''Maybe GYBE should try writing songs. I mean, if Mogwai can do it...''
they are not v good at it callum.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 25 November 2002 19:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 25 November 2002 19:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Callum (Callum), Monday, 25 November 2002 19:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 25 November 2002 19:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Callum (Callum), Monday, 25 November 2002 19:29 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Monday, 25 November 2002 19:39 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Callum (Callum), Monday, 25 November 2002 19:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jones (actual), Monday, 25 November 2002 19:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 25 November 2002 20:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Callum (Callum), Monday, 25 November 2002 20:05 (twenty-one years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Monday, 25 November 2002 20:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 25 November 2002 20:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
― hstencil, Monday, 25 November 2002 20:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
um, he's not just a recording engineer sundar. shellac, rapeman and big black were/are good rock bands.
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 25 November 2002 20:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Monday, 25 November 2002 21:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 25 November 2002 21:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 25 November 2002 22:31 (twenty-one years ago) link
oh... don't forget the record buttons! and those level knobs! oh shit... and the pan knob!
(really tho... all respect due...)m.
― msp, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 03:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 04:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Helltime Producto (Pavlik), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 04:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
― E-to-the-Izzo, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 16:22 (twenty-one years ago) link
― hstencil, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 16:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
I'm just wondering, I mean, I like some of Albini's stuff as a guitarist, and I certainly own no shortage of Albini-produced/recorded/engineered alb's, but I buy those to hear the band, not the Bean.
I mean, I wouldn't eat burnt fries just because they were made with PEI spuds.
― E-to-the-Izzo, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 16:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
― hstencil, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 16:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
― E-to-the-Izzo, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 16:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
― hstencil, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 16:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
Skronk!
― E-to-the-Izzo, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 16:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
sundar you are needed on those threads about Pop processes and performers.....It looks like you'd be on the 'Pop Personalities! They're GrrrrrrrrATE!' side of things, since there's an implication from the above that the engineering/musician thing should be just be a backroom work-like function? Or have I just misinterpreted a joke?(I'm not having a go here - I'm genuinely curious....)
― Snowy Mann (rdmanston), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 17:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
― albert, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 21:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
you're kidding, right? his are the dryest drums i can think of.
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 26 November 2002 22:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
― gygax!, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 22:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
oh no it's INDIE!
― gygax!, Tuesday, 26 November 2002 22:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
been reading the luke haines book where he speaks fondly about steve albini (and NO ONE ELSE at all ever), which got me thinking about that 2+2 thread where albini answered a bunch of questions about his career. i read all through it a few years back and im sure he spoke about luke haines/auteurs but i can't find it on there, any ilxors remember?
― NI, Monday, 18 May 2009 12:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Albini and gf do a lot of work for charity, talk about it, are hampered by US postal service
― Dark, promiscuous five-year-old (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 10:30 (fourteen years ago) link
that is so fucking inspiring
not the post office security crap, albini's secret santa thing
― a dimension that can only be accessed through self-immolation (contenderizer), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 10:37 (fourteen years ago) link
TO THE ONE TRUE SANTA ABOVE, THIS IS MY etc.
that is an awesome thing to do. Silly postal service.
― FC Tom Tomsk Club (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 11:40 (fourteen years ago) link
The couple contacted U.S. Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., who told them he would look into the post office's policy change. But after talking to postal officials, Davis decided he agreed with the policy change.
"Better to be safe than sorry, that what my momma used to tell us," Davis said. "You can't be too protective."
Well... Yes, you can.
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 15:13 (fourteen years ago) link
That distinctive metallic chingety-ching guitar sound that Albini gets on 'Kerosene' etc... from now on I will only ever hear that as the sound of badly-mic'ed sleigh bells.
― The bugger in the short sleeves (NickB), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 15:21 (fourteen years ago) link
aw that's a real nice thing steve.
― IT WASN'T NOT FUNNY! (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 16:05 (fourteen years ago) link
er, I thought Albini was a jerk. CONFUSING
― lukevalentine, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 16:08 (fourteen years ago) link
i met him once when shellac played my friend's wedding and he was super nice and polite, even talked with their parents and everything.
