March 7th, 2012

Here’s a full scan of the oral history of Sub Pop I wrote for the July 2008 issue of Blender (20 years of history crammed into a mere four pages!). This humble piece served as the basis for my book Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge (out in paperback March 13; order info here).

January 29th, 2012

Pro-shot video of Sonic Youth performing “Teenage Riot” at Brazil’s SWU festival, November 2011.

November 28th, 2011
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November 18th, 2011

suicidewatch:

The Sonic Youth Covers Playlist

  1. Beat On The Brat (Ramones)
  2. Personality Crisis (New York Dolls)
  3. Ca Plane Pour Moi (Plastic Bertrand)
  4. Psycho Mafia (The Fall)
  5. Black Candy (Beat Happening)
  6. Pushing The Extreme (The Wipers)
  7. Sitting On A Barbed Wire Fence (Bob Dylan & The Band)
  8. Touch Me I’m Sick (Mudhoney)
  9. I Am Right (Saccharine Trust)
  10. Nic Fit (Untouchables)
  11. That’s All I Know Right Now (Neon Boys)
  12. Hot Wire My Heart (Crime)
  13. I Know There’s An Answer (The Beach Boys)
  14. Is It My Body (Alice Cooper)
  15. Hallowed Be Thy Name (Alice Cooper)
  16. Stephanie Says (The Velvet Underground)
  17. I’m Not There (Bob Dylan)
  18. Superstar (The Carpenters)
  19. Within You Without You (The Beatles)
  20. Victoria (The Kinks as covered by The Fall)
  21. Electricity (Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band)
  22. Burning Farm (Shonen Knife)
  23. Mama You’ve Been On My Mind (Bob Dylan)
  24. Into The Groove-y (Madonna)
  25. Rowche Rumble (The Fall)
  26. My New House (The Fall)
  27. Computer Age (Neil Young)
  28. Visions Of Johanna (Bob Dylan)
  29. Bubblegum (Kim Fowley)
  30. Moist Vagina (Nirvana)
  31. European Son (The Velvet Underground)
  32. I Wanna Be Your Dog (The Stooges)
  33. The Simpsons Theme

link: http://www.divshare.com/download/16206023-ba4

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November 15th, 2011

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Sonic Youth, 11/14/2011 - SWU Festival.

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