Sonic Youth to Play UPenn Spring Fling + Student Reactions

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Cat Power should have a nicely polarizing effect on the student body. One group of students won't shut up until well after finals about "that crazy bitch who wouldn't get off the stage;" the other group will feel smugly superior to the group #1, irrespective of whether they actually enjoyed the set.

mike a, Tuesday, 29 March 2005 20:44 (nineteen years ago) link

anyone remember lollapalooza '04? why the surprise?

irrigation can save your people (irrigation can save your peopl), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 20:45 (nineteen years ago) link

tickets can only be purchased with a valid penncard. this year they're not limiting the amount of tickets one can buy.

maria tessa sciarrino (theoreticalgirl), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 20:47 (nineteen years ago) link

no limit! ooo hot diggity! we can make bank scalping...oh, wait a minute...

NOW don't you almost wish it were snoop dog?! (heehee)

mono.mono (mono.mono), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 21:59 (nineteen years ago) link

oh...and if anyone really wants to go but isn't a Penn student, I'd like to remind them that Miss Philadelphia also carries a Penn card.

sounds like she may need a date considering:

"I don't have time to go out on Wednesday night and Thursday night like many Penn students," she said.

mono.mono (mono.mono), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 22:03 (nineteen years ago) link

hey maria: i think the website said that it's two per penncard - can you forward the url to me?

blackmail.is.my.life (blackmail.is.my.life), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 22:06 (nineteen years ago) link

I always chuckle when I think of Yo La Tengo with Chico DeBarge at one of these college shows. Columbia did an outdoor show with Outkast on the Stankonia tour a few summers back I snuck into, wow that was insane (my school got the Hooters).

Brian Turner (btwfmu), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 03:50 (nineteen years ago) link

They should've booked Merzbow.

latebloomer: AKA Sir Teddy Ruxpin, Former Scientologist (latebloomer), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 03:52 (nineteen years ago) link

This band fucking blows. They're a bunch of washed up losers. If SPEC was going to hire these clowns why didn't they just go and get the cast of the surreal life...they're just as washed up and just as bad. If they really wanted to get a good non hip-hop band what's wrong with Jimmy Eat World, Saves the Day, The Format, & Taking Back Sunday????

Personally you couldn't pay me to watch Sonic Youth. I'll definitely be going to the Jimmy Eat World/Taking Back Sunday/The Format show on 4/15 at the Tweeter Center in Camden.

fuck SPEC
Occupation: student
Location: penn

latebloomer: AKA Sir Teddy Ruxpin, Former Scientologist (latebloomer), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 03:57 (nineteen years ago) link

SPEC FAILED MISERABLY. To correct that alum, sonic youth (kind of funny that a bunch of old losers still call themselves "youth") was in the midst of the grunge era but not nearly as influential as the other bands. they are, and will be remembered as a band that fit in with the times but didn't break much ground on their own, much like soundgarden and bush (who i wouldn't mind seeing). nirvana is very influential but just because they are, and sonic youth came out before them and they are relatively the same genre, you can't say that sonic youth is as influential as nirvana. that's blasphemy! also, you can't call sonic youth a real underground band. underground usually means that a band never was mainstream and doesn't strive to be. sonic youth on the other hand tried to market themselves as mainstream and failed, so their characterization as "underground" means "can't sell tickets because they are a bunch of losers". I'm not pissed because I haven't heard of the bands like a lot of people. I'm pissed because I have heard of the bands and they suck. Quite frankly, i'm very jealous that other schools opted for bands that people know about. Instead, our co-director, the "honorable" Tom Kurland even says "I don't care if people haven't heard of the bands" which translates to "I don't care if people want to come and have a good time."
Way to do your job asshole.

Andy
Occupation: Musician

latebloomer: AKA Sir Teddy Ruxpin, Former Scientologist (latebloomer), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 04:00 (nineteen years ago) link

Fuck Tom Kurland. He is a giant piece of shit. I too will be at the Jimmy Eat world concert. What a major disappointment my senior year. The only semi-decent fling was freshman year when we had luckyboys confusion and pete yorn. SPEC continually disappoints each year.

pissed off
Occupation: student
Location: philadelphia

latebloomer: AKA Sir Teddy Ruxpin, Former Scientologist (latebloomer), Wednesday, 30 March 2005 04:05 (nineteen years ago) link

i'm going. anyone else here FAP beforehand/afterword to discuss our favorite moments?

this may prove amazing.

blackmail.is.my.life (blackmail.is.my.life), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 15:36 (nineteen years ago) link

I'm going! thanks to Maria for securing me a ticket. I'd be up for a FAP.

Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 17:20 (nineteen years ago) link

best line from the comments:

You don't deserve anything

M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 17:57 (nineteen years ago) link

should I make a sign to bring or scrawl a pro- (or anti-)SY message on my shirt?

Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 18:00 (nineteen years ago) link

i'm curious as to how belligerent the crowd will actually be - i can't see undergrads attending the gig in protest. from the sound of it they'll just go to whatever else "the market will provide".

thing is, the last time i saw SY was when they opened for Wilco at Philly's Festival Pier. there were about 5,000 or so people in attendance, and it was a dead silence throughout SY's set - and they were amazing, not that really anyone noticed!

i guess any FAP plans will be in the Univ. City area, and i'm not all that familiar - it's generally too far west for me. you're from baltimore, right? email me and we'll figure out where you're meeting maria and go from there.

blackmail.is.my.life (blackmail.is.my.life), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 18:06 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/04/12/425b6a13d5d4a

it got moved to the tweeter! because of cat power...and facebook! whoopee!

blackmail.is.my.life (blackmail.is.my.life), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 18:44 (nineteen years ago) link

In fact, many students have begun to call for SPEC Concerts to switch Cat Power to the lead role in the concert, as thefacebook.com group "Switch Cat Power to the Lead Role in the Concert" now has 9,945 members. Only four undergraduates are absent from the group: the three SPEC directors, as well as a College freshman T. B. Mice who is blind and deaf.

jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 18:48 (nineteen years ago) link

Huntington noted that ticket sales from last week have doubled, although he added that only 12 tickets were sold last week. Organizers, however, are hoping for sales to jump in the next two days and to see many at-the-door sales.

???

miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 18:49 (nineteen years ago) link

Sonic Youth did find support in College sophomore Athena Karp.

"I wouldn't really say I'm a fan," she said, "I downloaded a Sonic Youth song, but I might not go anymore because getting caught by the RIAA was a big downer. I guess it wasn't hard to find the one person downloading Sonic Youth."

jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 18:49 (nineteen years ago) link

omg we sold 36 tickets BOOK THE TWEETER!!!

(X-post)

miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 18:49 (nineteen years ago) link

oh i get it: it's penn's way of saying april fool's. oops.

blackmail.is.my.life (blackmail.is.my.life), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 18:50 (nineteen years ago) link

hahaha I am so confused now

miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 18:51 (nineteen years ago) link

Am I the only person in the world (other than of UPenn students) who doesn't care about Sonic Youth?

Mark (MarkR), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 18:55 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/425b6bb2ab29a

no, richard-san. i think it's a fascinating sociology capstone project to subject sonic youth to penn undergraduates. i for one am thrilled. throw open the laboratory doors!

i wish they published actual numbers of tickets sold. i'd like to see sonic youth with like 40 other people.

blackmail.is.my.life (blackmail.is.my.life), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 18:57 (nineteen years ago) link

NYU is bringing wolf eyes tomorrow night for two bucks!!!
Our program board= SO NOIZE!!!!!!!

rebecca s (rebecca S), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 19:09 (nineteen years ago) link

Sonic Youth headlined our annual festival in '98. Rusted Root headlines this year. WTF.

miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 19:13 (nineteen years ago) link

This years lineup includes Rusted Root as the headliner, the event also includes Future Leaders of the World, Suburban Legends, Head Automatica, and David McMillin!.

The STA Side stage bands include Felix Sarco, Idiosympathy and Kairos; In addition to the top three winners of the Battle of the Bands which include A.I. Inc, Dragon Slayer, and Tokyo Vertigo.

miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 19:14 (nineteen years ago) link

Evidently Dan The Automator might be in Head Automatica. That's kind of cool.

also from the site: And David is not your average songwriter. He sings with the passion of Howie Day one minute, then the calm ease of Jack Johnson another and is lyrically as capable as either of the two.

miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 19:16 (nineteen years ago) link

David McMillin = John Mayer?

blackmail.is.my.life (blackmail.is.my.life), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 19:20 (nineteen years ago) link

I wish! He's lyrically SUPERIOR! What with the wonderlands and the daughters everything.

miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 19:22 (nineteen years ago) link

downright MANCURIAN! xpost

blackmail.is.my.life (blackmail.is.my.life), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 19:24 (nineteen years ago) link

we're getting eightball & mjg and lil scrappy.

