Forget the fucking cigarrette, I want to know how far away that mic is from his foot, and what about the angle? Do you always close mic the soles of your shoes, Steve? I read somewhere that with Nirvana you used mostly room mics to capture the shoe-sounds...

Steve smoked for decades. He quit after his old man passed on. I'm still sorta-quit. I probably have about one cigarette a month or something.

Can everyone see Novotny's bald-spot?

tommydski wrote:Can everyone see Novotny's bald-spot?

No, I think David Gest is in the way.

I like that the photo is in the Al Czervik album! [see Dr. Venkman's avatar for a visual]

derd niffer wrote:

See Steve smoke?

Smoke, Steve, smoke.

That isn't tobacco Steve is smoking. Only the finest weed laced with the most potent angel dust will do for Mr. Albini as he is a man of discriminating tastes. Where do you think all that endless creative energy comes from?

phildodd wrote:Forget the fucking cigarrette, I want to know how far away that mic is from his foot, and what about the angle? Do you always close mic the soles of your shoes, Steve? I read somewhere that with Nirvana you used mostly room mics to capture the shoe-sounds...

He apparently likes to ghost in a tad bit of the more traditional "close-miked at an angle near the edge of the shoe" sound, as shown here. Maybe only for the transients.

I like the furniture in the Studio A control room.

Is that coffee table authentic Amish Mission-style?

El Protoolio wrote:That isn't tobacco Steve is smoking. Only the finest weed laced with the most potent angel dust will do for Mr. Albini as he is a man of discriminating tastes. Where do you think all that endless creative energy comes from?

That would explain all the times I've seen him on the roof over there butt naked screaming at the top of his lungs to people walking by about birds eating his soul. I always wondered what was up with that.