Steve Albini Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Watch Steve Albini rake it in at the World Series of Poker

Steve Albini is well-known for producing and engineering albums for Nirvana, The Pixies, the Breeders, Iggy & The Stooges and

In the summer of 1993, with the follow-up to Nevermind looming, there was great pressure on Nirvana, especially Kurt Cobain.

Happy 76th birthday, Paul McCartney! If you’ve never seen him live, do it. I swear that a Macca show has

After shifting the planet’s rock’n’roll axis with Nevermind in 1991, Nirvana released Its follow-up, two years later almost to the

A couple of years ago, I was given a tour of Abbey Road. When we got to Studio 2, the

As cultural icons go, William Shatner is a pretty gigantic. Even the Wedding Present was been taken in by the

I’ve always liked Steve Albini for his plain speaking. The producer recording engineer legend has some very strong views about

Most music fans known Steve as a producer recorder of such bands as Nirvana, the Breeders and several hundred indie

This is from Quartz (via Rupinder): It’s now 20 years since Steve Albini, the legendary rock music producer best known for Nirvana’s

Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver