cool! yeah, Stefano Giovannini did some great job photographing the band.

it is a pitty about meeting up with Steve never worked out, who participated on a lot of his solo stuff. ah well.

Hey Nick. Frances Bean Cobain and her clique totally stopped by for open mic night in a cafe in my hometown yesterday evening. It was her Elders concern that I chapperone the evening during our improv practice session so her and her friends felt safe and relaxed in a 'small' town. Haha. What a megaloplotan considers a small town these days and what a peasant calls a suburb is literally 'resentment' and that is our common ground.

I'm in like flint with you too buddy. It's over. We're pros and peers in the digital music anomaly. The entire message board is a studio and university starbucks!!

Cheers!

There was almost always someone else to plug the gap so in the end, what the hey, it was a shame but not critical. He's not much of a fan of email and we couldn't synch up.

Hey, PLips, you win on the celeb-spotting front - that's pretty cool. I live in Bristol, U.K. so not so many children of rock icons strolling in.

Same 'ere my lover! You doing a book launch? I think it's a great idea - though SY had been the mothership, they've all done so much work outside the group this kind of appraisal makes a lot of sense to me. Thurston in particular seems to have done loads of work in tying together these disparate underground scenes together.

By the way, I think this is the best piece of artwork you've ever posted. Very well done. Looks a bit more like an angelic Kurt and Courtney than Thurston and Kim. Am I right?

Heh! Might be a launch in London. But if you see me around in Bristol definitely just say hi!

Yeah it's Courtney Kurt and Frances. Totally East Coast West Coast noise grunge balance though with Kim Thurston and Coco.

The Chinese Columbia of the Pacific Northwest is Called 'Fu Sang' and unless you were made privy to that you would never know what the true inspiration for this drawing is, As you just have.

Looking forward to this book.

Lasse Marhaug posted briefly about his contribution to this oral story:
http://lassemarhaug.no/

https://nirvana-legacy.com/2017/03/1...hurston-moore/

Received the first copy of the Thurston book in the post yesterday - hope the true fans'll be pleased with it (and definitely always up for views and improvements too!)

I got the book yesterday and haven't started reading it properly yet but having a quick flick through I can see that I love it already. It's nice to see quite a few gigs I've been to mentioned in this book. Can't wait to read it all. Good work Nick!

Delighted to hear it Stu - hope it works for you.

I'm very sure the discography might be missing something - clues welcomed for my private 'obsessive collector' file. I only noted the first time something appeared: no 'DJ singles', no reissues, no alternative pressings, etc. Anything you can see isn't in definitely holler - I've got an XLS version if it's useful to anyone...?

cool. nice to hear that Stu! so where can i order it?

http://omnibuspress.com/Product.aspx?ProductId=1127389

U.S. specific edition out in August but postage from U.K. not very much at all. Two options offered via publisher's website or just order into local bookshop.

http://thevinylfactory.com/features/...hurston-moore/

Excerpt up on The Vinyl Factory.

Seconded. The comprehensive discography alone is worth the price of admission. Add to that the breadth of the interviewees, and (on first impressions) this book is both a thoroughly constructed piece of work, and something which is reflective of the inclusivity which has always been a central tenet of SY.

YAH WELL THIS IS ALL VERY NIFTY but the problem is after I read it (shit, while I'm reading it) I'll begin hunting some (or a lot) of these titles like a possessed hellhound and I don't even have enough money for a subway ride. Especially after last night I blew my last $90 on Sleater-Kinney's 20th Anniversary Dig Me Out Bundle. (Wanna have it? Forget it. I got on the action IMMEDIATELY after receiving the e-mail alert and shit flew off the shelves SO fast that right after I paid I re-checked and everything was sold out LAMF).

Lots of love to NickSoulsby, though. :D

Dude! How do you think it went for me?! :) Researching this I spent so much money it's untrue... I keep meaning to write up something about the best stuff I hadn't seen before (I think the Blindfold tape would certainly be on there...)

I'm probably being real dumb here, but who's David Keay?

