Hello Otis. I am married to Steve Albini. Thank you for making such a thoughtful and informed tribute. It means more to me than you can imagine. You should; check out Robbie Fulks entire catalogue. In particular Let’s Kill Saturday Night, Couples In Trouble, Georgia Hard & his tribute to Michael Jackson. The song “God ISn’t Real” may be the reason he isn’t better known. Or “F**ck This Town” about Nashville. Also fun fact: Robbie taught Tina Fey guitar!
He never gets older, does he? 😁 Great interview, thanks. The only thing I disagree is his denial of digital music-making as he talks about the guy with the laptop on a stage with light show in the background. It's not the blacksmith's fault that people now drive cars and vice versa. And it's the same thing with digital musicians.
I totally disagree if your trying to compare playing a actual instrument with a laptop/ dj. Learning and perfecting a instrument is a actual talent. Not using a laptop. Imagine if at Woodstock in 69 they were using laptops lmao its pathetic!!!!!!
I think, unless you are using some kind of synths and generating the music live with those tools, electronic music is more a process of composition than performance. I would definitely agree that it’s an art form but if you’re just presenting a recorded piece of music then it’s not really a live performance. If you’re just pressing play then you’re not really performing something live and it’s not the same as playing an instrument that you have learned to play through years of practice. However if you are using electronic instruments like synths in real time then that is a skilled performance.
@@ianmcgranaghan9888 dj's..REAL dj's not some shmuck pressing play on a laptop.. ARE playing an instrument. They invented a whole new language almost overnight compared to someone playing a guitar or something.
@@1985cactus LOL. Steve is a recording celebrity and built the studio he makes his living with entirely because of the notoriety he gained during the major label heyday and his association with major label artists. I'm listening to another interview with him as I type in which he freely admits that Electrical Audio would have gone, and I quote, "Tits-up" if he hadn't started his recording career back then instead of now. He's also freely admitting that he never would have been able to make a living as just a musician. He says stuff like that (which is all true), and he blasts everybody else for making money off of music...ticketmaster, record labels, etc., but he charges over $1500 a day for bands to record with him at Electrical Audio, which is probably 30% more than other comparable facilities. He also ridicules the idea of intellectual property while charging those rates. In other words, HE wants to get paid for his contribution to recorded or live music, but he ridicules anyone else who wants to get paid for their contributions to it, including the bands who paid him to make the recording.
@@nervehoney6807 He records bands, from smallest indie bands to the biggest major label bands, but his approach to recording them is the same. He doesn't deal with anyone from the music industry, so no one from the record label, no one from the management etc. Also, he doesn't make money from the royalties. He charges the bands by the hour, when they are done he hands them the tape and that's it. There's zero involvement with anyone outside of the musicans.
yeah great philosophy Steve except that saturation = dilution. and so now what you celebrate here ( correctly in the aspects you celebrate, " culturally" ) which is the all reaching availability of all music, means music became as bottled water... holding little to no value ( dont mean $$ value) its worthless now. nothing special and if anything is special it is passed over in the speed of light
Steve shouldn't have compared how things work in the US to Europe because he came across as not very clued up in that subject. The healthcare issue is the perfect example as he claims artists in Europe have more 'pocket money' because they don't have to pay for healthcare but he completely missed the point that the standard of living wage in the US is superior to the one in Europe, maybe except in a couple of exceptions, meaning everything in Europe costs more against your minimum wage so in fact, if you're a fairly healthy individual, an American will have more money to spare than an European and not only that, you can get away with working less hours in the States and have spare time off to dedicate to your art than in Europe. It's no coincidence that the US is the biggest music export country in the world! He also mentions "standard healthcare" in Europe. Let me translate what that means - standard meaning the same shitty quality for everyone compared to what you get in the US. That's why if you need a (non emergency) operation in Europe, or even just to see a doctor, you will be placed in a long queue and pray that hopefully, your condition doesn't get worse before you can finally have some basic treatment. Has he looked to see how many people travel to the States from Europe every year for healthcare? And has he never spoken to an European artist? Everyone complains about the lack of venues (and they keep closing at an alarming rate), lack of incentives and lack of money to support Arts in Europe. He must have heard about maybe the only two exceptions which is Sweden and Holland, where things seem to be a lot better for musicians but Europe is way bigger than just those two countries and you cannot compare those countries to the US in terms of size, demographics and budgets. He's an audio engineer and a record producer, he should stick to what he knows best and leave what he doesn't understand to others to comment.
