RTP-area local music and culture

[Brendan Love <brendan.love AT mac.com>]

I have always thought that the Pixies completely suck.


On May 10, 2005, at 4:11 PM, Gorman wrote:

> I have to concur w./the Bossanova & onward slide.  If shows were just
> from the 1st 2 discs & ep, tix $ weren't so high and esp if it wasn't
> at the Rodeo, I might be inclined to go.  My last time at the Rodeo
> made me even less inclined to go there than I already was.  Sometimes,
> that's just the price you pay when a band reaches a certain critical
> mass, but I am going to have to really, REALLY love a band to bother
> see anything there again.
>
> gonna go chill out
> G
>
> I would also like to encourage people to note that most-if-not-all of
> the positive press about the Pixies reunion has been coming from (a)
> people too young to have seen them pre-Bossanova the first time, and/or
>
> people who actually really liked both Bossanova and Trompe Le Monde.
>
> I have vivid memories of their slide into suck-dom that commenced with
> Bossanova-era shows, and I'm not convinced that they're currently
> achieving anything that could compare with my equally vivid memories of
>
> seeing them for the first time on the "Death to the Pixies" tour. That
> plus the Ritz Factor (and the heinous prices) is more than enough to
> keep me away.
>
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