15 - Thurston Moore - Part 1 (New York City)
06/12/24 • 41 min
This week we welcome Thurston Moore formerly of Sonic Youth to Music Maps.
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We talk about his childhood in Connecticut, some of the early records he including Iron Butterly, Abbey Road, Led Zeppelin & Black Sabbath, Buying the Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request, the influence of his Dad, seeing an early Patti Smith gig in Westbury, CT & later sending off for her Hey Joe 7” single. Sending money to Richard Hell, driving to 2nd hand bookstores with Tom Verlaine & the first mention of Tom's published poetry, finishing with his first trip to Max’s Kansas City to see the Cramps & Suicide. Part 2 next week.
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This week we welcome Thurston Moore formerly of Sonic Youth to Music Maps.
It takes anything from 5 to 40 hours to prepare each episode of Music Maps - if you’d like to make a contribution to help us cover the costs & time of producing these episodes for you, you can do so at this link: ko-fi.com/musicmaps
It is hugely important for us to get positive reviews & star ratings - if you have enjoyed Music Maps & can spare the time to do either we would hugely appreciate it.
We talk about his childhood in Connecticut, some of the early records he including Iron Butterly, Abbey Road, Led Zeppelin & Black Sabbath, Buying the Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request, the influence of his Dad, seeing an early Patti Smith gig in Westbury, CT & later sending off for her Hey Joe 7” single. Sending money to Richard Hell, driving to 2nd hand bookstores with Tom Verlaine & the first mention of Tom's published poetry, finishing with his first trip to Max’s Kansas City to see the Cramps & Suicide. Part 2 next week.
You can see our upcoming live events here: https://rocknrollbookclub.co.uk/live/
Instagram: @rocknrollbookclube17
Facebook: E17rockbookclub
Hosted by Mark Hart & Simon Cardwell
Written & Produced by Simon Cardwell
Edited by Andy Maxwell
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Writer & musician Willy Vlautin (Richmond Fontaine, The Delines) joins us to talk about his new book The Horse on Faber & Faber.
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We also go deep on his formative years in Reno, Nevada, his love for the Pacific Northwest - specifically Portland, Oregon. We talk about his early influences including Green on Red, The Long Ryders & the Cowpunk bands, The Jam, The Pogues, Bruce Springsteen & Australian songwriter Paul Kelly. Writers that had an influence including John Steinbeck, Barry Gifford, Larry Brown & Raymond Carver. We touch briefly on movies & end up discussing Mad Max: Fury Road & Andrew Haigh's All Of Us Strangers & more.
You can see our upcoming live events here: https://rocknrollbookclub.co.uk/live/
Instagram: @rocknrollbookclube17
Facebook: E17rockbookclub
Hosted by Mark Hart & Simon Cardwell
Written & Produced by Simon Cardwell
Edited by Andy Maxwell
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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16 - Thurston Moore - Part 2 (New York City)
Thurston Moore returns for the 2nd part of our chat.
It takes anything from 5 to 40 hours to prepare each episode of Music Maps - if you’d like to make a contribution to help us cover the costs & time of producing these episodes for you, you can do so at this link: ko-fi.com/musicmaps
It is hugely important for us to get positive reviews & star ratings - if you have enjoyed Music Maps & can spare the time to do either we would hugely appreciate it.
Bumping into Joey Ramone on the way to CBGBs for the first time, Wayne County, meeting Lee Ranaldo at a gig, being introduced to Kim Gordon via a mutual friend, the downtown art world including Jean-Michel Basquiat, his early band The Coachmen, even Madonna gets a mention. We also detail the formation of Sonic Youth & how he came up with the iconic band name.
You can see our upcoming live events here: https://rocknrollbookclub.co.uk/live/
Instagram: @rocknrollbookclube17
Facebook: E17rockbookclub
Hosted by Mark Hart & Simon Cardwell
Written & Produced by Simon Cardwell
Edited by Andy Maxwell
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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