Ask a music scene micro celebrity

[ec3to1]

I hate to be another one of these register-just-for-this-thread pests but it's not every day something this valuable happens on the internet, so here's a few questions.

-Shellac records somehow make it to the CD format with their dynamic range still intact, which is great, but I've heard other albums that you recorded (High On Fire is a good example) that are completely obliterated with peak limiting. How much control do you and the rest of the band have over the mastering of your own records? And how much control, if any, do you have over the mastering of your recordings of other bands?

-All Music Guide claims that you were "infuriated" when the Jesus Lizard left T&G for the majors. Is there any shred of truth to this?

-Are you a fan of any Chicago avant garde jazz, like the Art Ensemble, Anthony Braxton, et al? If so, could you name a favorite record or two from that scene?

Anyway, thank you for Billiard Player Song at the T&G Anniversary show. That put a huge smile on my face and caused me to say lots of superlatives for the next few days.

Also, at the Shellac show at Martyr's a couple years ago I told you to do the devil-horns with your hand, and then I snapped a picture of you on slide film. It's mildly amusing. One of these days I'll scan it in and email it to Electrical.

My apologies for being a leech on this forum.

-EC