be expected.
"u-mass" is turning out to be one of my favorites from them (that and "tame" were my highlights).
the "bone machine" opener tonight should get things started a little better.
when i walked by the painting of the daughters of the american revolution in the lobby, they were sweating too.
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hey love the grin and enthusiam of kim on stage...
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One of the band's roadies who has been with them since 1986 says that it has been their best playing and their best performances ever. I only saw them twice (in 1990 and 1991) back in the day, but I would have to agree that these shows are pretty darn consistent.
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Thanks once again to Seth and Kosmo for the presale.
Where did Kim find that outfit?? (Ill-fitting pants and white blouse under blue v-neck sweater). C'mon, Kimmy, we know you're more hip than that. Not to mention she must have been sweltering.
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A friend of mine commented that she looks like someone's mom. I still love Kim though!
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It sounds like a few of you (lily, bunnyman, Doom) were around me and my fiance. If I had known any of you, I would've said hi. We were sitting in Row F on the floor, seats 106 and 108, dead center practically.
I definitely would've loved some more audience excitement, but it was great seeing older fans (i.e. the lawyer looking guy in the center aisle, and the whooping guy who couldn't clap with the beat behind me) freaking out.
I don't think I've sweated quite that much at a seated show. And man, when they hit that Debaser to Isla De Encanta sweep in the center of the set, I nearly lost it. But really, what was up with Kim looking like an elementary school teacher?
Excellent, excellent show. I can't wait for tonight.
Originally posted by bunnyman:
I was a little bummed that more people up front weren't into it
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nkotbie, I was in row D, seat 102, right in front of you. I was with the blonde girl, singing along to every word and flipping out during stuff like "Caribou". :) How funny! Boy, what a great time I had.
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With the beard? That's awesome. I'll be sure to say hi the next time I run into you.
Originally posted by bunnyman:
nkotbie, I was in row D, seat 102, right in front of you. I was with the blonde girl, singing along to every word and flipping out during stuff like "Caribou". :) How funny! Boy, what a great time I had.
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Yep...that be me :-) I'll be in row D again tonight, but left side on the aisle.
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Originally posted by bunnyman:
nkotbie, I was in row D, seat 102, right in front of you. I was with the blonde girl, singing along to every word and flipping out during stuff like "Caribou". :) How funny! Boy, what a great time I had.
hehe, apparently it was your right arm (aisle seat?) i saw flailing around the entire set.
nice.
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Well I must say, for not knowing much about The Pixie's until a few months ago I was very satisfied with the show. I was kinda bored the first twenty minutes but as the concert kept going, the better it got. Definetely worth going to in my opinion. I enjoyed watching some of the people dancing also, Like the guy in the balcony, left side facing the stage. I don't know what the heck he was doing, but fun to watch. I was in section A and have to say for "might be obstructed" seats, I'll take those anyday. I was like I was almost right over Kim. Also, Is their any uglier looking band out there?
I even saw Markie jammin' over there once in awhile in or near section D. :D
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Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
Also, Is their any uglier looking band out there?
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heh... it was kind of frustrating to know that there were probably 930 peeps all around me, but not recognize any of you. I'll have to come to the board party so that that won't happen again.
that V-neck-and-collared shirt look Kim was sporting is how my girlfriend used to dress in high school... just proof that she's a girl as cool as Kim Deal!
ps - I can't believe that none of you called me out on my effort to pass myself off as obscure movie star Robbie Benson a few posts back. :p
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not that i think the pixies are the type of band to do something like this...
but "mr. grieves" wasn't played last night.
and TVOTR is there tonight.
hmm...
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yes that was indeed a great night.........with the added bonus of losing 20lbs in sweat.
again many thanks to seth and the 9.30 for the presale tixs.
doom i thought you were sitting in front of me and markie but couldn't be sure........i'm very glad i resisted asking him if he was doom now.................loooooon alert, loooooon alert........
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Hmmm, I don't think I saw you, where were you?
You really can't ask people stuff like "Are you Doctor Doom" without making them wonder about you :D
Originally posted by poorlulu:
doom i thought you were sitting in front of me and markie but couldn't be sure........i'm very glad i resisted asking him if he was doom now.................loooooon alert, loooooon alert........
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http://www.pixiesdiscs.com/ (http://www.pixiesdiscs.com/)
this is where to get live discs of the final 12 shows
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section d row c - 8 and 9
we were 2 seats away from brennser, two rows in front of pollard and lefty........haha
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Originally posted by poorlulu:
section d row c - 8 and 9
we were 2 seats away from brennser, two rows in front of pollard and lefty........haha
Who was that behind Markie totally jamming away non stop thru pretty much the whole show. I also saw him from section A.