Yeah that was my only objection too. He also seems to miss the fact that healthcare in Europe is not single payer but a pool, so people do in fact pay for it, it's just that unless they are freelance the payment comes off automatically from their wage (so they don't manually issue the payment themselves)
@@timepaintertunebird8160 and almost five a week after that. It's crazy how there are people that still claim Albini is a jerk. He's so generous with his time and experience. Anytime I hear that claim, I use it as one of my litmus tests that shows me when someone talks out of their ass or is hiding a tie under their GBV shirt.....
june 22 (2 months 2 days) 15K. i think it's because the algorithm is taking it's time to target/show it to the right people. It showed just today for me.
We turned down a quarter mil of Mercury/Polygram's money, in 1990, because they wanted us to change all our lyrics. I'd love to be making a living with my guitar, but I'd do it again. I agree, Mr. Albini.
He’s a smart dude, he rubs some people the wrong way but with him there’s no BS. This is how he thinks, this is how he operates and that’s that. We are lucky to live in the times we do but also unlucky, we are so lucky in our ability to access music, you pretty much get music from any artist or band whether it’s on Spotify, TH-cam, or some other platform. You can be exposed to some band in another country who’s recorded a livestream, no album, no record label just their music, that is awesome. The negative is still mostly what non music people hear as ‘music’ is the stuff on radio, in movies, in ads and that’s still overwhelmingly commercial crap. It’s about as memorable and meaningful as your last dump, it’s a product usually associated with an image. It’s written, produced and recorded with the goal of selling, not creating something that means something, that’s created because someone wanted to express themselves, someone feels something tell a story or just fun. Where the creation is purely for the song, the music, not we will appeal to the lowest common denominator and look to sell tens of thousands. It’s like McDonald’s vs a top restaurant, one you get cheap, mass produced ‘food’ the other you’re getting something of quality, that’s for those that appreciate the food. I just want to see more independent bands and artists, who write their own music, who can do it live, real musicians. Don’t have to be talented, punk was not full of virtuosos but it was real, that’s the key, it’s real music whether it’s someone bashing out three chords or someone going Steve Vai, long as it’s real, made for the music, not as a product. A good song resonates with you, makes you feel something, it touches something inside you, sometimes you don’t know why but you hear it and you connect. Will those in the popular charts be remembered in 50yrs? I doubt it but every day a kid hears the Beatles or led zeppelin or buddy holly or black flag or muddy waters or Bach for the first time and it resonates with them, that’s what real music does. It’s almost timeless.
He says a right thing about govenment and subsidies and all. I dearly miss him, who was DIY person from beginning to end, yet being a respected expert of what he does.
I've never seen an interview with Steve where he fails to use the word 'paradigm', I think he has a bet with someone from years back that means he has to use it in literally every interview he does.
This is fascinating, and it's impossible to fault Albini's music business recommendations on an ethical level - on the other hand, most of the music I love was created by wasteful egomaniacs who couldn't organise a sock-drawer.
They didn't create it on their own... They might claim to have, but there will have been *someone* doing all the work behind the scenes while the "artistes" flounced about being all cool and that.
Holy shit fuck, people drop'n like flies this is so fucken sad! I was thinking about contacting him to make a recording of a song or two. Shat! Love your stuff so much Steve, rest well good sir!
