Before Steve got on to sing Lido Shuffle, he dedicated the song to Michael from Silkworm. Does anyone remember what he said? It was something like "Michael would always say 'more drinking, more partying (?), more ____'". I'm only semi confident the drinking part was part of it. Anyone remember what it was?

eliya wrote: Sun May 12, 2024 12:53 am Before Steve got on to sing Lido Shuffle, he dedicated the song to Michael from Silkworm. Does anyone remember what he said? It was something like "Michael would always say 'more drinking, more partying (?), more ____'". I'm only semi confident the drinking part was part of it. Anyone remember what it was?

I also can’t remember what it was, but if I was a betting man, I’d say it was “…more fucking.” I mean, it WAS the horniest bbq.

Edit- I don’t remember anything particularly horny about it.

Edit Edit- I just remembered a couple of things.

eliya wrote: Sun May 12, 2024 12:53 am Before Steve got on to sing Lido Shuffle, he dedicated the song to Michael from Silkworm. Does anyone remember what he said? It was something like "Michael would always say 'more drinking, more partying (?), more ____'". I'm only semi confident the drinking part was part of it. Anyone remember what it was?

I don't remember what may have been said before the song, but immediately after:

One more drink, one more fuck, one more hearty laugh.

(the final lyric in the song is "one more for the road")

This is my inaugural post on the new forum, and I'm only sorry that it's taken the most tragic and unimaginable circumstances to make it so. Reading through your tributes and memories of Steve, I think I'm dealing with this about as well as everyone else here, which is to say, a rolling roster of sheer disbelief, sadness, and grief. I'm utterly stunned and literally saddened to tears. My thoughts, of course, are with Steve's family, Heather, and close friends. I can't imagine what they must be going through.

As many of you have said, I wouldn't have known so many brilliant and wonderful people, online and in real life, if it weren’t for the forum, which has enriched my life beyond measure. Great swathes of my record collection are indebted to Steve, who has been a part of my life and foundational in shaping my musical taste since I was a teenager in the 1980s. I couldn’t have admired anyone more as I watched him grow as a person, own his missteps, and strive to be the very best that he could be, not just in his chosen field but also in how he conducted himself in life. He left the world in better shape than he found it. He was a hero to me, and I loved him from afar.

I love you all too, even though I'm not around much these days. Our friendships and connections have migrated to social media, you’re all still very much a cherished part of my life.

This has absolutely crushed me.

Neću se uopće praviti da mogu napisati išto blizu značajnom kao što ste to svi Vi učinili prije mene, ali ću pokušati biti što osobniji. Zato to pišem na svojem jeziku i pokušat ću biti što sadržajniji...

Steve-a nisam poznavao kao velika većina Vas, to je bilo više "divljenje" izdaleka u stvarnom životu i izbliza ovdje na forumu. Znam da će zvučati glupo, ali svaki puta dok bi se odlučio nešto komentirati ovdje ili postati ovdje, osjećao sam veliku tremu, kao neki osjećaj da ne pripadam. Ali dok odvrtim danas film, to je zapravo bilo protivno svemu što je Albini predstavljao: generalnu inkluzivnost, prijateljsku ruku i bezgraničnu pomoć.

Sa Steve-om smo proveli tri predivna dana u Italiji, u intimnoj atmosferi Oxygena (Paride-ov predivan studio) i upoznali čovjeka koji ti metaforički zadaje udarac u trbuh i izaziva osmijeh u tebi/na licu od prvog trena kad ga čuješ/upoznaš. Isti osjećaj koji sam osjetio 1994e, kad sam prvi puta čuo Shellac. Nisam se oporavio od onda, nadam se da se neću do kraja života.

Hvala ti za sve, Steve. Bio si i ostao "mensch" do kraja.

@Lu Zwei

I had to use Google Translate in order to read it (!), but that was a lovely post. Thank you for sharing.

Indeed, my heartfelt thanks to everyone who has commented in this thread so far - reading your thoughts has helped me to process my own, and taken some of the sting out of the past few days.

This is an amazing community that coalesced around an amazing man. A sincere 'Salut!' to you all.

Lu Zwei wrote: Sun May 12, 2024 8:59 am Neću se uopće praviti da mogu napisati išto blizu značajnom kao što ste to svi Vi učinili prije mene, ali ću pokušati biti što osobniji. Zato to pišem na svojem jeziku i pokušat ću biti što sadržajniji...

Steve-a nisam poznavao kao velika većina Vas, to je bilo više "divljenje" izdaleka u stvarnom životu i izbliza ovdje na forumu. Znam da će zvučati glupo, ali svaki puta dok bi se odlučio nešto komentirati ovdje ili postati ovdje, osjećao sam veliku tremu, kao neki osjećaj da ne pripadam. Ali dok odvrtim danas film, to je zapravo bilo protivno svemu što je Albini predstavljao: generalnu inkluzivnost, prijateljsku ruku i bezgraničnu pomoć.

Sa Steve-om smo proveli tri predivna dana u Italiji, u intimnoj atmosferi Oxygena (Paride-ov predivan studio) i upoznali čovjeka koji ti metaforički zadaje udarac u trbuh i izaziva osmijeh u tebi/na licu od prvog trena kad ga čuješ/upoznaš. Isti osjećaj koji sam osjetio 1994e, kad sam prvi puta čuo Shellac. Nisam se oporavio od onda, nadam se da se neću do kraja života.

Hvala ti za sve, Steve. Bio si i ostao "mensch" do kraja.

Lu!

I'm about to hit the bike trails. I'm putting Njegov Sin on in my headphones. Good to see you again, Lu!

About to slather on some sunscreen and head out and I'm looking at the loaf of bread I baked this morning and the pork loin I have in the crock to turn into lunch meat for the week and - banging a well-banged drum here - that's just something I instinctually do now because I met you lot and I wouldn't have met you lot if it weren't for FM Steve. The actual differences he made to the lives of people who never met him... Fuck.
Would I have ever taken up baking bread if I hadn't seen DFTRingo do it first? Maybe. Maybe not. (And DFTRingo's impact on my life might be a whole different thread.) Eliya posted up thread about how he makes pasta sauce based on a recipe he got one time here. We have learned behaviors because of this beautiful fucking place.
IDK, saw my loaf of bread and saw Lu posting again and just started rambling. Going to put on this sun screen and gtfo of the house for a few hours

This quote from Steve was just one of a million chunks of wisdom he would share on the PRF. He probably spent about 10 seconds writing it. I reference this ALL THE TIME. It works for any creative pursuit.

"If nobody is willing to pay you to do something, then it isn't as valuable to the world as it is to you. You then decide if it's worth doing for its own sake. If it isn't, quit. If it is, carry on and who knows, maybe people will see value in it later and reward you. If not, you're still doing something you want to do."

I wish I could articulate his impact on my life more, but re-sharing that little chunk of genius will have to do.

RIP Steve.

My condolences to everyone who knew and loved him.