Tag: Steve Albini
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RC 270: Pop Is Dead #5 – Moneygoround
Fifth instalment of the Pop Is Dead series, all about the dirty, dirty cash in the music industry, with occasional interruptions from Steve Albini and The Story of Pop. The finale will be next week. Get the money, Mr. Potato, Get the money, Pay the Eskimo… (163Mb, 2:02) Doxa Sinistra – Call Now! The Kinks…
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Steve Albini faces up to the music industry (again)
Great if long video / transcript of Steve Albini’s speech at Face The Music in Melbourne which echoes his classic ‘The Problem With Music’ from 21 years ago. Although I’d not describe Prince’s music as ‘poison’ I do think the purple dwarf’s attitude to the internet is poisonous, and all the people who try and…
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Steve Albini on John Peel, Sonic Youth and how GQ & Fashion should Fail
Steve Albini, everyone’s favourite ‘don’t give a fuck’ misanthrope this side of Mark E, was interviewed in GQ a few years back. Yes THAT GQ – I missed it then but a link to a quote is doing the rounds again and I tracked down the interview. It’s funny, and right on the money and…