Really enjoying ILXors doing "physician heal thyself" routines to a guy bemoaning a serial groomer and abuser because he used the no-no word on a Tellus cassette in 1985
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 3 September 2023 19:36 (nine months ago) link
what word would that be whiney
― your original display name is still visible (Left), Sunday, 3 September 2023 19:37 (nine months ago) link
do you want to share or are you just bluffing
― your original display name is still visible (Left), Sunday, 3 September 2023 19:38 (nine months ago) link
It is The Worst Word but ... that ... still doesn't make it equivalent to a decades-long pattern of physical and sexual abuse against women unless you're trying to win ad hom points on a message board
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 3 September 2023 19:41 (nine months ago) link
I have read albini pre-face turn bragging about his sexual assaults so fuck off
― your original display name is still visible (Left), Sunday, 3 September 2023 19:49 (nine months ago) link
steve has to throw out some controps occasionally like many other people on the internet because I don’t think he enjoys being liked excessively as a person
― mh, Sunday, 3 September 2023 19:51 (nine months ago) link
xpost Well fair enough then
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 3 September 2023 19:51 (nine months ago) link
I think the weirdness around albini being distinct from the weirdness around other Problematic Acts People Love is basically just about who it is that identifies with him & how with that identification his/their identity is seen as neutral and sympathetic whereas other identities are not
His aesthetic preferences have always been bullshit but I’m also not expecting him to start gushing about Kylie minogue ilm style, I’m ok that he remains consistent in that regard but people should take it much much less seriously / authoritatively
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Sunday, 3 September 2023 20:19 (nine months ago) link
Did 20 songs, tried not to include any I worked on but made an exception for Nina. pic.twitter.com/kHPQ0BgZ0W— steve albini (@electricalWSOP) September 4, 2023
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 4 September 2023 15:16 (nine months ago) link
Okay, now that is the kind of thing I can get behind.
― The Thin, Wild Mercury Rising (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 4 September 2023 15:22 (nine months ago) link
500 Miles?????!!! LOL!
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Monday, 4 September 2023 15:30 (nine months ago) link
Appliances SFB was such a great band
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 4 September 2023 15:33 (nine months ago) link
What's the 20 songs in response to? Also, did he type it up on an analog typewriter?
― Philip Nunez, Monday, 4 September 2023 15:39 (nine months ago) link
It's in response to this prompt that has been making rounds on Twitter for the past few days:
Make a 20-track comp of your all-time fav tracks, each artist can only feature once. Not the 'best' songs, the ones that bring instant joy the second you hear the first note, the ones that give other people the best insight into what stirs your soul. Share when ready. #20tracks— Nick Worrall 🎸 (@heathensquirrel) August 20, 2023
― ˈʌglɪɪst preɪ, Monday, 4 September 2023 15:41 (nine months ago) link
xp yeah it's an original fender bassman typewriter
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 4 September 2023 15:43 (nine months ago) link
Weird that he’s still on Twitter, I assumed he left
― Disappointing cantaloupe (morrisp), Monday, 4 September 2023 15:44 (nine months ago) link
I smell Poll Week 2!
― imago, Monday, 4 September 2023 15:44 (nine months ago) link
re: 500 miles & Buddy Holly, Albini somewhat abashedly repped for them before (probably in the context of a "what songs are you ashamed you like" type thread), but I didn't realize he was baring his soul there.
― Philip Nunez, Monday, 4 September 2023 15:45 (nine months ago) link
Ashamed of Buddy Holly? What a prat.
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Monday, 4 September 2023 15:51 (nine months ago) link
Seconded
― The Thin, Wild Mercury Rising (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 4 September 2023 15:59 (nine months ago) link
lol at original fender bassman
― The Thin, Wild Mercury Rising (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 4 September 2023 16:02 (nine months ago) link
It's weird doing a list. Like there's no Specials on there but I fucking love the Specials. How did I make a list of 20 songs and not put "Monkey Man" on there? There's no instrumental music, no Sandy Nelson, no Shadowy Men, no Link Wray, all of which bring a smile to my face.— steve albini (@electricalWSOP) September 4, 2023
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 4 September 2023 16:56 (nine months ago) link
I think he's also on Bluesky, don't know if there's a difference between what he posts in either place, or his interactions.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 4 September 2023 16:57 (nine months ago) link
Yeah, that’s where I encountered him. He seems pretty active there
― Disappointing cantaloupe (morrisp), Monday, 4 September 2023 17:05 (nine months ago) link
(Josh, what’s yr Bluesky handle?)
