It was an interesting experience to have a phone conversation with the infamous
Steve Albini. To be honest with you, I was pretty nervous about the whole thing, as I’d heard reports about the guy ripping into fanzine journos for no apparent reason. So it was with great relief that I found the
Shellac guitarist to be both cordial and eloquent.
1. All Tomorrow Parties.
We were invited to play in 2000 (
Mogwai curated ATP) and we were all immediately impressed with the unique nature of the festival. We had been apart of the European festival experience previously and we decided that we weren’t going to bother with them any more because they were a pain in the ass! They are no fun for the patrons and no fun for the band. It’s an unflattering and uncomfortable environment to see music in. So it actually took a lot of convincing on behalf of the foundation and
we have this thing called tape, digital tape. we can go right to it. yes, and that clearly shows bias, neil. you should not be using those clips. no, that s a perfect example of the blame shifting. that has gone on in this white house. all presidents do it to a certain degree, but it s not attractive. it doesn t help them. presidents never seem to understand what i think kennedy understood, what truman understood, what reagan understood. and iran/contra, for example, you take responsibility. you take the blame. it actually helps you. people respect you for taking that blame. i was thinking going after republicans. wish we had a little more time. the bottom line is they screwed up. even the tone of his press conference today. look, the republicans are opposite. so they could be opposite over cooling it on spending but democrats are not when they re just as obstinate on not cooling