A lot of wonderful, unvarnished truth here. The US health system needs urgent overhauling. Tax the rich, and give some of that money to creative arts grants.
@@BADVIBESx brilliant interview i actually like up close i can see the white coming through his dyed hair as well now i am waiting on you interviewing dolly parton or someone really over the top .
why is the secondary camera so shaky/out of focus/done so randomly? 😐 (audio engineering program, but took a camerawork class, basically they tell you to commit to something instead of moving everywhere)
I had a chance to meet and study with Steve. It was many years ago taking classes at a local - Chicago - trade school, Music Industry Workshop. I recall my impression that he was one of the 'nice guys' in the business. Smart, Knowledgeable, intelligent. I regret not spending more time and getting to know him more. DaveJ
Another reason "intellectual property" is a crazy insane bullshit sorta idea is known as "multiple invention", or "simultaneous invention". Generally that is thought of as an anomalous weird aspect of certain crucial moments of history (the invention/discovery of calculus, the printing press, DNA discovery, electromagnetic induction... etc.). But it is actually how things work all the time. We're not exactly separate entities with our own property - especially mental, emotional, artistic, inspiring.... super-especially sexually! We're sorta something swimming in an orgasmic pit of ideas and possibilities and tendencies - INFORMATION - and regardless of how much people like to play money-games and claim ownership, the planetary consciousness knows otherwise, and deep-down we all do as well. Whether people agree with this or not, that there's a conversation to be had and we're all primed and ready for it - its almost like the language(s) themselves created us to have the conversation of its own meaningful implications. We were all birthed and brought here simultaneously invented and appearing as multiple inventions - convincingly masquerading as being something around 8 billion people instead of just one planet sized monster. I heard a dude on an interview say recently: "don't you know... humanity is AI for the mineral kingdom...." Albini might appreciate such an idea. Maybe he even thought them at the same exact time that fellow did. Those lyrics to The Song Of The Minerals sure reveal the intimate love-affair with the crystalline consciousness. Copper might never become gold - but often many have said that it may be possible for lead to become precious stuff. Galena has perfect cleavage after all!
This is an incredible video. Thank you for capturing and producing this content from Steve. Brilliant, wise, and flexible for the future of music. I'm inspired and also excited.
I love his harsh, brash and honest approach to anything in life. And I love that he thrives within the same crowd that is repulsed by him dropping the R word in this video.
@@seamusmcsorley7638people still dont, ive been slinging that word around my entire life (26) and i think ive only ever had one (very pretentious arty baby boy) try tell me off, to a very quick and sharp retort "ok retard"
This is a fantastic interview, but why did the editor decide to have so many extreme closeups? Like, I don' need to see every single hair on Steve's face...
@@joshuapocalypse its cuz it was filmed on tape and the tape is all fucked up, so we had to mask the empty spots of audio and video with the other camera, which is not always best, but still i prefer rather that then using photos or shots of the studio. Stabilization in post crops the footage a lot and this is already quite low resolution, so it would look like a pixelated mess... but Im really not bothered by the out of focus stuff, a matter of taste.
Relatively uninformed fan here. This was a lovely production & conversation. Informative, occasionally hilarious, even teary - the bits about record storeS brings back so many fine memories of fantastic store clerks everywhere sharing with customers. Thanks bands, stores, clerks, musicians, Albini et al for all the great stuff. What’s life without it? Rest in peace brother. Kerosene!
Great and informative interview. He is correct that the economic environment is quite different for musicians between Europe and the States, I have lived both, but when he said European government subsidies come without strings attached he was wrong. if you deviate from the establishment script you are excluded. He also came from money so he could afford to live his 'underground' life until it paid for itself. I worked for him once. he was very decent. RIP Steve.
Love the video game riff... "conceptually, I'm OK with it... but if you ask me, I'd say NO... however, if you just used my music I would never know about it so WHY ASK???"
