I wanted to leave a bunch of space for Steve's friends to grieve him here, but instead I left way too much and have been AWOL.

No one needs a eulogy from me—I only had two real-life interactions with him, and in my decade+ here I don't think I've made one valuable post?—but I did want to finally register my condolences on the board.

My sincere condolences to everyone here, and anyone whose world is diminished by Steve's absence, which is everyone.

Maybe not the ideal context to bring this up--should there be a separate thread perhaps?--but I think the two LPs Steve recorded for Spare Snare haven't gotten enough attention around here. Quality stuff!

Of course, when I told two friends of mine, who got me into Spare Snare in the nineties, about the first one, they didn't reply. Then the LP Sounds got released. Then about six months later, one of these friends, who's always been a massive Steve Albini fan, gets in touch and says something to the effect of, "Have you heard this? This sounds so good!"

You get old enough and having friends is like not having friends, a fair chunk of the time. But yes, I agree, dingus, it does sound good!

Everything does feel a little pointless now.

Mickey242 wrote: Sat Oct 05, 2024 8:56 pm Everything does feel a little pointless now.

i hate to admit it, but i said the same thing prior to wsop. but i also cling to moments of brightness just a little longer.

rsmurphy wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2024 7:26 am

Cute picture! Context?

^ sorry for the crappy pic but this was taken at the last Breeders show (and not to derail the thread but I don't think I'm a big fan of Salt Shed. It's far too big).

Small tribute to SA at about the 2:30 mark in the new Kim Deal video:

tallchris wrote: Mon Oct 07, 2024 4:08 pm Small tribute to SA at about the 2:30 mark in the new Kim Deal video:

i totally missed that till emily pointed it out to me. made me tear up.
also holy smokes the new Kim songs are so fucking good

Yeah, it caught me off-guard as well.

Also yes, the new Kim songs released so far are all so fucking good. This record could be something special.