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Posted in music on December 23, 2008

Thurston Moore's top 10 things in 2008

Thurston Moore @ ATP NY 2008 (more by Zach Dilgard)
Thurston Moore

1. Eight Miles High (Das Wilde Leben) - German movie about Uschi Obermaier, super 60s Rolling Stones groupie who was a commune radical in Berlin.

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2. Let the Right One in (Låt den rätte komma in) - Norwegian movie about a 12 yr old boy who is bullied and meets a friend - a 12 yr old vampire girl. Sweet and sticky.

3. The Savage Detectives - Robert Bolano - fiction book. 18 year old Mexico City poet dude falls in with weirdo literary gang who call themselves the Visceral Realists. Funny, strange, sexy - kickass book - looking forward to his next one (Bolano’s dead) - just came out, titled: 2666

4. Noise Nomads - solo noise dude runs the Bonescraper cassette label and is killer artist. His performances are surreal disconnections of true noise physicality. A lot of heart.

5. Uneven Universe - duo from Michigan using saxophones and junk sound. Dan "Dude" Dlugosielski and Hellfire Holly. Dan runs the ExciteBike (EXBX) label. Both are also in Cardboard Sax with Wolf Eyes’ John Olson. Check it:

6. Budweiser Sprite - Portland, OR’s Daniel Rizer solo jzoint. Slathering noise projections with genuine organik flow vibe. Daniel runs the Together Tapes label where every release features his art which is excellent. Dude used to be in Ohio and released that Nohio tape series -legendary. Real deal. check:

7. MV Carbon - The Dislodged Parahelion CD - MV is more known as one half of Metalux who have some records out, most notably on Load. This CD is a solo thing she sold on some gigs — beautiful and gracefully off balance, mesmerizing and edged. She’s been duo-ing with Tony Conrad recently.

8. Malkuth - black metal trio from NYC with members from No Neck Blues Band, which maybe shouldn’t work but DOES. A very real grasp of the defiled-music tenets of BM.

9. Live at the Masque-Nightmare in Punk Alley - photo book edited by Brendan Mullen who ran the infamous 70s punk basement club in Hollywood. Impressive publishing effort by Gingko Press of how to present a rock n roll substrata in all it’s maniacal glory. Loaded with ephemera, memorials and pix of not only the big namers like The Germs, X etc but all the secondary, tertiary bands who played (some who had yet to really make the transition from 1975 to punk yet.) Lovely.

10. The Evolution of A Cro-Magnon - memoir by John Joseph, singer of the Cro-Mags. Kinda like the Ringolevio of the early 80s NYC hardcore scene. And written in a super-1st person narrative where he will, while talking about someone, call that person out (”Hey Vinnie, if yr reading this, get in touch man, gotta work some shit out”) - not a direct quote but like that. Harrowing pre-teen urban nightmare life saved by an epiphany at a Faith/Untouchables/Bad Brains gig in Virginia. A gripper.

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That list is via Matador. Sonic Youth are playing the No Fun Fest in 2009. The Cro-Mags are playing Knitting Factory on Sunday.

Tags: Best of 2008, Budweiser Sprite, John Joseph, Malkuth, MV Carbon, Noise Nomads, Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore, Tony Conrad, Uneven Universe
posted at 9:50 AM on December 23, 2008 in music | Comments (60)

Comments (60)

those are such obvious choices. yawn.

Posted by Anonymous | December 23, 2008 10:13 AM

Yeah I seriously have heard of all of this stuff...

Posted by Anonymous | December 23, 2008 10:16 AM

its just noise wank...i dont have a beard to scratch so i cant enjoy it.

Posted by Anonymous | December 23, 2008 10:23 AM

Hoo the hell cares??? Jeezus..

Posted by Anonymous | December 23, 2008 10:30 AM

Thurston - Give us Xmas goodies!!!!!

Posted by Anonymous | December 23, 2008 10:32 AM

Snarky Dicks.

Posted by Anonymous | December 23, 2008 10:34 AM

>A very real grasp of the defiled-music tenets of BM.


I got a BM for ya, Thursty.

Posted by Anonymous | December 23, 2008 10:36 AM

Wow. I thought Pitchfork's list was pretentious :)

Posted by michaelways | December 23, 2008 10:40 AM

I was reading his list, and I was wondering, Who gives a fucking shit?

Posted by Rajah of Rehab | December 23, 2008 10:40 AM

Close your minds children.

Posted by drewo | December 23, 2008 10:47 AM

Sonic Youth wins the award for best opinion on everything, which is why they're always on best week ever or whatever.

Posted by Anonymous | December 23, 2008 10:50 AM

10:40 - and everyone else above snarking it up -- enlighten us with your definition of "pretentious."

And let me guess -- a list full of music you aren't aware of and which seems challenging, or maybe even -- gasp! difficult -- makes you uncomfortable enough to dismiss it with a barely-understood catchall like 'pretentious' (sort of like charges of 'elitism' from the GOP).

I didn't know shit on Thurston's list, but that made me excited to learn more. Plus I'm fucking bored of the same old lists with fleet foxes, portishead and m83 near the top [acts whom, by the way, I dig).

Most people take the unknown as a chance to give into fears and wallow idly in their own
ignorance.

So why the hell be like most people?

Posted by Anonymous | December 23, 2008 10:58 AM

I can personally vouch for Malkuth and the Cro-mags book. Malkuth is one sick band.

Posted by BBG | December 23, 2008 11:11 AM

"let the right one in" is an awesome film...i suprised krallice was not mentioned.

Posted by Anonymous | December 23, 2008 11:19 AM


I'm surprised the check he got from Starbucks for that crappy comp didn't make the list.

