Minutes of a Monday #23

Brain Food > In Utero

“I have to be comfortable with the amount of money you pay me, but it’s your money, and I insist that you be comfortable with it as well. Kurt suggested paying me a chunk which I would consider full payment, and then if you really thought I deserved more, paying me another chunk after you’d had a chance to live with the album for a while. That would be fine, but probably more organizational trouble than it’s worth.

Whatever. I trust you guys to be fair to me and I know you must be familiar with what a regular industry goon would want. I will let you make the final decision about what I’m going to be paid. How much you choose to pay me will not affect my enthusiasm for the record.

Some people in my position would expect an increase in business after being associated with your band. I, however, already have more work than I can handle and, frankly, the kind of people such superficialities will attract are not people I want to work with. Please don’t consider that an issue.

That’s it. Please call me to go over any of this if it’s unclear.

(Signed)

P.S. If a record takes more than a week to make, somebody’s fuc*ing up. Oi!”

Extract from producer Steve Albini’s 4 page pitch to Nirvana to produce their third and final album In Utero.

Soul Food

"My boobs had a career and I was just tagging along." Pamela Anderson

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President Trump breaks down the voting process:

Appendix

"As a social issue such as racism or sexual harassment becomes rarer, people react by expanding their definition of it, creating the illusion that the issue is actually getting worse." Gurwinder Bhogal

AOB

Thank you for the kind words some of you expressed on article #1 last week. Appreciate it.