Hello Otis. I am married to Steve Albini. Thank you for making such a thoughtful and informed tribute. It means more to me than you can imagine. You should; check out Robbie Fulks entire catalogue. In particular Let’s Kill Saturday Night, Couples In Trouble, Georgia Hard & his tribute to Michael Jackson. The song “God ISn’t Real” may be the reason he isn’t better known. Or “F**ck This Town” about Nashville. Also fun fact: Robbie taught Tina Fey guitar!
I love this. Robbie Fulks is amazing. Not surprised to discover this connection between Steve and Robbie.
Regrets, sympathies Miss. Thanks for your comment.
Terribly sorry for your loss
Thank God there are so many cut aways of Steve's shoes.
And of the inside of his nose
Comfort over style every time baby!
Right?! Wtf
There was nothing exciting for b roll so they just filmed his Keds
just as I'm noticing this comment.... {cut to shoes}
I think it's really sweet that you let your kid run the camera.
Actually its completely correct, we were kids at the time, we were students and we really had no fucking clue what we were doing :D
@@BADVIBESx You did it though, while everyone else your age was hung over and asleep. 🤙🏼
Sound arguments, opinions, and predictions, reasoned from first principles. As true today as it all was 13 years ago. What a life he gave us. ❤
I've always appreciated Steve's materialist perspectives on the music industry and diy finances.
Thanks for sharing
Slay the dragon.
Thanks For This
this was a fucking excellent interview.
Glad the camera man fought through that bout of Parkinson’s.
real raw love Steve Albini -PREXENTS #prexents
He never gets older, does he? 😁
Great interview, thanks.
The only thing I disagree is his denial of digital music-making as he talks about the guy with the laptop on a stage with light show in the background. It's not the blacksmith's fault that people now drive cars and vice versa. And it's the same thing with digital musicians.
I totally disagree if your trying to compare playing a actual instrument with a laptop/ dj. Learning and perfecting a instrument is a actual talent. Not using a laptop. Imagine if at Woodstock in 69 they were using laptops lmao its pathetic!!!!!!
@@ianmcgranaghan9888
You don't get the point. I don't compare, I'm just saying, that electronic music-making is an art form, too.
Technically a computer is an instrument
I think, unless you are using some kind of synths and generating the music live with those tools, electronic music is more a process of composition than performance. I would definitely agree that it’s an art form but if you’re just presenting a recorded piece of music then it’s not really a live performance. If you’re just pressing play then you’re not really performing something live and it’s not the same as playing an instrument that you have learned to play through years of practice. However if you are using electronic instruments like synths in real time then that is a skilled performance.
@@ianmcgranaghan9888 dj's..REAL dj's not some shmuck pressing play on a laptop.. ARE playing an instrument. They invented a whole new language almost overnight compared to someone playing a guitar or something.
Why don't we do it in the road? Why don't we do do it, do it in the road?
No one will be watching us, why don't we do it in the road?
boufant jellyfish!
Steve Albini: The music industry is dead.
Also Steve Albini: Time to make the next record. It's my "job."
What the hell are you even talking about?
@@1985cactus I think he's referring to some contradictions in the man's stated philosophies.
@@nervehoney6807 It's possible to make music outside the music industry. Steve should know, he's been making it his whole life.
@@1985cactus LOL. Steve is a recording celebrity and built the studio he makes his living with entirely because of the notoriety he gained during the major label heyday and his association with major label artists.
I'm listening to another interview with him as I type in which he freely admits that Electrical Audio would have gone, and I quote, "Tits-up" if he hadn't started his recording career back then instead of now.
He's also freely admitting that he never would have been able to make a living as just a musician.
He says stuff like that (which is all true), and he blasts everybody else for making money off of music...ticketmaster, record labels, etc., but he charges over $1500 a day for bands to record with him at Electrical Audio, which is probably 30% more than other comparable facilities.
