Searching the internet for Albini's tour diary back when I was in high school.

I have no fucking clue. I think I was in the process of learning how to record music. This was back in the days of drum samples assembled in Goldwave, a pitch bender on the guitar for "bass," and a USB mic with a pop screen made from a crochet hoop and some nylon fabric from JoAnn Fabrics. And I think I was reading about how Steve engineered records, and since I'd just picked up Surfer Rosa, and was listening to In Utero a lot, and I liked that sound, I decided, "let's just listen to everything this dude did and grift his techniques." And I guess I ended up on the EA website around 2009 and stumbled into the forum. I used to use the songwriting challenge as motivation to actually finish things. That was fun. But I seem to remember that everyone stopped having time for it around the same time. All of my friends stopped having free time around that time, too, and so did I, so I'm thinking there was some kind of macro-level thing involved. I blame Mitch McConnell. It's not too hard to blame him for most of the world's problems.

seby wrote: Sat Jun 05, 2021 9:09 pm Salad Fingers

Holy crap, something else i'd forgotten about. I feel like a dredger just returned from trawling the back of my skull.

seby wrote: Sat Jun 05, 2021 9:09 pm Fuck the internet is boring these days!

I know what you mean. As things become more sleek and corporate, there's a missing element of fun and naivety.

I really can't remember but if I had to guess it probably involved teachers name dropping at college.

I’m surprised I’m allowed to be on any forum at all given the banality and general lack of intrinsic value of my posts. Not to mention my complete lack of correct grammar and spelling errors that are so outlandish they could be viewed as either comical or disturbing given their context. It hasn’t even been two months yet, and I have already deleted two that ended up being asinine which I had no idea you could even do, thank Christ.*

*This post was made using the Merrian-Webster iPhone app and website that checks sentence for errors.

Downstairs neighbor FM hellaskeletons got me to go to a night of the BBQ at Quenchers. I remember thinking, "gosh these guys like Shellac."

Checked out another BBQ because I heard there was a Voivod cover band.

Went to our first Thundersnow and brought our DJ setup, which was either a great idea or the beginning of everything going to shit, depending on how you look at it

Was hosting bands by the next BBQ (I still have more New China shirts than any other band)

Ended up helping out with BBQ and Thundersnow stuff a fair bit. Nobody's asked me to leave. Best weekends of the year.

Figured I should probably make a forum account?

No idea, which says a lot for the state I must have been in at that point. I know I left once for fear it was too much of a crutch, before realising I should perhaps cut myself a little slack - no man is an island and all that.

This place is maybe the best balance online between exacting nerds and well-intentioned humour. It's more special than I dare admit.

jason from volo wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 9:16 am

A_Man_Who_Tries wrote: Fri Jun 11, 2021 9:08 am This place is maybe the best balance online between exacting nerds and well-intentioned humour. It's more special than I dare admit.

I'm practically hitting myself for not joining sooner. I have very few people in real life that I have to talk about this stuff.

Hopefully it doesn't seem weird that I seemingly reply to everything you post. Finding this place, I sometimes feel like a little puppy who's a little too eager for everyone's attention.

One of the most amusing things about attending BBQs was witnessing a handful of people (sometimes people from a band) new to it and having their minds blown in real time. You see the delight in their faces when they realize there's a place where people love bands like their own, get all their references and jokes, or they're drunk and full on homemade beer and the burrito someone handed to them, and so on. It happens to everyone to some degree.

Cynicism, boredom, and scene politics can eventually creep in, but it's charming to witness that light bulb moment in others.

Longtime lurker on the old forum. It was truly a goldmine for music, film, etc. knowledge. When I saw the forum was back, I decided to sign up.

Some assholes were talking about me, so I decided to pop back on and defend my honor. Been awhile.

Everything above is the type of content I love to see.