I bought the cassette of Ciccone Youth ~ The Whitey Album. I know I've heard it before, but never actually looked at it. The radio edit of John Cage's Silence down to a minute is lovely and brilliant, as is the Madonna photocopy cover.
"I think I bounce off people. Man, it's weird how I will stumble into someone and internally debate if I'm nothing without them. It's like I just happened to meet the dude with all the keys to my pad, my safe, my van, my mota and of course I will have a great "change" in my life by being seemingly transformed by the act of making my "muse and mentor" an accessory to my prized collection of tribute and irony. The guy from navy housing grows up to be the guy who grew up in navy housing! You got to shovel shit before you can bag and sell it! Soak some rags in alcohol and tie them around your ankles so you'll keep the ants off your candy ass! The ridiculous things that will come out of my mouth and for why? I don't know, all I can say is that I can detect some similiarities and I can detect some differences. Let me waste not another word now and discuss this piece of work."
"It is the Sonic Youths themselves who are this record, I have tried to relate my part in both fact and theory. If I know anything, then for sure time is here to keep events linear and parallel simultaneously. I am proud to have served with this unit. Back then, I put a picture of Madonna on my bass because I thought it looked much better there than in an issue of Spin or Rolling Stone. Punk went good with Madonna. I wanted to make her look special and important, someone or something you had to deal with and maybe decide who you are. You know, return the favor."
Mike Watt 1993 cd liner note excerpts from sonicyouth.com
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