“Sonic Youth are ‘art’ in all the worst senses (they possess a certain insitutional prestige, a certain standing and position, a cetain set of meta-rationales for what they do); but they are not art in the sense that there is a compelling reason for them to exist - there is no more at stake here than just another cool leisure product with all the right credentials.”

– K-Punk’s latest on Sonic Youth. Still not sure I agree (at the end of the day, Sonic Youth are a band with good songs, so who cares), but from an institutional standpoint, sure.