Thurston Moore played a house party
 

Thurston Moore


When you get a text late on a Monday night that reads, "Thurston Moore is playing a house party. Get over here!," you get over there. I'm glad that this stuff still happens to me and I find it funny that I took way more pictures of people taking celphone pictures than I did of Thurston shredding. The shredding, by the way, was hilarious as he was playing through some kid's crappy little amp and you could actually hear the pick hitting strings over the quiet squeal of feedback. Had it been anybody else performing in the exact same manner the kids would've been bored out of their minds, but THURSTON FREAKING MOORE?!? PARTY!!!!!

 

I'm so sad this picture didn't come out because this kid is drinking a JUG OF CARLO ROSSI...BLUSH!!! Oh man, to be seventeen again! He was also asking Thurston all kinds of cute fanboy questions which were fielded with style and class. I felt so old. Ugh.

 

This is the only picture I took of the show. I think maybe Thurston was going for a stagedive sort of thing but not really succeeding.

 

Far more interesting to me were scenes like this. You know that dude in the stripes is like, "Do I throw these devil horns in the air? Do you think he'll see it through those foggy windows?"

Here's a short video I took to give you a sense of the vibe. Sadly, this lacks some of the cushion tossing that really rubbed in the "This is some kid's livingroom!!!" aesthetic, but you get the idea.



Thurston is single-handedly responsible for me turning my back on Christian rock so if this post sounds all hipster-blase, that is simply not the case. I was just as floored as Blushboy. Had I had the foresight to pick up a jug, I would've been chugging along. Thankfully, my years of experience led me to the crisper where I stealthily snagged the last beer in the house. ALWAYS CHECK THE CRISPER!!!

Is it a joke ? I can't imagine Thurston in a house party, especially with all those brats around him.

Haha. Who cares? Melt Banana still plays house shows. I'd rather go see them. This is funny though.

Ha ha, for some reason I imagine it being Coco's party and she's all embarrassed by her father making a scene of himself.

Bloody Students!

man that sounds like fucking fun

where's the video he spoke of?

That's so cool, man. Wish I could have been there. I love that Thurston will still do shit like this.

that video sucked... but i bet it was an awesome time.

He played a house party in Portland a couple weeks ago too, but I didn't hear about it until I listened to that Norhampton talk radio show when he'd just got back.

i wonder... if i throw a party will he magically show up? like in teh movie the field of dreams: "if you build it, they will come". i've got a jazzmaster he could play.

haha, ok melt banana yeah big deal too... i play house shows too.

so you could actually hear the pick touch the strings ?..

shit! i hoped he cleaned up after himself.......

ha! the kids running arounnd disgustrted at this adult, skinning up joints in the corner of the kitchen and playing his rocking rock music too loud... fuckin grown ups! get a haircut and a proper job!

I fuckin' 'ate students, me. :mad:

i had my mom write them in high school and ask them to play my graduation party. they didn't. i didn't ever figure they would, but somehow reading this bums me out now at 33 years old!

Well...this makes my non-existant weekend all that more depressing...

Very cool though.

i'm telling ya'll... if we build it he will come!

"Wow, dude, that was intense. Hey, you want to go see Jack Johnson with me tomorrow?"