Well, thank God. I was worried you were wasting your youth, frittering away the hours on the 'net, smokin' dope, and listening to Rather Ripped. I'm glad you're being productive. Stay in school. Don't smoke. Eat right. Brush three times a day. Save yourself for when you're married or at least in love. Above all, have fun, be good, and be safe.

And welcome to the boards, by the way.

And I wouldn't swear to it, but I think one of the initiation rites is you have to tell us what you think of Rather Ripped.

Well, i'm going to say this in a nice way...
I like it, i do, mostly because i really just like Sonic Youth, whether it be Thurston's/Kim's/Lee's voice/lyrics, i like THAT part. But, ehh... I mean, i even like Jenny Lewis' solo (country) album, so i'll let musicians i like get away with a lot.

Because Jenny Lewis is fucking awesome. And Ripchord is an excellent song.

Fair enough. A qualified "Yes" for RR then.

I love the album. But maybe just coz I haven't analyzed it a lot. I think it's really good, but then again, there's hardly anything by SY that I don't like.

Name: Matt
Age: 25 (on Sunday)
Music: Sonic Youth, Sleater-Kinney, Coldplay, Explosions in the Sky, Buzzcocks, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead...
Interests: Hiking, camping, loud rock music, coffee, anything French, reading...
Currently reading: La Bete et la Belle by Thierry Jonquet
What I do: grad student/teacher of French

http://static.flickr.com/53/17753341...a22370.jpg?v=0

Coffee and loud music. A man after mine own heart.

Welcome aboard, Matt.

I spose I'll poke in here and say HI to those who look at this thread....I've been posting now since I saw SY last week...I'm so inspired and thrilled about the new cd...I decided to check the forum here....It's very cool.

Already made a couple of friends....and I really like posting pictures.

I'm in rural Colorado....diggin' the peace and solitude....

Here's my little hamlet away from the hustle bustle....come for a visit...leave your watch and worries behind.....

Name: Sam
Age: 17
Music: Dinosaur Jr, SY, Butthole Surfers, Melvins, My Bloody Valentine, Sebadoh, Kyuss, Mudhoney, Screaming Trees, Pixies, PJ Harvey, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pumpkins, Tool, AIC, Hendrix, Stooges, Radiohead, STP, Dead Meadow.....
Likes: ART, Getting stoned and jamming on guitar, Walking around at stupid hours, skateboarding but now too lazy
Hates: Frogs, music and scenes today, Townies

I'm at last year of college now, gonna take a gap year before Uni to travel

Paul
Vinyl Addict
Live in W. Mich
SY Fan since 1990 ish
Have seen them live 7times
Can't wait for # 8. Detroit, 8/4/6

Do you mean the little green things or French people?

Hello all *waves* i'm not only new to these threads, but new to Sonic Youth too..
So please bare with me ! lol

I've been on this board since a while though i don't log in too much.

I'm brazilian. An english student at university.
I love books, music, playing the guitar.
And i also have got a band called Trocaico.

Welcome all.

I like Sonic Youth a lot, but listening to their primal records can be a troubled experience for me. I'm French but now I live in Catalunya-Spain.
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http://jake-weird.blogspot.com

Hi there, I've been posting here for a while (and on the old board, too), but since I've been around more than usual...

I'm Nick. I'm 24, I live in Massachusetts, I'm a writer and I work at a newspaper here, and when I can, I've run a mainly music website (in the signature) for the last year and half.

I've seen Sonic Youth a few times (most recently at Bonnaroo), and I'm checking them out again in Boston in September.

Other bands I'm obsessed with: Pearl Jam, the Who, Neil Young, the Beatles, Queens of the Stone Age, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Radiohead the Flaming Lips, Ride, Spoon, Jimi Hendrix, Gomez, Jeff Buckley, Bob Dylan, Ryan Adams, Mark Lanegan... and that's enough for now, I think.

Aloha.

name:andrea
music: sonic youth, radiohead, pixies, white stripes, AC/DC, nada surf, franz ferdinand, hole, mars volta, arcade fire, interpol muse, nirvana, raconteurs, the vines, the hives, yeah yeah yeahs, system of a down, weezer,straylight run, smashing pumpkins, queens of the stone age, kings of leon, les savy sav, new pornographers, sleater-kinney, etc.....
hobbies: reading drawing, listening to music, hanging out and talking with friends, making friends, going to the library, and being lazy.
age:13
sex:female


i am mexican and i hate where i live, i am bilingual also :p

You also have one huge motherfucking signature.

Change it.

...............:rolleyes:

here it comes
name:lisa
age:16
location:okay,fuck,but still....some harbor city in china,quite near shanghai
interestings:music,geography,literature
fav bands:sonic youth,the dresden dolls,my bloody valentine,blonde redhead,gregory and the hawk,marlene kunts,ryan adams,beck,etc.
ii have a band with another chinese girl..our myspace site is coming soon
i play guitar,piano,do some vocals.its great fun to make yr own music.
i don't like stay up late,i like waking with the sun.
i love taking shots of the cloud.the avatar is some kinda pic outside my window,which i took maybe weeks ago.enjoy it.
once posted in the old forum for a long time and made some really precious friends.now im ready to get into the new one agian.

www.myspace.com/yangyangksy
this is my private site and lol im in the top list of SY site for some reasons.....

do you like Marlene Kuntz,the italian band???
edit:i forgot to say "welcome to the board!"!!!

i quite adore some italian bands...including marlene kunts
and thank you for the welcome: )

This is from one of those assignments where everyone interviews someone in the class.....a lot of this is still true.

