How we consume music. Or is it just me?

I strongly disagree with your first statement. i don't see how his distrust of digital has anything to do with his greatness. it's a side note surely?

I tend to agree with your second. I mean he does. but there are others. i get ear fatigue listening to a lot of albini stuff too.

for the record, I used to be an analogue purist... and there's something to be said for that single minded approach but really, i think it's just become a "thing" with him. jack white too. he can shut up. i understand that thing of limiting your options to focus your creativity. I do it all the time but i can't help but roll my eyes when john frusciante says things like "i only play guitars made before 1962" or whatever.

i'm much happier with liam at toerag's approach which is a sort of cheerful eccentric purity. to me their attitude is less "digital is shit" and more "hey let's make a studio where we stick strictly to a certain historical aesthetic that precludes any solid state or digital technology...why? because i like that stuff. I like the way it looks, smells, feels and sounds. "

now that i can get on board with.

Hey Don't get me wrong.

I sell Pro Tools HD systems for a living so I'm all for digital and all the benifits of it. However, I love Albini, and the way he approaches each and every project.

His Neve desk and his Studer Reel to Reel tape machine are part of it, but it's also his Huge Mic collection and he can really pull the best out of a band. It's the old school attitude of it all.

Joanna Newson Ys, is awesome
In Utero compared to Nevermind is just so much better. I hate that early 90's production stuff that's all over nevermind.

that's just a couple.

I love how his rate card is flat too. doesn't matter who you are or what you#ve done. You pay the same and you get his full attention and efforts too.

Anyway, miles off topic, and a bit of a thread hijack. could talk about this stuff all day, but there are other forums for that sort of thing.