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Hey there, I was wondering if anybody knew where the photographs comprising the artwork for Washing Machine were shot - there's pictures of a half-built house, the band members sitting on a porch, stuff like that. Was this maybe in Memphis, where they recorded the album? Or somewhere they may have lived; had they moved out of NYC at this time? I've had this CD for years and always loved and been really curious about the images.
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Come to think of it I suppose I've always been kind of curious about that stuff myself. Really beautiful artwork. I remember being out rollerblading (I was 15) with my friend Rorie circa 1999, finding a ten pound note in the street, and promptly deciding to invest it in a Sonic Youth album (much to his chargrin; he would have rather I invested in a shared portion of sweets). To HMV Princes Street we pilgrimaged, and the album was procured. Loved it since the first day I heard it, and have always loved all of its artwork too. There is a very special kind of late 90s visual ambience infused within the aesthetic of the artwork for Washing Machine and A Thousand Leaves as far as I am concerned. (Experimental, Jet Set, Trash and No Star catches a little bit of it as well in my opinion).
Does it absolutely amplify my love of the music? Hard to say. To some extent, aye, but I feel it's an interconnected relationship birthed via some kind of sweet sonic synergy induced by huffing on screaming fields of sonic love |
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On the Discography Archives page for the Washing Machine album only the origin for the front picture is explained:
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according to IMDB the photographer listed in the credits Lance Acord was also Director Of Photography for Lost in Translation, amongst other. I love that movie a lot, as I do this album. The image I get in my head when I think about this album is Beck in Tilburg as support for Sonic Youth on the European leg of this tour, holding an album (LP) of Pia Beck above his head with two hands like a trophy as he walked on stage with a big smile on his face. I think to remember that he said he got it from Lee, but I don't know anymore ![]()
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