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Black Francis ‘The Golem: How He Came Into The World’

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Black Francis scores the classic silent movie—Paul Wegener and Carl Boese’s The Golem: How He Came Into The World.

Often regarded as the height of German expressionism, the silent, black and white film The Golem (also known in it’s German form, Der Golem) was the last of a series of three films by director Paul Wegener and was released in 1920.

Set in the 16th century, The Golem: How He Came Into The World tells the story of the persecution of the Jews of Prague. The towns Rabbi (Rabbi Loew), foreseeing these events, constructs a giant ‘Golem’ out of clay in order to protect his people. Mayhem ensues when the creature rebels and begins to destroy the ghetto. The highly expressionistic imagery seen in the film was captured by legendary cinematographer Karl Freund, who went on to do the classic Metropolis in 1927.

Groundbreaking as it was, the film sat ‘silent’ for nearly 88 years until the San Francisco International Film Festival requested Black Francis score the film and perform it live for their annual film festival in April, 2008. Despite the sold out show at San Francisco’s Castro Theatre (with a line stretching around the block) the score has never been performed live since. However, BF recorded the resulting double album in a matter of days in SF at Hyde Street Studios, with help from longtime collaborator/producer Eric Drew Feldman. The album features Black Francis on vocals/guitar, the late Duane Jarvis on lead guitar, EDF on keys, Joseph Pope on bass, Jason Carter on drums and Ralph Carney on horns.

 

 

Posted by Paul Gallagher
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04.29.2013
07:22 pm
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Thin Lizzy vs The Pixies - ‘The Boys Are Back In Heaven’
07.12.2011
11:05 pm
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While we pride ourselves on being an anarchic collective here at Dangerous Minds, we do have a few unwritten rules. One is no mashups unless they are exceptional. Well, I may be wrong (I occasionally am) but this tight little video/audio marriage of Thin Lizzy and The Pixies really works for me. And I’ll post anything that reminds the world of just how ultra-cool Phil Lynott is…even in mashup mode.

From the supremely inventive Phil RetroSpector: “The Boys Are Back In Heaven.”
 

 

Posted by Marc Campbell
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07.12.2011
11:05 pm
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Kim and Kelley Deal’s unique twin birthday cake


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Twin sisters Kim Deal of The Breeders, Pixies, and The Amps and Kelly Deal of The Breeders and The Kelley Deal 6000, celebrated their upcoming dual 50th birthdays with a “twins inside the womb” birthday cake. Happy birthday, ladies!
 

 
(via Laughing Squid)

Posted by Tara McGinley
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06.08.2011
06:31 pm
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‘loudQUIETloud’: A film about the Pixies
02.20.2011
11:55 pm
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loudQUIETloud documents The Pixies first reunion tour which took place in 2004. I saw their recent re-reunion tour last year and while the band sounded solid the performance lacked passion. I felt they were going through the motions. I kept waiting for the group to look as if they were having fun. Kim Deal appeared to be enjoying herself. The audience loved them. So what do I know?

From A.V. Club

Coming more than 10 years after an acrimonious breakup, the Pixies’ reunion tour was called “Pixies Sell Out,” a cheeky reference to their instantly sold-out shows and the blunt reality that they’re doing it for the money. No one should begrudge them the latter: It’s one thing for bands to crash on couches and blow the door proceeds on beer and greasy spoons at the beginning of their careers, but once they get into their 30s and 40s, there are bills to pay. For fans of the seminal alt-rock quartet, the Pixies’ reunion was momentous, but in the solid behind-the-scenes documentary loudquietloud, the band comes across as considerably more muted in its enthusiasm. While there are no big meltdowns, the members don’t really function that well as a unit, and by all indications, they wouldn’t spend another minute together if the tour weren’t refilling the depleted accounts that royalties can no longer cover.

A nice balance of well-photographed live footage and backstage anti-drama, loudquietloud is probably the only all-access (or part-access, anyway) recording of the ‘04 tour, and it’s valuable for that alone. Following the Pixies from their first rehearsal through the last night of their tour-ending New York City stint, the film contrasts the fans’ passion and energy with the band members’ cool professionalism. They all have reasons for distraction: Frontman Charles Thompson (a.k.a. Frank Black) and guitarist Joey Santiago both have wives and children back home; bassist Kim Deal, accompanied by her twin sister/sole confidante Kelley, is only one year removed from drug and alcohol rehabilitation; and drummer David Lovering is dogged by a Valium addiction that nearly derails the tour. When they aren’t performing together, they retreat into solo projects: Thompson looks for a new label for his Frank Black records, Deal works on songs for her band The Breeders, Santiago labors over a independent-movie score, and Lovering practices his magic act.

Whatever serious issues they might have had with each other in the past seem to have been tabled for now—indeed, they aren’t ever hostile or even unkind in the whole film—but they don’t exactly come across as a family, either. Make no mistake: Theirs is a mercenary reunion, and one they’ve paid plenty of dues to deserve.” Scott Tobias

loudQUIETloud in its entirety:

 
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Posted by Marc Campbell
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02.20.2011
11:55 pm
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