The Pixies brings bit of magic to town
The influential band ignites
a sell-out Eugene audience
in McDonald Theatre, one
stop on its reunion tour
By Helen Schumacher
Pulse Columnist
A couple years ago, I decided it was
time to start wearing earplugs to con
certs. I was pretty sure I was already
starting to go deaf and wanted to
make sure I would still be able to have
a rock journalism career after college.
However, last Tuesday, I threw out the
neon ear buds. The show I saw at the
McDonald Theatre was worthy of
hearing loss.
It was The Pixies.
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Charles
Thompson, who later adopted the
stage name Black Francis and now
goes by Frank Black, as their guitarist
and lead singer. With Joey Santiago
on guitar and Kim Deal playing bass,
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the group was rounded out by percus
sionist David Lovering. The band re
leased five albums and quickly devel
oped a cult following. The unique
juxtaposition of Black's urgent
screams and Deal's sweet singing,
coupled with rabid guitar and surfer
grooves, helped the group become
one of the most influential rock
bands of the late 20th century.
In 1993, a now-infamous fax mes
sage announced the dissolution of the
band. But this past fall, after a decade of
solo projects, the group members an
nounced to the elation of fans world
wide that they would be reuniting to
tour, and possibly record a new album.
Tuesday's show marked their third in
the United States since reuniting.
Just after 9 p.m., the silhouettes of
four figures caused a sold-out audi
ence to erupt in mass euphoria as the
opening notes of "Bone Machine"
were broadcast across the venue's PA
system. The musicians definitely
looked older, but they sounded just
as energetic and raw as they ever had.
The music seemed to come as second
nature to them as they pummeled
through a set list consisting mostly of
hits from their albums "Surfer Rosa"
and "Doolittle."
The show really took off when, af
ter the third song, the lights darkened
and Deal's thick bassline announced
"I Bleed." Then, some audience mem
bers started getting rowdy enough to
warrant their removal by security
guards. Next, sounding like the na
tional anthem for punk rock was
"Velouria," and then "Caribou." Black
alternated between sounding like a
Boreas wind gust and crazed mental
patient while singing "Where I was
born 1 now repent / Caribou-ou-ou
ooo / Repent, Repe-e-ent."
Ranging in age from about 20 to
40, the audience consisted of long
haired dudes in Led Zeppelin T-shirts,
college kids in black hoodies and
trucker caps and women sporting tat
toos up and down their arms and
flowers in their hair. The ecstatic
group echoed every single one of the
eerie "ooohs" of "Where Is My
Mind?," not to mention every other
Pixies lyric.
Santiago — who had previously ex
isted as "the other guitar player" in my
mind — proved to be the stone-faced
backbone of the band. In the middle of
"Vamos," Lovering threw a drumstick
across the stage to Santiago, who used
it as a bow across his guitar frets, creat
ing a screeching reverb.
The show continued with almost
the entire tracklist of 1989's "Doolit
tle," including "Hey," "No. 13 Baby,"
"Debaser," "Wave of Mutilation,"
"Monkey Gone to Heaven" and
"Gouge Away." It wasn't until the
last song, "Gigantic" — when Deal
forgot the lyrics to the second verse
and had to ask Black — that the
band members actually did any talk
ing. The Pixies went from song to
song, and played the entire show
without any explanation for the re
union and tour, not that the crowd
seemed to need it.
After "Gigantic" finished and much
stomping and clapping erupted from
below the stage, the band came back
out for an encore of "La La Love You,"
the U.K. Surf version of "Wave of Mu
tilation" and "Into the White."
It was a performance visibly savored
by both the audience and the band.
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that applying for scholarships gives
students good experience, even if the
scholarship appears out of reach.
The OIP provides workshops for
people looking for funding to go
abroad. The next workshop will be
held on Wednesday, July 14, from
3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the EMU's
Metolius and Owyhee Rooms.
The OIP also has a number of
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pointment with OIP, call 346-3207.
