smoove.
― Yoo Doo Nut (donut), Sunday, 26 March 2006 22:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Zwan (miccio), Sunday, 26 March 2006 23:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Sunday, 26 March 2006 23:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 26 March 2006 23:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 27 March 2006 00:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mr. Silverback (Mr. Silverback), Monday, 27 March 2006 00:11 (eighteen years ago) link
-- brontosaur (blancounderscoreguillerm...), March 26th, 2006.
Satan Is Boring
― latebloomer: My name *COCKS SHOTGUN* is Horace! (latebloomer), Monday, 27 March 2006 01:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― dietr, Monday, 27 March 2006 03:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― xwert, Monday, 27 March 2006 03:56 (eighteen years ago) link
Please choose one: Understatement of a) the thread, b) ILM, c) the western world.
― Edward III (edward iii), Monday, 27 March 2006 13:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― eedd, Monday, 27 March 2006 13:58 (eighteen years ago) link
Yes, that's quite a forumla they've got there.
― Black Star, Monday, 27 March 2006 15:41 (eighteen years ago) link
i think the title is funny! neat!
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 27 March 2006 15:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― samuell the puller, Monday, 27 March 2006 15:57 (eighteen years ago) link
To digress: anybody remember Rather Ripped records in Berkely? Alas, I never shopped there, but used to order from their catalog. Maybe the coolest store in America at one time, they were the hook-up for obscure imports and indies, and were probably the Residents' exclusive retail outlet for awhile. Subject of a notorious bootleg bust in the 70s, too. I hope the SY title is a tribute.
― brianiast (briania), Monday, 27 March 2006 16:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Monday, 27 March 2006 16:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― willem -- (willem), Monday, 27 March 2006 17:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― willem -- (willem), Monday, 27 March 2006 17:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Big Willy and the Twins (miloaukerman), Monday, 27 March 2006 18:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Monday, 27 March 2006 18:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Monday, 27 March 2006 18:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Monday, 27 March 2006 19:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― jonviachicago, Monday, 27 March 2006 19:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― sam the puller, Monday, 27 March 2006 19:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― ath (ath), Thursday, 30 March 2006 14:57 (eighteen years ago) link
i like it.
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Thursday, 30 March 2006 15:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― geeta (geeta), Thursday, 30 March 2006 15:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― bb (bbrz), Thursday, 30 March 2006 15:48 (eighteen years ago) link
they should get pettibon to do their album covers again.
― geeta (geeta), Thursday, 30 March 2006 15:54 (eighteen years ago) link
I actually don't mind the cover, though.
― mcd (mcd), Thursday, 30 March 2006 15:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 30 March 2006 16:29 (eighteen years ago) link
last good cover, last good album! *runs really fast from delusional sy fanz. never to return. i promise*
― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 30 March 2006 16:32 (eighteen years ago) link
I mean, I don't dislike the covers (or titles) of Bad Moon Rising, Dirty, Jet Set, A Thousand Leaves, or Sonic Nurse, to name a few, but I don't think of them as "good" cover art/titles, either.
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Thursday, 30 March 2006 16:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― ath (ath), Thursday, 30 March 2006 16:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Thursday, 30 March 2006 16:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Thursday, 30 March 2006 16:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― ath (ath), Thursday, 30 March 2006 16:41 (eighteen years ago) link
http://img186.exs.cx/img186/4378/sonicyouthnyc2jh.jpg
although I have to admit, the way the "u" in Youth is directly below the "n" in Sonic as almost a mirror image is really striking, they should totally use that font for a logo on other stuff.
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Thursday, 30 March 2006 16:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 30 March 2006 16:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alex in Baltimore (Alex in Baltimore), Thursday, 30 March 2006 16:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― concomn, Thursday, 30 March 2006 16:51 (eighteen years ago) link
"A Thousand Leaves" is the every defintion of "crappy Photoshop job".
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 30 March 2006 16:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 30 March 2006 16:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― ath (ath), Thursday, 30 March 2006 16:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Thursday, 30 March 2006 16:59 (eighteen years ago) link
does surrealism own the copyright on images of the human eye or something? I think you're bringin' your own baggage to the table g
― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Thursday, 30 March 2006 17:00 (eighteen years ago) link
Well, haven't they made a point of having different artists do the covers of the records rather than repeating the same people?
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Thursday, 30 March 2006 17:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Suedey (John Cei Douglas), Thursday, 30 March 2006 17:09 (eighteen years ago) link
Sister has a great cover.
― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Thursday, 30 March 2006 17:11 (eighteen years ago) link
it's true. turn up "Winner's Blues" real loud and you can hear "Schizophrenia." reusing master tapes was not unusual in the analog era.
― a http://bit.ly/kv895M (some dude), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 18:21 (thirteen years ago) link
geeta you shld re-listen to experimental jet set! its good!
