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Thursday - June 23, 2005 - 09:27pm

Surfer Rosa Picked As 6th Best Album Of The Past 20 Years

Spin magazine named Radiohead's "OK Computer" the top album of the past 20 years, praising a futuristic sound that manages to feel alive "even when its words are spoken by a robot."

Also in the top 10, in order, are Pavement's "Slanted and Enchanted," The Smiths' "The Queen is Dead," Pixies' "Surfer Rosa," De La Soul's "3 Feet High and Rising," Prince's "Sign 'O' the Times," PJ Harvey's "Rid of Me" and N.W.A's "Straight Outta Compton."

Source: Spin Magazine

Monday - November 29, 2004 - 09:46pm

Black Is Back

The Pixies leader talks about the break-up, the reunion, and the band?Äôs return to Boston.

"Though Thompson gets to it in only a roundabout way, it?Äôs clear (as it was a dozen years ago) that there was friction between him and Deal. When I bring up the Breeders and the success they had post-Pixies, his response is, "People have success for all kinds of reasons. It?Äôs showbiz. So the Breeders didn?Äôt surprise me. I have come to realize more than I realized back then that Kim has a lot of charisma. I mean she just stands there smoking a cigarette and people go bananas. People just like her. I don?Äôt know why. I?Äôm not saying she?Äôs not likable. But she doesn?Äôt have to parade around going, ?ÄòLook at me, look at me,?Äô and people still go nuts over her. I hate to sound like I?Äôm getting down on women performers because there are just as many if not more shitty male performers, but there are a lot of women in rock who kind of play up the whole sexual thing even when they?Äôre supposedly not playing up the sexual thing. There?Äôs nothing wrong with that. But that is what it is. And Kim doesn?Äôt do that. So when she doesn?Äôt do all the stupid shit and say, ?ÄòLook at my boobs, everybody,?Äô and she just stands there in her jeans and rumpled T-shirt, it just drives men insane. She?Äôs totally being herself. I think people sense that. They appreciate that she?Äôs not going for all the obvious moves because she?Äôs a gal or dumbing the whole thing down. She just has this attitude that?Äôs like, I?Äôm going to rock and either you like me or you don?Äôt, but I don?Äôt give a shit. People love that. And before, I may have been put off by that, for whatever the reason."

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Source: The Providence Phoenix

Sunday - April 18, 2004 - 11:52pm

Corazondiablo's Pixies Experience

Any fears I had that night of finding the club were unnecessary... I just needed to look for the building with the line of over-excited, over-charged, and (mostly) over-aged music fans. Yes, I was amongst my own that evening. The hour or so spent on line outside the club was filled with conversations about 20 hour road trips, $500 ebay purchases, and the best way to get to Winnipeg. This was the night I had been waiting for... 12 years of bootlegs and dvd's and cardboard cutouts (no, I'm not THAT bad, geesh) all came to an end that night. I was a pilgrim, indeed.

So after the doors opened and I bought my assorted Pixies loot, I staked out my spot, for I knew that this show was going to be crowded. That was useless, because crowded was an understatement. The place was jam-packed, wall to wall, upstairs and downstairs. If people could hang from the ceiling, I think they would have. Normally, I hate crowds (a bit of a phobia for me, actually) but these people were all so cool, so positive, it wasn't a problem. We all cheered. We all sang. We all knew just how great this was. The vibe was fantastic. 800+ sweaty, elated, cramped, and fanatic people were all united for one thing: to witness the best band in the world together again.

I'm not very mushy, and I'm a pretty tough cookie, but goddamn, this experience made me weep with joy. I saw Pixies live.

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