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Lulu, you *were* directly behind me and my girlfriend... we were in Sec D, Rob B, 8 and 9.
Originally posted by poorlulu:
section d row c - 8 and 9
we were 2 seats away from brennser, two rows in front of pollard and lefty........haha
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I was in Sec D, Row D, 6 and 7...right next to that guy. I think that was the funniest dancing of the night. Can anyone come up with a good description of the style? Plus that bald guy right on the center aisle on the floor in row G. And then the beatnik (sal) looking dude who went CRAZY during one song down there next to bald guy. I couldn't dance that much because my body still hurts from the Philly show.
The Philly show had a better song order (starting w/ Veloria...going into lots of fast stuff, slow in middle, then picking up speed to finish). Also...the drums reverberate all around DAR too much. And I thought Frank/Francis/Charles' vocals were a little low. But it was still the Pixies and amazing.
What's with everyone sitting down in Section T? I think D could take T any day.
Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
Originally posted by poorlulu:
section d row c - 8 and 9
we were 2 seats away from brennser, two rows in front of pollard and lefty........haha
Who was that behind Markie totally jamming away non stop thru pretty much the whole show. I also saw him from section A. [/b]
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Plus that bald guy right on the center aisle on the floor in row G.
the jumping whooper. i'm not sure if he was whooping last nite, but the last couple of fall shows i was at i had the bad fortune to be standing next to him and he'd just jump up and down going "whoop! whoop! whoop!" all the time. quite annoying. like peter garrett on ecstasy or something. i was in row p last nite and definitely noticed him.
i rather enjoyed the show. i liked the slow build throughout the set, and things really picked up with "debaser." funniest part was when frank motioned offstage at one point for someone to come out and pick up his towel for him. he sure is one sweaty dude. i also think most hardcore bands have more hair than the pixies. still a very fun night, although constitution hall is just a totally lame venue. washington crowds are obviously never the most energetic, but it's hard to blame anyone last nite. it was like a sauna in there. the sound was decent, i've heard it much worse. it still bounces all over the place, but i could make most everything out.
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He most certainly was. Right behind me. In my ear.
Originally posted by BookerT:
the jumping whooper. i'm not sure if he was whooping last nite...
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Originally posted by Chip Chanko:
[ Plus that bald guy right on the center aisle on the floor in row G. [/qb]
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Was he the one in the tank top waiving his hands every once in awhile. We enjoyed watching him also. He stuck out since noone within 8 seats were moving.
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Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
Originally posted by Chip Chanko:
[ Plus that bald guy right on the center aisle on the floor in row G. [/b]
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Was he the one in the tank top waiving his hands every once in awhile. We enjoyed watching him also. He stuck out since noone within 8 seats were moving. [/QB][/QUOTE]
Yeah...that guy! He seemed REALLY into it. Then another guy came behind him for one song who was really excited about that one song (i can't remember what song it was...somewhere in the middle of the set).
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Great show! I was Section D Row D aisle seat 8 or 9. Dancing in a way that only a white man could! I have been waiting to see the Pixies for YEARS!! Thanks for the presale tickets! Only complaint- they didn't play "Into the White". Highlight- "Hey". My friend after the show said she was disappointed that they played "Monkey gone to Heaven". She said that they were "appealing to their pop fans". I told her to get over herself and that she was too cool for school.
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Originally posted by jardison:
Highlight- "Hey". My friend after the show said she was disappointed that they played "Monkey gone to Heaven". She said that they were "appealing to their pop fans". I told her to get over herself and that she was too cool for school.
My sentiments exactly to your friend. "Monkey gone to heaven" and "Velouria" back to back was on of the highlights for me. I agree with you on "Hey". That was maybe my favorite too.
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Originally posted by jardison:
Great show! I was Section D Row D aisle seat 8 or 9. Dancing in a way that only a white man could! I have been waiting to see the Pixies for YEARS!! Thanks for the presale tickets! Only complaint- they didn't play "Into the White". Highlight- "Hey". My friend after the show said she was disappointed that they played "Monkey gone to Heaven". She said that they were "appealing to their pop fans". I told her to get over herself and that she was too cool for school.
I was next to you and appreciated your enthusiasm.
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Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
Was he the one in the tank top waiving his hands every once in awhile. We enjoyed watching him also. He stuck out since noone within 8 seats were moving.
