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Old 01.01.2009, 12:53 PM   #1
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Psychic Confusion: The "Sonic Youth" Story

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Goodbye 20th Century: "Sonic Youth" and the Rise of Alternative Nation

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I probably will end up getting both eventually but cant afford to buy both right now. They both look really good but I cant decide which to get right now.
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Old 01.01.2009, 01:30 PM   #2
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Goodbye 20th Century. By a mile.
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Old 01.01.2009, 02:10 PM   #3
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i agree-read psychic confusion 1st and now coming near to the end of goodbye 20th century and it's a whole lot better.
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Old 01.01.2009, 02:48 PM   #4
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Neither of them is the perfect article - they both concentrate largely on the period already covered by Confusion Is Next, and then dash through the last decade or so as if nothing of any interest has happened since Dirty.

Of the two, though, I would say that Psychic Confusion is utter amateurish crap, while Goodbye 20th Century is at least the work of someone who seems to know what he's talking about.
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Old 01.01.2009, 03:34 PM   #5
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Old 01.01.2009, 04:48 PM   #6
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confusion is next
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Old 01.01.2009, 05:07 PM   #7
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no.
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Old 01.01.2009, 05:32 PM   #8
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it ends right as the band was starting to suck. perfect.

...kidding, kidding.
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Old 01.01.2009, 05:39 PM   #9
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not completely false though.
I had a dream yesterday in which the new SY LP was subtitled ATL2.
wishful thinking.
bah
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Old 01.01.2009, 06:56 PM   #10
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i didnt read the other one but goodbye 20th century was awesome. i just didn't like how it made their later albums seem liked failed projects. such as ATL and NCYG+F

but the info on their early stuff is fucking great
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Old 01.01.2009, 06:59 PM   #11
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^^ i agree with all the above and i think everybody here does too.
the last third of the book looks kind of rushed.
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Old 01.02.2009, 04:41 AM   #12
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see, thats the period i'm most interested in
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Old 01.02.2009, 04:41 AM   #13
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see, thats the period i'm most interested in
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Old 01.02.2009, 07:39 PM   #14
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not completely false though.
I had a dream yesterday in which the new SY LP was subtitled ATL2.
wishful thinking.
bah

that is seriously freaky. i had a dream two nights ago (which would be the same day as yours now i think?) where i found a new sonic youth album on vinyl in a store - it was the same cover as ATL but blue!

it was bound to happen, i dream of finding new old albums with blue covers every night - still freaky, though.
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Old 01.02.2009, 07:42 PM   #15
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that is seriously freaky. i had a dream two nights ago (which would be the same day as yours now i think?) where i found a new sonic youth album on vinyl in a store - it was the same cover as ATL but blue!

it was bound to happen, i dream of finding new old albums with blue covers every night - still freaky, though.

are you chatting me up?
hot!
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Old 01.02.2009, 08:45 PM   #16
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are you chatting me up?
hot!

no, i'm putting you down and walking away backwards... slowly...
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Old 01.14.2009, 03:02 PM   #17
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i agree-read psychic confusion 1st and now coming near to the end of goodbye 20th century and it's a whole lot better.

someone neg repped me anonymously for the above comment-now that is impressive!
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