Your group is Nirvana? You must be loaded.

sweet i'm brazillian too

He he.

Newfie (from Newfoundland) "considered" the tenth province of canada, and the last to join (1949)

It's fun here if you like low-key existence and never seeing any good bands live. Except for when Feist played here. that was pretty sweet.

hey guys i am new here
thought i would post on this thread to tell you a little about me
i live in the south, louisiana
lake charles, like in those songs by the band and lucinda williams
i am really into film as well as music
i have this site listing the rare films i collect and sell
www.rare-films.blogspot.com
my music tastes: tom, neil, leonard, cave, my morning jacket, wilco, the band, neutral milk hotel loudon wainwright iii, kristofferson and lately ive been digging josh ritter and loose fur and jim orourke's stuff........oh yeh EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY!
my film tastes: my favorite director is terrence malick. i also like harmony korine, jim jarmusch, mike leigh, john water, the dardenne bros, david gordon green, and classics like bergman, ozu, truffaut, godard, cassavetes, bresson and alot of foreign stuff and right now im real big on peckinpah and 70's counterculture shit
you can instant message me if you want at HarrisTrensky
alright off to start posting
later

Hi, harris. Nice to meet you.

Hello. I'm Robert. Androol directed me to this board. I figured I'd give it a go since the myspace music forums are consistently shite, and because two of the forums I post out, one I moderate, are going under and I need something new to occupy my time.

hey, robert. do not worry- your time will be very occupied here.

welcome harris!

Hiiii im steve.

i just never got around to making one of these

jamz- SY, flying luttenbachers.. etc.... woo!

name: willy buitenwerf

location: Groningen (north of netherlands)

profession: business consultant and abstract painter (my origin)

i'm a kind of a dreamer, a thinker and although i have a common job i still stay nonconventional but thats positive because it keeps things creative and people see the humour of it

music: sy, pj harvey, the clash, the damned, iggy pop, ramones, the kills, artic monkeys, siouxsie and the banshees, gun club, per ubu, the jam

visual artist: willem de kooning, brice marden, terry winters, peter doig, daniel richter, wilhelm sasnal, jan peter muilwijk, toon verhoef, koen ebeling koning, rob birza, robert zandvliet, man ray, anton corbijn, inez van lamsweerde, paul blanca, hiroshi sugimoto, nobuyoshi araki, bernard frize (all painters or photographers)

things i like to do besides my work: having long walks, travelling (rome, ny, paris), cooking for my friends and discuss things, going out to see a concert, spending my money on bootlegs on ebay, shopping (i'm spoilt; like design and fashion)

You have mighty fine taste in music, Willy (apart from Arctic Monkeys ;)).

Welcome aboard the good ship SY Gossip.

hey now
ive been kicking around a while . this place is interesting .
im a girl , twenty two . developed a bad anxiety problem to fit in with the rest of the world . even posting on a msg board is strange .

my deal this past year has been dealing with that and with figuring out what the fuck to do next , with life , in general . im disgruntled with the modern world and have no experience with the old one therefore i am impatient with life .

carrying on ,

bands i like a lot : SY , tool + nin , the damned , smashing pumpkins , slowdive , stooges, ministry , the germs , bad brains , syd barrett , joy division , isis .
i find that this list looks pretty surface-skimming compared to many of your elaborate lists of obscure bands . i care not . i hate metric and thats all that matters . (jay kay . though i do hate metric . )

the most recent artist ive grown a bit of a boner for is lou reed .

ficks : in love with harmony korine and larry clark . gregg araki mmmmm . not david lynch really but lost highway is a favorite . and neverending story . i can appreciate all kinds of movies , though i most enjoy something that gets the rusty gears going in my skull for days or weeks or years , or something clever , rather than somethign made to shatter my senses , like king kong . i hated the sixth sense but i do enjoy twisty mind-fuck movies.

the most recent actor/director thats sopped up my panties is woody allen .

i read a bunch too . always have . though my focus lately is shot .
where was i ?

nice to meet you all . best thing about this place is that its a good source for hearing about new (to me ) music .

Welcome to the board Poppy. :)

haha thanks !
funny youre calling me poppy . . .somethign i didnt even realize and mention but should have is that some of my favorite books were written by Poppy Z Brite .:D

Yeah, welcome aboard. With style like yours you're gonna fit is just swell.

hi, it's tanja, supernaut superfuzz from the old board

the summertime red wine deprivation is about to end...

hey, this is my first post on this forum. ive been a fan of sonic youth for as long as i can remember right now... over half my life at least and im old too! is anyone else as excited about going to atp for the 'nightmare before christmas' as i am??

Welcome scratch & brad.