Thurston Moore @ Apple Store Soho (CMJ '07 Day Two)

Here's a little piece of advice for all you CMJ festival goers: if a band has been freakin' huge for over two decades DO NOT run late for their shows!!! Such was the case for me in heading to see Thurston Moore at the Apple Store in Soho, I was running behind, I was sweating profusely from the unseasonable weather outside and I was forced to watch Thurston and his band perform from an aisle that they sell laptop cases in.

Needless to say the place was packed with people that came to worship at the temple of a true rock god, and having never seen Thurston solo I felt the draw of him pulling at me hard. Unfortunately the aisle where they backpacks is not the best place to stand and watch Thurston Moore perform.

I stood for two and half songs, barely able to see the band performing and listened as Thurston treated us to a couple of songs from his new album. The sound was stellar and the band was tight, but standing so far back at a festival of small bands and smaller venues seemed a bit wrong.

So after just the two and a half songs I left the Apple Store, happy that I had seen Thurston but wishing I had gotten there a bit early.