I was sorting out my singles on the weekend and I came across this one lurking in the back of the box. Picture sleeve yes. But only the front of the cover. So I spent a hour searching through all my singles looking for the back cover eventually finding it precariously stuck to the back of Depeche Mode's Just Can't get Enough.
Since both singles spent a lot of time together in my DJ boxes I guess it was quite apt. The Pixies was one of the bunch of songs I always seem to associate with the short lived nightclub Ronny and Michael set up called KAOS in North Melbourne. They already had the Beehive working quite well over at the Carron Tavern but KAOS was going to be bigger. It was at the old Carnaby Inn. In the early 80s Little Murders played there. Then there was a massive club there whose name escapes my mind. Was it Therapy? No.Not important enough to go and research but I did get thrown out of there one night. For causing a nuisance.
Well.... they were wild and woolly days.
A new club needed new records. And this was one of them. It was the first time I'd heard of the Pixies. But it was an instant like. Played this record to death for 20 years of DJing. Still not sick of it or the accompanying album.
KAOS didn't last very long. Despite having a brilliant poster and great music the writing was on the wall on the first night when they started closing rooms. And each week they would shut off another room so we were just in the one room after plans of opening an entertainment complex.
When it closed I had nothing to do on a Saturday night for the first time since 1979.
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