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Sunday, October 28, 2007
Thurston Moore at Amoeba Records 10/28/07
What amazed me the most about seeing Thurston Moore today is that even with an acoustic guitar in his hands he can still create that "Sonic Youth" sound. Those chiming chords contrasted with the loud open-string drones still have that sound that made me fall in love with Daydream Nation when I was a teen. Moore's just one of those musicians that can get exactly the kind of sound he wants out of an instrument. Of course, It didn't hurt that Moore's band mate in SY Steve Shelley brought that great primitive drumming sound to today's gig.
The show was a great sampling of what's on Moore's new record Trees Outside the Academy. Even with a different band Moore brought plenty of that free noise sound to bring out the power in his songwriting. I loved how violinist Samara Lubeski's playing melded with Moore and Chris Brokaw's guitar playing. It reminded me of how John Cale's viola would mix with the guitars on Velvet Underground records. While I've complained about the mixes at Amoeba shows before I was pretty happy with how everything sounded today. The vocals were clear and up front when Christina Carter joined Moore for "Honest James," which may be my favorite song of 2007. It was great number to close on.
After the show I got the CD and poster signed by Moore. I told him the same thing I told Bob Mould a few days ago, that his guitar playing really influenced me and that I'm grateful for the music he's created. This means I've met two of my favorite guitar players in one month. October's closing soon but who knows, maybe I'll see Peter Buck or Kevin Shields celebrating Halloween here.
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Sounds great. I've always wanted to go to Amoeba, it's supposed to be an amazing shop.
# posted by AaronM : 9:43 PM
To be honest with you Aaron I prefer the store in L.A. I get a kick out of the Emmy screeners that end up in the used DVD section. The store in SF is great though. The fact that it's in walking distance from my house doesn't hurt.
# posted by Ian : 11:28 PM
I agree that the Amoeba in L.A. is preferable. I kinda met Thurston at the premier of the Minutemen documentary "We Jam Econo" here in San Pedro. I didn't really talk to him, I just gave him his tickets. (I was at the Will Call table.) A whole crapload of old punk rockers at that show, let me tell you.
# posted by Phillip : 3:51 AM
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