Jason Noble of Shipping News, Rodan, Rachel’s, and other Louisville royalty was recently diagnosed with cancer. Word is that he’s doing okay, but the medical bills are piling up. When Steve Albini got word of this, he put down the cards, left the poker table, and got Shellac together to do a one-off at Louisville’s [...]
A relatively reliable source reports that Touch & Go, the venerable Chicago indie label that's played home to such luminaries as the Butthole Surfers, Shellac and Ted Leo, is going catalog-only — no new music. See guys, this is what happens when we stop buying albums (and the economy craters). At any rate, best of [...]
This is one of my favorite songs to sing in the shower.As you can see from the tag, it is a little conversation with God that the band lets us in on. A little one sided as far as conversations go, but that is part of what makes it so special.
A "shrine":http://mog.com/Fedge/blog_post/43143, of sorts, to Steve Albini has popped up today here in the MOG-O-SPHERE. As such, I thought I would take this opportunity to post some things I once wrote to some other people about some of Albini's recordings. This is the last of three posts in a series.From Sunday, December 21, 2003 at 06:25 PM:This album is far and away my favorite Albini rec...
Wanted to post a link to this well written Steve Albini interview in the Pheonix paper this week. Daniel Brockman talks with Steve who provides thoughts regarding Shellac's tour and live show routines, the new album *Excellent Italian Greyhound*, what Excellant Italian Greyhound actually means, an ancedote about the band Bush, and another statement about the president Bush. It is a lengthy mean...
This is one of my favorite songs to sing in the shower.As you can see from the tag, it is a little conversation with God that the band lets us in on. A little one sided as far as conversations go, but that is part of what makes it so special.
A "shrine":http://mog.com/Fedge/blog_post/43143, of sorts, to Steve Albini has popped up today here in the MOG-O-SPHERE. As such, I thought I would take this opportunity to post some things I once wrote to some other people about some of Albini's recordings. This is the last of three posts in a series.From Sunday, December 21, 2003 at 06:25 PM:This album is far and away my favorite Albini rec...
So, last year after the bells finally tolled for my failed relationship I decided that a long stint of sleeping around was called for. I am kinda pleased about this decision. It is working out well for me and I only feel lonely most of the time rather than all of the time.Anyway, this lead me to thinking about the best ever break up song, which I also think is the greatest love song ever – Pray.