"We were told by our first manager that we should never consider making a video as art," remembers Thurston Moore, talking about this collection of 23 avant-promos. "We immediately fired the guy and made videos we thought would, well, at least be artful." Just as Sonic Youth's music has negotiated ...
“We were told by our first manager that we should never consider making a video as art,” remembers Thurston Moore, talking about this collection of 23 avant-promos. “We immediately fired the guy and made videos we thought would, well, at least be artful.”
Just as Sonic Youth’s music has negotiated a successful course between major label obligations and left-field experiment, Corporate Ghost proves their videos have been equally successful hybrids. Stretching from the 11 clips made for 1990’s Geffen debut, Goo, to 2002’s gorgeous “Disconnection Notice”, this is a testament to the band’s punk spirit, their often overlooked playfulness, and their taste in collaborators. Corporate Ghost is like a showreel of early work by some of modern cinema’s greatest talents. Spike Jonze brings a bunch of his skater mates to the hipster teenage party of “100%”. Todd Haynes puts the band in wigs, big shades and tinfoil for “Disappearer”. Chlo