― Disappointing cantaloupe (morrisp), Monday, 4 September 2023 17:07 (nine months ago) link
right?! maybe in the United States people perceive it differently, but yes, LOL!!
― stirmonster, Monday, 4 September 2023 17:23 (nine months ago) link
A bit like the musical equivalent of Braveheart - though not quite that awful.
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Monday, 4 September 2023 17:30 (nine months ago) link
That's incredible. What a fucking nerd
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 September 2023 17:39 (nine months ago) link
500 fucking miles. What a cunt lol
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 September 2023 17:40 (nine months ago) link
could kind of imagine 500 Miles produced in the same quiet/loud way as The Pixies' Gigantic
― NickB, Monday, 4 September 2023 17:42 (nine months ago) link
it's a good song
― mark s, Monday, 4 September 2023 17:55 (nine months ago) link
I'm gonny be disagreeing with you on that one, sorry, yin.
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Monday, 4 September 2023 18:01 (nine months ago) link
it’s a great song
― brimstead, Monday, 4 September 2023 18:04 (nine months ago) link
brimstead gets it
― mark s, Monday, 4 September 2023 18:05 (nine months ago) link
two names i never expected to add to my list of history's greatest monsters but there you go
― NickB, Monday, 4 September 2023 18:07 (nine months ago) link
It's not that it's bad (it is bad) but that after all of his huffing and puffing on the 'hard' stuff for decades...it's one hell of a choice.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 September 2023 18:10 (nine months ago) link
Maybe Steve had a hot cold night out in Ayr one time and the robust vocalisations of the Reid twins forevermore remind him of that special experience? What I really want to know is whether he liked the song in his Big Black days.
― I spent too long trying to write sensible SF (Matt #2), Monday, 4 September 2023 18:10 (nine months ago) link
Auchtermuchty, to be precise.
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Monday, 4 September 2023 18:12 (nine months ago) link
Typical of the Proclaimers to come from a place with the most Scottish name ever.
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Monday, 4 September 2023 18:13 (nine months ago) link
... and the hometown of Jimmy Shand to boot! You couldn't make it up.
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Monday, 4 September 2023 18:14 (nine months ago) link
There are a lot of songs that are good songs that I don't want to hear and don't begrudge anyone else digging.
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Monday, 4 September 2023 18:14 (nine months ago) link
Thought the proper title was “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)”
― The Thin, Wild Mercury Rising (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 4 September 2023 18:15 (nine months ago) link
Maybe he was thinking of Vanessa Carlton’s “A Thousand Miles” (and only likes half of it)
― Disappointing cantaloupe (morrisp), Monday, 4 September 2023 18:18 (nine months ago) link
Once in the late 80s/early 90s a friend and I were walking by The Bottom Line and there was a huge line around the block to get in. We asked who was playing and they told us in what I assumed at the time were Irish accents but of course might have been Scottish “The Proclaimers!” I’m not sure if we even knew who that was at the time. My friend said to me “James Redd, from the size of that line I was sure it was going to be The Rolling Stones playing a secret show or something like that.”
― The Thin, Wild Mercury Rising (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 4 September 2023 18:21 (nine months ago) link
I would queue 500 blocks
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 4 September 2023 19:02 (nine months ago) link
Alongside 500 Jocks.
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Monday, 4 September 2023 19:02 (nine months ago) link
Think the proclaimers are basically fine, but appreciate that if I were Scottish I would most likely find them unbearable
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 4 September 2023 19:04 (nine months ago) link
no true scotsman (could possibly dislike them)
is how i break it down to an extent
― mark s, Monday, 4 September 2023 19:06 (nine months ago) link
wonder how harry lauder would go down in 2023, guessing "poorly"
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 4 September 2023 19:15 (nine months ago) link
tbf too the Proclaimers twins are prob the biggest selling musicians who also somewhat resemble Steve Albini, facially
― master cushion (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 4 September 2023 19:15 (nine months ago) link