This was one of those interview opportunities that I was surprised I was able to pull off, since it’s a relative rarity that you can talk a network into letting you have a conversation that isn’t specifically centered around the topic at hand, which in this case was Patton Oswalt’s new gig as the host of the game show
What a terrific interview. It made me a bit sad to hear that Patton's friends wouldn't have appreciated the Pixies, that he had to be alone in his adoration, for a time at least. In my case it was a friend grabbing me by the lapels (metaphorically; I wore t-shirts) and telling me to listen to Doolittle, which had just come out, and of course he was absolutely right, and all of my circle were in to it. Then I moved to Montreal, and there I had some friends who somehow programmed their CD player to play the first four notes of Debaser on a loop, so devoted were they to the song.
My (not at the time) wife picked me up in her mom's car and said "You've gotta hear this" and played me "Tony's Theme" (then the rest of the album) -- would have been cool to get introduced to the Pixies by seeing them live with no background. (Also my nephew goes to William & Mary now.)
What a terrific interview. It made me a bit sad to hear that Patton's friends wouldn't have appreciated the Pixies, that he had to be alone in his adoration, for a time at least. In my case it was a friend grabbing me by the lapels (metaphorically; I wore t-shirts) and telling me to listen to Doolittle, which had just come out, and of course he was absolutely right, and all of my circle were in to it. Then I moved to Montreal, and there I had some friends who somehow programmed their CD player to play the first four notes of Debaser on a loop, so devoted were they to the song.
My (not at the time) wife picked me up in her mom's car and said "You've gotta hear this" and played me "Tony's Theme" (then the rest of the album) -- would have been cool to get introduced to the Pixies by seeing them live with no background. (Also my nephew goes to William & Mary now.)
"Dead" is the best song on Doolittle. I will die on this hill.
I don't know how lonely a hill that is, but I applaud your devotion.