Minimalist Master La Monte Young Drones On About His New ‘Dream House’

May 11, 2015 By Daniel Maurer

La Monte Young, the minimalist master whose trailblazing work with droning has influenced everyone from the Velvet Underground to Sonic Youth to Brian Eno, who once called him “the daddy of us all,” made a rare public appearance at Red Bull Studios on Thursday, dropping some tantalizing details about a new Dream House installment coming in June to Dia:Chelsea.

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Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon Are Playing The Stone (Not Together, Sorry)

March 13, 2014 By Daniel Maurer

John Zorn and Thurston Moore at a Faculty Against the Sexton Plan fundraiser at LPR in 2012.

The saga of Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon has been back in the news lately (and by “the news,” we mean Pitchfork and Brooklyn Vegan). Thurston says he’s now in a “really romantic place” but next month, he’ll step into a not-all-that-romantic place: John Zorn’s East Village hole-in-the-wall, The Stone. As it turns out, Kim’ll be there too — about a month later.
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