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did anyone post this yet ?
it’s pretty short and sweet … for US freaksceners it’s probably old news by now b/c it’s the jan/feb edition and there’s xmas ads in it … but it’s pretty good … i’ll type it out if it hasn’t been posted before …
flying cloud, you seem to be the review/media queen around here
… do you have any idea ?hey rambleon, never seen/heard of this review before as it doesn’t seem to be available online – yet
… so: it would be great to get to read it , thanks lot for the offer! 
ummmm, hehe, media queen… well, some others here try to keep the overview here, too
well, here it is …
In 1987, when J Mascis was 21 years old, he used a little something called You’re Living All Over Me to unwittingly write the next decade of indie rock and make some musicians other than himself very famous. He sees what most don’t, or what others consider nothing, and with the vehicle of rock, he can pump up this mediocrity and every day riff raff into very human elements. Dinosaur Jr was, by most accounts, phoning it in during the ‘93-’97 home stretch before ending with Hand It Over, a relatively strong divorce. The next three years of deafening silence gave way in 2000 to J Mascis + The Fog’s More Light; it’s follow-up is an elecrtic metal/folk storm that might raise questions about the validity of Queens Of The Stone Age. Conspicuously absent of More Light guests like Kevin Shields and Robert Pollard, Free So Free is nonetheless a continuum of J Mascis Mach II – a show of artistic rejuvenation after weathering that asshole of alterna-apathy that we remember as the ‘90s.
To confuse matters more, MAGNET’S conversation with Mascis veered away from the new album and into past waters and current misrepresentations.
If your press bio is to be believed, you’re now into skydiving. Is it to be believed ?
No, it’s all lies. I’ve never been skydiving. (Journalist) Byron Conley wrote that to entertain himself.Did you play everything on Free So Free ?
Yeah, pretty much except for some slide guitar. [For live shows], it’s me solo acoustic, then the guys from Cobra Verde will be backing me.What’s the status of The Stooges tribute band with you, Mike Watt and the Asheton brothers ? What’s the name of the band ?
We are going to get back together and do another handful of gigs. The name started as Asheton Watt and Mascis, arouns the same time we were invited by Sonic Youth to do All Tomorrow’s Parties. Then Ron (Asheton) had a t-shirt made that says Asheton Asheton Watt and Mascis, which I think is kind of a mouthful.What’s your worst tour experience ?
Easily Lollapaloza ‘93. That was the last straw for (Dinosaur Jr drummer) Murph; he was done after that one. It was like waking up every day in a summer camp that you really didn’t want to be a part of, and we were treated like kids in that it felt as though we were punished when we weren’t “good.â€hey rambleon, thanks very sweet of you to type this all out for us
there are some interesting points in the interview, that I’ve never read anywhere else, the details about Lollapalooza or about Azerrad’s book
…nice read! hey, you’re more than welcome … it looked so insignificant (size wise) on the printed page, but it suddenly seemed much more lengthy when i was typing it out — took a bit longer than i anticipated !
thought the bit about the t-shirts was kind of interesting too … realized just the other day that j’s name and the big letter ‘m’ are both in purple
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