Wed May 6 '09 2:55 pm
Black Francis and Wife Violet Clark Resist The Cutesy With Grand Duchy
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Once upon a time, Violet and I went into the studio together for a day
as an experiment, and we came out that night with "Fort Wayne".
A leaked version seemed to please others, and so we decided to
continue the "experiment". We decided that, while we were not expert
players on all rock ensemble instruments, we would play everything
ourselves as we had done on the "Fort Wayne" session.
She was innocent. I hadn't felt innocent for years. She digs the
80's. I had spent the latter part of the 80's doing my part to
destroy the 80's. Our second recording session involved a fair amount
of shouting and throwing things , much to the horror, I'm sure, of our
two engineers Thaddeus Moore and Jason Carter; being pros they just
smiled at us.
A "band" truce developed. Over time we threw less objects and began
to enjoy our creative tension. ...
