Three of the DVD's bonus material tracks are from Pixies' May 1, 2004 concert at the Coachella Valley Festival. Pixies' Kim Deal and David Lovering talk about playing that gig:

"It was indescribable," Kim says. "We had worked our way west toward Vancouver, playing regular-sized shows. But when we walked out onstage at Coachella, the sun had just begun to curve down, so it was getting cooler but it wasn't dark yet. We could see all these people and they were so happy. It wasn't like, 'Geez, they're clapping loud.' It was more this sense of excitement that the Pixies were there. I was so overwhelmed that I screwed up the beginning of our first song, 'Bone Machine.'"

"I think we played Pomona the night before," Dave continues. "A lot of the Coachella bands were there, so there was this feeling that it was a big event. Getting there, it was wonderful to hang with the bands backstage. It reminded me of one of the first times we'd played in London, at a place called the Mean Fiddler, after 'Surfer Rosa' had come out. The audience just shocked me. It was the same at Coachella: I hadn't ever seen that number of people with that amount of love. It was incredible."

You can never have enough Pixies news so here is some info on another new DVD featuring David Lovering:

THE UNHOLY THREE RELEASE PERFOMANCE DVD, THROW PARTY "Alternative" Magic/Comedy Troupe Featuring Pixies Drummer David Lovering and Former Possum Dixon Frontman Rob Zabrecky to Host Prestidigitation Release Party August 11 at Steve Allen Theater in Hollywood; Press and Public Invited

In the three years since the formation of magic and comedy troupe The Unholy Three � Pixies drummer David Lovering, ex-Possum Dixon frontman/bassist Rob Zabrecky and a mysterious third member who's simply known as Fitzgerald � have been spellbinding audiences every Friday night (except when Lovering is on the road with the reunited Pixies) at the world-famous Magic Castle in Hollywood. The shows have built a loyal following and press raves; the LA Weekly, for example, noted that "they all seem to demonstrate an almost defiant originality. And it might just be within an art form like magic, precisely because it has been so neglected, that we suddenly discover something fresh and new."

Recently, director Carlos Grasso filmed a performance by the group at the exclusive members-only club and has fashioned the footage into a highly unusual film, complete with a wry and dry backstage narrative. The Unholy Three Live at the Magic Castle will be released on DVD in September and available for purchase on the members' individual websites. (a href="http://davidlovering.com/" target="_blank">http://davidlovering.com/

On Thursday, August 11, The Unholy Three will venture beyond the walls of their Victorian-mansion sanctuary to throw a release party in celebration of the film's completion. The troupe will perform its one-of-a-kind magical mystery revue at the soiree, which promises to be an evening of excitement, danger and suspense, with live piano accompaniment by Brad Kay. The event, previewed by the L.A. Times' Steve Hochman in his "Pop Eye" column, will take place at the Steve Allen Theater (4773 Hollywood Blvd.). Tickets are $10, and the affair starts at 8 p.m. Miss it at your peril. They'll also make an appearance the morning of the party on Indie 103.

Lovering and Zabrecky both caught the magic bug following the breakups of their respective bands. "I didn't play drums in six or seven years after that," says Lovering. "It was a matter of �been there, done that" � I couldn't top the Pixies. Then, one day, someone showed me a magic trick that just blew me away, and since then I have just been crazed about magic. I went into it full-on and became a professional magician."

Once he had his act together, Lovering started touring with bands as a roadie-free opening act; one of these was Frank Black & the Catholics, a pairing that found David doing double duty as his old friend's drummer.

After being introduced by fellow artist Grant-Lee Phillips, himself a practicing musician (Phillips' card tricks had captivated Lovering early on), David and Rob honed their craft at the Magic Castle during the course of sessions of what is known as the Wonder Workshop, where magicians perform for each other. Eventually, they teamed with fellow Magic Castle member Fitzgerald (who's not a musician but happens to have a perfect rock & roll coif) and formed the group. "We're all best friends, and we work off each other," says Lovering. "I couldn't be happier with it." While Lovering is having a blast playing again with Black Francis, Kim Deal and Joey Santiago in the Pixies, his passion for magic and commitment to The Unholy Three is stronger than ever.

Together, these three disparate characters have concocted a provocative, virtually unprecedented cabaret act in which their individual specialties � Zabrecky's Lynchian mentalism, Lovering's self-coined "scientific phenomenalism" (armed with an engineering degree, he had a job building lasers before the Pixies lured him away) and whatever it is that postmodern prestidigitator Fitzgerald does � are eerily interconnected. There is simply no precedent for The Unholy Three; you have to see it to believe it. And here's your chance because you can't get into the Magic Castle. But be forewarned: Do not under any circumstances touch the meteorite � the one with the protruding antenna topped by a Jack in the Box bobblehead.

The Unholy Three DVD Release Party
Steve Allen Theater
at the Center for Inquiry-West
4773 Hollywood Blvd.
(2 blocks West of Vermont)
Hollywood, CA 90027