I was exactly 3 rows behind him (Row K on the aisle). He would alternate between whooping, jumping around waving his arms in the air like he's in aerobics class, and sitting down for 10 minutes at a time. Then he'd jump up and start all over again. I see him at shows all the time. He's hard to miss.
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i was in the orchestra row m keeping an eye on the hooligans in section d
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
i was in the orchestra row m keeping an eye on the hooligans in section d
So we had them covered from both sides.....Excellant.
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I was right in front of the whooper and didn't mind it. I was glad people were getting into it. What killed me was that these two dudes in row E directly in front of me looked they just wandered into the show. They spent the first four songs talking and checking out girls. Then they left a 1/4 the way through and never came back. Some dedicated fans could of used 5th row!
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Originally posted by cdg:
I was right in front of the whooper and didn't mind it. I was glad people were getting into it. What killed me was that these two dudes in row E directly in front of me looked they just wandered into the show. They spent the first four songs talking and checking out girls. Then they left a 1/4 the way through and never came back. Some dedicated fans could of used 5th row!
Probably got their tickets from E Bay.
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The whooping flailing guy was goin' nuts during the entire Datsuns set as well.
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Speaking of flailing, a group of people decided to hang out at the stairwell in front of our row, and blocked a view that would've been pefect line-of-sight otherwise. I was able to peer around them until one of the dudes started flailing and kept going through the whole show -- he definitely seemed like an "look at me, I'm so cool" type. The evil side of me was tempted to go get an usher and get them moved back to their seats, because they clearly weren't supposed to be in that section, but I decided that would have been contrary to the spirit of the evening, and to the spirit of rock 'n' roll, and let it go.
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Man, the heart of rock n roll is still beating.
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Originally posted by econo:
Man, the heart of rock n roll is still beating.
sure is
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Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
Was he the one in the tank top waiving his hands every once in awhile. We enjoyed watching him also. He stuck out since noone within 8 seats were moving.
I was exactly 3 rows behind him (Row K on the aisle). He would alternate between whooping, jumping around waving his arms in the air like he's in aerobics class, and sitting down for 10 minutes at a time. Then he'd jump up and start all over again. I see him at shows all the time. He's hard to miss. [/b]
What is that guy's deal? I've seen him at numerous shows over the last two years and he always does the same thing. I was in the box seats and saw him come in. He was even doing his dance while being walked to his seat with the attendant. :eek:
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Is it dancing larry?
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i'll be in box 15 tonite, row A. Can't wait!! :D
Also.. to those who waited for the band- what time did they end up coming outside?
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That's the second show I've seen with the whooping guy. I last spotted him at the Brian Wilson show. I could hear his yelps over the Datsuns set last night.
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Seeing as I'll be in New York next week I figured I could try and see them again. Anyone have tickets for the 530 show on Dec 18th at Hammerstein? Or the midnight show that night?
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wow that's one hell of a link..........
<small>[ 12-09-2004, 10:04 AM: Message edited by: econo ]</small>
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Originally posted by poorlulu:
wow that's one hell of a link..........
www.tinyurl.com (http://www.tinyurl.com)
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Here was tonight's setlist:
Ed is Dead
Gouge Away
Cactus
Bone Machine
River Euphrates
Velouria
I Bleed
Mr. Grieves
Monkey
Caribou
#13 Baby
Dead
Hey
Debaser
Tame
Gigantic
In Heaven
Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)
Here Comes Your Man
Nimrod's Son
Holiday Song
Vamos
Where Is My Mind
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Isla De Encanta
Something Against You
Crackity Jones
Broken Face
Great set tonight, would have loved to hear Planet of Sound and Into the White one more time though. I got to the venue and a white van pulled up...Kim and Kelly Deal and Joey got out, which was pretty cool. I thought the sound was MUCH better tonight, TV on the Radio's set seemed awful short though. I had a great time, but Constitution Hall still wasn't the best venue...still, I feel I shouldn't complain. I had a good seat and I got to see a lot of friends. Great band, amazing tour, and easily one of the best times I've had at a concert in a long time. I hope everyone else enjoyed the shows as well!
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TV On The Radio did seem a bit short. And to be quite honest, while I like the live show ("Poppy" was the highlight tonight for sure) I almost prefer the album...there's certain electronic elements and tricks that they aren't mimicking on stage, and I miss that.
