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The extraordinary magnitude of Sonic Youth's, ahem, sonic influence is pretty much gospel at this point. But no less pronounced are the band's contributions to the visual culture, by way of artists such as Christopher Wool, Dan Graham, Vito Acconci, Raymond Pettibon, and Richards Kern and Prince.

These folks and more will be celebrated in a forthcoming traveling museum exhibition Sonic Youth is preparing, according a New York magazine report.

"We're putting together this museum show that's utilizing all the artists that we've worked with on different covers and concepts, and that's going to happen for two or three years," Thurston Moore said during a Marc Jacobs party in New York City last week. "It's going to happen in young museums; there's one outside of Paris, there's one in Malmö, Sweden."

The New York story suggests the exhibit will launch this June at the Lieu International des Formes Emergentes (LiFE) in Saint-Nazaire, France, while the Whitney in New York is being considered as well. What's more, Sonic Youth hope to perform at each of the exhibition sites.

The band also plans to start writing its Rather Ripped follow-up this spring.

In other related and not necessarily related news, Daydream Nation the album is headed to a venue Down Under near you, while Daydream Nation the movie should turn up in theaters before long.

A short film co-starring Obama-backer Kim Gordon may be headed to a festival near you soon too, while a DVD directed by the aforementioned Kern and featuring music by Mr. Moore is bound for an adult video store near you March 18. And that's to say nothing of the Sonic Youth member-boasting Rhys Chatham discs due March 4 or the Sonic Youth-boasting "From the Basement" episode airing Stateside March 14. Gotta catch 'em all!

SRSLY SY:

02-16 Auckland, New Zealand - Bruce Mason Centre *
02-18 Sydney, Australia - Enmore Theatre *^
02-19 Sydney, Australia - Enmore Theatre *
02-20 Melbourne, Australia - The Metro *^
02-21 Melbourne, Australia - The Metro *
02-22 Adelaide, Australia - Fowlers Live Courtyard *^
02-23 Perth, Australia - Beck's Music Box (Perth International Arts Festival) *
03-01 New York, NY - Webster Hall (Thurston Moore and the New Wave Bandits show) #

* performing Daydream Nation
^ with the Scientists performing Blood Red River
# with Roky Erickson