I'm listening to iTunes today on "party shuffle." The soundtrack for the party that is otherwise known as "me working." Party! It sounds so much more fun.

Anyway, I love when I learn a new connection between songs. That happened today when my guest DJ, "party shuffle" (DJ PS), came up with Sonic Youth's "Trilogy: a) The Wonder b) Hyperstation c) Eliminator Jr."

Now I never was that much of a Sonic Youth person. I just didn't dig 'em at the time (early '90s). I think I recall that at one of my beginning years of college, they even played at school (Columbia U.) for orientation, at some outside concert -- Fugazi played too. I vaguely recall Brenda and Alan being all excited. I think I had to work or something. I would've tagged along if I'd been available, sensitive as I was to potential pop phenomena.

But I didn't. Didn't see them at Red Rocks in 1992 either. Never paid much attention. (I also disliked the Red Hot Chili Peppers, originally, which I later judged misguided. I now stand behind my original opinion.)

Now, I am liking Sonic Youth. It's fun - they're like oldies now. I get to rediscover them.

But anyway -- you Sonic Youth fans already knew this, but it was fun for me to be editing away and hear the middle song -- "Hyperstation" -- and recognize the guitar riff from an Interpol album.

duhn duhn nuh ... nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh NUH.
duhn duhn nuh ... nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh NUH.



I wanted to give you both here, but I suspect Sonic Youth nailed Interpol legally, because I found a few (crappily recorded) live versions of Interpol's song "Length of Love," and none of them contain the riff. Excised!

This one (from a bonus disc released a year and a half after the Interpol album) doesn't either, but it's kind of a fun version. Enjoy.