july 4 1999
>LA/Orange County
>
>
>Hello all, this is Lee from Sonic Youth here, we have had a fucked up
>situation come down on us over this last night--a brand new Ryder truck
>parked at a
>Ramada Inn in Orange County with ALL OF OUR GEAR IN IT was STOLEN! All
>of our
>guitars, tools, amplifiers, drums, synth -- EVERYTHING. We are fucked,
>both
>for the show tonight at the "This Ain't No Picnic" here in Orange Co.,
>and for
>shows upcoming this week in Austin and Santa Fe. Our guitars are all
>mostly
>older and either very modified and/or fucked up/beat up. They are
>unmistakably ours, as are some of the amps, including my own 60s Fender
>Concert with the
>red/blue/yellow "Jasper Johns-style" target on it.
>
>We are asking ANYONE with ANY INFORMATION about this to get in touch
>with us
>as soon as possible by calling our man Aaron Blitzstein in New York City
>at
>212.343.2314, or via email to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". Call collect if you
>want
>to. Please no pranks, all, this is really serious--all the gear we've
>used to
>write our last few LPs worth of stuff, instruments used for songs old
>and new
>which if truly lost will mean those songs will be lost forever.
>
>Help us out if you can, there will be a reward for any info, I'm sure.
>All
>our road cases, etc, are fully marked up with our name on them, the gtrs
>are so
>unusual that they won't really be too hard to mistake. ANY info at all
>will
>be appreciated.
>
>If the thieves themselves read this, I'm sure we'd rather buy the stuff
>back
>from you than lose it forever (you fukkerz).
>
>here are some descriptions of gear:
>
>
>drums: green satin flame 60s Gretch kit (w "paisley" glow in dark kik
>headFender ToneMaster head and 4x12 cabinet
>Fender blackface Concert (4x10) w "Target design" spraypainted on front
>Pex12 fender cab
>
>Fender precision Bass
>Gibson Les Paul Jr w snoopy sticker
>Fender Jazzmasters and Jaguars--lots of 'em, mostly modified to hell
>(orig
>electronix pulled, diff p/u's etc) and usually way beat up.
>Travis Beans--1 koa wood, one red beat to shit
>
>White roadcase/briefcase full of gtr tools
>
>we will post more equip info later... thanks in advance for any help...
>PLEASE PASS THIS LIST ON TO ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE OF HELP!
>
>---Lee/Sonic Youth
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