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Steve Albini (Posted Before I Knew Some Stuff)

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Steve Albini, Storied Producer and Icon of the Rock Underground, Dies at 61
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KEXP just switched to an all-Albini playlist...

Big Black, Pixies, and Nirvana so far...
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Reminder to not tune it to KEXP. God I hate the fucking Pixies.
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I did not know that Albini engineered mclusky's "The World Loves Us and Is Our Bitch"...
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Rush2112 wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 11:42 am Reminder to not tune it to KEXP. God I hate the fucking Pixies.
Beautiful sentiment.
Johnnie wrote: ↑Sat Sep 10, 2022 8:13 pmOh shit, you just reminded me about toilet paper.
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mister d wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 12:55 pm
Rush2112 wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 11:42 am Reminder to not tune it to KEXP. God I hate the fucking Pixies.
Beautiful sentiment.
I could be calling in and letting them know how much the Pixies suck?
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They definitely take a lot of phone calls.
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have been reminded of a great story about an old friend who went to U Chicago who - with his roommates - would *regularly* prank call Albini and he'd always pick up; my fave anecdote was when they pretended to be Butch Vig for a fair amount of time then screamed 'GET THE LED OUT' to which Albini would *not hang up but start screaming and threaten to sue*
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A friend just reminded me of another prank on Albini.

"In 1995, shortly after Jerry Garcia died, a memorial was held at a Chicago park. Grieving hippies received flyers listing a number they could call to relay their condolences to Garcia's family. The home phone of Steve Albini, the hippie-loathing punk-rock producer, rang for weeks and weeks."
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govmentchedda wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 2:34 pm A friend just reminded me of another prank on Albini.

"In 1995, shortly after Jerry Garcia died, a memorial was held at a Chicago park. Grieving hippies received flyers listing a number they could call to relay their condolences to Garcia's family. The home phone of Steve Albini, the hippie-loathing punk-rock producer, rang for weeks and weeks."
Beautiful.
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Rush2112 wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 11:42 am Reminder to not tune it to KEXP. God I hate the fucking Pixies.
Rush, I was surprised to learn today that Albini was no fan of the Pixies. Perhaps this will comfort you:
The Defector wrote: Albini didn't like the Pixies—in fact had called them "an average college rock band." (The actual quote is worse: "a band who at their top dollar best are blandly entertaining college rock ... never have I seen four cows more anxious to be led around by their nose rings.")...
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The other day I almost posted that what I’d read about Albini made him sound like a real asshole.

Well, then I read this and realized he’s much worse than that.

He was pro pedophilia. There are some sickening quotes in that piece.
Totally Kafkaesque
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Fucking gross.

And, yeah, HUGE trigger warning for anyone that's suffered any kind of abuse. JFC.
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This thread took an absolute turn.
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yeah just do not read anything in that article.
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Dear Rush,

I'm sorry I was snarky.

Love,
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tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 2:07 pm This thread took an absolute turn.
The most brutal obit thread in the history of the Swamp, maybe?
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Way worse than when you all shat on Brooks Robinson for sure.
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Yeah at least he never hit anything
he’s a fixbking cyborg or some shit. The

holy fuckbAllZ, what a ducking nightmare. Holy shot. Just, fuck. The
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I considered a few "both bad with the stick" type jokes but passed.
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