Students may also access scholarship
information from OIP's Web site,
http://studyabroad. uoregon. edu.
Senior international studies major
Jaxon Love, who received the Op
portunity Abroad Scholarship for
his trip to Lyon, France, said stu
dents shouldn't let Finances hinder
them from considering a study
abroad program.
"If it's at all possible, don't let the fi
nancial aspect stop you from going
abroad," he said. "It has value beyond
the monetary value."
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faith reporter
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Once Montes was transferred to the
University, he was given the task of su
pervising three EPD officers.
"It's not different than supervising
any other patrol team," he said,
adding that a majority of the calls he
gets are disturbances, loud music or
patrolling the campus.
He also makes himself available to
DPS to answer legal questions and
make sure that services aren't dupli
cated between the EPD and DPS offi
cers, because some DPS officers can
now issue citations.
"(EPD officers are) here to provide
education and crime prevention,"
Montes said."They're basically doing
community policing, just in a smaller
geographical area (of Eugene.)"
Besides working with DPS,
Montes works with a few campus or
ganizations, primarily the Office of
Student Life.
Student Judicial Affairs Director
Chris Loschiavo said he and others in
his office frequently work with EPD on
various crisis situations on campus.
"It's important that
students realize EPD has
a job to do on campus.
Sometimes they have to
cite students, but
remember, they are
here for students' safety."
Chris Loschiavo
Student Judicial Affairs Director
affiliation
He said he gets the feeling that
Montes enjoys working with students
and sees the value in an educational
process. He added Montes seems to
be open to some alternative forms of
dealing with situations on campus.
However, Loschiavo said it is too
early to determine how Montes holds
up against other EPD sergeants
assigned to campus.
"All of our sergeants have brought
their own personalities to campus,
but it's too early to tell what, if any,
changes he'll bring," Loschiavo said.
Hicks agreed that it is too early to
know if changes will be made, but he
said the contract to have EPD officers
in the DPS office ends in June, so the
contract renewal may cause changes.
Loschiavo said he hopes students will
accept Montes and understand the need
for EPD's presence at the University.
"It's important that students realize
EPD has a job to do on campus.
Sometimes they have to cite students,
but remember, they are here for stu
dents' safety," Loschiavo said. "A lot of
people come onto campus and try to
take advantage of students, and EPD
is here to prevent that."
Montes hopes to bridge the gap be
tween EPD and the campus, in part by
educating the students so they have
an understanding of when they're
breaking the rules.
"I see it as a challenge to get
everybody on the same page," he said.
"It has to be a constant process of ed
ucation and communication."
Montes said his specific role in su
pervising the three EPD officers is to
provide them with the help and re
sources they need.
He said he facilitates the officers'
training, reviews their reports and
goes on calls when he is available.
He added that one aspect of working
the campus detail he enjoys is that the
calls for service aren't as high, so he and
his officers have more time to be in con
tact with people around the campus.
EPD officers on campus sometimes
teach classes on bike safety, pedestri
an safety and other classes as needed.
Overall, Montes hopes to continue
building the relationship among EPD,
DPS and the campus community.
"My door is always open for peo
ple," he said.
Contact the crime/heatth/
safety reporter
at lisacatto@dailyemerald.com.
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the Marines and Air Force. The naval program
attracts the most students, about 60 enlistees.
Nearly a quarter enrolled are women.
The Navy program draws students from
Stanford, UC-Davis and the Cal Maritime
Academy. The Air Force and Army branches
have students from Saint Mary's College and
Sonoma State.
For six hours every Thursday, ROTC students
gather at Cal for drills and classroom instruction.
They say ROTC meets several needs, paying a
hefty slab of higher education costs, preparing
them to serve their country and instantly giving
them a job when they graduate.
Nationwide, some 5,000 students apply an
nually for the Navy college program. Between
1,300 and 1,400 enter the program. The
scholarship committee looks for well-round
ed applicants, equally adept as athletes and as
students.
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