Okay, Sonic Youth is clearly way far from a metal band, but the grandaddies of scratchy alt-rock (and grandmama Kim Gordon) need to be recognized as having a profound impact on the rock n' roll, noise rock, and even downtown art scenes, with each member of this prolific, 20-plus-years-in-existence band contributing significantly to each aural [...]~~
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If I had millions and millions of dollars my closet would be stark full of designer Marc Jacobs playful boho garments.(I would also have a killer permanent tan from weekend jaunts to the Seychelles in my private jet). As a New Yorker who lives only steps away from the designers West Village dominion (five Jacobs stores - Little Marc (baby clothes), Marc by Marc Jacobs (contemporary), Marc Jacob...
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....I had just finished a long, elequent, graceful, witty, exposition on the great Sonic Youth, whom i've been listening to alot today, I expounded on their unique talents & unmatched approach to coming at rocknroll from the most extreme angle possible. I had great turns of phrase & jaw dropping bits of insight & revelation. Hell, after reading what I'd written, dermahrk himself wouldda bec...
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Oh Sonic Youth...if you aren't penning a score to a porn or providing the music to a couture fashion show, you are are doing something else to surprise us. Starting June 10th when you head to select Starbucks to get your daily shot of caffeine you'll be able to pick up...get this...a celebrity-curated greatest hits Sonic Youth compilation, Hits Are For Squares.Some of the celebs who picked out ...
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.....Ahhhh! Saturday Morning quietude. The birds are chirpin' The fog is burning off. A nice quiet day. This calls for SONIC YOUTHPUSH THE BUTTON, MARK.
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I'll preface this by saying that though I know many people who watch the show, I've never seen an episode of Gossip Girl before. In fact, this clip is the first time I've ever seen the show, and it took a seriously head-scratching guest appearance for me to take a look: noise-rockers Sonic Youth show up not only as a wedding band, but bassist Kim Gordon officiates the ceremony. Gordon jokes t...
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Yet another reason to love Kim Gordon. The Sonic Youth bassist and mother of one has launched her own clothing line, Mirror/Dash, named after her side-project with hubby and fellow Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore.Gordon, a staple at designer Marc Jacobs' fashion shows, started the line with friends Melinda Wansbrough and Jeffrey Monteiro. The inspiration is "clothes for cool moms." The tri...
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Sonic Youth has a knack for the perfect title. Often Times the title is a necessary key to understanding. Beautiful Plateau is an excellent case in point, after a difficult, noisey ascent one does indeed reach a beautiful pastoral plateau. Its a peaceful, dayglow plateau, colored by surpressed energy and the expectation that the underlying chaos may erupt at any moment..........and then i...
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I wasn't sure if this would upload or not, I'm glad it did. Sonic Youth's The Diamond Sea is truly a masterpiece. Melodic & melancholy, The Diamond Sea is a meditation on the imperfections of relationships & the timeless delusional angst as we stare at the face in the mirror and wonder where time went. And the music is absolutely gorgeous as it carries us through the good times & bad.The...
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Fast & Bulbous This is just about how I feel This Morning. Jittery...anxious....I got a serious jones goin' for nicotine
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Live Music Is Better......Sonic Youth tear it up. To see them live is to understand.
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Macadam, macadam, cement, macadam, macadam, grass, macadam, cement, macadam ...A dog barks. I can tell he's not a big dog. He had a higher pitch that a barrel chest won't allow. I don't think he was a hound, just didn't have that hound sound.Cool nights. 34 some and 40 others. On cool clear nights with a little humidity and some wind I become bulletproof. Something entirely different from what ...
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I have loved music for a long time, I probably romanticized every adolescent moment or emotion while locked in my room with a Teac CD player plugged into my JVC boom-box (with the Bass Boost). So when I neared completion of high school, what better way to commemorate the accomplishment than with a quote from an idolized rock band that combined total cool with some hazy personal statement of lif...
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City streets, heartbeats, and cool sheets,Finding myself without a voiceI kiss you. Words fail where action prevails.If it seems simple, it's not. So I relish the rain,Drinking every drop, hoping it doesn't end.After the storm, there are clean streets, more heartbeatsand cool sheets to crawl into.
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As the smoke was rising it got beat by the unstable wobble of the ceiling fan. "Off balance blades." I thought. One of these days that is coming down on my head. My heart kept time with the spinning. I tasted the metal in my own blood and had a dull muffed noise in the back of my head. Staggering to get up I couldn't help but notice there were parts of me missing."Oh man, this is what happens w...
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