Not a physical artifact, but sustained involvement in Letters to Santa sounds like doing right by the man's example.twelvepoint wrote:Ok, thanks. Well, tree purchased. Seems woefully inadequate. Shouldn't we all be looking into like a memorial library or 10 foot tall bronze (aluminum?) statue?the corpo wrote: Wed May 15, 2024 9:00 amI saw this on his memorial pagetwelvepoint wrote: Wed May 15, 2024 8:52 am Maybe I missed it, but have any arrangements been made for in-memory-of donations in Steve's name to a charitable cause?
https://sympathy.legacy.com/en-us/funer ... E1NzgxNDg0
Re: Requiescat FM Steve
322Throwing this out there: I've spent this whole week reading and watching and listening to anything related to Steve, and fortunately, thanks to his own generosity and the sheer amount of people he's had an impact on, there's a ton. Some ghouls have already published e-books in his name - without doubt AI-rewritings of Wikipedia articles and interviews - but it got me thinking:
Steve considered it his primary job to make a "historical record of our musical culture", but a large amount of his life's work, particularly the parts he handed out freely, exist only in forgetful brains and ephemeral digital spaces, so maybe it would be appropriate to turn them into a physical object, too: A few of his essays, fanzine articles, transcriptions of talks and podcast appearances, a glossary of his opinions on different musicians and bands, his fluffy coffee recipe, some of his technical drawings, some personal recollections from his friends, some correspondences... (I just saw James Murphy here talking about Steve's response to a letter he wrote to him as a kid, and teared up a little, because it encapsulates so much of what made him great.)
Anyway, just wanted to put this idea of a book out here, because I think it would be a fitting tribute that some people on this forum seem equipped for, and that maybe could generate some money for his wife (and/or Letters to Santa) in the future.
Steve considered it his primary job to make a "historical record of our musical culture", but a large amount of his life's work, particularly the parts he handed out freely, exist only in forgetful brains and ephemeral digital spaces, so maybe it would be appropriate to turn them into a physical object, too: A few of his essays, fanzine articles, transcriptions of talks and podcast appearances, a glossary of his opinions on different musicians and bands, his fluffy coffee recipe, some of his technical drawings, some personal recollections from his friends, some correspondences... (I just saw James Murphy here talking about Steve's response to a letter he wrote to him as a kid, and teared up a little, because it encapsulates so much of what made him great.)
Anyway, just wanted to put this idea of a book out here, because I think it would be a fitting tribute that some people on this forum seem equipped for, and that maybe could generate some money for his wife (and/or Letters to Santa) in the future.
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323The Wire's interview with Shellac is available for free: https://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/in ... of-shellac
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324FM vish's remembrance of steve is all i hoped it would be. i obviously don't have the connection that he (and some of you) had with the man, but his interviews always made me share in that world a little bit
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325I love that Steve is wearing a Beastqueef shirtprowler wrote: Thu May 16, 2024 12:59 am FM vish's remembrance of steve is all i hoped it would be. i obviously don't have the connection that he (and some of you) had with the man, but his interviews always made me share in that world a little bit
Escape Rope (guitar & vocals & production)
Black Mesa (drums & production since 2019)
fka Boombats, Lonesome Bulldog, and sambpot but NOT Cocend
Black Mesa (drums & production since 2019)
fka Boombats, Lonesome Bulldog, and sambpot but NOT Cocend
Re: Requiescat FM Steve
326Having done roughly the same I think this is a great idea, but it surely would require a huge effort.Peter wrote: Wed May 15, 2024 4:25 pm Throwing this out there: I've spent this whole week reading and watching and listening to anything related to Steve, and fortunately, thanks to his own generosity and the sheer amount of people he's had an impact on, there's a ton. Some ghouls have already published e-books in his name - without doubt AI-rewritings of Wikipedia articles and interviews - but it got me thinking:
Steve considered it his primary job to make a "historical record of our musical culture", but a large amount of his life's work, particularly the parts he handed out freely, exist only in forgetful brains and ephemeral digital spaces, so maybe it would be appropriate to turn them into a physical object, too: A few of his essays, fanzine articles, transcriptions of talks and podcast appearances, a glossary of his opinions on different musicians and bands, his fluffy coffee recipe, some of his technical drawings, some personal recollections from his friends, some correspondences... (I just saw James Murphy here talking about Steve's response to a letter he wrote to him as a kid, and teared up a little, because it encapsulates so much of what made him great.)
Anyway, just wanted to put this idea of a book out here, because I think it would be a fitting tribute that some people on this forum seem equipped for, and that maybe could generate some money for his wife (and/or Letters to Santa) in the future.
Re: Requiescat FM Steve
327Speaking of tees. The good folks at the studio posted on socials that they’d sold out of everything but have set the merch shop for pre orders for a new run… time to get those pencils you always wanted.
I couldn’t help myself and ordered a tee.
I couldn’t help myself and ordered a tee.
clocker bob may 30, 2006 wrote:I think the possibility of interbreeding between an earthly species and an extraterrestrial species is as believable as any other explanation for the existence of George W. Bush.
Re: Requiescat FM Steve
328Agreed, I think both of our ideas (I love yours as well, by the way) would have to involve Electrical Audio and Steve's close friends, and they all have bigger fish to fry right now, so I wouldn't want to bother them with it now. Maybe in a few months from now someone could start a thread on here and we could collect Steve's writings etc. and build a basic framework.guilty_mug wrote: Thu May 16, 2024 3:35 am Having done roughly the same I think this is a great idea, but it surely would require a huge effort.
But I'm literally some chump in some village in Bavaria with no prior involvement in this forum and no personal ties to Chicago, so I'm the certified least competent person to orchestrate something like this. But if someone does, I'd be happy to help with some dumb grunt work (like writing transcriptions, proofreading etc.). In the meantime I'll just save everything I find interesting on my computer, so that nothing gets lost in the ether.
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329PMed
Nothing major here. Just a regular EU cock. I pull it out and there is beans all over my penis. Bean shells all over my penis...
Re: Requiescat FM Steve
330At Primavera Barcelona this year, they've renamed one of the stages for Steve. The schedule says there's going to be a 'Shellac listening party'.
"Whatever happened to that album?"
"I broke it, remember? I threw it against the wall and it like, shattered."
"I broke it, remember? I threw it against the wall and it like, shattered."