The Collaboration Session with Nick Soulsby and Daniel Rachel

https://www.waterstones.com/events/t.../london-camden

Replaced the original drummer in The Coachmen and went on to play with Thurston in a number of pre-SY entities as well as playing in early variations of what became Sonic Youth.

thanks for a link, where to get it. when I checked last time on amazon, I think I have seen it is only coming out next month or so, do not remember correctly coz it was already some time ago when I was checking, therefore I might not remember correctly and now I see first reviews from you guys. so it must mean it is out (or those are just copies for priliveged people before release date) I have to order it via Omnibus later today when I get home. wont be lying, I want this big time.

so US edtion is out in August. what about Europe, is it out, or no?

The current line-up is the U.K. edition is out now and the U.S. edition will be out in August. The publisher is looking at other countries but it relies on negotiations with other publishers (publishing is nation-based in most cases.) It's not a heavy book weight-wise so don't think it'll cost too much to ship between countries but if someone from abroad does go to Amazon.co.uk (or an equivalent source) - I'd be intrigued to hear how much the shipping to their country was...

free shipping worldwide


https://www.bookdepository.com/We-Si...?ref=grid-view

I received the book yesterday... I ordered it more in a completist state of mind rather than for a real interest for ALL the TM improvised collaborations & solo stuff but I ended up reading it the whole evening.
The oral form works very well and makes the book very interesting

Congratulations to M. Soulsby to have done such a well ducumented and amazing work !

That's really sweet of you. Glad it worked. Doing this as a hobby around work it makes a real difference - hearing from people in the book that they enjoyed it, Thurston saying he "digged" what it ended up being...That kinda thing.

Speaking at Waterstones in Camden, London tomorrow - happy to sign stuff and just talk Sonic Youth with people.

Where else are you heading on your signage journeys?

Don't have a copy of the book yet. Sorry. Will order.

Nothing planned, but I'm always bobbing about between London and Bristol so always happy to say hi to people with an interest in music if it fits the schedule.

B-b-but I don't live in the U.K. :(

If you like I'm happy to write something on paper and mail it to you to be added to the front of your copy...? Bit of a work-around...

I'm also happy to share the XLS version of the discography with anyone who wants it just in case it's helpful when collecting Thurston's appearances and releases (I didn't/don't track reissues, songs featured that first appeared elsewhere, remixes, production or inlay note contributions: just his actual songs/music and their first appearance.)

Book gets a shout out at the start of this interview:

http://thequietus.com/articles/22244...tor=MusicREDEF

If you haven't heard it yet, Thurston is in a thoughtful, talky mood.

Received my copy of the book today. Can't wait to read!

Thanks for the link! I just ordered the book.

This book is amazing. I'm halfway through reading. I LOVE IT!

So Nick, if yr still around here... have you given more thought to a Lee Ranaldo book?

Hey ya, Sorry for the pause, hadn't been checking on much and didn't see this. I have indeed considered it - but a long pause after the release of the Thurston book is necessary because publishers will be looking for how that book does. In the meantime I'm working on a book regarding Swans with the cooperation of Michael Gira. Ultimately I can only really do one a year given I have my real job that pays the bills (writing doesn't make money unless one is writing about wizards.)

And hey, really glad you liked the book! I saw a review on Amazon.com that made me chuckle: the person rated the book on the basis that they haven't read it but they couldn't stand Thurston when they would see him around NYC so they couldn't understand wanting to read a book about him. I really laughed at that one - good to have a sense of humour about these kinda things.

Thanks for getting back. Just out of curiosity, I know not every release was given a write up, but why wasn't Mirror/Dash - Gum/Electric Pen covered but other Mirror/Dash releases were?

I haven't posted on here in 12yrs. Used to be a "regular", but ya know, life goes on and on and on. Things change, etc. Still check it from time to time. Anyway, noticed Nick Soulsby posts on here. Having just received the TM book just gotta say cheers to you man. This is great and extensive. I'm also a huge fan of your writing on Nirvana. The website and the books. I look forward to whatever your next project is. Keep up the great, great work.