He also ridicules the idea of intellectual property while charging those rates. In other words, HE wants to get paid for his contribution to recorded or live music, but he ridicules anyone else who wants to get paid for their contributions to it, including the bands who paid him to make the recording.
@@nervehoney6807 He records bands, from smallest indie bands to the biggest major label bands, but his approach to recording them is the same. He doesn't deal with anyone from the music industry, so no one from the record label, no one from the management etc. Also, he doesn't make money from the royalties. He charges the bands by the hour, when they are done he hands them the tape and that's it. There's zero involvement with anyone outside of the musicans.
you have dried snot in your nostril, getting a lot of attention on the close-ups
yeah great philosophy Steve except that saturation = dilution. and so now what you celebrate here ( correctly in the aspects you celebrate, " culturally" ) which is the all reaching availability of all music, means music became as bottled water... holding little to no value ( dont mean $$ value)
its worthless now.
nothing special and if anything is special it is passed over in the speed of light
Steve shouldn't have compared how things work in the US to Europe because he came across as not very clued up in that subject. The healthcare issue is the perfect example as he claims artists in Europe have more 'pocket money' because they don't have to pay for healthcare but he completely missed the point that the standard of living wage in the US is superior to the one in Europe, maybe except in a couple of exceptions, meaning everything in Europe costs more against your minimum wage so in fact, if you're a fairly healthy individual, an American will have more money to spare than an European and not only that, you can get away with working less hours in the States and have spare time off to dedicate to your art than in Europe. It's no coincidence that the US is the biggest music export country in the world! He also mentions "standard healthcare" in Europe. Let me translate what that means - standard meaning the same shitty quality for everyone compared to what you get in the US. That's why if you need a (non emergency) operation in Europe, or even just to see a doctor, you will be placed in a long queue and pray that hopefully, your condition doesn't get worse before you can finally have some basic treatment. Has he looked to see how many people travel to the States from Europe every year for healthcare? And has he never spoken to an European artist? Everyone complains about the lack of venues (and they keep closing at an alarming rate), lack of incentives and lack of money to support Arts in Europe. He must have heard about maybe the only two exceptions which is Sweden and Holland, where things seem to be a lot better for musicians but Europe is way bigger than just those two countries and you cannot compare those countries to the US in terms of size, demographics and budgets. He's an audio engineer and a record producer, he should stick to what he knows best and leave what he doesn't understand to others to comment.
Yeah that was my only objection too. He also seems to miss the fact that healthcare in Europe is not single payer but a pool, so people do in fact pay for it, it's just that unless they are freelance the payment comes off automatically from their wage (so they don't manually issue the payment themselves)
American ethos as it's finest 😂
@@theoryforce6971 See above conversation about "taxes" and how Americans resent them.
Rest in Peace, Steve. Your methods in recording those prolific albums will be remembered forever....
He’s a nonce
I don’t what it is about Albini but I could listen to him lecture about the menu at Waffle House and be mesmerized
But would it change your waffle house order?
He’s a wellspring of good ideas about how to spread joy
Continuing participation is better than money
Crazy how a 38-minute Albini interview has only 900 views. Great work.
1 week later it has 2k
@@timepaintertunebird8160 and almost five a week after that. It's crazy how there are people that still claim Albini is a jerk. He's so generous with his time and experience. Anytime I hear that claim, I use it as one of my litmus tests that shows me when someone talks out of their ass or is hiding a tie under their GBV shirt.....
9k views 2 weeks later
Its all the hand and feet close ups. Couldn't watch it.
june 22 (2 months 2 days) 15K.
i think it's because the algorithm is taking it's time to target/show it to the right people. It showed just today for me.
RIP legend ❤❤❤❤❤
We turned down a quarter mil of Mercury/Polygram's money, in 1990, because they wanted us to change all our lyrics. I'd love to be making a living with my guitar, but I'd do it again. I agree, Mr. Albini.
What band were you in?
@@blistabliss An imaginary one
Didn't know Steve wore anything but his mechanics coveralls in the studio.