― just sayin, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 18:31 (thirteen years ago) link
you shoudl alwyas store yoru tapes fast forwarded to the end so you dont get magnetic bleed through "preecho"
― Latham Green, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 18:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Had a good chat with his nibs this evening. I forgot what some of the questions were (gutted about forgetting to ask about aTelecine) but he did have this to say:
Was Jim O’Rourke the catalyst for Murray Street and Sonic Nurse?Thurston Moore: He was kind of a catalyst for those records... only because he brought a new voice into the group which at the time was really... shocking. Because we were in this place where we could never have imagined someone else coming into our group and actually sort of working within just how strange the group is. Both Kim and I are kind of coming out of a place where we taught ourselves. We’re just not traditional players but Lee and Steve have a much more... uh... they have chops! Jim came in and he was able to be this creative balance between these two aspects to the band. He’s someone who has a very intensified musical language. He’s a great, great player but at the same time he understood the wildness that Kim and I had. He could be a really great bridge [between these aspects] and it really excited us. It did influence the song writing. We wanted him to get involved with that process, so sure, there were some catalytic elements to his involvement with those records.
And he confirmed the Sister/Experimental Jet Set tape thing. He said you need to be wearing headphones, have it turned up loud and it's only really on the gaps between a couple of songs where you can hear it but it's there.
― PG Harpy (Doran), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 02:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Nice! Thanks for posting the bit about Jim. I'm a big pro-Jim era SY guy.
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 04:41 (thirteen years ago) link
super cool--thanks!
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 04:56 (thirteen years ago) link
thurston definitely used an acoustic for 'or' in 2006.
― matt h, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 09:40 (thirteen years ago) link
ok cool, thanks!
― a http://bit.ly/kv895M (some dude), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 11:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Definitive answers to burning questions--love it
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 14:08 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, we should just get thurston to come to ilm so he can answer these questions whenever we want. "why have you not played 'mary christ' since 1992?!"
― tylerw, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 14:24 (thirteen years ago) link
haha i bet he'd post exactly like skot
― a http://bit.ly/kv895M (some dude), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 14:25 (thirteen years ago) link
we should get lee to post to ILM...i'd be more psyched for that. he once offered to write an article for me, when i was freaking out about it.
― geeta, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 14:28 (thirteen years ago) link
i would ask one of those guys if the record is named after the store
http://www.dedicatedfool.com/
― reggie (qualmsley), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 14:33 (thirteen years ago) link
"Jams Run Free" is still so wonderful.
― Raymond Cummings, Saturday, 9 March 2013 00:15 (eleven years ago) link
for real
― some dude, Saturday, 9 March 2013 00:22 (eleven years ago) link
Still p sure this is my favorite SY record front to back.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 9 March 2013 00:22 (eleven years ago) link
Flag Post Permalink"Rather Ripped" is the new title? Seriously?I hope Thurston hasn't been pumping iron with Bobby Bonds! lol
I see M. Perpetua posts here, august company indeed!
― Wrinklepaws (Wrinklepaws), Thursday, March 30, 2006 11:11 AM (6 years ago)
Oh, Wrinklepaws.
this is a very good album, their most concise & focused imo. I still like Bad Moon Rising more.
― sleeve, Saturday, 9 March 2013 02:52 (eleven years ago) link
it's def the best late-period SY album
― congratulations (n/a), Saturday, 9 March 2013 03:01 (eleven years ago) link
eh it's my least fav of the last 4. still pretty good though.
― some dude, Saturday, 9 March 2013 03:03 (eleven years ago) link
I used to prefer Sonic Nurse but not anymore; the last few tracks slay me.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 9 March 2013 21:42 (eleven years ago) link
God, was Wrinklepaws really 7 years ago?
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 9 March 2013 21:53 (eleven years ago) link
least fave of last 4 for me also but still pretty great. man these guys are really done huh?
― balls, Saturday, 9 March 2013 21:53 (eleven years ago) link
fuck, 15 years
― sleeve, Tuesday, 15 June 2021 00:15 (two years ago) link
Mentioned seeing them upthread for this tour in Seattle, and that was the last time I did see them out of three total (first in 1999 just post-instrument theft, second at Terrastock 5 with O'Rourke doing all of Murray Street, then this show post-O'Rourke). Good way to bow out, really.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 15 June 2021 03:19 (two years ago) link
Very fond memories of them playing in Reno for this tour on 4 July. "Jams Run Free" a definite highlight of the set — but the last song was "Shaking Hell" played behind a projection of dark psychedelic inverted color fireworks interspersed with bomb footage.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Tuesday, 15 June 2021 05:09 (two years ago) link
Only time I ever saw SY live was on this tour, and it was also the only time I've ever visited NYC (saw them at McCarren Pool). Kind of ideal imo.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 15 June 2021 11:56 (two years ago) link
Saw them in South Burlington, VT, IIRC in the middle or aftermath of a snowstorm. My second and last time after a free Central Park show in 2002. I remember gangly Thurston saying "hello Brattleboro" at the beginning and sticking his tongue out and all excited to accept pictures given by young people near the stage. Kim looked very tired and did not speak to the audience, as best I can recall. In retrospect it seemed like a harbinger of things to come.
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Tuesday, 15 June 2021 17:01 (two years ago) link
Can report a similar dynamic at the show we saw. Thurston had brought an open beer on stage with him, which seemed to be much to Lee's chagrin. Perhaps also explains why "Jams Run Free" and "Shaking Hell" ruled so hard, as it was Kim's chance to steal the show. Which she did with ease.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Tuesday, 15 June 2021 17:15 (two years ago) link