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Lee and Thurston will both
be performing at the 2006 No Fun Festival in Brooklyn, NY. Lee will play
Friday with Chris Corsano and Bill Nace, Thurston will play Sunday with
Leslie Keffer. More info at mercerunion.org. The Deluxe Edition of Sonic Youth's 1990 album 'Goo' is now available in stores and online. More info and the complete track list are available here. The 4xLP version is now available through the store. Sonic Youth's version of the 'Simpsons' theme will appear on Matt Groening's All Tomorrow's Parties 3.1 mix alongside tracks by the Magic Band, Deerhoof, Jackie-O Motherfucker, and more. Groening has succinctly called this version of the theme 'the best.' Available December 6. LEE RANALDO/LEAH SINGER: DRIFT This is the last
week to see Lee's collaborative art exhibition with Leah Singer at Gigantic
ArtSpace in NYC. The show includes a one-hour installation version of
their live performance piece "Drift", as well as other filmworks, drawings,
and objects by both of them. The show runs through Jan 14, 2006. A DVD
and 112-page full-color book, published by Gigantic ArtSpace [GAS], will
be released by Plexifilm December 13 to coincide with the show. More info
on the exhibition here.
More info on the DVD here. BE HERE TO LOVE ME: A FILM ABOUT TOWNES VAN ZANDT A new film about legendary singer/songwriter Townes Van Zandt features classic archival footage of Townes through the years of his turbulent life. It also features interviews with Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Steve Earle, and Steve Shelley. More information at the film's website. TODAY YOUR LOVE, TOMORROW THE WORLD CATALOG The 20-page catalog from Thurston's recent art show with Jocko Weyland is available for $5 from elkzine.com. Kim has an installation in the 'Her Noise' Exhibition at the South London Gallery from Nov. 10 - Dec. 18. Kim's piece is entitled 'Reverse Karaoke' and invites visitors to record themselves playing instruments to Kim's pre-recorded vocal track. More info on the Electra website. Thurston has penned this recollection of the Noise Fest series he put on at White Columns in NYC in 1981. TWO MORE STOLEN GUITARS RECOVERED Two guitars stolen in 1999 have been recovered by the band. The guitars recovered are both ones played by Lee: a Fender Telecaster Thinline (#370090), and a Travis Bean (#375). Both have been painted and otherwise ravaged, with pickups hanging loose and parts missing, but they are the guitars. This brings to three the total number of stolen guitars recovered. The other was Travis #102. More information about the stolen gear is available via the link in the upper right of this page. 'Perfect Partner: Everything You Ever Wanted in a Car'- the film made collaboratively by Kim, Tony Oursler, and Phil Morrison, has finished a short tour of the UK and Europe. Kim, Jim, Tim Barnes, Ikue Mori, and DJ Olive performed live accompaniment. A handsome Limited Edition box set of 500 copies is available from Ekectra Productions, featuring signed and numbered prints by both Kim and Tony Oursler, a 12" record featuring the five musicians, with an etching on the reverse by Kim Gordon and JD Walsh, the Perfect Partner poster by Tony Oursler, Kim Gordon, and JD Walsh, the film script by Kim Gordon, and a glitter bumper sticker. DIM STARS ON RICHARD HELL ANTHOLOGY In 1992 Steve, Thurston, and Don Fleming joined the legendary Richard Hell to form the Dim Stars. Four cuts from the album appear on the new Richard Hell Anthology 'Spurts' which was conceived as 'The Ur Richard Hell album, the Platonic ideal, the only one, for whatever it's worth.' More info at richardhell.com. TODAY YOUR LOVE, TOMORROW THE WORLD Thurston has a joint art show with Jocko Weyland called 'Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World' at KS ART, 73 Leonard Street in NYC. According to the website: Thurston appears alongside Heavy Creeps such as Beck, Russell Mael, and Elvira on the charity track 'Do They Know it's Hallowe'en?' Sponsored by the North American Hallowe'en Prevention Initiative. Proceeds benefit Unicef. More dirt here. |