I read the piss-take by ex-Wire editor Mark Fisher (K-Punk) on his blog, earlier this summer, and I do think he was write to poke at Sonic Youth for how they deploy their indie cred. Somebody should have done that years ago. If anything, it was overdue.
Even though its ultimately inconsequential in terms of cultural posturing, (cool to niche record buyers) it is a facet to SY's self-marketing that has lost its cultural significance, as opposed to the early 90s, when Moore dropping the term 'Foxcore' would make people jump.
Best, Joel
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Doug Henwood<dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
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> On Aug 25, 2009, at 3:46 PM, Dwayne Monroe wrote:
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>> But the one thing we haven't argued about is Sonic Youth. Let's
>> correct that oversight.
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> I'm an enthusiast. Yeah, sometimes they're not as good as others, but
> basically I worship the ground they walk on. As X-Ray Spex might say, I am a
> cliche.
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> Doug
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