Posted by anonymous | December 23, 2008 11:26 AM

i enjoyed his "top 10 free jazz records" list more.

Posted by Anonymous | December 23, 2008 11:32 AM

What a mainstream list. Fucking sellout...

Posted by Anonymous | December 23, 2008 11:45 AM

The people that read this site are true douchebags in ever sense of the word.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

Posted by Ron | December 23, 2008 11:49 AM

idk about all those other things but 1 and 2 are the best.

Posted by Anonymous | December 23, 2008 11:51 AM

he should have thrown say... Vampire Weekend on the list... just so everyones brains would explode.

Posted by Anonymous | December 23, 2008 12:02 PM

Can we get a top ten vampire-related things of 2008 list?

Posted by Aaron | December 23, 2008 12:33 PM

1. Edward

Posted by Anonymous | December 23, 2008 12:41 PM

1. I pierced my tip of my penis so I can put these gold fangs in, it makes my penis look like a snake or a vampire that is exposing its teeth and about to bite

Posted by Anonymous | December 23, 2008 12:46 PM

12:02...Wire already did that

Posted by Anonymous | December 23, 2008 12:47 PM

not that it was particularly shocking though

Posted by Anonymous | December 23, 2008 12:50 PM

Is that list brought to us by Starbucks(c)?

Posted by Anonymous | December 23, 2008 12:59 PM

How can anyone include Das Wilde Leben and Låt den rätte komma in on a top ten list is beyond me. And no Anak-Anak Borobudur? c'mooooon!?

Posted by Anonymous | December 23, 2008 1:06 PM

How anyone could include Das Wilde Leben and Låt den rätte komma in on a top ten list is beyond me. And no Anak-Anak Borobudur? c'mooooon!?

Posted by Anonymous | December 23, 2008 1:08 PM

There is no excuse for bad grammar.

Posted by Anonymous | December 23, 2008 1:10 PM

Thanks for the funny comments and suck balls to the handful of snark fucks that understand the irony in dissing something you're actively participating in, like the thread. Balls go to those dissing "Thursty" too, what the fuck have you got for us, dicks. "Obvious"? Really?? You're soooo cool.

Posted by Anonymous | December 23, 2008 2:14 PM

Oops, I meant: "snark fucks that DON'T understand the irony..." -Happy Holidays, bitches.

Posted by Anonymous | December 23, 2008 2:19 PM

^ loser, you need a big hug.

Posted by Anonymous | December 23, 2008 2:20 PM

Why, I have your mom to hug, douche. Are you defending the snark, or just being contrarian?

Posted by Anonymous | December 23, 2008 2:33 PM

peace on Earth, loser!

Posted by Anonymous | December 23, 2008 2:40 PM

Låt den rätte komma in friggin rocks. The violence is muted to some extent but aren't all swedish movies like that? If you ever wanna see a twelve year old girl snap a man's neck this is the movie to see.

Bolano's next book is based on a true story about the hundreds of women murdered in the border town of Juarez, Mexico supposedly.

Posted by GOPster | December 23, 2008 2:47 PM

i guess everyone ragging on thurston's choices don't own any Ectastic Peace records...the guy has pretty decent taste.

Posted by Anonymous | December 23, 2008 2:50 PM

i'm halfway through 2666, the book by bolano that he's excited about reading. its fucking awesome, as is everything by bolano. i'd highly recommend distant star as well. oh wait, is talking about reading on a music blog 'pretentious?' if you think so, why don't you stick with yahoo news and other lite fair.

Posted by natron | December 23, 2008 3:02 PM

where does starbucks fall? shouldn't it be on thurston's list?

Posted by Anonymous | December 23, 2008 7:47 PM

Thurston Moore owns - I'd chill with him and would pay for coffee / beers without it even being a thing.

Posted by Uptown Sound | December 23, 2008 9:51 PM

2666 is incredible so far. i picked up Amulet and By Night in Chile last month and devoured them. good ol'Bolaño. fellow latino.

btw, wow. bk is ragging on Thurston now? you idiots have reached a new low.

Posted by Anonymous | December 24, 2008 12:02 AM

bv** is ragging

Posted by Anonymous | December 24, 2008 4:50 PM

Burger King also finds Thurstoon Moore's list 'pretentious'.

Posted by Anonymous | December 24, 2008 5:39 PM

hahah 5:39

Posted by Anonymous | December 26, 2008 5:47 PM

fdhfgjvoured them. good ol'Bolaño. fellow latino

Posted by fgdh | April 13, 2009 3:14 AM

And let me guess a list full of music you aren't aware of and which seems challenging, or maybe even gasp! difficult makes you uncomfortable enough to dismiss it with a barely understood catchall like 'pretentious' sort of like charges of 'elitism' from the GOP.

Posted by online games | April 21, 2009 4:30 AM

i'm halfway through 2666, the book by bolano that he's excited about reading. its fucking awesome, as is everything by bolano. i'd highly recommend distant star as well. oh wait, is talking about reading on a music blog 'pretentious?' if you think so, why don't you stick with yahoo news and other lite fair.

Posted by film izle | May 22, 2009 11:30 AM

thanks for share

Posted by gagner argent | September 27, 2009 6:49 PM

Cool top 10 list, keep them coming!

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A very real grasp of the defiled-music tenets of BM.

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Yap And let me guess a list full of music you aren't aware of and which seems challenging, or maybe even gasp! difficult makes you uncomfortable enough to dismiss it with a barely understood catchall like 'pretentious' sort of like charges of 'elitism' from the GOP.

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Thanks for the review. I guess everyone ragging on thurston's choices don't own any Ectastic Peace records.

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