Here is the final paragraph of a letter to the editor that Steve Albini wrote to the Chicago Reader in 1994. It was directed towards a critic who wrote a year-end recap. King.

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…

RIP Steve Albini, a man who stood on his principles and never took the bag for the sake of the bag

Post one great COUNTRY album

Big day in the Powers/Rolin orbit—extremely stoked for Matt & co to have created this strange and wonderful album ✨

GP plays Cleveland with our dear friends the great Powers/Rolin duo 5/16!!

Jen’s dulcimer still sparkles to life, but on “Peridot,” Matt’s guitar brings a meditative, tectonic tone as the piece moves on. The song, rooted in lava floes and naturally destructive forces is, by turns, itself a force of nature. Astral Spirits tinyurl.com/5xwt65un

I made the artwork for 'Clearing', the
third album by the Powers/Rolin Duo, out June 21 on
Astral Editions Jen Powers

Belated by like a week, I just quietly say that folks piling on that dweeb for including STP in his list of ‘90s greats… they were actually great? Pearl Jam was clearly the weakest example in his whack take. STP, though—solid 🤷‍♀️

RIP paul auster, the writer who (for better or worse) invented the idea of modern brooklyn. a superb writer & translator, he picked up a torch previously wielded by selby + sorrentino. read the new york trilogy this year.