lasts nights show...
 

Was amazing. Met ol Thurston. Pics coming here before long.

I think you can tell an awful lot by watching a mediocre video on youtube. The harp was low at times, but they also got really loud and raunchy at points with those acoustic guitars. Sure, no bass...not very traditional for rock - based music, but then again neither is violin or harp...in the same way John isn't a traditional drummer. It was 15 bucks. I had a great time. I feel like i got my moneys worth watching one of my favorite artists perform for not much more than I'd spend on some crummy movie ticket or the actual new record itself.

You sound bitter. Maybe jealous. If ya weren't at the show and you don't like the video you've posted of the show...just be glad ya didn't spend 15 bucks.

Why dont you go turn on yr black light and watch joan jett perform with the foo fighters...lol

Thanks for the video but no thanks for yr comments, I have to disagree with pretty much everything you said. Did you watch it all? Maybe the harp was a bit quiet but I could hear it. It looks and sounds like it was a good show to me...

Welcome to the future

Yeah, bunnyboyz; I can't see such sloppiness even though the quality of the youboob vid is far from perfect.

awesome, I already saw the pictures... on faceb00k. I am very jealous.Too bad Sonic Youth and the members of SY don't come down to Florida. Have they ever played here? oh well.

That's fantastic! :)

yeh he does. I've seen the pic and I'm very jealous!

Swa(y), Thurston, Meg:

A few random shots from the show:








Flyer we came across downtown ATL:

Also...lots of people here deserve rep, but I must spread much rep to other people before I can do so. Thanks though, guys. Sonic love + shizzz.

Man, honestly...I barely spoke with him. This was taken before the show, and Meghan said she wanted to get her picture taken with him while he wasn't looking too incredibly busy. Just walked up, asked for a pic, shook hands, told him I enjoyed his music, and that was about the extent of it. He was super nice.

What I remember of the merch booth:

Signed Thurston tour poster

Demolished Thoughts (purchased)

Thurston Moore - Built for Lovin' (which I purchased. Limited to 500 copies and my collectors instinct got the best of me)

Mirror/Dash - Electric Pen/Gum (purchased)

Some stuff related to other members of the band, can't remember specifics though. Some Sunburned material, Hush Arbors, etc.

Sonic Youth - TV Shit

Thurston "Trees" shirt.

A couple other Sonic/Sonic related items I can't honestly recall the names of.


AND...seriously, you missed an awesome show. Don't tell anyone else from SY I said this, but I actually enjoyed this show more than the last Youth show I saw (2008). I mean, that was a fantastic show, too...this was just something really special, I think. I was honestly anticipating being disappointed, not really being accustomed to seeing members of SY solo (saw SY several times)...but seeing 'em like this was beyond interesting. Thurston, always talkative during performances, was even more so here.

Lee is coming to Atlanta sometime over the next few months.

They were. Meghan and Jenny just kept taking random pics during the show. I've got some more I'll post later at some point.

REALLY wish you could have been there, man. We gotta hang out sometime before long. Beer and Stooges.

haha, I think it was because I shared the video on facebook after seeing it on here then SY shared it via my link on fb.... I guess it's because they/he saw it on there first....

Poor Steve, I don't think he'd ever do anything wrong!

I never claimed to have filmed or uploaded it!

here's a fantastic set of pictures from the show:

http://www.prefixmag.com/photos/thur...pics/#photo-16

These were the Demolished T-shirts I got:

any info on the film being shown on stage behind them?


(i saw british sea power years ago and they showd really really cool films of wild fowl. fitted in nicely....)

It was signed by Thurston. The poster itself wasn't anything fancy. Looked like a large xeroxed image w/ Thurston's signature in white ink. Definitely not a Dennis Tyfus poster. I don't remember seeing a Demolished Thoughts tee, just the trees one. However, I think one with a typo would be cooler than the regular one...adds character and stuff. I was a bit surprised to see TV shit, as well. One of my least favorite Sonic releases, even though they sound as if they are having a lot of fun on it. Why does he have the Black Flag logo on his drum head? Not sure...but they made several references to hardcore through out the night (Thurston mentioned SS Decontrol in a poem he recited). I'm sure they all grew up listening to Black Flag. Were a couple moments where it sounded as if they were about to break into some acoustic hardcore tunage, but stopped each time. Was fun. Also, Demolished Thoughts were originally the name of Thurston's hardcore cover band, 'less we forget. He's notorious for making references to all sorts of music (he mentioned Merzbow at the show too, as well as Guided by Voices). He's an eclectic individual with eclectic taste, which is always a good thing. Would have been far too cliche had they a pic of Bob Dylan on the drum head....just something generic and expected for an acoustic gig. The Black Flag bars looked gorgeous and it made me happy to see them.

And I hate to break it to ya....but anyone taking pictures at the gig were far more interested in taking pics of the actual show than they were the merch booth...I mean, pretty much all of that stuff is available online.

I don't see how it could be a bad thing to have a Black Flag sticker (or any other type of sticker) on a drum head. It just seems a random representation of something certain individual (in this case John Moloney maybe, as opposed to the whole band) would like. It is like when people wet their panties about how cool Jenny Lindberg of Warpaint supposedly is just because there were stickers of Minor Threat and Radiohead on her bass (she covered the Radiohead one recently, I suppose somebody freaked out or at least got confused or intrigued, geez). Both stances are lame. For instance, no one has ever gotten to discuss the implications of the "Reading Is Sexy" sticker that used to be emblazoned on Thurston's guitar (right?).

Anyway, thanks for sharing your pictures and stories with the board, swa(y).

not to change the subject but for those who were there how was San Agustin? I checked out the youtube clips of them opening and they sound pretty good, when was the last time they played? they didn't sound quite as minimal as i've known them to be.

Honestly, I'd never heard of them prior to a few weeks before this show. I researched them a bit beforehand, and couldn't find an awful lot of information. Seems their shows have been a bit sparse over the past several years. I know David Daniell has collaborated with some pretty interesting folk (Loren Connors, Rhys Chatham, etc).

The show itself was fantastic. Very pretty, almost ambient at times. Bits of chaotic single note guitar assault thrown in here and there. They were good. I'd go as far as to say they were exceptional as far as improvisational stuff is concerned (an area I like, but feel as if there is more bad stuff than good).

Would definitely check them out again given the opportunity.

...was a talking baby wizard.

Last nights dream, maybe.

;)

Wow nice shirts! WANT WANT WANT

Yeah, I saw them once when they were more of a semi-regular band... they are really interesting unfortunately they don't play much anymore because I believe they all live in different parts of the Midwest US now? I know David a little as I have opened shows for him before and I was in the "Chatham Guitar Trio is my Life" (Buffalo show), and he was Rhys's "technical assistant" on that tour/project... San Agustin do not have much recorded output, a good portion is hard to find now their 1st LP, an early 7", a cassette... the 3 cds are easier to find (one is a table of the elements boxset another is collab. w/ longtime partner of Loren Connors, Suzanne Languille) and a table of the elements one sided 12" part Lanthanides series celebrating the 10 years of table of the elements label.

http://www.discogs.com/artist/San+Agustin