Alongside 500 Jocks.
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Monday, 4 September 2023 19:02 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight months ago) link
Birmingham City fans sing Harry Lauder at every game ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Monday, 4 September 2023 19:18 (eight months ago) link
(Josh, what’s yr Bluesky handle?)
@joshinop I don't think there will be much excitement on there from me, but it's always nice to connect!
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 4 September 2023 19:24 (eight months ago) link
Proclaimers, Buddy Holly brings to mind the DLR quote "The reason the critics all like Elvis Costello better than me is because they all look like Elvis Costello."
― Terrycoth Baphomet (bendy), Monday, 4 September 2023 19:41 (eight months ago) link
500 miles is a great song. I liked it, then I made fun of it and now I’ve gone back around to liking it.
― Cow_Art, Monday, 4 September 2023 19:43 (eight months ago) link
dlrelvis costelloeven the proclaimersbut esp buddy holly
alex, the question is "who are artists better than steve albini?"
― you need magical thinking ay my name is david blaine (Hunt3r), Monday, 4 September 2023 19:54 (eight months ago) link
Hmm. “500 Miles” sounding pretty good on this listen. Maybe I will try it at karaoke as a way to work on my comedy IRN-BRU accent.
― The Thin, Wild Mercury Rising (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 4 September 2023 19:56 (eight months ago) link
Xpost Sorry, it was people Rivers Cuomo thinks he looks like.
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 4 September 2023 19:56 (eight months ago) link
lol
― you need magical thinking ay my name is david blaine (Hunt3r), Monday, 4 September 2023 19:56 (eight months ago) link
if you live in scotland 500 miles is akin to freebird or somesusch, although i'd take freebird over it in a second.
― stirmonster, Monday, 4 September 2023 21:37 (eight months ago) link
Do people yell out out “500 Miles!” at every gig by every band in Scotland?
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 4 September 2023 21:41 (eight months ago) link
of course.
― stirmonster, Monday, 4 September 2023 21:42 (eight months ago) link
Every band in Scotland plays it.
― Monthly Python (Tom D.), Monday, 4 September 2023 21:44 (eight months ago) link
Then a haggis walks backwards on the stage while a kilted piper plays
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Monday, 4 September 2023 21:49 (eight months ago) link
wpm
― you need magical thinking ay my name is david blaine (Hunt3r), Monday, 4 September 2023 21:53 (eight months ago) link
I prefer “500/20 Miles” myself
― The Thin, Wild Mercury Rising (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 4 September 2023 22:14 (eight months ago) link
500 Miles is brilliant and it's still not one of my favourite Proclaimers songs : )
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Monday, 4 September 2023 22:16 (eight months ago) link
FWIW I'm pleasantly surprised by his Specials love - I unconsciously (and unfairly) assumed Jamaican or JA-derived music would be off his remit somehow - but then I remembered didn't he also dig UB40 in the early 80s?
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Monday, 4 September 2023 22:20 (eight months ago) link
Which is the best Proclaimers song in your opinion?
― The Thin, Wild Mercury Rising (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 4 September 2023 22:28 (eight months ago) link
Probably it's There's a Touch. Though I cannot conceive of it being up ilx's alley at all. Followed by Throw the 'R' Away.
What can I say, their Best Of MVs DVD was foundational stuff for me so it's partly a nostalgia thing but I never 'outgrow' such attractions. I'm quite happy to give some, if not all of the love that Folk Festival pop needs here.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Monday, 4 September 2023 22:34 (eight months ago) link
Throw The 'R' Away for me
― MaresNest, Monday, 4 September 2023 22:52 (eight months ago) link
Based on his taste and his no-no list, I bet Steve is the ultimate "Cabaret Voltaire personally betrayed me after Red Mecca" guy
― Doctor Madame Frances Experimento, LLC", Tuesday, 5 September 2023 19:06 (eight months ago) link
lololol
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Tuesday, 5 September 2023 19:21 (eight months ago) link
I know he did criticize 80s Wire.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 5 September 2023 21:02 (eight months ago) link
I'm with James Redd. I wouldn't call it a favorite, but after listening to it a few times, "500 Miles" sounds like a pretty good single to me.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 00:13 (eight months ago) link
I listened to that whole album for the first time the other day, it was pretty solid.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 00:47 (eight months ago) link
That album even has its own POLL
― The Thin, Wild Mercury Rising (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 00:57 (eight months ago) link
Do you know what their most recent album is called?
