I'm in the process of setting up a legitimate little studio space with a friend here in town and that gives me a lot of satisfaction despite my recent health difficulties. Onward and upward!!

RIP to Steve Albini, a wizard who would hate being called a wizard, but who surely made magic.

Here's the Electric Audio layout for 'Magnolia Electric Co', just sketched out simply, on paper, like it's not poised to shift time and space and all our hearts.

While millions of his generation collapsed into more and more reactionary points of view, Steve Albini had the courage and conviction to look at his past and say “I should have done better” and that’s real shit. What an absolute fucking legend. theguardian.com/music/2023/aug…

Albini will be remembered for his reliably questioning arbitrary industry 'standards', his generosity in freely sharing his techniques and insights, his modeling of expansive empathy & critical self-relection, and innumerable beautiful records. Sending love to all who knew him.

stunned. steve albini was so important to chicago and to independent music everywhere. a towering presence who would probably hate all the sappy tributes coming in. rereading this today theguardian.com/music/2023/aug…

I submitted a song to a songwriting contest last night. Should I just do this all the time? It prompted me to make the song better! Maybe I have an untapped competitive streak

My lord, the Anjin inquires as to the whereabouts of his figurines and plushies

Disappearing for 11 years, coming back and releasing a masterpiece that’s a complete stylistic reinvention of your sound, refusing to elaborate and disappearing again is one of the all time coolest moves any band will ever pull off open.spotify.com/track/4gxG38Gm…

A lot of people have somehow got it into their heads that every protest movement has to be spontaneous to be legitimate, but also that every individual protester has to be an eloquent representative of the entire movement, and that messaging and press discipline is suspicious.

the best drake diss track is pink moon. i like the part where he says “pink moon gonna get ye all”. that’s right