Ian MacKaye: Full Interview (AUDIO ONLY) | House Of Strombo
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- Опубліковано 27 кві 2019
- The Strombo Show presents Ian MacKaye in an intimate conversation from the House Of Strombo.
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Even for a psyched-out stoner like me, Ian will always be a source of influence for the true spirit of DIY and being true to one’s self.
I do all kinds of drugs, but Ian MacKaye is one of the coolest people who ever lived in my eyes. And I'm sure there's plenty of drug fiends he considers amongst the coolest people (probably mostly of the deceased variety by now).
I always admired Ian's morals and motivation to build things like scenes, bands and a record label. It's dogged enthusiasm. For it to affect and inspire others positively is really great. So much better than being a negative fuck up and influencing others to be self destructive losers. Isn't the point of life to excel and survive?
It's fun to open the doors of perception and take a trip through it but it's even better to come back through the door to let people know it's ok and there's nothing to worry about.
I think the world also needs bands who talk about the fucked up and negative shit like Dystopia. Because to me when I’m depressed, fucked up and angry it gives me some sense of not being alone with my negative feelings when I listen to for example Dystopia or Disrupt
Yeah, that's why grunge sucked.
Ian Mackeye comforts me. His music most my life and now these interviews
Ian never sold out, he's a genuine hardcore
Grew up listening to his music 😎✌
These two should do a weekly podcast. Great conversation.
I didn't realise that Ian mackaye didn't have any ankles.
Great stuff, as always with Ian.
Ian was always, more than anything else, a good friend to me. In DC we were like a family. We still are.
This was great!
Great interview. Made my day when I saw the notification. Thanks George
I love this man.
Really enjoyed this.
I couldn't stand MacKaye for the longest time------he just seemed to epitomize the self-righteous, puritanical side of punk or left wing politics. From the mid 80s to the 90s we saw him that way, but I realized that it's what fanzine goofballs and sycophants were projecting onto him. People would always twist whatever he said to be harsh and unforgiving, which set him up for those looking to react. In reality he was always pretty reasonable about his positions.
Another great, insightful, deep conversation by Strombo. Our national treasure in Canadian media !
Ian did great at deflecting, politley some of the cringiest questions I've heard yet. Thank god Ian can talk.
Great conversation.
Strombo.Ian.What a wonderful conversation.Happy Thanksgiving week too ya both.My favorite holiday week.Starts here!😀❤
Thank you Ian. Well said for the DIY spirit of how I and my family are. You just said it a way for others to possibly understand. Cheers brother
Underrated material
Just saw The Messethetics and now to hear Ian. Perfect. Thank you.
On a whim I just looked up their "Tiny Desk" show, they are excellent. Thank you for mentioning them.
Awesome conversation between two humble legends
43:59 - Great to hear him address GOBW. I bet many would be quite curious if they heard that today.
Hahahe!We were the evens.Then odds.Naturally.At this point.LoveLets call it the big smoke if dealing with silly labels.love you both again,HAPPY THANKS GIVING!BEST TIME OF THE YEAR!
Happy birthday ian
That bit about lyle pressler and steve albini sharing a dorm room. Thats fucking crazy. Id never heard that story before!!!
It'd be cool to know which shows haven't sold on the live series
Papa-Ian!!!
Dangit, What's he gonna call the new band?! Dude goes on a huge sidetrack about "why they can't be called The Odds" but never comes back around to what the name will actually be. MacKaye and Rollins both are great storytellers. So much fun listening to the dude ramble on at any length.
As of today, it's Coriky.
Adults only rock shows im sure made a young ian mackaye feel excluded, or the separation between 70's rock gods and their fans...:)
Also, the Raegan administration was pretty much upper echelon exclusionary...
Lyle goes to college😀
Nice!
He met Milo there.
39:01 chicken noise
36:00
Fucking hell 💔💔💔💔😭😭🔥🔥🔥🔥 These are puzzle pieces for us to come together to fix humanity!
27:00 - This is something I mull over a great deal. I cannot understand it - and without wanting to overstate it, it sometimes blows my fucking mind. MacKaye's theory that the internet is the primary cause of this development (the compression of time, if it can be thought of that way) is an interesting one, and I suppose it does play a part in this collapsing of history (to paraphrase him).
Fwiw I don't think it's the main causal factor, though. So what is? I dunno - but I think capitalism is working in a different way. Very briefly - when we were kids in the '70s and '80s, the Next Big Thing was always mere months, sometimes weeks, away. Punk mushroomed at an incredible pace (look back at the many compilation LPs of unknown bands from that era as one example). Suddenly it was post-punk (e.g. Joy Division). Then it was US hardcore and Brit Punk, or whatever. The rate of evolution was incredible.
This was partly driven from "below" - by enthusiasts, etc. But also, the industry itself drove things. The music business co-opted as much of this roots level activity and commodified it. So much we all know fine well. However, I think that now capitalism's work in the west has slowed down - its rate of commodification has decelerated. Why? Because bigger, easier markets are coming on line elsewhere in the world. Capitalism, the market, business etc. always takes the path of least resistance (that's the most profitable route, after all). And now that markets beyond the Occident and North America, et al, have developed somewhat, so it follows that it is they who are experiencing the dizzying rates of commodification that we once had to contend with.
