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 Wednesday, December 12th, 2001
Sonic Youth Co-Hosts Concert/Reading
Kim Gordon expected to nastify nursery rhymes, call it "avant-garde," while Andrew Dice Clay weeps homelessly outside venue
Ben Johnson reports:
One of the nice things about being an indie rock fan is that you can be relatively certain that the bands you like also have pretty decent taste in reading material. I mean, there's gotta be a member of Tool that's just frighteningly into Ayn Rand, and I'm sure that on her way from publicist to hairdresser, someone in Destiny's Child is curled up with the latest copy of O. By way of contrast, David Berman knows more about contemporary poetry than some English professors, Kathleen Hanna has probably learned more about feminism than Jane Fonda ever forgot, and Pavement was long known for their Scrabble abilities. Hell, I'm sure even Bob Pollard reads cool stuff when he's sober. Tonight, Sonic Youth will display their well-roundedness (and help a worthy charity to boot) when they co-host a concert/reading at the Bowery Ballroom in New York with The Paris Review, easily one of the most important literary journals in the world. All proceeds from the show will benefit Asociacion Tepeyac, a not-for-profit organization that helps Latino immigrants in the city, and which lately has been working to aid families of low-wage workers who lost their lives in the September 11th attacks. Other performers include Stephin Merritt, Pamela Laws, and writers Rick Moody (The Ice Storm), Mary Gaitskill, and Michael Cunningham (who won the Pulitzer Prize for The Hours). In other Sonic Youth news, the band reports on their website that they're back and working in their studio. No word on what the new stuff sounds like-- well, okay, Thurston Moore does call it "classic, but not khaki-classic," but we're not going to venture a guess as to what the hell that means. Working titles include "Disconnection Notice," "The Empty Page," and four songs called "Untitled." Maybe they oughta pump those fancy-pants writer types for some creative input.
.: Pitchfork Review: Sonic Youth: NYC Ghosts & Flowers
Elliott Smith, Spoon on 2xCD Benefit Comp
Above homeless joke suddenly in really bad taste
Brandon Dameshek reports: Proceeds from The 'Collection will benefit the Amos House, a Providence, Rhode Island-based non-profit charity organization which lends direct support to people in need by offering tools for achieving greater life-stability and self-reliance. Every year, the good people at the Amos House serve 150,000 meals, shelter more than 400 homeless people, and deliver critical services to thousands of Rhode Islanders in crisis. Damn! Good music for a good cause. And did we mention the good music?
.: Wishing Tree Records: http://www.wishingtreerecords.com
Early Day Miners, Unwed Sailor Do Split CD
Hopeless search for unused bandnames forces hipsters to resort to Mad Libs
Catherine Lewis reports: The debut album from Indiana's Early Day Miners, Placer Found, reflects the culture and terrain of the American Southwest and features-- among others-- Daniel Burton and Rory Leitch of Ativin. Yes, that Ativin. Unwed Sailor is the instrumental project of Pedro the Lion bassist Jonathan Ford.
.: Early Day Miners: http://www.earlydayminers.com
Beatles Covered by Sarah McLachlan, Wallflowers
Sean Penn spares us ironic cover of "Lady Madonna"
Matt Wavrin reports:
Sarah McLachlan: "Blackbird"
.: I Am Sam: http://www.iamsammovie.com |
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