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WW: Hey Charles, how are you doing?
Where are you on tour right now?
How's it been going so far?
You sound so surprised about that.
Do you think that's because theirs a certain level of intimacy when you're just playing songs on your guitar? A closer relationship for the people in the audience?
Is it harder for you to play a show without a band?
What songs have you been playing on this solo joint? I know you tend to play things from throughout your whole catalog, but are there any songs you've come back to and thought “I really like this song!” or anything you've tried to play and thought “never again.”
How are the shows with Grand Duchy? When did the project with your wife come about?
When you were writing the songs together do you think at anytime she tried to lean on you as the more established songwriter? What's the dynamic like working with your wife?
I know you've lived in Oregon for a while—Eugene and also Portland for a bit. What brought you here?
When was that?
Do you enjoy living here compared to Los Angeles? I grew up in Portland but lived in L.A. for five years, and though all Oregonians seem to hate it, I have a certain affinity for the city.
You just played a show with the Portland version of the School of Rock. What was it like playing “Where is My Mind?” with a group of teenagers?
The Doolittle tour is coming up this fall. What are the Pixies doing to get ready for that? You've never done a whole tour playing one album.
I was going to give you shit for that. The Pixies are doing Eugene and Seattle but no Portland!
Yeah, and there's not a lot of viable options for a bigger band like you guys. The Rose Garden is too big but someplace like the Schnitz isn't big enough and pretty terrible for a rock show.
So, I have to ask this: Do you think the Pixies will ever write new material or is that totally finished by this point.
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WWeek 2015