mattw wrote:

STF wrote:

mattw wrote:Interview with Steve can be found here. Jeez, what a bunch of dumb questions.

I found it informative and witty.

Thanks! I was just being funny because I wrote it. Thanks again, Steve.

Cool, because I meant it and worried upon reflection that my comment might be taken for sarcasm.

Having recently got a job, I can afford this now. So long MP3s.

Kittypants is the name of one of the cats at Electrical Audio, is that right?

Yep.

Is it sort of a tribute to the cat or was it just the first name that popped up?

I was talking to my girlfriend and she said it would be nice if I wrote a song for Kittypants, and I had this little instrumental bit, this little guitar part that I'd been goofing around with and I decided that the next song that I wrote, we would dedicate it to Kittypants, and turns out, that was it.

eeheehee yey :D

I'm going to name my first born Childpants

dansoderburg wrote:I'm going to name my first born Childpants

Awesome.

"Kiddypants."

dansoderburg wrote:I'm going to name my first born Childpants

Maybe I'll start going by "Jameypants," just to add an extra syllable of gae.

sunlore wrote:[T]he thing that sticks out immediately for me is the poetics of this record. The radio lingo, "Be Prepared," the song about the hooker. That's some pretty awesome cumulative imagery there. To me, it kind of all extends from the ideas present on the early singles (esp. "Billiard Player Song" and "Doris," which are among my favorite Shellac songs anyway).

I had this same reaction. There seems to be a direct line from the early singles to this record.

There is something uniquely gratifying about seeing friends produce great art.

Here is a well-written review to my opinion, for those of you who can read French.

NOT CRAP!

Is it just me - and i could be totally wrong - but the more i listen to shellac the more and more i hear a minutemen influence. Is this totally off base?

Ace wrote:NOT CRAP!

Is it just me - and i could be totally wrong - but the more i listen to shellac the more and more i hear a minutemen influence. Is this totally off base?

I think I read somewhere (may've been here) where Mr. Albini says one of his favorite records is "Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat."

"Billiardspielierd" (sp?)
Steve: "This is about the Minutemen and how much we love them."

Bob Weston's bass chugs like Mike Watt's, and Todd Trainer does these economical yet totally original drum beats like George Hurley...hmm.