Ha! This was my first thought as well.
He always looks so fresh in it too
The king of snare drum ambiance lol
I listened to how he recorded snares and got a sound that was basically my own.
It’s just Bruford on Close to the Edge.
With some more aid around the rim.
*air
YOU'VE HEARD THIS, GUYS, WE CAN USE DUDE'S MUSIC ANYWHERE AND HE DOES NOT GIVE A FUCK. wish I was making skating videos so I can put shellac on it
START MAKING SKATE VIDEOS
Nice to know! I'll tell the skaters. Sick thanks!!!
If the licensing is owned (or controlled) by a record company, you’ll still get fucked.
@@graxjpg all of his music is licensed by touch and go records. i believe they're pretty OK with it
Rest in peace Steve Albini
So sad to see all of the legends leave this world
Respect 💙
The audio in this video is very punk rock
😂😂
Really live audio.
He’s a smart dude, he rubs some people the wrong way but with him there’s no BS. This is how he thinks, this is how he operates and that’s that. We are lucky to live in the times we do but also unlucky, we are so lucky in our ability to access music, you pretty much get music from any artist or band whether it’s on Spotify, TH-cam, or some other platform. You can be exposed to some band in another country who’s recorded a livestream, no album, no record label just their music, that is awesome. The negative is still mostly what non music people hear as ‘music’ is the stuff on radio, in movies, in ads and that’s still overwhelmingly commercial crap. It’s about as memorable and meaningful as your last dump, it’s a product usually associated with an image. It’s written, produced and recorded with the goal of selling, not creating something that means something, that’s created because someone wanted to express themselves, someone feels something tell a story or just fun. Where the creation is purely for the song, the music, not we will appeal to the lowest common denominator and look to sell tens of thousands. It’s like McDonald’s vs a top restaurant, one you get cheap, mass produced ‘food’ the other you’re getting something of quality, that’s for those that appreciate the food. I just want to see more independent bands and artists, who write their own music, who can do it live, real musicians. Don’t have to be talented, punk was not full of virtuosos but it was real, that’s the key, it’s real music whether it’s someone bashing out three chords or someone going Steve Vai, long as it’s real, made for the music, not as a product. A good song resonates with you, makes you feel something, it touches something inside you, sometimes you don’t know why but you hear it and you connect. Will those in the popular charts be remembered in 50yrs? I doubt it but every day a kid hears the Beatles or led zeppelin or buddy holly or black flag or muddy waters or Bach for the first time and it resonates with them, that’s what real music does. It’s almost timeless.
Well said.
He says a right thing about govenment and subsidies and all. I dearly miss him, who was DIY person from beginning to end, yet being a respected expert of what he does.
Camera 2 either has some legit technical issues or is trying way too hard. Lol… really good interview tho
I've never seen an interview with Steve where he fails to use the word 'paradigm', I think he has a bet with someone from years back that means he has to use it in literally every interview he does.
This is fascinating, and it's impossible to fault Albini's music business recommendations on an ethical level - on the other hand, most of the music I love was created by wasteful egomaniacs who couldn't organise a sock-drawer.
😂👍
@@Endlesssummer1 thank you for saying this
They didn't create it on their own... They might claim to have, but there will have been *someone* doing all the work behind the scenes while the "artistes" flounced about being all cool and that.
Holy shit fuck, people drop'n like flies this is so fucken sad!
I was thinking about contacting him to make a recording of a song or two.
Shat! Love your stuff so much Steve, rest well good sir!
A lot of wonderful, unvarnished truth here. The US health system needs urgent overhauling. Tax the rich, and give some of that money to creative arts grants.
Is.....is this a joke? Is this satire? I can't even tell anymore, the world is so backwards nowadays.
@@saftovooey4569 are you holding up the US health system as a good model? That would be some cutting edge satire.
B CAMERA needed to go to the bathroom or what??