j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 19:26 (nineteen years ago) link

the Clipse & that one dude from Da Band in may (though that's our radio station not the festival board or whatever - we couldn't get YY Twins after all, thank you very much whisper song)!

miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 19:28 (nineteen years ago) link

Yikes.. i feel really lucky for UC Irvine.. we had, since I've been there:

* Cocteau Twins/Galaxie 500
* Sonic Youth (not that STP)
* Bauhaus reunion show (the last one before Coachella)
* Melvins
* Rodan/The Grifters
* Royal Trux/Trumans Water/Nothing Painted Blue/Shoe Face
* Unrest/Stereolab/Idaho
* Scrawl
* Poster Children
* Fastbacks
* Tsunami
* Drive Like Jehu/NAPO
* Hazel
* Mike Watt/fIREHOSE (way too many times to mention)
* Bikini Kill/Red Aunts
* Rocket From The Crypt/Red Aunts/Sandy Duncan's Eye
* Foo Fighters/Ween/Jawbreaker

Shows that were cancelled because of potential riots and/or conflicts with finals

* Green Day
* Unwound/Crain

and that's just a part of the top of my head there.

donut debonair (donut), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 21:20 (nineteen years ago) link

UC Irvine ROXXX! that's dope, donutmeister.

M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 21:24 (nineteen years ago) link

well gawd, in the decade I've lived here I've caught Helmet, GBV, Luna, Hum, Sonic Youth, Drive-By Truckers, Bubba Sparxxx, Wilco, Apples In Stereo, Dismemberment Plan, Joan Of Arc, RL Burnside, The Donnas, Jonathan Fire*Eater and a gaggle of others for free on campus. And plenty of complete shit. A lot of complete shit.

miccio (miccio), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 21:28 (nineteen years ago) link

ILX's very own Shakey screams "YOU FUCK HER!" at that very Sonic Youth show above, captured on the "Dirty Boots" B-side live tracks.

donut debonair (donut), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 21:32 (nineteen years ago) link

Wesleyan U. Fall Ball 1995: Hatchetface, Ulcer, Monster X, Devoid of Faith, Human Remains, the Pist, Dropdead.
Wesleyan U. Spring Fling 1996: Das FX, T-Roy & the Vibe, Candy Machine, Franklin.

Tony Bleach, Tuesday, 12 April 2005 21:35 (nineteen years ago) link

ILX's very own Shakey screams "YOU FUCK HER!" at that very Sonic Youth show above, captured on the "Dirty Boots" B-side live tracks.

-- donut debonair (do...), April 12th, 2005.

haha I know exactly what you're referring to! on the intro to "The Bedroom"! that's awesome!

Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 21:56 (nineteen years ago) link

NYU is bringing wolf eyes tomorrow night for two bucks!!!
Our program board= SO NOIZE!!!!!!!

Our program board = fucking lazy.

What happened to you guys? Last year we had Liars and Broken Social Scene and this year we had Wolf Eyes and...? [i'm still going]

poortheatre (poortheatre), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 00:19 (nineteen years ago) link

the Clipse & that one dude from Da Band in may (though that's our radio station not the festival board or whatever - we couldn't get YY Twins after all, thank you very much whisper song)!

-- miccio (anthonyisrigh...), April 12th, 2005.

which dude? Ness? Chopper?

Al (sitcom), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 00:31 (nineteen years ago) link

Ness, I think.

miccio (miccio), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 01:10 (nineteen years ago) link

HANG GLIDE WIT IT

Al (sitcom), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 01:15 (nineteen years ago) link

"wow, man. my school got shit like Maestro Fresh Wes (if you have any idea of who that is, holla)"

*Hollering*

my school too.

Canadian schools just ain't got the cash. i'm shocked at some of what i've seen upthread. the reactions from the Penn State kids is just one more reason to hate the Ivy League. I guess in their defence, the freshmen would have only been 3 years old when SY signed to Geffen, but that's still no excuse!

J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 07:23 (nineteen years ago) link

Penn most decidedly /= Penn State!

j blount (papa la bas), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 07:34 (nineteen years ago) link

Tulane's campus programming is unbelievably lame. Last week hey had Cake play with Gomez. Next month it's Taking Back Sunday. Tulane is like the worst place on Earth, except for the baseball.

adam (adam), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 10:47 (nineteen years ago) link


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