― IT WASN'T NOT FUNNY! (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 16:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Line-up for next week's Letters to Santa benefit in Chicago. Second City has about 200 seats, so it's a nice, intimate place to see bands. I saw Shellac there at 3 a.m. a few years ago, for an audience of about 50; saw Tweedy, Robbie Fulks, and Jason Molina as well. The Blisters is Tweedy's kid's band--maybe 12 years old, now.
Again. Again. Again.24 hours of improvisation and music. Second City ETC 1608 N Wells St Chicago, ILAll-ages$15 for entire 24 hoursTickets available at the door only.Tuesday December 15 6pm through Wednesday December 16 6pmhttp://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=146133034046&ref=tsAuction items, raffle prizes, music and funny
Confirmed Special Guests7pm Jeff Tweedy10pm Robbie FulksMidnight Asssscat with Horatio Sanz & Matt Walsh with Chicago Guests3am Flash Mob Marching Band6am Bonnie Prince BillyNoon Nina Nastasia2pm The Mountain Goats4:30pm The Blisters
― Action Orientation (Eazy), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 16:14 (fourteen years ago) link
haha, Shellac plays weddings? wow. but yeah, it seems like Albini likes (or liked) being provocative, but most people who work with him seem to love the guy.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 16:26 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah basically my friends are super fans and his wife to be just emailed bob weston i think and ended up chatting with them about it...they basically had to pay enough to cover the opening touring band's room & board (had a band from NZ on the shellac tour) but anyway it worked out with their schedule and it was really fun, my old band got to open...
they played most of "la grange" and about 30 second of "shout at the devil" wish i recorded that set
― IT WASN'T NOT FUNNY! (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 16:29 (fourteen years ago) link
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/9109/stevealbini02dx3.jpg
― too shart (am0n), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 16:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Steve Albini's cookery blog..
http://mariobatalivoice.blogspot.com/
― Night Nurse with Wound (Jack Battery-Pack), Friday, 10 June 2011 11:04 (twelve years ago) link
"I have also successfully cooked for our cats."
classic!
― Night Nurse with Wound (Jack Battery-Pack), Friday, 10 June 2011 11:05 (twelve years ago) link
I like how if you go back to the first few entries it reads like the blandest most uninspired cooking blog ever - think there might have been rather a lot of feet-finding here
his 'great mate' Luke Haines just started one as well, can't quite figure out how much his recipes are trolling (unless you're Paul Weller)
― Beth Gibbons & Foreskin Man (DJ Mencap), Friday, 10 June 2011 12:52 (twelve years ago) link
Now that is worth bookmarking!
― Mark G, Friday, 10 June 2011 13:03 (twelve years ago) link
lol yeah I subscribed to that one
― a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Friday, 10 June 2011 13:07 (twelve years ago) link
The way John faced his mortality was inspirational. When my time comes, I hope I can follow his example. I hope when I die I go like John, embroiled in the middle of things, surrounded by people I love, doing the things that matter most. I hope I leave a mountain of shit unfinished, that I have a pan on the stove, a phone call waiting and a pencil in my hand. I hope I'm man enough to be thinking about tomorrow.For all of us, the living, the dying and the someday dying, John Grabski III, you are a hero.-steve albini
For all of us, the living, the dying and the someday dying, John Grabski III, you are a hero.