Overall great show. Stage was setup in such a way that there weren't really any "obstructed" seats, which was good. Sound quality was nice, though while the band did seem to be having a good time, it's always a bit strange to me when bands don't interact with the crowd too much. Also thought Kim's comment "we played here last night!" was probably the dumbest thing I've ever heard people cheer for at a show.
No one's said anything about them yet, but frankly I wasn't impressed with the Bennies. And I feel absolutely awful for thinking of a certain South Park episode the whole time I was watching them.
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Glad it was a little cooler last night. The heat Tuesday night greatly reminded me of how much I sweat when I saw them back at the Citadel Center.
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pretty spot on review...
The Reunited Pixies, Still Defying Analysis
By Sean Daly
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, December 9, 2004; Page C01
When they were at their cranky, calamitous best, the Pixies -- the band that inspired Nirvana's Kurt Cobain to commence the grunge revolution -- sounded broken, fractured, doomed. Born in Boston in 1986, splintered by '92, the ill-fated but influential quartet slammed out warring scraps of noise as if they knew their days were numbered: three guys and a girl doing their own thing -- rock, punk, surf, shrieking -- and then suddenly, if briefly, playing nice for a shimmering melody or a shout-along chorus. They were a mess, but a mess like no one had ever heard before, and the group was just the antidote for kids sick of the mindless thunder of hirsute '80s music.
All these years later, the Pixies, I'm pleased to report, still sound in dire need of a shrink.
At a hot, humid Constitution Hall on Tuesday, the recently reunited band, embarking on the most unlikely yet most buzzed-about world tour of the year, played the first of two sold-out shows. For 90 minutes, they were surly then sweet, chummy then distant, each of their 30-some songs playing out like a puzzle with pieces missing. The tour is called "The Pixies Sellout" -- a cheeky admission that their indie ethic has given way to the cash-hungry ways that keep the Eddie Moneys of the world working the boards -- but fat wallets and all, the Pixies can still make first-class mayhem.
On their four albums, particularly the one-two wallop of 1988's "Surfer Rosa" and 1989's "Doolittle," singer Black Francis, bassist Kim Deal, guitarist Joey Santiago and drummer David Lovering seemed to be bouncing off the studio walls -- the aural equivalent of a hotel-room trashing -- but actually, then as now, they vent their oddball assault standing still, save for a quick cigarette or a wipe of sweat.
No matter: Their fans have always done the moving for them, and Tuesday night a bustling blend of college students and aging hipsters danced in the aisles and unleashed myriad standing ovations.
The most intriguing aspect of the Pixies remains the curious relationship between dueling talents Francis and Deal, a push-me, pull-you battle for creative power that was a major reason for Francis's breaking up the band . . . via fax. (Ouch.) The pudgy bald frontman -- who would later embark on a solo career as Frank Black (real name: Charles Thompson) -- writes and sings almost all of the songs. Deal, who post-Pixies formed the popular '90s band the Breeders, is once again mainly relegated to thumping out ominous bass lines that would fit in just fine on a Judas Priest record. During stretches of the show, she played with her back to the boys.
That said, Tuesday night's best moments were when Francis, appropriately dressed all in black, and Deal, clad like a soccer mom in slacks and blue sweater, sang together, his madman howl accented by her little-girl-lost coo. The Pixies' biggest hit, the early-Beatlesque "Here Comes Your Man" -- which might be about a hobo, but who the heck knows with the ever-cryptic Francis -- prompted the night's loudest sing-along, especially when Deal chirped "So long, so long" and Francis countered with "You'll never wait so long!"
Kurt Cobain once said that his original goal was simply to write a good Pixies song, and that makes sense. From "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on down, the Nirvana songbook is rife with the Pixies' penchant for soft-then-loud arrangements, jarring tempo changes to keep the listener off balance. The Pixies took their trademark one step further Tuesday. Their set started with slow (well, slower) stuff -- Deal opened with a sparse, creepy reading of David Lynch's "In Heaven (The Lady in the Radiator Song)"; Black followed with an acoustic-based cover of Neil Young's "Winterlong" -- and grew increasingly ferocious once they started tackling their own material ("The Holiday Song," "Bone Machine," "No. 13 Baby"). By the time Francis, a balladeer in a punk's body, got to the apocalyptic countdown of "Monkey Gone to Heaven" -- "If man is 5, then the devil is 6" -- drummer Lovering was sleek with sweat.
