Frank Black's brother owns a bar on Cape Cod. I used to go there a lot. His bro is very conservative, and we used to argue till we were apoplectic. Then we'd go to our corners, cool down, and change the subject. Good times.

thanks so much. i always was fond of this one.

frank black once said that mark mulcahy sings like a beautiful woman. he was right.

NSFW for the music- Bloodhound Gang, Fire Water Burn..they do have some hilarious lyrics sometimes--

I'm not black like Barry White no I am white like Frank Black is,
So if man is five and the devil is six than that must make me seven,
This honkey's gone to heaven

farhad, don't put me in the ''only kim in the pixies fan club'' Without saying I I'm also in the Black frncis fan club, not frank black's though, he's rubbish

I am a huge pixies fan, I saw them once in the early 90s, and I've followed Frank Black in the intervening years. I am happy to see this on the sift.

However... I feel this was kind of a bad performance. I think Black's opening vocals were sloppy, Santiago's playing in the beginning and a few other parts feels distinctly off-pitch. In general it seems a little... low energy. OK, I guess the pixies aren't the young rock stars they were 15 years ago, I guess I'm not either.

It's kind of funny I remember being a little shocked by each and every one of the pixies albums, and the first 2 frank black albums. They seemed so... loud and hard. I don't know how to explain it. Looking back at them it sometimes surprises me that they are tamer than I remember, probably because the intervening years have seen mainstream rock go for the same level of noisiness. When I saw Santiago play I was just blown away, I thought he was going to hurt himself or someone else, he was frantic.

It's true that the Pixies had only modest success in the US. 15 years later I hear more people claim to have been at their shows than can possibly be true. I think this is a little bit like how my dad claims to have listened to the doors but probably listened to 3 dog night.

Because Frank Black doesn't have the fan club Kim Deal has on the Sift. That being me, NickyP and Deputy Dog

I like that you put Kim Deal in the actual tags and totally leave out Frank Black. Feh, who needs him?