When I first heard about the Pixies reunion, I was skeptical. I wondered how this was any different than Eagles' fans getting all excited because hell froze over? Nostalgia is always bad for music. "This is merely a greatest hits show," I lamented.
But I've put aside my skepticism because apparently the old fuckers still rawk! This Monday, SHR and I will be going to see them play and I'm pretty excited to see them for the first time.
However I might be even more excited to see the Coctails again.
Are they as good as the Pixies? Of course not. But there are a few things that factor in raising my excitement level for this show.
1. Sujan has never seen them and I think she'll love them.
2. The lack of hype is intriguing. I had no idea they were playing shows again. The only reason that I knew that they were playing this Sunday is because they are opening for Yo La Tengo.
3. I hope to be able to buy a new Coctails shirt because I wore mine out years ago and it was always one of my favorite shirts.
4. Now that I have more money than I did when I was 22, I plan on buying the set of cloth dolls of each member of the band if they still have them for sale.
Yo La Tengo are playing their annual 8 Nights of Hanukah/ 8 Nights of Rock Shows extravaganza. The only other time I saw them as part of this series, they were so damn boring. I'm hopeful that Archer Prewitt and the boys will liven up the proceedings this time. I'll report back.
6 comments:
from alex j.
i saw the first night with laura cantrell opening. it was great. i've seen many a yo la tengo show and this was one of the best. going back for the 8th night and calvin johnson.
i like bands with clever swag.
I hope they have calendars for 2005. The Sof' Boy version just doesn't live up to the Coctails one, which I used to buy every year. —Adam
coctails calendars every year? since what year? not recently? do you have the cloth dolls? apparently, they are making more but you've got to buy the new popcorn box set to get in line to buy them. still, the box set looks pretty good.
not a coctails calendar, but a sof' boy one. it was a letterpressed die-cut sof'boy with a little calendar attached. i had one for a couple years in a row and then just kept forgetting to reorder. i probably saved the sof' boy though.
Hey! How did my comment get posted 2x?! Anyway, when the Coctails were still around, Archer did Coctails calendars. They were as Sujan described, little die-cut letterpressed cardboard backgrounds with a tiny cheap-o pasted-on calendar. When the Coctails disbanded, Archer continued to make similar calendars but with the Sof' Boy motif. —Adam
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