Bald and also dressed in black, Santiago -- who looks like about half of the large-and-in-charge Francis -- is a master of the Duane Eddy switchblade riff, and his guitar cut through the scrum of such aggressive (or is it passive-aggressive?) songs as "Tame," "Subbacultcha" and "Crackity Jones." In a sublimely silly moment straight out of the Slash playbook, Santiago unveiled some guitar-hero trickery, playing via the effects pedal and making sure everyone went home with a complimentary gift of tinnitus.
In a nice attempt at fixing the past, however, it wasn't Santiago or Francis who took star turns during the encore. Instead, Deal, with all the chipper spunk of a grade-schooler, delivered her sole songwriting contribution to "Surfer Rosa" -- the cleverly catchy interracial love song "Gigantic."
Let's hope Francis keeps his fax machine unplugged.
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I was rather disapointed in the amount of repeats from the night before, but overal it was a great show!
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Championship, I was at that show at the Citadel Center too! I was thinking of going up for the final NYC shows, but when I woke up this morning I thought I would be more bummed that my little Pixies roadtrip extravaganza was over. Guess I'm getting older too...but I figure that I never thought I'd see them again after 1991 and I've been lucky enough to have seen them 9 times now. I definitely have to say that the best for me was the first night in Chicago. That was just one of those shows that made me feel so darn happy to be alive to witness such an amazing event. The first night in Philly was pretty excellent too. All in all, they were ALL solid shows and I'm just happy that I live in a city where they did multiple nights. I'll be the people in Boston are going to have an amazing time at the Avalon tonight.
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the part about Kim Deal looking like a soccer mom cracked me up. :D
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no doubt that show will be fantastic!
Originally posted by bunnyman:
I'll be the people in Boston are going to have an amazing time at the Avalon tonight.
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Wednesday's gig was a solid show by The Pixies. Best show of the year for me.
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last night was better than tuesday night. but tuesday was still good.
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Originally posted by lily1:
last night was better than tuesday night. but tuesday was still good.
agreed.
i cabbed it to 930 club after they finished to catch mos def's late night show.
that isla/something/crackity/broken encore was exactly what i needed to get me through the rest of the night.
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Originally posted by streetspirit:
Seeing as I'll be in New York next week I figured I could try and see them again. Anyone have tickets for the 530 show on Dec 18th at Hammerstein? Or the midnight show that night?
i might have an extra for the early show.
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personally it's nice to see a band like the pixies trapped in time, another reunion tour in 15 years would work for me. hopefully i'll see Madness for the third time in 15 years as well
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Really good show, though there's not a deep connection with the audience from anyone of them.
Highlight for me was Kelly Deal in the box in front of us (we were in first row of Section B behind her & to the left a bit). She sang along and got crazy for Monkey...
TV on the Radio didn't dazzle. Missed the Bennies.
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I don't think I can say anything about the Pixies that hasn't already been said, so I'll elaborate on TV on the Radio instead. This concert marked the third time I've seen TV on the Radio so far this year. I confess that I was there as much to see TV on the Radio as I was to see the Pixies! Unfortunately, last night wasn't the best I've seen them perform. My friends who had not seen them before were both quite impressed anyway though. TV on the Radio promisingly started with an amazing rendition of "Young Liars," maybe the best I've heard them perform, but I soon noticed that they had speeded up their subsequent songs by quite a bit. I guess they did this out of some obligation as an opening act at a rock concert to inject some energy into the audience, but I felt the songs suffered as a result, especially "Staring at the Sun" which lacked many of the harmonies that I relish so much. They played far too short of a set last night. Still, it was the best opening act I've seen all year. Here's hoping they headline another tour soon. Would love to see them at the Black Cat again, this time on the mainstage.
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they just released tickets for all nyc shows:
http://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/906179 (http://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/906179)
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I love the pixies, and I also enjoy their music videos, it's great to see them back together and that means there's no need for vh1 to reunited them.
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December 13, 2004
ROCK REVIEW | THE PIXIES
Once Upon a Time, There Was This Really Loud Band
By KELEFA SANNEH
The New York times
It's not hard to envy the Pixies. After more than 10 years apart, the members reunite, only to find that fans (and, if anyone cares, pop critics) love them more than ever. There are sold-out shows, glowing profiles, ecstatic fans. By now you've probably read at least one article about how the Pixies helped inspire a generation of bands, about how much Kurt Cobain loved them, about how water tasted different before they came along, about how the sky used to be a slightly different shade of blue.
But despite all that build-up - or maybe because of it - Saturday's Pixies concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom was a rude, often exhilarating shock. It had been all too easy to forget about the Pixies' ugliness: how fast they played, how loud they were, how nasty they sounded. Compared with the old-timers, the appealing postpunk act that opened the show, TV on the Radio, seemed positively quaint, even polite.