-steve albini
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 9 May 2024 06:23 (two weeks ago) link
Listening to Labradford's Fixed::Context right now and wondering if Albini had anything to say about working with them and found this from labradford poll
i want to love the first song on Mi Media Naranja but the high-frequency tone drives me absolutely INSANE. i feel like an old man but it seriously ruins the song for me. at first i thought it was some sort of mistake or weird pressing issue but apparently they did it on purpose?It's on purpose. I actually asked Steve Albini in person about it once (he engineered Fixed::Context, where a high pitched thing shows up again in the song 'David'). He shrugged and said 'those guys liked adding weird sounds.'― Poliopolice, Wednesday, March 4, 2015 8:25 PM (nine years ago)
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 9 May 2024 07:25 (two weeks ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_Uz6BO8QO0
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 9 May 2024 07:27 (two weeks ago) link
Esben and the Witch - "The Jungle". My favorite piece of later-day Albini engineering. It is hard to imagine this post-rock build-up working without the drum sound, and the way each element has a turn in the foreground as it starts, yet it maintains the tone of a live performance. Also, the way the Sketches-of-Spain trumpet appears halfway through, and is mixed in the middle-ground, mournful but out of reach. Eventually all the elements dart around the synth gurgles, and come together for a metallic crescendo. So much to balance, while still maintaining the sound of a power trio + guests.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAWmOoVJvIU
― Bertold Brak (bendy), Thursday, 9 May 2024 12:36 (two weeks ago) link
Idk why this one popped into my head but I had a listen through this record for the first time in ages last night, fun French post-hardcore troika, kinda bare bones, you can see why they chose Steve to engineer the record.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWOlnglKDcI
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 9 May 2024 12:49 (two weeks ago) link
Cranked SUNN O))) Life Metal this evening and although not my absolute favourite of theirs you can sense the love with which that huge sound was wrestled to tape. Amazing to hear tiny elements suspended in perfect clarity against the tectonic drones.
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 9 May 2024 12:57 (two weeks ago) link
xp love that Sloy album, a friend gave it to me years ago and it still rocks!
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Thursday, 9 May 2024 13:59 (two weeks ago) link
Letter to Nirvana
https://x.com/Nirvana/status/1788363101068509223
Fucking legend.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 9 May 2024 14:18 (two weeks ago) link
Anyone knows if there is an Albini only version of Newsom’s Y’s? Not a fan of Van Dyke Parks arrangements for it.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 9 May 2024 14:22 (two weeks ago) link
That letter is amazing
― Vinnie, Thursday, 9 May 2024 14:51 (two weeks ago) link
Yeah I know he had a certain animosity about working with them but huge respect for doing it without compromising his morals.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 9 May 2024 15:14 (two weeks ago) link
goddammit. pic.twitter.com/zhjXgERq1q— apr-y-l (@aprylhm) May 9, 2024
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 10 May 2024 03:29 (two weeks ago) link
I need to watch that whole episode
― curmudgeon, Friday, 10 May 2024 04:02 (two weeks ago) link
with Anthony Bourdain
― curmudgeon, Friday, 10 May 2024 04:03 (two weeks ago) link
I thought I'd seen every No Reservations but I don't remember the Chicago episode at all
― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 10 May 2024 04:18 (two weeks ago) link
at first i thought it was editing, but he goes into that huge sandwich for a bite or two and then follows it with some ice cream. that's some true midwest shit.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Friday, 10 May 2024 04:55 (two weeks ago) link
I was worried for a moment that was from the bad Chicago episode but it's from the good one. In the bad one, he also eats dinner with Mancow
― ɥɯ ︵ (°□°) (mh), Friday, 10 May 2024 16:11 (two weeks ago) link
Bourdain, that is. I doubt Albini would have ever been anywhere near Mancow
Had no idea he lived in my neighborhood. Was reading his Grub Street Diet and he mentioned buying pork shoulder at the grocery store I go to every week.
― jaymc, Friday, 10 May 2024 16:21 (two weeks ago) link
Here 'tis -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lZoLBU1egw
― Maresn3st, Friday, 10 May 2024 16:24 (two weeks ago) link
Ahhh, it's Parts Unknown. Completely forgot that it wasn't always No Reservations.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Friday, 10 May 2024 16:35 (two weeks ago) link
Saw Orchid last night in Brooklyn and their intro was having everyone listen to "Prayer to God" in the dark. It was kind of amazing but also made me sad.
― gman59, Friday, 10 May 2024 19:14 (two weeks ago) link