From: owner-support-system-digest@smoe.org (support-system-digest) To: support-system-digest@smoe.org Subject: support-system-digest V6 #245 Reply-To: support-system@smoe.org Sender: owner-support-system-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-support-system-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk support-system-digest Thursday, September 11 2003 Volume 06 : Number 245 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [support-system] Pixies reunite! (no Liz content) [Jase ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:48:48 -0400 From: Jase Subject: [support-system] Pixies reunite! (no Liz content) I know there are quite a few Pixies fans here and I just saw this on Pitchfork's site, so I thought I'd pass it along. I'm not sure how I feel about a new album, since most bands who get back together to make a new record can never quite recapture the old magic and end up tarnishing their legacy a little in the process (Raincoats, anyone?), but I'd definitely love to see them live since I never had the chance while they were together. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/03-09/10.shtml Pixies To Reunite For Tour In April 2004; New Album Possible [Posted Wednesday, September 10th, 2003 02:30:00 Pitchfork Central Time] John L. Ferrer and Will Bryant report: There's that rare time when a sarcastic, jaded music news site has to report without any sarcasm or irony. Short of the Velvet Underground, there's no band more beloved, more important, more cited as an influence in indie rock than the Pixies. Whether you're strictly a Doolittle man (surely one of the finest damn rock albums ever) or an obsessive who can name every Trompe le Monde b-side, the Pixies' contributions to the alternative rock canon are sacred texts, the alpha cell of a paisley-flecked v23 flowchart that, down various impeccably typeset branches, might lead to Nirvana, to the Breeders, to Throwing Muses, Guided By Voices, Modest Mouse, Trail of Dead, or Enon. Sadly, most of these revelations weren't made until after the band's prime. Since their reportedly messy and bloody demise in 1993, fans have signed on by the dozens-- based partially on the recommendation of Kurt Cobain, and partially by their desire to find something truly exuberant, legitimate, funny and weird in their music. Anyone born in the '80s might surely have at some point sighed and abandoned all hope of seeing the Pixies on stage at all. In a sense, the idea of a Pixies reunion has almost become a joke, the indie-kid version of "Yeah, when pigs fly." So when the report came in July that all four original members (that's Black Francis, Kim Deal, David Lovering, and Joey Santiago) have been secretly practicing together every couple of blue moons since the breakup, there was the first glimmer of hope. Now that the heavyhandedness is past, here comes the point. The glimmer is now a full-blown supernova. It's happening. In April. No dates yet, not even any quotes from the group's principals-- just a band spokesperson's promise to MTV, who broke the story. The source, who remains unnamed in MTV's story, also claims that if all goes well a studio album will follow. The Pixies. Are back. Together. Music is saved. Lovers of rock, unite and cheer. This is going to truly own. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 12:15:16 -0400 From: Catherine Molanphy Subject: [support-system] Pixies reunite! (no Liz content) > Whether you're strictly a Doolittle man (surely one of the finest damn rock > albums ever) Daaaaaaamn effin' straight! And this is from a girl who mostly listens to weepy 1960's folk-revival, who recoils from anything "too loud"... this same girl bobs her head and shimmies whenever she hears "Debaser". - --Catherine ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:02:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Easter Subject: [support-system] OT: Postcard swap? Thanks to all emailed about my spiel with Chopsticks on Animal House. I had forgotten this story, so it was a good review. Since I don't travel, my only way of doing so is having a postcard collection. I'm hoping some people would like to help me on getting some from states I don't have: Vermont New Hampshire Ohio Alabama Mississippi Connecticut Rhode Island Iowa Arkansas Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota Montana Wyoming Colorado New Mexico Washington Oregon Alaska Oklahoma To be fair, I'll send a postcard in return from where I am, lovely Orlando, Florida, aka Mouseland. International postcards would be great too! Please email me if interested at MagBeatles@msn.com. Mucho thanks! Katie (); ) ===== ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ "My love belongs to who can see it." George Harrison ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ------------------------------ End of support-system-digest V6 #245 ************************************