The concert was the opening night of a weeklong, eight-concert engagement, a tribute not only to the continuing popularity of the Pixies but also to the ticket-buying power of the many 30-something fans who remember the band from their college years. (It would be interesting to know how many devotees end up seeing more than one of the eight concerts.) The opening acts are different every night, ranging from pre-Pixies veterans (the reunited Mission of Burma tonight, the pioneering punk bassist Mike Watt next Saturday) to post-Pixies alt-rock bands (the shaggy Canadian collective Broken Social Scene on Tuesday, the feminist new-wave trio Le Tigre on Wednesday). Don't be surprised if the Pixies out-clamor them all.
In 1986, when the Pixies were formed, it made sense that an underground rock band would want to make lots of noise. Shrieked lyrics and guitar tantrums were two signs that you weren't angling to become radio fodder, two signs that you were part of the American postpunk movement - waving the flag, even if you weren't quite marching in step.
But sometime in the 1990's, things changed. The success of Nirvana helped introduce Pixiesish chaos to mainstream listeners who decided that screaming singers and screaminger guitars weren't so hard on the ears after all. From Nine Inch Nails to Korn, shriekers earned a place in overground rock 'n' roll, and the tradition continues today. Turn on your local modern-rock station and wait a few minutes; you'll probably hear the kind of racket that once kept bands off commercial radio.
Not surprisingly, some underground bands responded by getting quieter and sweeter. Those looking for an alternative to the high-decibel ennui of, say, Linkin Park can throw on a CD by the Postal Service or Interpol (to name just two big-name alternative acts), losing themselves in something quieter and more restrained. Emo bands and Ozzfest perennials still scream their lungs out, but lots of bands following in the Pixies' wake have decided to pipe down.
So where does that leave the Pixies? Exactly where they started: alone. On Saturday night, it was a relief to hear that they still sounded utterly and gloriously like themselves, barreling through songs full of elements that might once have seemed disparate but now seem inseparable: the ruthless, sometimes deadpan drumming of David Lovering (in "Bone Machine," he makes it almost impossible to find the downbeat); the precise disruptions of Joey Santiago's electric guitar; Kim Deal's warm slow-motion bass lines; the frantic strumming and gorgeous yelping of Black Francis, a k a Frank Black.
Most startling of all is how little the band's live show has changed over the years. The Pixies' old record label, 4AD, recently released a great retrospective DVD (it's called simply "Pixies") that includes a performance from 1988: Mr. Santiago and Mr. Lovering have hair, Black Francis looks a bit more streamlined, and Ms. Deal looks less like someone you might trust with your car keys, but the furious, off-kilter energy is exactly the same.
Age hasn't affected all of these songs the same way. When Black Francis sang "Where Is My Mind?" it was hard to remember that the phrase had once sounded vague and bitterly evocative; these days, it sounds more like someone making fun of the slacker-chic 1990's. But most of the songs sounded as mysterious and elusive as they always have, from the gently swaying "Caribou" to Ms. Deal's unsettling (and beautiful) sex song "Gigantic," which might be the best thing the Pixies ever did.
If you had to pick a concert for the inevitable live reunion DVD, it probably wouldn't be this one: the members sometimes seemed to be battling one another to establish the right tempo, and a few songs sounded even more ragged than they were supposed to. The band members didn't look as if they were having the time of their lives. They looked like four people working hard to create a marvelous racket; even after watching them do it for 90 minutes, you weren't quite sure how they did it. And as the fans filed out, ears ringing, no doubt some of them were already getting ready to return for another noisy night.
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So which NY opener would you want to see:
TV on the Radio
The Datsuns
Mission of Burma
Broken Social Scene
Le Tigre
Reid Paley
Mike Watt and the Secondmen
50 Foot Wave
- I'd go with Mission of Burma...has as much to do with having seen many of the other bands already -- but I think they make the best combo.
If I hadn't seen TV on the Radio open for them here, I probably would have chosen thta, with BSS coming in third.
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I'd definitely choose Mission Of Burma. I thought Mission of Burma at the Black Cat was a much better show than the Pixies at DAR. Would make for a great double-bill though.
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it's so obviously mission of burma, it's not even worth asking. i wasn't at the MoB black cat show, but the one in may at 930 was just as good as the pixies at c. hall, if not better. but that could have as much to do with the venues as anything.