This camera work is comparable with The Room.
During an interview with Steve Albini is the wrong time to learn how to use your video camera.
hahahahahaha.sorry video guy but you could have edited this.
Some people learn to use their cameras by pointing them at their junk, we pointed it at Albini, not bad if you ask me :D
@@BADVIBESx but i seen what was hanging from his nose lol.
@@theprogrammerrolandmc3039 you're saying that like there's sth wrong with things hanging out of peoples noses :D but I think that was a white hair ;)
@@BADVIBESx brilliant interview i actually like up close i can see the white coming through his dyed hair as well now i am waiting on you interviewing dolly parton or someone really over the top
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Have some sympathy for the viewer to not take them out the moment so the words don't get lost....
Man...that is just some really damn depressing news man...
hey BAD VIBES , it's incredible how terrible the 2nd camera is !!! .. so fkn annoying !!!
He’s really mellowed out with age. Asshole or not , your choice. He’s the cats’ meow always has been in my mind. I’m a hard ass, he’s a hard ass.
He's no bullshit and seen a lot of predatory ugly things.
@@SaintKines Yes he did but not in the way you mean
why is the secondary camera so shaky/out of focus/done so randomly? 😐
(audio engineering program, but took a camerawork class, basically they tell you to commit to something instead of moving everywhere)
Probably for stylistic reasons. To create some randomness, or "home footage" feeling, or just to add excitement to it visually
I'd argue the editing is to blame
I had a chance to meet and study with Steve. It was many years ago taking classes at a local - Chicago - trade school, Music Industry Workshop. I recall my impression that he was one of the 'nice guys' in the business. Smart, Knowledgeable, intelligent. I regret not spending more time and getting to know him more. DaveJ
I'm really glad this exists--thanks for posting!
Your flu vaccine ? Oh ok not commenting on that. Much love.
It is an interview about *MUSIC*
What vaccines has to do with that?
Going off topic much, also that much love is very fake
Another reason "intellectual property" is a crazy insane bullshit sorta idea is known as "multiple invention", or "simultaneous invention".
Generally that is thought of as an anomalous weird aspect of certain crucial moments of history (the invention/discovery of calculus, the printing press, DNA discovery, electromagnetic induction... etc.).
But it is actually how things work all the time.
We're not exactly separate entities with our own property - especially mental, emotional, artistic, inspiring.... super-especially sexually!
We're sorta something swimming in an orgasmic pit of ideas and possibilities and tendencies - INFORMATION - and regardless of how much people like to play money-games and claim ownership, the planetary consciousness knows otherwise, and deep-down we all do as well.
Whether people agree with this or not, that there's a conversation to be had and we're all primed and ready for it -
its almost like the language(s) themselves created us to have the conversation of its own meaningful implications.
We were all birthed and brought here simultaneously invented and appearing as multiple inventions - convincingly masquerading as being something around 8 billion people instead of just one planet sized monster.
I heard a dude on an interview say recently:
"don't you know... humanity is AI for the mineral kingdom...."
Albini might appreciate such an idea. Maybe he even thought them at the same exact time that fellow did.
Those lyrics to The Song Of The Minerals sure reveal the intimate love-affair with the crystalline consciousness. Copper might never become gold - but often many have said that it may be possible for lead to become precious stuff. Galena has perfect cleavage after all!
Relaxed, raw & brilliant.
This is an incredible video. Thank you for capturing and producing this content from Steve. Brilliant, wise, and flexible for the future of music. I'm inspired and also excited.
That scandi art dollar is tax dollars... So many of us resent paying tax. This is a good reason why we should.
Correct we definitely should resent it
Correct, Americans resent taxes. That's why we have an idiotic, dysfunctional for-profit health care system.
This is an awesome interview. Thank you for sharing this!.
I love his harsh, brash and honest approach to anything in life. And I love that he thrives within the same crowd that is repulsed by him dropping the R word in this video.
