Pearl Jam just announced their 2024 'Dark Matter Tour.' Set to take place from May through September in North America, Eddie Vedder and the Rock Hall inductees will play NYC's MSG on Sept. 3-4.
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In "Sonic Life: A Memoir," Thurston Moore, who cofounded Sonic Youth with Kim Gordon, tells of the band's early days and how it went from being widely maligned to one of the late 20th century's most influential acts.
"can you write songs for a musical?" and i went, "i don't know, i'lltry." and the answer was, yeah, i can. i mean, a bit. and then somewhere between then and now, i got better at it. your next choice for this cultural life is the 1997 album, whatever and ever amen, by the american singer—songwriter ben folds. what ben did is gave me hope as what i later described myself as a rock �*n�* roll nerd, you know? in that song, i say, "i always dreamt of being a star, but he learnt piano instead of guitar, which in the �*90s doesn't get you very far" — because that was my experience. i was deep in the grunge. west australia, in my part of perth in the �*90s, was just grunge and i was a pianist doing songs for theatre and stuff and thinking, "is there...? i mean, obviously i can't sell records, my band won't go anywhere because, you
and i went, "i don't know, i'lltry." and the answer was, yeah, i can. i mean, a bit. and then somewhere between then and now, i got better at it. your next choice for this cultural life is the 1997 album, whatever and ever amen, by the american singer—songwriter ben folds. what ben did is gave me hope as what i later described myself as a rock �*n�* roll nerd, you know? in that song, i say, "i always dreamt of being a star, but he learnt piano instead of guitar, which in the �*90s doesn't get you very far" — because that was my experience. i was deep in the grunge. west australia, in my part of perth in the �*90s, was just grunge and i was a pianist doing songs for theatre and stuff and thinking, "is there...? i mean, obviously i can't sell records, my band won't go anywhere because, you know, it's too nerdy." and then ben came along, just thrashing the hell out