I learned today that two of my roommates have never really listened to Pixies. I then learned that one of them went to a Weezer show that Pixies opened for.
Pixies are an alternative rock band from the 80s and 90s. They are a band from Boston, getting their start in basement shows back when the city was affordable and hip and young.
Yep, that’s right. Pixies, the foundational band that inspired Weezer and Nirvana and the like, was born right here in Boston.
Wave of Mutilation is a song off their second album Doolittle (album cover with a little monkey on it). The song is about dying. My roommate that doesn’t really know the Pixies but still saw them live says he likes this song, but the “surf” version. Gave it a listen today while showering. Then I listened to the original and switched back and forth a bunch.
Boston isn’t the same city it was a couple decades ago. It has gotten hotter, more expensive. It isn’t easy for musically inclined bums to make a living here. I don’t know if it ever was easy, actually, but there are certainly less of them now. But people are still making loud music. You have to know where to look, but they are there.
Damn, drove my car into the ocean.