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+ Thu, November 18

The Pixies, Part One

You might think that I’d jump at the chance to write about one of the best weekends I’ve had in the last few years in which I had a successful road trip with friends, stayed up late and got up early each day, hung out in a big city that I’ve never really explored and saw the goddamned Pixies, but, well, no.

Before this weekend, the only parts of Chicago I’d ever seen were Michigan Ave. and the I-80 corridor (scenic, I know).  Seeing the hipster/small store areas and driving the streets, the city comes down in size and becomes more personal.  Add one to the list of big cities I might like to live in for a year or two.

The show was fantastic.  Being only three deep in the packed Aragon Theater with the person directly in front of you being your guide through the wild jungle that is Chicago  was a pretty intense experience.  When they took the smoke-filled stage, Kim Deal was perfectly silhouetted by a stage light as she broke into the vocals on “In Heaven”, providing one of the most ethereal concert experiences I’ve ever had.  Speaking of Kim, she was definitely the most excited person in the venue.  I think the only times she wasn’t smiling was when she was pounding cigarettes in the few seconds Frank gave up between songs.

The Pixies - November 13, 2004 - Chicago, Illinois - Aragon Theater

  1. In Heaven / Wave Of Mutilation (medley)
  2. Where Is My Mind?
  3. Blown Away
  4. Holiday Song
  5. Mr. Grieves
  6. Ed Is Dead
  7. Planet Of Sound
  8. Bone Machine
  9. I Bleed
  10. Crackity Jones
  11. Monkey Gone To Heaven
  12. Broken Face
  13. Caribou
  14. Velouria
  15. Cactus
  16. No. 13 Baby
  17. Subbacultcha
  18. U-Mass
  19. Gouge Away
  20. Dead
  21. Debaser
  22. Wave Of Mutilation
  23. Tame
  24. Hey
  25. Gigantic

    Encore
  26. Here Comes Your Man
  27. Vamos

27 songs and virtually all of the songs you could’ve hoped for.  Allison?  Yeah, I know.  But 27 other mind-blowing classics!  Amazingly enough, despite being organized by those bastards at Clear Channel, soundboard recordings were available immediately after the show and damn if it doesn’t sound fantastic.  Good swag in general to boot, too.

Frogcake is death

And then I ate Death à la Frog-Shaped Sugar.

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1 → Eric  –  (Nov 18 2004,  8:49 PM)

Allison is definitely the one song that they didn’t play that I wish they had.

2 → Marty  –  (Nov 19 2004,  3:42 PM)

Oh good lord don’t get me started on the songs they didn’t play that I wish they had. I think at the Detroit show I’ll just ask them really nicely to play the entire catalog in chronological order.






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