Tonight I’m off to see the Pixies for the first time (albeit sans Kim Deal, oh well) at the Bowery Ballroom. I thought it would be a good day to offer up this unusual unplugged set they played at the Newport Folk Festival on August 6, 2005. How many concerts have they done in which they don’t play “Debaser”? More to the point, how many have they done in which they don’t play “Debaser” and that seems totally fine?

Also, it’s a Friday and it seems like a nice way to transition into the weekend.

Here’s the setlist:

Hey
Bone Machine
I Bleed
Gigantic
Monkey Gone To Heaven
River Euphrates
Velouria
Ed Is Dead
Is She Weird?
Subbacultcha
Gouge Away
Wave of Mutilation
Cactus
Where is My Mind?
 

Previously on Dangerous Minds:
‘loudQUIETloud’: A film about the Pixies
My God this is beautiful: The Pixies’ ‘Where Is My Mind?’ played on piano