Let's wake up the neighbors, let's turn up our amps

What is your worst memory of touring with Yo La Tengo? [via chromewaves]

"Stephin Merritt, Magnetic Fields:

When we played with you at NYU, there was a convention of Baptists in the building. The Baptist students were having a Ben & Jerry's eat-a-thon on the rooftop patio, blasting Christian rock, directly under our dressing room. As everyone knows, the Magnetic Fields don't like rock. We disapprove of rock and Christianity, especially in combination."