This is from 2011. People didn’t care about that word 10 years ago.
Great interview! Strange ADD video editing.. 😂
@@seamusmcsorley7638people still dont, ive been slinging that word around my entire life (26) and i think ive only ever had one (very pretentious arty baby boy) try tell me off, to a very quick and sharp retort "ok retard"
the audio/video editing on this is so strange and distracting
2 years later I doscover this....better late than never. Great perspectives.
love how he bashes his own fans at the end
Words of wisdom.
This is a fantastic interview, but why did the editor decide to have so many extreme closeups? Like, I don' need to see every single hair on Steve's face...
what a loss. RIP. Steve.
What a compassionate, unexpectted sweet smart perspective
Albini telling it like it is
Great interview, thanks!
The IP obsession isn't limited to the music industry; it's an American thing generally. It keeps all the lawyers in clover.
I would have liked a few more close-up shots of the booger in his nose.
Steve is a genius
Except when it comes to politics. The guy's a dirty commie. He would want people like me dead.
@@saftovooey4569 He probably just wants people like you to have free healthcare.
"Only appeal to an audience of assholes and crazies" I feel targeted.
How high were these camera operators 😵💫
WTF with the camera?
This is just good life advice from the point of view of a musician/engineer/etc
Such a great interview!
TL;DR: We jam econo
Couldn't watch this because of the editing
Thats cool 👌🏻
You could have just listened to it FFS 🤦♂️
@@DaveyMulholland I did
*zooms in on booger hanging from nose*
great interview!!!!
Rip man so sad.. 😢
too young to be gone already..!
why do you zoom into his hands and feet? Super distracting.
Great interview, the artsy shots were a little distracting though.
Yeah surprised alot weren't cut out. Out of focus, not stabilized etc.
@@joshuapocalypse its cuz it was filmed on tape and the tape is all fucked up, so we had to mask the empty spots of audio and video with the other camera, which is not always best, but still i prefer rather that then using photos or shots of the studio. Stabilization in post crops the footage a lot and this is already quite low resolution, so it would look like a pixelated mess... but Im really not bothered by the out of focus stuff, a matter of taste.
B-cam needs to settle down 😬 cool interview though
Relatively uninformed fan here. This was a lovely production & conversation. Informative, occasionally hilarious, even teary - the bits about record storeS brings back so many fine memories of fantastic store clerks everywhere sharing with customers. Thanks bands, stores, clerks, musicians, Albini et al for all the great stuff. What’s life without it? Rest in peace brother. Kerosene!
Rip the legend
This was wonderful.
Love craft.
This is raw & brilliant.
Even the camera operated is bored.
Great and informative interview. He is correct that the economic environment is quite different for musicians between Europe and the States, I have lived both, but when he said European government subsidies come without strings attached he was wrong. if you deviate from the establishment script you are excluded. He also came from money so he could afford to live his 'underground' life until it paid for itself. I worked for him once. he was very decent. RIP Steve.
RIP STEVE
Albini taught us how to create music as a believer. He’s like the Charles Manson of nerds.
Love the video game riff... "conceptually, I'm OK with it... but if you ask me, I'd say NO... however, if you just used my music I would never know about it so WHY ASK???"
Very insightful. GREAT interview.
The handy cam footage is really fucking this up :(
really great interview, thanks
I agree with his feelings toward intellectual property. The man had a great character.
Such an honest and transparent view.
WTF is going on with the 2nd camera guy?
I loved this guy
We need more people like Steve Albini, missing him already 🖤
BRB, serenading my girlfriend with ‘Kerosene’.
Rest Steve, .
This is a beautiful interview, LEGEND.
so true... so true so much intelligent and wise words expressed... thank you so much
pretty dumb on European govt funding
Enjoyed this. What is the name of the opening and closing song?
Directed by Paul Greengrass
Albini is one of the best theorists of IP.
more closeups of the trousers please, great camerawork