1. If you have annoying neighbors and want them to move, play "Female Mechanic Now on Duty" as loud as your woofers can be flexed. If this doesn't get them to leave the neighborhood, then maybe they already own this album and think you're cool.

2. Lyrically and musically, "Hits of Sunshine (for Allen Ginsberg)" is a beautiful song. Thurston Moore's voice soothes the soul and brings forth images of an amazing poet whose spirit will never die.

3. The photographs inside the booklet are by Mark Borthwick and are worth more than the cost of the album.

4. "Wildflower Soul" will make you want to leave your familiar surroundings, go for a walk or drive through the countryside, and chase the shadows.

5. Song two is a jammy pack called "Sunday" that gets the album rollin' and goes to work on your toe-tapping abilities. Guitar distortions mixed with spiraling rhythms send pulsations to parts of your good-body that need it the most.

6. The cover art by Marnie Weber is titled "hamster girl," and it will make you laugh, daydream, and wonder what it would be like if you knew a real hamster girl.

7. "Snare, girl" in my eyes is a lullaby. If you're having trouble sleeping, you may want to place this song on the hi-fi turntable and put your head to the pillow. No need to count sheep.

8. For those of you who look for quality and quantity when spending your hard-earned pennies on an album, a thousand leaves has eleven gems clocking in at 74 minutes and five seconds. Divide the cost of the album by the number of songs, and you pay an average price of $1.18 per song. What a steal!

9. Sonic Youth would like to tour with Phish and Glaucus. If that happens, you'll want to have listened several times to a thousand leaves. This way you'll be familiar with their shit and won't be splashing on your cK patchouli during the wrong set.

10. If you're a Sonic Youth fan, then you'll want to pick up their latest body of work to update your collection. Otherwise ... what will the neighbors think?