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Photo by Jason Bergman

You wake, wipe the crust from your eyes (or don't), have a drink of water (if it's potable, or not), roll over to the other side of the bed (if you have a bed), and then punk out all the live long day. Such is the oddly glamorous life of a punk, and the subject of photographer Abby Banks' new book Punk House: Anarchist Interiors.

Thurston Moore knows a little bit about the lifestyle displayed within Punk House: He's been living it since he was a kid, and, heck, he probably found some way to get feedback in the sonogram. So it's fitting that Moore-- no stranger to dingy basements and beer can pyramids-- is the editor of Punk House. Available in October from Abrams Image, the book explores cheap communal living for the non-granola set through over 300 of Banks' photos and the sage wisdom of Mr. Moore.

With his mind on all things both dirty and claustrophobic, Thurston-- not one to sit still for too long-- has also concocted a new release. No, not September's "total pop record" Trees Outside the Academy, but the "fierce" and "charging" Thrash Sabbatical, a collection of vinyl releases split between Thurston and a trio of clattermakers. There's a 12" with L.A.'s Men Who Can't Love, and a 7" apiece with Barrabarracuda and Kevin Shields, who is not THAT Kevin Shields. The whole thing is out now on Deathbomb Arc.

Thurston, both under his own name and the Sonic Youth banner, will be out on the road for a good portion of the next few months. He's added a date to his solo tour since our last check-in, Halloween night at a Visalia, California pizza joint. Spending all hallow's eve making a racket at a local business? That, my friend, is way punk.

Thurston Moore:

09-24 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's *
09-26 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg *
09-27 Boston, MA - Museum of Fine Arts * (college students only)
09-28 Princeton, NJ - Princeton University Terrace Club * (college students only)
09-29 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel *
09-30 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's *
10-24 Seattle, WA - Neumos #
10-25 Portland, OR - Doug Fir #
10-26 Arcata, CA - Humboldt State University #
10-29 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall #
10-30 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex #
10-31 Visalia, CA - Howie and Sons Pizza !
12-07-09 Minehead, England - Butlins Holiday Centre (ATP Nightmare Before Christmas)

* with Christina Carter
# with Scorces
! with Pocohaunted

Sonic Youth:

08-30 London, England - Roundhouse ^
08-31 London, England - Roundhouse ^
09-01 London, England - Roundhouse ^
09-02 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic
10-05 Austin, TX - Stubbs BBQ $
10-06 Marfa, TX - Thunderbird Hotel
10-07 Dallas, TX - House of Blues $

^ performing Daydream Nation
$ with Meat Puppets