― The Thin, Wild Mercury Rising (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 01:11 (eight months ago) link
He seemed to have kicked up a fuss today amongst Jeff Rosenstock fans
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 01:42 (eight months ago) link
I'd tread lightly that's a tough bunch
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 02:08 (eight months ago) link
for anyone who came here to see why people are upset and didn't expect a bunch of posts about the Proclaimers
Not often admitted, but merch cuts are 100% negotiable, to the extent that my bands over 40+ years have never, not once, ever paid them. When agents make deals, they don't care about ticket surcharges, merch cut or other leaks; they don't affect their cut. The band has to insist. https://t.co/EoX5fHiz5J— steve albini (@electricalWSOP) September 5, 2023
― Murgatroid, Wednesday, 6 September 2023 02:15 (eight months ago) link
Albini and Rosenstock ended up saying nice things about one another, but people were posting that German tour diary
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 02:23 (eight months ago) link
When it’s not “venue sells,” how does a venue audit / collect? They won’t let you fold up the table until you show them your books and write them a check for 10% of the cash you took in?
― Midi, Maxi & Efti stan account (morrisp), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 02:42 (eight months ago) link
Rosenstock correctly pointing out that Shellac (with a band leader whose day job isn’t Shellac) doesn’t necessarily play by the same rules as most bands.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 02:45 (eight months ago) link
Somebody asked him on Bluesky about recording Sunn O))) and his responses were interesting, so I'm pasting them here.
>>Have you done an interview where you discuss the technical aspects of recording SunnO)))? Such a crazy thing to try to capture.
>>It was hard! Rendering subtleties of texture at 130 dB is no joke, and they were discerning about every small detail. Very satisfying to have the playback sound convincing but a lot of work to get there.
>>But what did you do differently than other loud (but not as loud) sessions to capture those subtle textures?
>>It seems like I'm ducking the question but there's no shortcut. I listened to each of the amps, found a mic that suited each one, maintained phase and polarity between them, listened and adjusted on a per-song basis, sometimes swapping out the whole arsenal, used ambient sound judiciously...
>>Some mics I might have used at lower volume simply couldn't cope, some were surprisingly okay with it. It was not just the loudest thing ever recorded in the studio, it was the loudest thing I've ever witnessed. The whole building was vibrating and it's a pretty sturdy building.
>>Any particular standouts in the representing-high-volume dept (asking for myself)? I assume it would be unhealthy for most ribbon mics...
>>Unless a note hits the resonant frequency of the ribbon (typically quite low, but not impossible) modern ribbons (AEA, Beyer, Royer) can handle pretty high spl, and some shorter old school ribbons (RCA 74, BK5) do just fine as well. I know I used some but without my notes I have no idea which atm.
>>Is it even possible to evaluate the live sound with actual human ears? Or was it mostly about test recordings and iterating mic choice and placement?
>>Oh, the sound in the room, the live sound was what we were shooting for. Steve and Greg would spend quite some time dialing in a precise sound for each piece, and that was that. Loud or quiet, first task of an engineer is to listen to something and make a recording to recreate that sense memory.
― read-only (unperson), Tuesday, 17 October 2023 04:19 (seven months ago) link
Gibby f'n hates Steve Albini!
https://instagram.com/underdoser?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==
Anyone know what Steve said about the Buttholes recently?
― kurt schwitterz, Monday, 6 November 2023 19:47 (six months ago) link
probably mad about the disrespect shown here:
Been thinking about this picture of Steve Albini playing guitar while wearing an upside down Butthole Surfers t shirt. pic.twitter.com/tn1kWwJMS4— Father Sean Misty (@seanieviola) October 6, 2019
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 6 November 2023 19:52 (six months ago) link
He looks like Martin Starr in Freaks & Geeks.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 6 November 2023 19:56 (six months ago) link
When a Butthole Surfers shirt is being worn upside down, that is a signal that there's distress in the butthole.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 6 November 2023 20:04 (six months ago) link
Gibby also hangs out with Michael Stipe
― deep wubs and tribral rhythms (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 6 November 2023 20:05 (six months ago) link
I mean Johnny Depp (I always get them confused)
Damn... I never heard of that tour diary excerpt.
― More skin on 'Love Boat' (morrisp), Monday, 6 November 2023 20:06 (six months ago) link
that's a really disgusting passage
though...gibby seems like a dude who might not want his own history under a microscope
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 6 November 2023 20:07 (six months ago) link
Huh, would have expected Albini to be a Surfers fan.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 6 November 2023 20:19 (six months ago) link
There's a Pitchfork interview from 2015 where Albini and Ian Mackaye enthuse about the Butthole Surfers. Not sure what's happened since then.
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Monday, 6 November 2023 20:21 (six months ago) link
A lot of anti-Butthole lines were publicly drawn in the lawsuits between Buttholes and Touch & Go, with fellow bandmate Santiago Durango as T&G's lawyer(!)I imagine the antipathy hasn't gotten any better since then. Even in the reminiscing interviews with Albini/MacKaye, there's always a disappointment expressed at what buttholes the Buttholes became.
― Philip Nunez, Monday, 6 November 2023 20:27 (six months ago) link