Good morning! A special hello to those of you that joined over the weekend!
If you’ll indulge me, below is a 100-word story I put together a while ago as part of a writing challenge:
The Chiles Center sits on the beautiful University of Portland campus. It’s really not that far from the rest of the metro area, yet somehow feels like it’s in another state.
We squished into my friend Matt’s lemon yellow Audi (“no heat, no problem!”) and made the drive. The arena was packed, with bodies and smoke everywhere.
Les Claypool is as odd in real life as he seems.
The Pixies played a solid set.
Jane’s Addiction absolutely tore the roof off the place. It was a helluva show.
The next time I was there was for a staid HS graduation ceremony (mine).
Pixies Setlist (no list available)
Primus Setlist (partial list?)
“Debaser” by The Pixies | Doolittle, 1989
Have a favorite song by The Pixies? What’d you think of this one? Please share in the comments!
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Kevin—
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P.P.S. the 100-word story originally appeared here
That looks like an incredible show. Three pioneering bands at the height of their powers. You'll always get a lot of Boston love for a Pixies reference or song. One quibble: I've always heard them referred to as Pixies (no "the", like Ramones) at least around here. Maybe they used "the" in some places and not in others. Who knows? Either way, great band!
I saw Pixies on Glasgow around 2011. They played the whole of Doolittle, and it was fine (I'm not a big fan of the Let's Play Our Classic Album In Full tours, they're a bit too fan service-ey and unnatural)
But then they came out for the encore and Kim talked about how they once had to abandon a Glasgow gig one time because the stage collapsed. So, for the encore, they played what would have been the setlist at that cancelled gig. The whole list.
Two Pixies shows for the price of one. It was very good value for money.