Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Spoilt Victorian Child


Shellac trackat Spoilt Victorian Child.
While searching for a pic of Mr Albini I found this essay by him at Negativland.
"The Problem With Music
by Steve Albini

Whenever I talk to a band who are about to sign with a major label, I always end up thinking of them in a particular context. I imagine a trench, about four feet wide and five feet deep, maybe sixty yards long, filled with runny, decaying shit. I imagine these people, some of them good friends, some of them barely acquaintances, at one end of this trench. I also imagine a faceless industry lackey at the other end holding a fountain pen and a contract waiting to be signed. Nobody can see what's printed on the contract. It's too far away, and besides, the shit stench is making everybody's eyes water. The lackey shouts to everybody that the first one to swim the trench gets to sign the contract. Everybody dives in the trench and .........."(cont)

Found this pic on rock star encounters at queen bee.org. If you look around there's also a pic of Jello Biafra.....he looks different..I think...

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