The climate at the Museum of Contemporary Art has been, shall we say, touch and go for quite some time now but they've pulled in a neat score for Valentine's Day, a performance from longtime sweethearts Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore. The Sonic Youth fuzz-lovers will be playing at the members-only opening for the museum's upcoming Dan Graham exhibition (Feb. 15-May 25), according to our sister blog Culture Monster. Not a member? A sliver of hope from the Monster's Lisa Fung:

"If you’re too cheap to support the museum with an actual membership but want to hear Moore and Gordon, there’s a tiny chance you can still snag a ticket to the sold-out artist talk Feb. 15, when they appear with the artist, as well as Bennett Simpson, MOCA's associate curator and co-curator of the exhibition. For those wondering about the connection: Graham has collaborated with Sonic Youth on his art projects."

Sonic Youth has always liked its collaborations (they roll deep with Paul McCarthy and several other art stars) but the latest deal between Gordon and Urban Outfitters has gotten a few blogs peevishly reviving a distinctly '90s lambaste. Pitchfork wrote today in an item, "Get ready for another fun round of accusatory blog posts and defensive interview quotes: Sonic Youth are selling out again!"

So what's the big "sell out"? It's Gordon debuting Mirror/Dash, a new fashion line that launched last September but will be revealed in full at the indie-styled clothing shop Feb. 16. Designed with help from friends Melinda Wansbrough and Jeffrey Monteiro, Gordon describes the line in an interview with the New York Times as "a little less trend oriented, a little more classic, that might appeal to someone, say, who used to shop at Urban [Outfitters] but wants something slightly less young looking."