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(First published in The Youth's Companion, Feb. 16, 1905)

Charley's Coup 2010

(First published in The Youth's Companion, Mar. 2, 1905)

The King of the Greeks 2010

The three-night series ast Rockwood (featuring Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore ) has more of a jazz slant (I'm looking forward to Ben Monder playing Jimmy Webb ) and culminates in a lovefest for the brilliant Jim Hall .

The Jazz Scene: Giving Cole the Royal Treatment Will Friedwald 2012

(First published in The Youth's Companion, Feb. 16, 1905)

White and Yellow 2010

Merkin's series (which features Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo ) incorporates the additional innovation of having all of its participants compose scores for Buster Keaton 's silent-film comedies, and climaxes with a performance by the expressive Howard Fishman (offering a score to Keaton's "Frozen North").

The Jazz Scene: Giving Cole the Royal Treatment Will Friedwald 2012

(First published in The Youth's Companion, Apr. 27, 1905)

DEMETRIOS CONTOS 2010

Sonic Youth's legendary electric guitarist and punk icon Thurston Moore trades his Fender for an acoustic, harps, and a string section.

Shawn Amos: PLAY > SKIP: This Week's New Music Shawn Amos 2011

Sonic Youth's legendary electric guitarist and punk icon Thurston Moore trades his Fender for an acoustic, harps, and a string section.

Shawn Amos: PLAY > SKIP: This Week's New Music Shawn Amos 2011

In 2009 he created Day is Done, a feature-length musical, while one of his characteristic sculptures, made from a soft toy, featured on the cover of Sonic Youth's 1992 album Dirty.

Mike Kelley, the US artist acclaimed for his unsettling installations, dies at 57 2012

[Editor's note, old guffawing-spit-on-my-chin me was listening to Sonic Youth's 1983 song, "Make the Nature Scene," just this morning.]

Last Night « PubliCola 2010