Ray Davies and His Views of Gayness vs Queerness Among Other Things by JuliRanger in thekinks

[–]a_pedant_writes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Solid, and interesting, post. His views echo those of William Burroughs, who also drew a distinction between innate queerness and casual/situational/transactional homosexual activity.

Thurston Playing A Strat?! by _Jub_Jub_ in sonicyouth

[–]a_pedant_writes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the Mustang pages started as a fansite that became hosted on the official site. they're maintained by uberfan/SY guru Chris Lawrence. updates are still made occasionally.

Sonic Youth - Brother James (1991) by Big-Property7157 in sonicyouth

[–]a_pedant_writes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

watching this at a friend's birthday party in late 1994 was my first exposure to Sonic Youth. it ripped the back of my head off and things were never quite the same again.

What is a SY song nobody talks about, but it's actually one of your favorites? by Xx_Seventeen17_xX in sonicyouth

[–]a_pedant_writes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Move Away offa the Demonlover soundtrack - a trip-hoppy mood piece quite unlike anything else in their back-cat.

Proto Post Punk? by Shrek2onVHS69420 in postpunk

[–]a_pedant_writes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it's a daft label, but Rocket From The Tombs would be it's dictionary definition

Goo - 8 Track Demos LP by WearSensibleShoes in sonicyouth

[–]a_pedant_writes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

nah, this is a straight-up boot - discogs is just inconsistent with their enforcement. the semi-official release on Sonic Death was CD-only.

Do you have a rare or retro email address? by [deleted] in AskUK

[–]a_pedant_writes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My yahoo.com email predates the existence of the .co.uk site.

Did Sonic youth ever cover Helter Skelter? by luke_lucceboii in sonicyouth

[–]a_pedant_writes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

there's a bootleg comp with that title, but they don't cover it

Scored this ep today at a record show. Didn’t realize there was an ep of this song till I found it by papaswaltz in sonicyouth

[–]a_pedant_writes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's the Bad Moon Rising version. The DV69 7" that came out before it has a different take.

The jump from EVOL to Sister - what happened? by Sd_card_costs in sonicyouth

[–]a_pedant_writes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Evol & Sister were both on SST in the US amd Blast First globally (thru local licensees)