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ASK: LEE RANALDO - SONIC YOUTH ARTIST/MUSICIAN

lee disputing with his shadow in david shrigley's skate-park pool, malmö, sweden, may 2009. photo by carlos van hijfte.

my favorite _____ is:
-book: "what we talk about when we talk about love", by raymond carver, one of my
favorite authors, one whose stories changed my view of the world we live in— what more can one ask of a work of art?
-album: blue, by joni mitchell, has been sustaining me these last few weeks as our
tour has grown long, playing over and over on repeat in my iTunes. what an
amazing achievement this record is.
-cities: right now i'm infatuated with all things portland (OR) — hands down the hippest city in USA right now. close seconds: paris, tokyo, marrakech, melbourne.
-place: place de vosges, paris.
-films: pierrot le fou, godard; late autumn, yasujiro ozu; ali: fear eats the soul,
rainier werner fassbinder; don't look back, D.A. pennebaker; the gleaners,
agnes varda. this list, as with many of these, could go on and on...

-restaurant: chez panisse in berkeley — good vibes and good food.
-hotel: of late, from our recent summer tour, W hotel, dallas. not a city one needs to visit, really, but a killer hotel.
-hobby: bicycling. I've spent the summer bicycling my way across the country as sonic youth has toured. fantastic rides everywhere: montana rocky mtns, okla
cornfields, portland streets & bridges, st. louis mississippi river basin,
milwaukee, boise, san fransisco to the foot of the golden gate---you name
it, every city in the US is improving their cycling system.
-band: pavement, the most rocking and literate band of the 90s.
-prized possession: my just-released fender signature model jazzmaster guitar (the lee renaldo fender jazzmaster was released on july 1st).
-drink: single malt scotch on ice
-way to go: parched in the high desert.

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Dammit, you beat me to it.

nice!
and really nice pic too.

raymond carver is the shit. go lee!

as always

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Moshe again.

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album: blue, by joni mitchell, has been sustaining me these last few weeks as our

I always thought it was weird and interesting how influential Joni was on Sonic Youth due to her use of unusual tunings and stuff. I'm not really into her at all, but it's a totally unexpected but extremely important influence.

I've always wanted to know what Lee thought of that Carver/Lish
editing "controversy."

pierrot le fou, godard

godlike.

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Originally Posted by Moshe

-way to go: parched in the high desert.

Definitely.

thx moshe. that was a fun read. long live lee! :)

Fassbinder is one of my favourite filmmakers...

Long live Fassbinder!!

He drinks single malt with ice.
What a waste.

"-band: pavement, the most rocking and literate band of the 90s."
NO WAY!:D

you wouldn't believe how much reputation i got for this link. didn't know lee was so popular around here. :)

Fassbinder and Godard kick ass!

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Originally Posted by Moshe

you wouldn't believe how much reputation i got for this link. didn't know lee was so popular around here. :)

And he's the one fans LEAST want to die. Lee bumming AHOY

pierrot le fou?
its a good film but deff not Godard's best..
very good read tho!

Melbourne loves him too! So why aren't they coming here for the tour?!