Trees Outside the Academy

Listening a fair amount to Thurston Moore's solo record Trees Outside the Academy. I've floated in and out of Sonic Youth over the years and brought Daydream Nation and Murray St. with me. Moore's 2007 release isn't a huge stretch from his band's recent work, but he's replaced some of the pure shredding/noise for an acoustic guitar and violin. Which is not to say there is no shredding as J Mascis shows up on a fair bit of the songs. Anyway, it is a great album and it is also getting me back into Sonic Youth.

Here is a charming preview video of Thurston working on the record complete with Kim Gordon appearance for a hair cut.



I also just saw this video for the first time a few days ago. Was this Spike Jonze's first music video? And yes, that is a young Jason Lee skateboarding.