When Sonic Youth performed David Letterman’s Late Present in 1994, a barefoot and pregnant Kim Gordon led the band via “Bull In The Heather” carrying the jersey of New York Knicks star John Starks. Gordon, now primarily based in Los Angeles, was again in her longtime house base of New York this previous Saturday — coincidentally, the twentieth anniversary of Sonic Youth’s Somewhat Ripped — when the Knicks received their first NBA championship in 53 years. “so completely satisfied to be in NYC!” she posted on Instagram together with footage of New Yorkers within the streets joyously singing “Empire State Of Thoughts.”
Gordon stored the celebration going Wednesday evening in her look on The Tonight Present. She was there to carry out “Play Me,” the title monitor from her new solo album, and he or she took the event to name again to that ’94 Letterman efficiency. This time she wore newly minted Knicks legend Jalen Brunson, the NBA Finals MVP, who capped off a exceptional playoff run by scoring 45 of his workforce’s 94 factors of their series-clinching Sport 5 win.
Gordon’s following up her Fallon look by enjoying a pop-up present at 300-capacity Night time Membership 101 within the East Village tonight. Watch her play “Play Me” beneath.
