Here's a ridiculous story a friend passed to me last night. Apparently,
www.sonicyouth.com/mustang/eq/gear.htmla red Fender Mustang guitar stolen from Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo a decade ago -- one on this list here; note about theft here -- resurfaced recently on eBay. Who bought it? Why, a HUGE SY fan who had no idea it was contraband from one of his favorite bands until after he bought it, from a seller who said he got it from someone in California (the location from where I g
At around 7:45 p.m., sunglasses-clad Thurston Moore strode onstage to thunderous cheers. Deadpan, the lanky Sonic Youth vocalist/guitarist said, "Hi, we're the Sonic Youth. We're going to start things off with a little love song called 'No Way.'" Cue a heavy, punkish version of the tenth track from the band's new album, The Eternal.
Annie ZaleskiKim Gordon. This is a placeholder photo until Todd Owyoung's slidleshow is up.
And thus began one of the best concerts in St. Louis so far this year.