With all due respect to Mr. Costello, no... I vehemently disagree. Down to the bone and sinew, down to the DNA. I feel sorry for him that he can't "hear" it. It's funny, because I feel the exact opposite about To Bring You My Love, for the exact same reason. I think the demos of that record capture the raw power better than the finished record. I ( Read more... )

Just spent the past hour with Jay Ryan and Steve Albini, as they discussed Jay's poster art. Amazingly good seminar. And I bought the poster he made for it after. :)


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HOME. This week has been VERY long, and very hard. But it's almost over! The gig this past week was one of the more difficult I've ever done. The design of the session was horrible, the crew was horrible, the fucking hotel was horrible. Anything that could be a pain in the ass, was. AND Chelsea got beat. One the upside, I now know I can walk ( Read more... )

I bought my first Nine Inch Nails record at Wax Trax. Vinyl. I still have it. I remember making the pilgrimage from the suburbs, because I heard it was the place to get records no one else carried. The place was amazing. I was in high school and it was intimidating. They had everything. I still have my old Wax Trax shirt someplace.

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On order, Big Black - Lungs EP (Ruthless Records). Might get it framed.


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