RIP Steve Albini

[Birds in Hell]

How shocking and unexpected.

A genuinely admirable man, gone too soon.

RIP Steve.

[tragabigzanda]

[stip]

I would not have guessed he was that young. He leaves a powerful legacy

[coptheriotact]

So unexpected. Horrible news

[Strat]

On the passing of his own hero, producer John Peel:

"The way John faced his mortality was inspirational. When my time comes, I hope I can follow his example. I hope when I die I go like John, embroiled in the middle of things, surrounded by people I love, doing the things that matter most. I hope I leave a mountain of shit unfinished, that I have a pan on the stove, a phone call waiting and a pencil in my hand. I hope I'm man enough to be thinking about tomorrow."

with a heart attack, this is most likely exactly how he left things.

Ooof.

[Kevin Davis]

This is really an amazing video -- highly recommended.

[VinylGuy]

On the passing of his own hero, producer John Peel:

"The way John faced his mortality was inspirational. When my time comes, I hope I can follow his example. I hope when I die I go like John, embroiled in the middle of things, surrounded by people I love, doing the things that matter most. I hope I leave a mountain of shit unfinished, that I have a pan on the stove, a phone call waiting and a pencil in my hand. I hope I'm man enough to be thinking about tomorrow."

with a heart attack, this is most likely exactly how he left things.

Ooof.

[Malloy]

a colossal loss

[Simple Torture]

His records sounded like no others. The two daddies of my favorite record are now both gone.

[Strat]

Don't suddenly scares me as much as a long slow death. Ugh

[96583UP]

nice article

https://www.theguardian.com/music/artic ... i-obituary

[96583UP]

Don't suddenly scares me as much as a long slow death. Ugh

i wonder if he was so alt he didnt get regular checkups

i went on the cholesterol meds

i was in decent physical shape even

didnt matter

cholesterol comes from within

[96583UP]

everyone in here should be getting checkups at least annually

get a blood test as part of your checkup test your cholesterol and those pfas levels for prostate

also we need to remind each other to get bone density tests when we are older too

and we already have colonoscopies pretty well covered (poop thread)

[96583UP]

going forward i will kick anyone's ass in here that doesn't get an annual checkup

[96583UP]

also get an eye exam annually and dental exams

[96583UP]

or i will similarly kick your ass

[tragabigzanda]

[tragabigzanda]

[96583UP]

say as much as you want, friend

it's not selfish

it's interesting

no one here is keeping score

half of us are the same person typing from alt accounts anyway

i don't know him as well, i should explore his catalogue more

sad this tends to happen sometimes only when someone dies (now i will listen to his band!)

i know your values are strong

strong enough to rise up against a gang of imaginary punks during a Porch breakdown

no one views sharing your thoughts as an act of vanity

[zeb]

“To the extent that I could care about that, I would say yes,” he told Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg. “I’ve lived my whole life without having goals, and I think that’s very valuable, because then I never am in a state of anxiety or dissatisfaction. I never feel I haven’t achieved something. I never feel there is something yet to be accomplished. I feel like goals are quite counterproductive. They give you a target, and until the moment you reach that target, you are stressed and unsatisfied, and at the moment you reach that specific target you are aimless and have lost the lodestar of your existence. I’ve always tried to see everything as a process. I want to do things in a certain way that I can be proud of that is sustainable and is fair and equitable to everybody that I interact with. If I can do that, then that’s a success, and success means that I get to do it again tomorrow.”

A terrible loss.

RIP Steve