a lot of Steve's best recording work was too depressing to listen to for other reasons (Silkworm, Low, Magnolia Electric Company, etc.) so I listened to The Spirituality instead and that album is still bonkers.

Obviously in shock here after the news was confirmed.. I guess one bit of comfort at the moment was remembering what Steve wrote after John Grabski's death, about wanting to die fully engrossed in his work, his art, his writing, surrounded by people he loved. I suppose he got a version of that, tho...

Obviously in shock here after the news was confirmed.. I guess one bit of comfort at the moment was remembering what Steve wrote after John Grabski's death, about wanting to die fully engrossed in his work, his art, his writing, surrounded by people he loved. I suppose he got a version of that, thou...

I realize Pitchfork is reputable but I don't believe this yet. He's posted to Bluesky within the last day or so..

Bummer. I feel like in these cases they probably could have figured that out (if it's even true, doesn't seem like you were fairly evaluated) in 2 rounds of interview. In some cases, straight off the fuckin' resume. I've had several versions of this kind of rejection and the explanations never add u...

Browsing profiles on a dating app, a lady has a video of herself playing guitar. I think "cool!"; I unmute that video, she's playing Sweet Home Alabama. You could do a LOT worse, don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. Even Neil Young likes that song. Taylor Swift on a ukulele....tha...

Krev wrote: Thu May 02, 2024 1:46 pm I think Faith was their high-water mark, but this is an excellent record.

Well put, I agree.

It was charming when one of the South Park kids called this record the GOAT.

rsmurphy wrote: Thu May 02, 2024 8:32 am The closest they came was a sleeper radio hit that hit nearly a year after Transmissions released due to the Beavis and Butthead effect. No B&B no Jelly on the fringes of 90's alterna-culture ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Don't forget the PEACH PIT AFTER DARK.

As someone who tried a lot of stuff to make a contact mic have a kick drum quality (on a typewriter), I needed to use a graphic EQ pedal into a gate pedal into a subwoofer to get that happening acoustically. If that’s what you’re going for. Yeah.. this is probably correct. Even with the sub octave ...

I really like dead sounding drums as of late, and feel like I spent many years chasing "big/live/open" drum sounds because of personal bias rather than what was right for the music. Make hydraulic heads great again, etc.... For me, it was a case of competing with volume. Now that I don't ...