guilty_mug wrote: Thu May 16, 2024 3:35 am Having done roughly the same I think this is a great idea, but it surely would require a huge effort.

Agreed, I think both of our ideas (I love yours as well, by the way) would have to involve Electrical Audio and Steve's close friends, and they all have bigger fish to fry right now, so I wouldn't want to bother them with it now. Maybe in a few months from now someone could start a thread on here and we could collect Steve's writings etc. and build a basic framework.

But I'm literally some chump in some village in Bavaria with no prior involvement in this forum and no personal ties to Chicago, so I'm the certified least competent person to orchestrate something like this. But if someone does, I'd be happy to help with some dumb grunt work (like writing transcriptions, proofreading etc.). In the meantime I'll just save everything I find interesting on my computer, so that nothing gets lost in the ether.

Gramsci wrote: Wed May 15, 2024 2:01 pm

Lu Zwei wrote: Wed May 15, 2024 1:22 pm

Gramsci wrote: Wed May 15, 2024 12:40 pm

Great story. Link to the album?

man, fuck my album. right straight into the sun.

See, now I have to hear it…

PMed

At Primavera Barcelona this year, they've renamed one of the stages for Steve. The schedule says there's going to be a 'Shellac listening party'.

My nice friend texted me a memorial segment that aired on… Morning Joe?!

prowler wrote: Thu May 16, 2024 12:59 am FM vish's remembrance of steve is all i hoped it would be. i obviously don't have the connection that he (and some of you) had with the man, but his interviews always made me share in that world a little bit

Also mentions his "Lido Shuffle" performance w/ The Hype at the 2010 PRFBBQ!

Hey everyone,

I'd only ever posted once or twice on the old ΕΑ forum, more than a decade ago, a few weeks before that year's Primavera, where I would be seeing Shellac live for the first time. Since then, I was lucky enough to experience them 3 more times. Even after countless concerts, Shellac remain my favorite live band.

Each time I attended the festival, I always secretly hoped that somehow I would randomly run into Steve. What I would say to him, I have no idea. All I know is, I grew up with the music he played and recorded and even shaking his hand or exchanging a few words would be a memory that I would hold on to forever (despite being aware that he hated all this hero worship stuff!).

No other artist's passing has ever shaken me quite as much as Steve's. For some reason, I believed that he would always be there, playing shows with Shellac each year, recording incredible albums, and becoming ever wiser and funnier. The world is a much poorer place without him. Much love to his friends and family.

-A Steve Albini fan from Athens, Greece

tallchris wrote: Thu May 16, 2024 10:56 am

prowler wrote: Thu May 16, 2024 12:59 am FM vish's remembrance of steve is all i hoped it would be. i obviously don't have the connection that he (and some of you) had with the man, but his interviews always made me share in that world a little bit

Also mentions his "Lido Shuffle" performance w/ The Hype at the 2010 PRFBBQ!

Whoa.. maybe the first time I've heard that mentioned "in the wild"! He compliments Tim Midyett's performance of "Hanging on the Telephone" as well. This all came up because track #2 on the new Shellac is about a karaoke bar I guess.

Maurice wrote: Sat May 11, 2024 12:16 pm

penningtron wrote: Sat May 11, 2024 6:53 am I think Steve said that door thing was BS in another interview. That said: Molina's almost improvisational approach is captured in the Josephine documentary, and Steve and the studio was clearly equipped for the job.

JM clearly liked to bullshit people in interviews. His explanation about the "listen...listen..." part also doesn't line up, because that's how the "Farewell Transmission" demo ends (included in the anniversary release).

I just saw the drawing from that session posted on IG (very cool!) and it was in studio B, with a note saying "sliding door, open and closed". I can see that happening between takes, but the way it's told meant Steve would have walked down that long staircase, tape rolling, through most of the band playing their instruments, mics and cables everywhere, all to open and close the door for some reason. Not likely.

tallchris wrote: Thu May 16, 2024 10:56 am

prowler wrote: Thu May 16, 2024 12:59 am FM vish's remembrance of steve is all i hoped it would be. i obviously don't have the connection that he (and some of you) had with the man, but his interviews always made me share in that world a little bit

Also mentions his "Lido Shuffle" performance w/ The Hype at the 2010 PRFBBQ!

ill probably write a five star review at some point. Still listening thru for now. I didn’t expect to listen to the entire 40 minute intro but I’m glad I Did. Many truths were uttered. As someone who remembers the prf vs. FM vish “controversy” but had no opinion on it, I appreciated his openness and humility. But to then bring everything back to norm Macdonald & poker was a bulls eye.
I have probably listened to half of their conversations over the years. It’s almost impossible to surprise me but I’m hooked as usual.

This may have been discussed, but I did not realize To All Trains was going to be available on Spotify. I will certainly be buying a physical copy when I can, but I'm going to take a drive right now and blast it.

All their stuff is back on Spotify, thank fuck.