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This is one of those threads where you may discover people you haven't seen for a zillion years are on Hacker News. And though I never knew him well, he was nic
by laurex 2y ago
This is one of those threads where you may discover people you haven't seen for a zillion years are on Hacker News. And though I never knew him well, he was nice to me on the occasions I had to interact with him, though you know, there's also a kind of unapologetic misogynistic arrogance in his musical catalogue (umm, Rapeman?) that his legacy will need to contend with.
- tptacek 2y agoHe's apologized at length for his edgy band names, song names, and zine takes which happed in his early 20s. https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/steve-albini-counsel-culture-interview https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/steve-albini-counsel-cul...
- laurex 2y agoYes, he evolved! But that work (fwiw more the actual lyrics than the band name itself) still is part of a legacy.
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- gosub100 2y agoYou discovered that people make mistakes. Congratulations
- laurex 2y agoSigh. I think it’s possible to look at public figures and both see how they are praiseworthy, perhaps corrected errors, and still had impacts with their “mistakes.” I always hope that on HN there’s room for nuance, not just like sarcastic comments implying that a critique was one-dimensional and ill intentioned.
- awkward 2y agoHe’s been fairly open and public recently about his relationship with “edgy” art, his feeling that it didn’t destroy any hidden hypocrisy, and regret for it’s legacy of a coarser society. I don’t mean to express any apologies he didn’t make, but I’ve appreciated his public thoughtfulness about it.
- nemo44x 2y agoRapeman was a completely ironic and funny name because the band was these scrawny, autistic, nerdy dudes that were the antithesis of rapey culture, at least superficially. And he did regret it for a variety of reasons which I believe he was bullied into but w/e as it wasn’t that important.