Sonic Sunset

I know, I know, time to shut up about Sonic Youth already but it has been a long time since I posted any cloud pictures and this sunset reminds me off...you guessed it, the Sonic Youth show Sunday! HAW!

Stuck in Vermont 5: Sonic Youth

At long last, the Sonic Youth vlog detailing the post-show activities Sunday night at Higher Ground.

This show kicked some major VT ass. What could be more inspiring than seeing/hearing artists still rocking the shit out of life decades into their career? Hells yeah.

Thanks to Sonic Youth for coming to VT, to Higher Ground for bringing them here, to JDK for making their super cool, thought-inspiring posters and to all the psyched SY fans who talked to me after the show (many of whom were Canadian...hmmm).

This marks the first episode of Stuck in Vermont that "officially" falls under the grand auspices of Seven Days - the hottest paper in town if you ask me. It is a partnership I am super excited about and there is no where else STVT would rather live! So be on the look out for a Stuck in VT vlog/blog on the Seven Days site in the future and many more vlogs about local artists, events and shows!

That is the thing about VT, even when you are buried under a mountain of snow, it isn't so bad because there is so much to do while you are stuck, waiting for the snow to melt...



And on a legal note, a huge thanks to Sonic Youth for letting me use their killer song "Incinerate" off their hellah hot new album Rather Ripped and also to Geffen Records, Universal Music Enterprises and Silva Artist Management for filling out all the very complicated paperwork and giving me a much needed lesson in copyright laws.

And to the Jennifers at UMe and SAM for making this all happen - and in record time!! You are both getting VT care packages in the mail, mark my words, maple syrup and flannel. Oh yes, beware!

SY Incinerate

Still can't post the Sonic Youth vlog until their manager clears the song (or not - fingers tightly squeezed) but in the meantime, you can check out the killer pics JDK took of fans and their SY messages here.

The poster was beautifully designed and the fan's hand-written messages run the emotional roller coaster range from heartbreaking to silly. You might even see some folks you recognize.

Gotta love interactive poster art after a killer show that I am still soaking in (or maybe that is the sleep deprivation?). I think the brown poster is my favorite and I am still kicking myself for not grabbing one. IDIOT! Damn my single-purpose, video-shooting obsessed mind!

Here is Sonic Youth playing live at Bonnaroo in 2006. I am still amazed that they came to our little state and so glad to have been standing next to an amp and riding their wave of sound. I think it is time for another swim:

Sonic Youth Kicked Some Vermont Ass!

What on earth were Sonic Youth doing in Vermont you may ask? Beats me but I think it has something to do with Higher Ground being AWESOME! Oh yeah!

I was up all night vlogging some post-show fan interviews so this has to be brief (yeah, yeah, not my style). Mid-week there will hopefully be a Seven Days-approved Stuck in VT episode about the post-show festivities after the epic Sonic Youth show (cross those fingers).

In the meantime, here are some of my whacked out show pics (oh, to be flashless, ouch). I stood up close to the speakers and felt the vibrating sounds wash over me like Niagra Falls mixed with crack cocaine. It was like being underwater and swimming in an undulating sea of dissonant noise. Delicious and refreshing, Sonic Youth always satisfies.

And what other band asks the audience for book recommendations mid-show? A rock band that reads? They are one of a kind, yes siree.

Thanks Sonic Youth. You made it okay to:
Ask scary hipsters questions on camera.

PS Kim Gordon is my Superhero. Can I grow up to be her? Now?

Sonic Youth Get Old

From Sonic Old to A Bull in the Heather...just try to keep your head from bopping, I dare you!