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From the Vault: Una Entrevista Española Con Joey Santiago de Los Pixies

Posted in Interviews with tags , on 11/28/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Joey Santiago no es de Santiago, Chile – su tierra nativo es las Filipinas. Pero con canciones como “Isla de Encanta” y “Vamos,” siempre hemos ponderado cuál es la conexión entre los Pixies y la lengua español. Esperamos que tenemos tanta confianza con la idioma para compartir con ustedes una entrevista española con el guitarrista.

Aqui son las consecuencias del experimento:

Muchísimas gracias para la entrevista, señor Santiago. ¿Por qué a veces hablan en español los Pixies si tú y Charles no sabe como hablarlo?

Joey Santiago: Charles estudió en Puerto Rico para un semestre y se hagó muy fluido en español. Podría decir que su experiencia en Puerto Rico tuvo una influencia fuerte para [la banda] cantar en español. Otra razón fuerte es que simplemente que oye bien.

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From the Vault: Are the Pixies Milking It With Their Multitudinous Video Releases?

Posted in Album Reviews, Essays, Reviews with tags , , , , on 09/27/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

(Note: This essay was written before the Pixies released a fifth video, Live at the Town and Country Club 1988, in 2011.)

So, shocker: Some people have been suggesting in the five-plus years since Pixies re-formed that maybe the foursome – who are revving up for another trek – have only been doing it for the money. What a strange, bizarre accusation. Like the plot of a Behind the Music episode, it’s the most predictable question of all for any band getting back together: It’s been alleged of everyone from CSNY to Simon & Garfunkel to Eagles to the Stooges to My Bloody Valentine to Rage Against the Machine to Dinosaur Jr. to the Jesus Lizard and on. And on. And on.

On the other hand, there is some potentially sound evidence that raking in the clams has been the main, if not only, reason Pixies reunited. As evident in the somewhat-illuminating doc loudQUIETloud, one of the DVDs we’ll be focusing on below, David Lovering was on the verge of going broke, falling back on his career as a magician – turning tricks in order to make ends meet, if you will.

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