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I just realized that one line of lyrics from the Pixies’ “Bone Machine” says:

Our love is rice and beans and horses lard

Possibly one of the best lines ever.

In other related things, I just bought a few Pixies DVDs.

“Pixies: Acoustic Live in Newport” is great so far. Good sound, interesting performance.

I also purchased “The Pixies Sell Out 2004″ DVD. It’s nice, but the audio is complete shit. The majority of the DVD is footage from a European rock festival in France, and I have an “unofficial” DVD copy of this show that was taken from the live digital broadcast. Some guy in France recorded it to his computer (uncompressed) and then made a DVD from it. And on this homemade DVD the audio is vastly superior to the official “Sell Out” DVD. What a shame for the official version. I’m going to write to Rhino Home Video (the label) and ask them what is going on. You would think that they would have access to source material that is even better than what was broadcast in France. But I guess not, since the “Sell Out” DVD audio sounds like muffled FM radio.

Also, the menu system on the DVD makes you wait about 30 seconds before you can make a selection and start the video. Included in this mandatory intro is a closeup shot of some dude bobbing his head at one of the shows. Which I don’t really care to see over and over. Why not just present the menu immediately? I’m tired of all the masturbatory animation that some DVD companies put before the menus, especially when they temporarily “lock” your DVD player and prevent you from bypassing the crap. Ugh.