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Mike Watt had the following to say about the passing of Bob Quine: I'm just back from ireland w/iggy and found out about this sad news regarding bob quine's passing. I'd like to say his playing was really inspiring and wild. lee ranaldo had me record a version of dylan's "visions of johana" thirteen or something years w/him and who was on guitar (besides lee)? none other than bob quine! steve shelley was on drums. well, me and d. boon first heard him on richard hell's "blank generation" single and very much were blown away (as w/the other guy on guitar, ivan julian and of course, richard hell himself) - made a huge impression on us. it was a trip to get to both spiel and play alongside him that day at wharton's in nyc - I must've asked a million questions (all foamed-up) but he was so nice to me. he played righteous too. I heard he was kind of belig but he was nothing but a gentleman to me and the other cats there. it's a great memory for me to look back on. he told me that day the first guy he saw on electric guitar was buddy holly. that was trippy. Richard Hell's thoughts on Bob Quine are available here. Mike Watt's thoughts on anything and everything are available on his hoot page. SY ON TOUR: AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, NORTH AMERICA, EUROPE Sonic Youth are off to Australia and New Zealand for a whirlwind whip with J Mascis in tow. Tickets for all of these shows are on sale now. Check www.ticketek.com or the venue for tickets unless otherwise noted. June 15 - Canberra
A.N.U After Australia, Sonic Youth will tour this summer as part of the Lollapalooza 2-day festival. The line-up can be seen at the Lollapalooza website. Sonic Youth will also be playing a select few shows of their own on days off during Lollapalooza. These shows are beginning to be announced. The complete Lollapalooza dates are in orange below, with updated non-Lolla shows in black.
7/13 Vancouver, BC
Commodore Ballroom
After the final Lollapalooza, SY will head to Europe for a select few shows. Dates for this tour are: 8/26 Geneva, Switzerland
Victoria Hall . Text of Light, the improvising ensemble whose rotating cast includes Lee Ranaldo, Alan Licht, Christian Marclay, DJ Olive, William Hooker, and Ulrich Krieger has a full length CD out June 7 on the Starlight Furniture Co. label. The Text of Light group was formed in 1999 to perform improvised music during screenings of films by Stan Brakhage and other American avant-garde filmmakers from the 1950's and 60's. The three tracks on this CD come from live performances at New York City clubs Tonic and the Knitting Factory, as well as Anthology Film Archives in NYC. The disk will be available through Revolver. Lee and Jim also have an recent trio release with Carlos Gifonni on Antiopic Records. The 3" CD is described this way by the label: Recorded 31 August 2003 at North Six, Brooklyn NY, USA This is the first release in Antiopic's Live Series. A seething, screaming set of power electronics and guitar with hardly a moment's pause for air, this recording finds the trio of Carlos Giffoni (computer, synth, guitar), Lee Ranaldo (guitar, firebell) and Jim O'Rourke (synth) in devastating form. This is classic free bombast, alternately sounding like a "rock band" interpretation of Merzbow's Rainbow Electronics or a punk update of a Musica Elettronica Viva session. The instantly identifiable Ranaldo/Sonic Youth guitar sound is joined by blurting digital scree and analog filter abuse, melding to create a heavy tidal rush of ecstatic cosmic noise. The bliss of the set is confirmed by the Brooklyn audience's joyful reaction at the close.
Then on July 19 the band will perform on the Late Show with Craig Kilbourn on CBS. Sonic Youth will play on Late Night with Conan O'Brian on Wednesday, July 7. In anticipation of the release of "Corporate Ghost", MTV2 will air a half-hour special June 6 on the Subterranean program. Then Sonic Youth will perform on the Tonight show with Jay Leno on Wednesday, June 9. The next day they will perform live on the Morning Becomes Eclectic program on KCRW. The program also streams online starting at 16:00 GMT. While in Australia and New Zealand, Sonic Youth will appear on several radio programs. On June 18 at 10 in the morning, Kim and Thurston will appear on the National Youth Radio Network for an hour of interview and guest DJ duties. This will be broadcast on Triple-J radio, a link for an online stream can be found here. June 21 at 3pm Kim and Thurston will be interviewed on RTRfm in Perth. On June 24 Thurston will play records and be interviewed at 3:30 on RRR FM in Melbourne. Check out the stream. Then on June 25 Kim will be on National Radio, on the Deep End program. The program airs from 8:30-10:30. Lee and Thurston will appear live on 95B FM in Auckland at noon on June 26 for an interview and guest DJ stint. This will be available as an online stream.
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