Thom Gabrukiewicz: Video Friday, PIXIES

Somewhere in the Midwest, there’s a little blond-haired girl telling her friends about the night her dad took her to the Orpheum Theater in downtown Omaha to see one of his all-time favorite bands, PIXIES.
Maybe it’ll be her favorite band, too.
Especially how well, how tight, Black Francis, Kim Deal, Joey Santiago and David Lovering sounded Sept. 16 as part of their “Doolittle” tour.
We watched, smiles on our faces, as the girl hugged her dad’s neck – she was riding on his back while he pumped his fists in the air – and Pixies played the Doolittle album start to finish (they opened with some very tasty “B side” tracks).
Maybe I’m older, more mature (and dare I say, more aware?), but PIXIES in the Big O might well have been the best concert I’ve ever watched.
Better than The Replacements in Minneapolis.
Better than Social Distortion in Chico, California.
Better than the Rolling Stones in Dallas.
(As part of being the first 10 percent to buy tickets, we get a free download of the concert, digitally mastered; special thanks to Nathan for jumping in and buying the tickets; to have this two-disc memento means the world to me.)
But now, more than ever, I want PIXIES to push past their Doolittle triumph and create new music.
I crave a new album of Pixies originals.
But, for now, your Video Friday is PIXIES, from the “Doolittle” tour:

"Debaser"