The Velvet Forum

I voted for Sonic Youth--not because they sound most like the SY--but because I think they "best "represent their legacy". If you look at their early stuff and how made the transition from Branca's alloy of contemporary classwical and noise (the guitar orchestra), and think of how the Velvets ...

Conrad teaches Media Studies at SUNY Buffalo. I finished my degree there last year and always meant to chat with him. He was the "academic mentor" of Mercury Rev. (Lots to say about this band who are sometimes great and sometimes so-so. Should be a box reissue of several albums by them this year.

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