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Filmed during Sonic Youth's 1991 European tour. "The Year Punk Broke" is an appropriately low budget tribute to the manic world of punk rock. The title comes from Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore's unwitting prophecy that "1991 will be the year that punk breaks through to mainstream American consciousness," a comment made on the verge of Nirvana's climb to rock superstardom...
...goofing off consists of various interviews and off-stage hijinks, all of which seem to involve Thurston Moore in some way. One notable exception is a short parody of Madonna's "Truth or Dare" in which Madonna, as played by Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon, is made to pay for her castigation of the well-meaning dolt Kevin Costner, as played by Nirvana's Kurt Cobain. All the rest of the bits feature the wit and wisdom of Moore, who states at one point that "my mind is turning into a huge gelatinous ball of pepper...
...director of the University Bi-sexual, Gay and Lesbian network, Associate Registrar Thurston A. Smith, said the center is a worthwhile project, but he warned that budget restraints could prevent...
...undergraduates are expected to register today, said Thurston A. Smith, the associate registrar. He said approximately 128 are students "returning from leave...
...band is better with its guitars than Sonic Youth. And no Sonic Youth album is better than Dirty, a delicious, raw, high-energy hour of controlled cacophony that highlights the prowess of guitarists Lee Renaldo and Thurston Moore. Lyrics, provided by both Moore and bassist Kim Gordon, range from the political to the sexual to the anecdotal. This is penetrating stuff. The strongest tracks include "100%," "Sugar Kane," "Wish Fulfillment," "Chapel Hill," and "Purr...