Pixies at Merriweather

HoyaSaxa03

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Re: Pixies at Merriweather April 15, 2005 at 08:17 PM UTC #

Originally posted by joz:

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
can anyone help me out, what GnR song does it sound like, this is killing me …
civil war?

that could be it … i dont have any GnR on my ipod right now … i'll check it out at home …

HoyaSaxa03

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Re: Pixies at Merriweather April 15, 2005 at 08:19 PM UTC #

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Speaking of Radiohead, I've been listening to the archive of last night's Swingin Doors on KEXP, and they played Gillian Welch doing a Radiohead cover. "Black Star" or something like that. I think I'll stick to her own stuff.

that's my favorite radiohead song … this guy at my local pub in dublin used to play it during his set every thursday, he tore it up …

Rhett Miller

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Re: Pixies at Merriweather April 15, 2005 at 08:41 PM UTC #

available here: http://www.ateaseweb.com/news/archive/001638.php

or from the KEXP streaming archive at 8:33 pm last night.

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
Speaking of Radiohead, I've been listening to the archive of last night's Swingin Doors on KEXP, and they played Gillian Welch doing a Radiohead cover. "Black Star" or something like that. I think I'll stick to her own stuff.

that's my favorite radiohead song … this guy at my local pub in dublin used to play it during his set every thursday, he tore it up …

brennser

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Re: Pixies at Merriweather April 15, 2005 at 09:00 PM UTC #

this guy at my local pub in dublin

which pub?

HoyaSaxa03

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Re: Pixies at Merriweather April 15, 2005 at 09:04 PM UTC #

Originally posted by brennser:

this guy at my local pub in dublin
which pub?

i want to say the porterhouse … on parliament in temple bar, a half block from my flat … this guy played a really sped-up acoustic guitar set every thursday, the strumming was double or triple-time for every song, but it was great …

HoyaSaxa03

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Re: Pixies at Merriweather April 15, 2005 at 09:11 PM UTC #

by the way, i know its kind of hard to have a tourist bar as your local … but i was living in temple bar! not many other options, although this great late-night dive, isolde's tower was on the first floor of our building …

brennser

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Re: Pixies at Merriweather April 16, 2005 at 02:59 AM UTC #

the porterhouse isn't that bad - the Oliver St John Gogarty - now theres a tourist bar! - I actually used to work at the 'original' porterhouse in Bray

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
by the way, i know its kind of hard to have a tourist bar as your local … but i was living in temple bar! not many other options, although this great late-night dive, isolde's tower was on the first floor of our building …

SPARX

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Re: Pixies at Merriweather April 17, 2005 at 04:50 AM UTC #

Pixies are scheduled on Austin City Limits, 2 am tonight on MPT

buddha

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Re: Pixies at Merriweather April 18, 2005 at 05:36 PM UTC #

Any idea when tix go on sale? And are Merriweather tix still sold through Ticketmaster?

shoot ur shot

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Re: Pixies at Merriweather April 20, 2005 at 01:51 PM UTC #

sy added to the bill

am i dreaming?

skeeter

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Re: Pixies at Merriweather April 20, 2005 at 02:05 PM UTC #

Holy crap. That's an amazing bill.

bunnyman

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Re: Pixies at Merriweather April 20, 2005 at 02:13 PM UTC #

OMG…this is going to be one of those concerts that people will be talking about for years. That will be unreal! Looks like I have to take that afternoon off of work.

bags

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Re: Pixies at Merriweather April 20, 2005 at 02:19 PM UTC #

Have these shows been officially announced (i.e., do we know when tix go on sale yet?)

[FYI, nothing listed on pixiesmusic.com, and that site tends to list on sale dates….]

bunnyman

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Re: Pixies at Merriweather April 20, 2005 at 05:07 PM UTC #

Nuthin' yet. Keep your eyes peeled here for info on a presale (with whining to follow).

alex

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Re: Pixies at Merriweather April 21, 2005 at 02:12 PM UTC #

Confirmed? FUCK YES. This will be my favorite show of the summer.