Summarily, the past is permitted to exist for a longer duration now - whereas in the '70s and '80s the past was buried. The cult of "This Year's Model" was endemic - planned obsolescence was rapacious. It's still with us, of course. But I think it may have slowed down somewhat. Elsewhere across the globe is where it's playing out at full velocity. Maybe. Our "time" has slowed down a bit, as a result. Fuck knows. This is all I've got for now. It's a really puzzling situation though. Kids still getting into Minor Threat would've been like Rollins et al being into Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Glen Miller - look at the top 10 artists of 1940. The notion that they're who we (I'm similar age to MacKaye) would've been into them is hilarious. It seemed like the Bronze Age. Another time. One so distant that it may almost never have existed. But now 40 years ago is a far shorter duration, in a way. And it feels weird.
Interesting. To paraphrase Edward Abbey: the goal of capitalism is the annihilation of space and time. Hence the steamboat, the railroad, the telegraph. . .
Strombo mentioned Bernie Sanders talking about people needing to listen to more Fugazi. I'm 99% certain he's referencing the memes that were shared on Facebook under now-defunct "Berned in DC" account. It was quite active 2015-2016 while Bernie was running for the Democratic party nomination. Fortunately, a handful of these memes were saved and shared via this article. Sadly, I do not see the Fugazi one but I definitely recall Fugazi being mentioned in at least one of these memes. dangerousminds.net/comments/berned_in_d.c._images_of_bernie_sanders_with_hilarious_fake_punk_rock_quote
well,Ian was an adult.1981-82 he was college age.Yet,us teens going to the gigs yes maybe a bit pints,yes maybe a bit rasta,ciggys but when the gig is in.Never be an a hole,punked stereotype.
Thanks Ian for not talking trash about Ronald Reagan by name (though he might deserve it) but my name is Regan and I already get trash because people think I'm a girl half the time. I am glad it's spelled different then the President (Regan = me vs. Reagan= the movies star, governor, and president
Strombo, interview Devin Townsend already.
Wonder how he feels about Joey Bribes?
I’m sure he loves him. Ian thinks the Democrats care about the people. 😂
D,O.A. Canada riot.The remnants of the yippes.Smoke Pot.Greg Ginn,lol California duders. Ian
so there is a new The Evens album coming????
Have you checked out Coriky?
Mormonism shouts fraud, though the angel moroni could have chosen a sketchy guy with false memories and a past of treasure seeking...
I like Ian but wish his worldview incorporated a more refined structural critique. He says most people are kind but then says the problems of the world are based on greed and religion. This is only half true. It misses the forest for the trees. Transfers of wealth and accumulation are based on ownership. Value generated by workers goes to ownership. This movement of wealth, of passive revenue moving from labour to owner/investor, is what makes it an exploitative relationship. Greed doesn’t really factor in in so much as the system operators how it’s been set up to. You’re either in the position of being exploited or you’re the one doing the exploiting. There’s no neutral ground and where you find yourself situated is relative. You can go to work and generate value for the owner and then come home and collect rent from your tenant. Individual morality doesn’t factor in. Being a good or bad person doesn’t matter. The system of capitalism dictates the rules and we live according to them. One person’s gain comes at another’s pain. Until the system under which we live changes it cannot be otherwise.
What are the alternatives?
he's still mad at poison idea
cliches join a church edit off all the swear words off the songs
It's a funny thing.Just because I'm not in that political or religious or for that matter dietary lol beleifs.Doesnt means we are not still the best of friends.Blokes Mates.Its a bit goofy,when in late 2020,people dont get it.And forgive me for my spelling .Not my teachers fault,all on me.!😀❤❤❤
Love Ian, never could stand George.
You were never a god, Ian. Just a decent role model, and so few of those exist that they're often mistaken for gods.
Bernie pogoing to fugazi! cut the bollocks lol
wow some of George's questions are so cringy. George, you weren't there. You just coat-tailed through life and picked up on it way after the fact. When you asked Ian if Henry is "Epic" I could just smell the fromage.
At 53:00 in you find Ian thinks Hillary was a better choice for president...The war monger. Well done Ian. lol
Did you know Thomas Sowell's findings show, no where in the world is there a correlation that shows poverty creates crime.
Ian is an ideologue, he doesn’t care about statistics and empirical studies.
@@westernwinchester70So are you clowns here just to whine like little bitches?
@@saintseraph Facts don’t care about your feelings.
....no problem with that........yes, big problem with that.....
Ian had white privilege. lol I wonder what he thinks of Thomas Sowell. Who's That? lol
I hope one day you can open up that little head of yours
Ian thinks Thomas Sowell is the face of white supremacy.
Shame Stromboli has to always go to his liberal left wing jaded talking point after goof ball slow- pitch logic and questions....Ian is not into left/good -right/bad mindset or commentary. Evolved people aren’t.
Yeah i thought it was funny how he kept trying to bait ian but he just didn't bite
@@brent3086 Some of us get it my brother. We need to talk what love and binds us together, what we have in common, what we agree on. Start in the dark, stay in the dark. Stay in the light, illuminate the future. Peace my brother!
@@brent3086 did neither of y’all hear the point where Ian called Trump and pence a pair of bastards lol he ain’t wrong tho
@@jonathancorral3516 no i didnt hear that
Where's the evidence Ian's not hard core woke beta liberal socialist.
I love donald trump
lol do you love paying for his goldplated walls
Donnie T, 2024! Let's goooooo!!!!!
🇺🇸Trump 2024🇺🇸
Yuk. Another progressive (regressive)