Does anyone know any must see Sonic Youth places/locations in New York??
 

I'm going on friday.. any famous sonic youth hangouts?? Ta

Thurston Moore's pants.

i wish hahaha

I'd say Murray Street...

Lydia Lunch's vagina maybe?

^ yeah, i hear that's a really popular attraction. like those caverns in kentucky, mammoth cave and all that, but way more decrepit.

HAHA, this is a weirdo thread almost borders on poparazzo style techniques to stalking behavior... wtf and thurston and kim don't live in nyc anymore, maybe lee still does and steve is in jersey... hoboken?

Maybe he means places where they used to hang out. Anyway, CBGB is closed, and the city has changed quite a bit since they started out. I would just find out who's playing at The Stone. It has nothing to do with SY history, but there's some great music there. Or just wander around the Lower East Side, where they used to live.

Not that weird of a question.

Like, where's the corner in the Daydream Nation booklet? I know it is not the same looking anymore, but whatever. Stuff like that is harmless. Where is the corner Steve is eating pizza in the Titanum Expose video? There are endless answers to their question of Sonic Youth related spots in NYC.

I would recommend going to Printed Matter.

Some people find it exciting to walk down a street mentioned in their favorite song, or say, the name of an album. I understand that myself, sometimes. Especially if you haven't been to New York a ton, it can feel exciting.

Steve was supposed to write a NY/NJ guide book...
i wonder if he ever did?

Hmmm ... maybe the place where the Noisefest took place back in 1981 ... yes, the White Columns gallery.

Orchard/Delancey

I have a friend who used to make it a yearly thing to go to some of Kurt Cobain's old hangouts in Seattle.

I don't think it's weird at all. If you're into a band or artist, you're interested in seeing some of the history you weren't able to catch in person. It's all about the energy of a place, and I don't think there's anything wrong with wanting to tap into it a little.

sorry i was reading into the first post the wrong way...

You can go to Murray St. where their studio was. Easiest way is to take the 6 to the Brooklyn Bridge stop. It's a pretty area if it's nice out.

thurston joked at a ny show that lee lives at the corner of duane and reade.

Totally makes sense to me - heck, when I did my first visit to NY (other than the BAM performance) - I tried to see landmarks - meant to get a Murray Street photo (but missed out)... wasn't their studio near/in the vicinity of Ground Zero?

I did see the old CBGBs location, Joey Ramone Place (a section of Broadway), the original Factory location etc)... makes perfect sense to me...

Wish I'd thought to ask here for some SY locales... [smirk]

Just go to Other Music and Downtown Music Gallery. Not SY hangouts, but good places to buy good music anyway.

Many Lit buffs are into lit tourism or the like. It would just make sense to read Kafka before you went to Prague...It enriches the experience...

http://toddpnyc.com/ for cool shows at what not

Williamsburg in Brooklyn too has an awesome bookstore and record store and a great pizza joint I forget where tho

oh yeah haven't been to but the LaMonte Young gallery is supposed to be cool...

brilliant! thanks for all your suggestions! i'll jot them all down and try get to some..
Blunderbuss - i've been to ny before and you're right Other Music is amazing. i ended up spending so much money on records, very heavy suitcase coming home!!

How good would a ny guide book be from steve? that's such a good idea.

thanks again, anyone want to know about any Leeds, England hangouts let me know haha

There was a business for that for a while, it seemed.

Music, too. I even vaguely remember Visa doing a commercial about it.

Man - I'd love a full tour at Sear Sound... fuck, that place's historic!

i was not joking about it. he was supposed to write something. i'm not sure it was in english...

I remember going to CBGBs awhile back, years ago, I was tripping on acid with some friends while walking around New York. It was totally awesome and surreal. The bathroom at CBGB's is a tourist sight in itself, it was covered with all this cool artwork and graffiti. I remember my car almost breaking down on the way back home, we barely made it back alive.

I will be in NYC June 10-11 after road tripping from Houston tx to philadelphia to vist a friend. we are gonna take the train into chinatown and see the sights.

i will be there next weekend. on week after no fun. :( :( :(

If somebody were to write a NYC rock scene guidebook, Thurston would be the guy to do it. There used to be a walking tour of the village/ LES that hits lot of those NYC rock music spots, I dont know if that is still happening though. Also, Great Jones Cafe? Mark Ibold is a bartender there, go say hello...

whaaaa...? here's a little something....

47 Murray St. (between church + w. broadway)

Pakistan Tea House - 176 Church St. (near chambers)

Ludlow St. Basement (between Houston + Stanton) ex-sy practice studio in basement on Max Fish-side of the street - we wrote sister + daydream there - filmed the 'beauty lies' vid there.

Pongsri - Thai Restaurant - 106 Bayard St. - Chinatown

ex-CBGB's - bowery near/across from bleeker

West Side Coffee Shop - 323 Church just below Houston - order #7 w/ queso

Film Forum - 209 W. Houston

West Side Bike Path (near/next to westside highway)

Stomboli's Pizza - 83 St. Marks (at 1st Ave.)

Lombardi's Pizza - 32 Spring (at Mott) - favorite pie delivered to Murray St.
Dez Cadena recently told me it's his fave - so there ya go.

272 Mott. St. - basement sy studio/practice (91 -9?)
also housed Blast First US offices for a while (actual street # is good, i think) excellent gelato at Ciao Bella 285 Mott across the street

ex-knitting factory (orig.) 47 e. houston

You're something of a star, aren't you, Mr S? :cool:

am i making up this tourist guide thing?
i remember some indie guide to different cities that was supposed to come out in dutch or something like that....

Pongsri - Thai Restaurant - 106 Bayard St. - Chinatown

Well, I know where I'm getting my Thai fix this weekend then.

steve's the mothafuckin MAN!

No, you're quite right - you'e not having a creamsicle moment.

I remember reading about a rock star tourist guide... various rock musicians writing about their home city.

Maybe Steve's pulling your leg?

http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=115&csid2=8 44&fid1=32122

Thanks for saving mt credibility :)

Sonic Youth (Steve Shelley) New York, NY and Hoboken, NJ

can you find me that sub pop single now?

Credibility?

Moshe, I'm sorry to tell you this, but your kids keep emailing me, asking me to get you to stop playing that "old man music" and play some hip-hop instead. They think you're uncool :p

this looks like a fun read
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That street is also where the velvet underground lived for a while. John Cale was the main tennant, and they practised/sometimes lived in it. I've read a story about some cops pestering them because of their antics. One of them was about a complaint received which involved excreta being thrown out of the window.

^charming.