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Ep. #24: Steve Albini

Steve Albini is a man who lives in Chicago, Illinois and owns and operates the really remarkable Electrical Audio Recording facility. He is the guitar player and primary singer in the band Shellac and he makes a mean cup of fluffy coffee. The 1993 album In Utero by the Washington-State-based band Nirvana is among the thousands of records that Albini has engineered over the course of his time doing that sort of thing and earlier this summer he gave the songs from those sessions fresh mixes for the 20th anniversary edition of In Utero, which is due out in North America on September 24. In our past midnight conversation, Steve discussed his interesting history with Kurt Cobain, his abandoned work with Fugazi, the stories behind making In Utero, why the new edition of the record was mastered to sound the best it possibly can, the highs and lows of the relatively recent rash of remastered reissues that record buyers face each and every day, the mostly good but surprisingly sad and surreal professional aftermath of making In Utero, how it might have changed his life, how the new Shellac LP’s test pressings are on route to the band and artwork is close to finalized (also the new Bottomless Pit record is done!), and why he doesn’t care about Breaking Bad but can tolerate The Newsroom.

Related links: nirvana.com electricalaudio.com vishkhanna.com

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Ep. #6: Mark Andersen on the Clash + Kid Koala on Space Cadet

On this episode, I take a closer look at the final years of one of the best rock band of all time, the Clash. While some fans and critics dismiss them, a new book called We Are the Clash: The Last Stand of The Only Band That Mattered is in progress that aims the right some wrongs. Co-author and Washington D.C. social activist Mark Andersen, who by the way, introduced Fugazi at their first ever show at the Wilson Center in 1987, joins me to discuss the Clash and the kickstarter campaign to get the book going. Also, Montreal turntablist Kid Koala is at the Luminato Festival in Toronto this week with a special version of his Space Cadet show, bringing his graphic novel to life in a really unique way.

Related links:

http://wearetheclash.com/

http://kidkoala.com/

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Fugazi on MVIMS? – 07/20/2011

hello,

This week, for our penultimate program before we go on indefinite hiatus, the Mich Vish Interracial Morning Show! may just hear from every single member of the influential band, Fugazi.

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Emerging from Washington D.C. in 1987, Fugazi are my favourite band of all time and we’ve been lucky to have each and every member on our show at various points over the past six years. When they went on “indefinite hiatus” in 2002, many fans were puzzled by the terminology, even though the words belie the intent. “But so wait, did Fugazi break up?” Nope, they’re on hiatus. Indefinitely. Look, I empathize with you here. As Michelle and I enter into our own indefinite hiatus after working quite diligently on this thing of ours, I too am feeling somewhat uneasy about what pushing pause really means. I need moral support. And I can only think of one group of people who might know exactly what we’re about to go through…

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July 20: Fugazi?
July 27: Steve Albini – 300th & Final Show Before Indefinite Hiatus