Thurston Moore soundtracks 'adult' flick and writes a book too!

Thurston Moore is one of those people you can't help but love. I mean, the bloke still looks like a snotty teen, even though he's been making records for 60 years, and when he's not making ears bleed with distort-o-riffs, then he's off doing something really fuckin' interesting. Jeez. Now you mention it, I hate him.

Mr Moore's latest trick is the soundtrack to an arthouse erotica film, made by New Yorkoid underground director Richard Kern. The 60-minute film, titled “Extra Action (And Extra Hardcore)”, is released on DVD on March 18, and features original music from the Sonic Yoofer. Of course, Kern has collaborated with Moore in the past, directing the schlock horror vid' for Sonic Youth's '84 single Death Valley ‘69 and supplying the cover image for their '86 album Evol.

And there's more...

A book written by Moore and Byron Coley, “No Wave: Post-Punk. Underground. New York. 1976-1980”, is also set for release in June. The book features oral and photographic accounts of the burgeoning avant-garde scene in New York that featured bands including Teenage Jesus & The Jerks, James Chance & The Contortions and Mars.