File:Nardwuar vs. Sonic Youth (1991) Pt 1 of 2

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Pt 1 of 2 of Nardwuar's interview with Sonic Youth outside the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, BC, Canada. April 17 1991. For the transcript and other Nardwuar Sonic Youth encounters check out http://nardwuar.com/vs/sonic_youth/

Postscript: Nardwuar sez "The record that got broken was "Charlie Browning" by The Young Men from Seattle Washington, released in 1963 on the Bolo Record Label. (Bolo 742) I had brought it to the interview because I had heard (incorrecty) that Sonic Youth had recorded a version of The Coasters hit "Charlie Brown" ---t hey really recorded Alice Cooper's "Is It My Body"   --- I hypothesized that perhaps that they would be interested in seeing a Northwest take on "Charlie Brown". When I say "Northwest take" I mean that The Young Men took "Charlie Brown" and changed the words slightly to "Charlie Browning" in honour of a local football player. I personally love when songs get "regionalized" and that damn 45 was dear to my heart! Luckily I was able to find another copy a few years later in a Bellingham ,Washington Value Village. Furthermore to my amazement,, I was told, that while opening for REM at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver in 1995, Sonic Youth dedicated a song to me: "Schizophrenia" ! "