SONIC ON THE SOPRANOS
'I Dreamed I Dream' from the 'Sonic Youth' EP will be used in the soundtrack of the popular television program 'The Sopranos.' The episode first airs on April 29.
STEVE ON THE WATT FROM PEDRO SHOW, AND THURSTON SOLO
Steve can be heard in an extensive interview with Mike Watt on the latest installment of the
Watt from Pedro Show. Thurston will is in the midst of a streak of solo shows trekking up and down the Northeast through April. Info
here.
DRIFT IN TOKYO
Lee Ranaldo & Leah Singer will present DRIFT at SuperDeluxe in Tokyo on April 15, just days before the beginning of the Sonic Youth Japan tour. Also on the bill will be DJ tenshi to koukotsu and another guest DJ that you might have heard of... Info at the
calendar page.
VERA CLUB GRONINGEN BOOK AND DVD
'Rockin on Paper' is a 320 page full color history on the Vera Club and it's posters. This book contains more than 300 of the archived posters from the early years through 2005 plus an historical overview of the Club and some personal memories of some memorable performances. Interviews with: Lee Ranaldo, Mick Collins, Lou Barlow, Kim Gordon, David Yow, Ross Knight. Text is in both Dutch and English. With the book comes a DVD containing original live footage shot at and by the VERA Club itself including performances by: Sonic Youth (6 songs), the Gun Club, Monster Magnet, Dead Moon, Giant Sand, Sebadoh, Cosmic Psychos, the Gories, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Dinosaur jr. and Beat Happening. Scope the scene
here.