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Fantastic article. Albini went from being a privileged edgelord to an admirable grownup through listening to others and self-introspection and understanding. H
by copperx 3y ago
Fantastic article.
Albini went from being a privileged edgelord to an admirable grownup through listening to others and self-introspection and understanding. He was never afraid to voice his ignorant and tone-deaf opinions, which we all have. But he would have never changed if he had kept them to himself or if he was not capable of self-reflection.
We are all deeply flawed in our relationship with others; ultimately, the best we can hope for is some redemption of our sins towards others when we mature.
He's one of my profoundly flawed role models.
- tptacek 3y agoI don't think Albini would agree with the summation here, that his public articulation of edgelord opinions was all for the good. There's a temptation here to view this through the lens of the current culture war, but Albini said a lot of stuff --- ironically, to be sure (see: Rule of Goats) --- that neither side of the culture war has ever countenanced. I think he views those mistakes as mistakes, not as valuable lessons; one of the things that makes his mea culpa authentic is that he doesn't valorize them at all; in fact, he openly mocks the idea that those mistakes could be valorized.
- copperx 3y ago> I don't think Albini would agree with the summation here, that his public articulation of edgelord opinions was all for the good. I agree; a lot of that was puerile garbage. What I recognize from those outbursts is the almost-manic raw juvenile need to be a contrarian and stir shit up. I empathize because I felt it when I was young.
- tptacek 3y agoYeah, me too. But the best analogue to that behavior I can think of is bullying, which is another popular manic juvenile behavior.