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Artist: Sonic Youth
Canonical path: /sonic-youth/providence
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Providence
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Providence
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[Mike Watt]
"Watt Here! I'm downstairs from your window... if you're up...
pub 'phone booth... if you're up...(I get tense) [Beep]"
[Mike Watt]
"Thurston! Watt! Thurston! I think it's ten thirty, we'recalling
from Providence, Rhode Island. Did you find your shit? Yougotta
watch the motin' Thurston, your fuckin' memory just goes out thawindow.
We couldn't find it in the van at all, we wonderin' if you lookedin
that trash can. When we threw out that trash, man, was the bagin
your hand, did you dump it? Call later. Bye."
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