ETERNAL YOUTH

The Americans will be seeing this on Letterman tonight: Sonic Youth promoting their new album The Eternal.

Possibly not this song, and probably minus Jools Holland.

But you get the idea.

If yr wondering, that’s Mark Ibold (formerly of Pavement) on the bass. He’s in the band now. If that sounds incongruous, he was also in Kim Gordon’s side project Free Kitten.

FUN FACT: I’ve been an SY fan for (ZOMG) 23 years now, ever since their EVOL album. And I’m proud to say I managed to catch them live once in 1991 while they were promoting Goo. (Opening act: The Jesus Lizard. A memorable show, that was.)

I wouldn’t say they’ve ever really manage to top their heights circa 1986-1992, but I’ve always admired their sound, inventiveness and willingness to experiment and do things to guitars that should never be done to them. And I have to say their last couple of albums (Sonic Nurse and Rather Ripped) are the best things they’ve done in ages.

The new album (their first after finally leaving Geffen) looks to continue that streak.

Still, I recognize SY isn’t for everyone. If you never saw the appeal when “Kool Thing” was in heavy rotation on the MTVs, there’s nothing here to change yr mind.

Teenage riot,

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LET’S RIDE THE TIGER

While we’re getting all nostalgic for college radio ...

I have an iPod. It’s got 7,298 songs on it at the moment, which is about 1/35 of the CDs in my shelves right now. I tend to let the full song list circulate, and while they’re all good (else they wouldn’t be there), sometimes you get a showstopper – a song that demands to be listened to repeatedly.

One of them is “River Euphrates” by The Pixies.

There are several versions to be enjoyed, but my personal favorite – and the one that resides on the iPod – is this one: the B-side cut.

As one of the YouTube commenters said: “This song tears your face off.”

I can’t possibly top that.

FACT: I saw the Pixies live once, circa 1991 at Vanderbilt University. They were everything I hoped for. Kim Deal chain-smoked the entire show. That’s so hardcore.

Kim Deal = best back-up vocalist EVER.

Opening act: Barkmarket. Not quite so awesome, but we had fun.

One sip from the salty wine,

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Meat dress!



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See also: bacon bra!

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Eat my dress,

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