STEVE ALBINI

Are we celebrating its 10 yr anniversary? He does good Q&A.

I have pretty much always had a weird guitar sound. My early heroes were Johnny Ramone, Ricky Wilson, Keith Levine, Santiago Durango, Colin Newman and Andy Gill. I later came to appreciate (steal from) Billy Gibbons and Wilco Johnson as well.

I love how he used Urge Overkill as a stock answer for any "worst band/most difficult to work with/overrated" type questions.

Also, being the thirtieth reference to McLusky in this thread, it threatens to trivialize them in the way the rest of us hope to trivialize Urge Overkill.

I think you're a defeatist and you are destined not to enjoy music. If you wait for other people to thrust music under your nose, you'll be listening to nothing but crap for a long while, because that's what gets thrust at us. Music is not a spectator sport.

'I want Iggy to be as rich and popular as Justin Timberlake'

Rich, okay, but what benefit is it to the world to have douchebags and Justin Timberlake fans listening to Iggy Pop? Not everything is for everybody, and I don't think everything is universally improved if you lay it on with a ladle.

This is fun, drumming podcast interview with Albini and his BB era drum machine - http://www.thetrapset.net/134-roland-steve-albini-big-black-rapeman-shellac/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vjn8u7HP1o

Steve Albini is down to heads up (ie last two players left) to win a championship bracelet at the World Series of Poker. (H/T @pkmonaghan) pic.twitter.com/m9BSKIxXul

— Marc Masters (@Marcissist) June 17, 2018

Really appreciating that Cocaine Piss shirt

apparently he won

http://www.wsop.com/images/imagestore/flashlarge/Steven_Albini_2018_WSOP_EV31_Final_Table_Giron_8JG5835.jpg

I don't understand any of this but it seems, uh, mighty clever?

https://www.pokernews.com/tours/wsop/2018-wsop/event-31-1500-stud/chips.216758.htm

Wow - https://www.pokernews.com/tours/wsop/2018-wsop/event-31-1500-stud/
https://pnimg.net/lrep/1966/80/b1c5ebd78fb.jpg

This is incredible

I read an interview once saying that poker is at least partially responsible for keeping Electrical Audio afloat.

so awesome, first WSOP winner in a Cocaine Piss band t shirt haha

Amazing.

saw this, and also very cool that he busted chris ferguson, who is a scam artist

Everything about this is perfect https://t.co/CcstyaD9Rf pic.twitter.com/WaWIoZXexi

— dan sinker (@dansinker) June 17, 2018

Ha, I can't believe that smile. That is hilarious.

the idea of albino winning not a trophy or a belt for this but what looks like a transuclent green bracelet from he dollar store is hilarious to me

this is the only good story of the year

Brian Callaci
@brian_callaci
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Replying to @dansinker
Really disappointed to see Albini selling out to WSOP instead of supporting his local indie poker scene

https://www.facebook.com/cokepiss/posts/1864045666985642

Good, long piece here about Steve & poker & winning et al

https://www.theringer.com/sports/2018/7/2/17524632/steve-albini-poker-world-series-champion

That is a good article.

Don't know where else to put this, but I learned about the existence of this in the WTF podcast:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvrJxZ5iBcc

Thought this would revive would be an annual reminder about this:

https://www.ltschi.com/don127876te.html

but apparently Steve's goodwill knows no bounds, thanks for posting.

but apparently Steve's goodwill knows no bounds

should have said "no limit"... lol

The Teeth record is really cool, I played with some folks at a live tribute to Grabski and we played the whole thing, I don't know who it sounded out in the room, but it was a wild thing to be a part of,

I know there was talk of some other recordings he made with Steve and possibly another record, but I'm not sure where all that is at.

It's like a cottage industry of mini Albini docs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86uTd_Y6vzg

There's a new(ish) Kreative Kontrol podcast chat with Albini around too, it's good but I just wish Vish Khanna wasn't such a mush mouth.

I am in the background at that home game, under the unflattering lights. Fun to have our home game archived like this.

I can't decide what's less interesting: watching people (especially celebrities) play poker or listening to a friend describe their fantasy football team.

Depends on the nicknames.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwkF3-JmSeA

"I have some of the worst pedals here, you're gonna love these"

He has a rep as a big curmudgeon, but he comes across as such a chill dude in this and the poker video.

Love the 16 string guitar.

The other Show Us Your Junk films are worth watching too, Lee Ranaldo, Money Mark, Mario Caldato and a few others.

I think I caught a Bob Weston Bomb halfway through.

Thanks for posting that btw, I love these kinds of videos (and even love Earthquaker pedals) but didn't know about the series.

Was this posted elsewhere? It's an interview with Steve Albini from 2018, I believe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J0-AM-YDjM

great!

He neglected to mention that he was a member of Pegboy lol.

https://i.imgur.com/59PVmpA.jpg

For, like, a minute, on an EP, as a favor.

Say this much about Albini, dude has an ethos. "I've heard people say that rock is dead, but I don't believe that. They haven't killed ska, for fuck's sake, how are they going to kill rock?"

For, like, a minute, on an EP, as a favor.

Their best release!

They definitely killed ska

Ha, there was a great ska band joke in What We Do In the Shadows, like, last week.

in utero 2013 mix totally fucking rips, been years since i listened to this. feel like you're right there in the room with them

xxp - A very 1998 ska act was on Jimmy Kimmel six months ago, I know people who saw Reel Big Fish recently, tons of the more traditional '90s ska acts still play.

Would be more interested in an Albini-recorded Op Ivy than the fugazi sessions.

I would love to hear Albini record Dredd Zeppelin.

According to this and suggested by the album cover art of a cake shop near Electrical, he recorded this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmSdPZiiXqk

lol, not quite the right link there hahaha:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIbX_6rKm68

(i wanted to believe for about 10 seconds though haha)