Sonic Youth: Classic or Dud/S&D?

yeah i mean it says she lives in northampton

Why did I think that article would give any clues as to whether there would be another SY album or not.

― "Turkey In The Straw" coming from someplace in the clouds (Sparkle Motion), Monday, April 22, 2013 2:53 PM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ha, I was hoping to read something about that as well, looking less likely now for sure.

― my mental killfile seems to be working (sleeve), Monday, April 22, 2013 2:54 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

because it's in ELLE - a serious music magazine.

― nostormo, Monday, April 22, 2013 2:55 PM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i've read a lot worse in SERIOUS music magazines, enjoyed the article

why does sonic youth need to continue? they were a band for a long time

about eva prinz:
thats the rumor -

http://www.metafilter.com/112516/Sonic-Life

it has nothing to do w/ elle's ability to cover music, i think SM was just hoping there'd be some concrete reference to the band's future or lack thereof

oh ha i didn't even see that kahn lives in northampton. there are a lot more photos of thurston and prinz together and a little bit of internet gossip linking them, that's why i guessed it was her.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mFZW2cdYdzw/TJksKqf5JYI/AAAAAAAACcs/iVmkXt6rqyk/s1600/Thurston.Eva.Krasilcic.blog.jpg

"she makes me feel young again"

Phenomenal article, and all the comments about how Kim inspired the men in her circle to be better men rang very true.

enjoyed reading that elle profile. no great revelations, but a fine survey and tribute, and it sounds like she's doing okay (for whatever that's worth). looking forward to whatever comes next from all parties. agree that it would be kind of gauche for the band to continue on as sy without her, but a name's worth a lot and theirs more than most, so i wouldn't be too surprised.

yeah they really wouldn't though

yeah they wouldn't.

whatever they do, i'm very skeptical of another really GREAT sy-related record in the future

her interest in Karen Carpenter, Madonna, and, more recently, Britney Spears lent them depth)

Her interest in them -- her rethinking of them -- has nothing to do with lending them depth.

something sort of melancholic about the fact that this iconic avant garde/feminist couple broke up in this cliched midlife crisis kind of way

yeah it would be more awesome if they split over a fight about the importance of Britney Spears or something

would be more awesome if Britney wrote a song called "Kim Gordon and the Future of Rock Marriage"

something sort of melancholic about the fact that this iconic avant garde/feminist couple broke up in this cliched midlife crisis kind of way

― huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Monday, April 22, 2013 4:56 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm. fucking hate it, tbh.

guess it wasn't just his gutiar playing that was meandery.

but jokes aside, yeah it's one of those things that just makes me feel like the world is fucked up, like the end of crimes and misdemeanors.

oh yeah, i completely agree that they won't use the name. not initially. but after a few years, especially if their other ventures aren't well received...

i don't know, obviously. anyway, re alfred: i thought the author's point was that kim's interest in those figures lent sonic youth depth, but perhaps i misunderstood.

the end of crimes and misdemeanors otm

what a surprise. Kim and Thurston are regular human beings after all.

Poor Kim, all having to sneak a peak at Thurston's phone. The momentous weight of the confirmed suspicion.:(

my friend Kim
says "no not him"

would much rather see them carry on without thurston than without kim.

de facto professor of modern feminist pop mystique (her interest in Karen Carpenter, Madonna, and, more recently, Britney Spears lent them depth).

Author does appear to be saying that Gordon's interest lent depth to the pop stars.

The momentous weight of the confirmed suspicion.

i can't help but read this in lee's poetry voice

Lol

hehe

notice the article never referenced their post-separation yoko collabo

so what

sorry, i meant to write "noticed" - didn't mean it make it sound like a smoking gun

YOKO IS THE OTHER WOMAN

xp to how's life (and alfred): yeah, i did misread/misremember that bit. and yeah, it's a dumb thing to say - in an otherwise solid piece.

Chelsea Light Moving totally sounds like sonic youth without a kim!

and without a lee, I guess. can live with that.

a sy record without lee, thurston, kim and steve would be a classic

bob bert's bongo hour

every time i try to listen to that chelsea light moving album i get embarrassed and have to turn it off. there are some really bad "punk" songs on there.

mainly the one where he just yells "TOO FUCKING BAD! TOO FUCKING BAD!" over and over

the guitars sound pretty good. should have been instrumental. the lyrics are sub-thurston. which is saying something.

Thurston unchecked is entirely embarrassing.

I've never been a huge fan of his, either in or out of SY, but now I can hate on him for additional reasons.

Thurston's got a good amount of enjoyable non-SY stuff, song-based and not, but yeah i cannot dig the CLM album

You guys really need to grab the Body/Head/Gate LP stat

Thurston's NOISE is usually choice, song based stuff is hit/miss (ditto for Lee)

I liked Trees Outside the Academy a lot more than the last couple of SY albums, never heard any of his more avant solo stuff though.

didn't mind Demolished Thoughts.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=oi8Y4afbPuc&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Doi8Y4afbPuc

i guess thurston can go on double dates with wayne coyne now

Thurston should return to Coral Gables. We got gastropubs now!

gastro pubs & their $15 hamburgers are the greatest scam ever visited on the american ppl

with Kim out of the band who's left to write that stinging indictment