I think "Dirty" was the first Sonic Youth album I ever bought (although for a long time I listened to it on a cassette taped dubbed from my best friend, and for some reason the sound only worked on the left speaker). I was 14 and just starting to get into music that wasn't played on top 40 stations, and "Dirty" made me feel like I might be cool. The record still sounds really new and exciting to me, almost a decade and a half later.

Kim Gordon rules!