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[ohmarrow]

Apologies for encroaching on the 2+2 forums, I understand it's gotta be annoying, but I do have some questions for Steve.

It was cool to read that you considered 'Viva Last Blues' and 'Arise, Therefore' among your favorite recordings as I'm a big fan of those records and Will Oldham in general. I'm assuming you're a fan as well and I'm really curious as to how those sessions went, what your relationship with Will was/is (he's gotta be pretty funny), and what you think of his catalogue from the early Palace stuff to Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. Would you like to do more work with him in the future?

Also, I've been a monstrous fan of your bands for years and I have a lot of love for the majority of the bands you've championed (Scratch Acid, The Jesus Lizard, Killdozer, Six Finger Satellite, Slint, Naked Raygun, Kraftwerk, at least a dozen or two others). Earlier in this thread you expressed interest in making a list of your top 100 Hard Rock bands. Please [censored] do. I know you'd turn me on to a lot of stuff that I haven't heard.

Some of your favorite album art? I know you take great care in that department, Excellent Italian Greyhound felt like a gift. Appreciated.

What was it like working with the reformed Stooges? I should have reserved this question for another post entirely, but I'm being really greedy.

Thanks for doing this by the way. It's a legitimate BIG DEAL for me.