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Yeah yeah, we know you know, because we keep telling you. But we're going to remind you again: tonight on the season finale of the WB's "Gilmore Girls", Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, along with their daughter Coco, will perform "What a Waste", from the new Sonic Youth album, Rather Ripped, due out June 13. Yo La Tengo, Sparks, Joe Pernice, and Sam Phillips will also appear. Some people think "Gilmore Girls" is the best TV show ever, and we aren't going to argue.

We're reporting this again so that we have an excuse to show you these awesome photos Thurston Moore emailed us, taken on the set of the show.

Here's Kim and Thurston with Ron and Russell Mael of Sparks, photographed by Michelle Fleischli:

And here's Coco Gordon Moore with Liza Weil, who plays Paris Geller on "Gilmore Girls":

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AWWW!!!

As previously reported, Sonic Youth kick off a summer tour on June 13, the same day Rather Ripped is born. Mark Ibold, formerly of Pavement and Kim Gordon's band Free Kitten, is joining the band on bass.

Hot wire my heart:

06-13 New York, NY - CBGB *
06-14 Philadelphia, PA - Starlight Ballroom &
06-15 Washington, D.C. - 9:30 Club &
06-17 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel &
06-18 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo &$
06-19 Atlanta, GA - Earthlink Live &
06-21 Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom
06-23 Austin, TX - Stubb's BBQ +
06-24 Dallas, TX - Gypsy Tea Room +
06-26 Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall +
06-27 Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre +
06-29 Missoula, MT - UM Theatre +
06-30 Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre +
07-01 Portland, OR - Roseland Ballroom +
07-03 Sacramento, CA - Empire +
07-04 Reno, NV - Reno Hilton +
07-06 Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand %
07-07 San Diego, CA - Cox Arena %
07-09 Los Angeles, CA - Forum %
07-10 Los Angeles, CA - Forum %
07-13 Santa Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara Bowl %
07-16 San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium %
07-18 San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium %
07-22 Byron Bay, Australia - Splendour in the Grass Festival #
07-24 Melbourne, Australia - Palace
07-26 Sydney, Australia - Enmore
07-29 Yuzawa-machi, Japan - Naeba Ski Resort (Fuji Rock Festival)
08-03 Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Blossom Music Center (92.3 K-ROCK Presents Kuyahoga)
08-05 Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza ^
12-08-10 Somerset, England - Butlins Minehead (ATP's Nightmare Before Christmas) !

* with Tall Firs
& with Be Your Own Pet
$ with Radiohead, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Beck, Elvis Costello, Cat Power, more
+ with Awesome Color
% with Pearl Jam
# with Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Brian Wilson, TV on the Radio, more
^ with the Flaming Lips, Kanye West, Wilco, Death Cab for Cutie, the Raconteurs, Queens of the Stone Age, the Shins, the Go! Team, Sleater-Kinney, the New Pornographers, Broken Social Scene, Built to Spill, Gnarls Barkley, Feist, Iron & Wine, Ryan Adams, Andrew Bird, Common, more
! with Iggy & the Stooges, Bardo Pond, Six Organs of Admittance, Jackie-O Motherfucker, Charlambides, My Cat Is an Alien, the Skaters, the Melvins

And since Thurston Moore never misses an opportunity to make noise in public, he's got a few solo gigs scheduled as well:

05-10 New York, NY - The Stone (two sets)
05-18 Montague, MA - The Bookmill *
05-29 Easthampton, MA - PACE #
06-09 Easthampton, MA - PACE $

* with Bill Nace, Paul Flaherty
# with Graveyards, Hair Police
$ with Be Your Own Pet, Whirlwind Heat