I’m here listening to a recent SY show on my MD walkman…great versions of “Cotton Crown”, “Candle”, etc…reminds me of fun weird times I’ve had with Sonic Youth, like the time when I was still in high school, listening to “Daydream Nation” on headphones, tripping on acid by myself in the dark. The CD started skipping during “Total Trash” and somehow I thought it was just SY bashing on some crazy rhythm, I sat there listening to it for a long time before I realized what was up. A few months later I got “EVOL” on vinyl and put it on. I fell asleep somewhere during side two and woke up hours later to the locked groove churning superloud like some alarm clock from hell. Or the time a friend of mine took me to NYC for the first time to see them play for free in Central Park. Sensory overload looking at all the buildings and lights, trying to be cool, but definitely not being cool. Or getting advance vinyl of “Experimental Jetset” only to have my apartment building burn down later that night. Or getting destroyed by Lightning Bolt in Rhode Island. Sonic Youth won’t be breaking up any time soon, and that’s a good thing.
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