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Old 12.16.2006, 02:08 PM   #7
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On the infamous tour opening for Neil Young, Sonic Youth played The Omni in Atlanta. Having been booed into short sets on previous nights leading up to this show by some backwoods classic rock radio-variety Neil fans, the Atlanta crowd pre-Neil was sparse, but supportive. Sonic Youth's set concluded with Expressway as the closer.
After a terrific build-up, in a locked-groove looping ending, Thurston rigged up his guitar through a folding chair mimicking the effect on the original LP, saturating us in sonic washes of chaos-pregnant feedback loops.

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The '90 show at Center Stage was better overall, but the ending of the '91 show is memorable as a "favorite live moment."
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