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[video] steve albini lecture/q&a
 

offline r40f from qrters tea party on 2005-06-10 08:50 [#01628651]
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an hour and a half long

the subject of this speech is sound recording/engineering.
he also talks about his own experiences as an engineer and
his philosophies on the "industry" and stuff like that.
it's a little dry since it's a college lecture, but it's
very worthwhile if you're interested in sound recording
and/or if you're a fan of albini.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2005-06-10 08:52 [#01628657]
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uhh, i'll check this when i get home. just yesterday some
guy was explaning a funny situation he was in with
albini..it had something to do with some woman :)


 

offline r40f from qrters tea party on 2005-06-10 08:57 [#01628668]
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hahah - i really hope i'm going to get to hear the story at
some point!


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2005-06-10 09:08 [#01628675]
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well, i can't remember it exactly, but this guy (critic,
writer) was hanging out with someone (i forgot the name
unfortunatelly) who was good mate of albini the night before
he was scheduled for the interview with albini. and that
albini's mate had some woman along, who apperantly was the
reason one of former albini's bands fell appart but they
didn't mention that..anyhow this writer/critic didn't know
about it and he asked albini the next day what was the
reason for that same band to fall appart and albuni
explained about that woman and then the guy figured it must
be the same woman from last night and he mentioned that and
that made albini real upset and went completly quiet for 10
minutes or so..he thought that was the end of the interview
but apperantly albini calmed down and they could continue :)
ahh women & rockstars..


 

offline r40f from qrters tea party on 2005-06-10 09:12 [#01628679]
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wow, that's an interesting story... i wonder if it's
true...


 

offline plaidzebra from so long, xlt on 2005-06-10 09:15 [#01628680]
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i heard big black trashed a hotel room cause the promoter
didn't provide the promised variety of altoids, true story.

any, steve albini usually makes for a good interview, he's
such an irascible, cantankerous and lecherous character.

on an unrelated anecdotal note, i missed my only opportunity
to see big black live due to a massive headache (how's that
for irony?), but the show ended after 20 minutes when
someone (possibly in the band) lit a roll of firecrackers
and the fire department showed up. i'll be interested to
see if albini offers any advice on the use of pyrotechnics
in his lecture.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2005-06-10 09:23 [#01628685]
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well, i don't know why he would tell that stoy if it wasn't
true :)
i know for a fact that that critic/writer interviewed almost
every big alternative star i can think of..he writes for
different magazines and is a memeber of some group of
advisers for music for the ministry of culture.

im not sure, but that albini's friend could have been peewee
herman..dunno how to check that story though :)


 

offline r40f from qrters tea party on 2005-06-10 09:23 [#01628687]
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i'll be interested to see if albini offers any advice on
the use of pyrotechnics in his lecture.


no, there's no mention of that. but if i'm not mistaken,
big black used to light firecrackers at every show.


 

offline r40f from qrters tea party on 2005-06-10 09:27 [#01628691]
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well, i'm just saying that it's sparse with details. where
did it happen? in slovenia? and what are the chances that
it would be the one woman who "caused" a band to break up (i
guess it would have to be the band rapeman)? i'm not
calling anyone a liar, but people do exaggerate sometimes.
and i wouldn't rule out the possibility that it could be
totally true.


 

offline plaidzebra from so long, xlt on 2005-06-10 09:28 [#01628695]
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must've been the band, then. the people i knew who made it
to the show couldn't see who lit them. word to the wise,
though: if you're playing a show in champaign, illinois,
ixnay on the cendiaryinay evicesday.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2005-06-10 09:32 [#01628702]
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oh, he was just explaining us about the sort of stuff we
must be careful when doing interviews, things that can
occour, and he just sort of quickly mentioned that story - i
bet he would love to tell us the details but no one asked
him to so he just started to explain other stuff..i can
always aski him for details though :) ofcourse he could have
exaggerated..and it didn't happen in slovenia, i think it
was in chicago.


 

offline r40f from qrters tea party on 2005-06-10 09:42 [#01628710]
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chicago makes the story much more plausible... :)

in this video, they ask albini my "favorite" question! it
made me wince.


 

offline dog_belch from Netherlands, The on 2005-06-10 09:46 [#01628720]
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Excellent, look forward to this very much. There are a
thousand ways in which I love Albini, which I won't bore the
board with now.


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2005-06-10 10:03 [#01628747]
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oh go on.


 

offline dog_belch from Netherlands, The on 2005-06-10 10:12 [#01628751]
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I think a picture perhaps paints a thousand reasons.


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offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2005-06-10 10:16 [#01628753]
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dunno why i thought he usually holds his guitar much
higher..


 


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