White Boy Rick May 2026
Who Is White Boy Rick? Richard John Wershe Jr. (born July 18, 1969), known universally as “White Boy Rick,” is a former FBI informant and convicted drug trafficker from Detroit, Michigan. His story is a tragic and bewildering mix of underage crime, law enforcement exploitation, and a record-breaking prison sentence.
Excellent case. A few months before this was published, I met Lee Ranaldo at a film he was presenting and I brought this album for him to sign. Lee said it was his “favorite” Sonic Youth album, and (no surprise) it’s mine too, which is why I brought it.
For the record, I love and own nearly every studio album they released, so it’s not a mere preference for a particular stage of their career – it’s simply the one that came out on top.
Nice appreciative analysis of Sonic Youth’s strongest and most artistic ’90s album. I dug a little deeper in my analysis (‘Beyond SubUrbia: A View Through the Trees’), but I think my Gen-x perspective demanded that.