Eureka ! I now realize who Thomas D. Cox, Jr. reminds of. Back in the 80's I went to see the first gig in Boston by Big Black. They were fronted by this young, brash, arrogant kid with attitude named Steve Albini. I went and saw them and noticed that they were using an Oberheim DX drum machine just like I was using @ the time. Back then most musician's looked at people using drum machines instead of drummers as heretical. Although Big Black had a big, strong, forceful sound I wasn't that into their stuff and never bought any of their records.
So years later I guess Ablini did a station ID for WZBC in Boston and he took the opportunity to just rip on Genesis P-Orridge and take the piss. It was great ! I loved the cynicism and negativity. And some of the stuff he said about Gen in it was true ! So in the early 90's when I was asked to take over the first electronic music radio show on WZBC which was started by Tim Haslet, I would always play that Steve Albini station ID because I loved it so much. I will say that Steve Albini became a brilliant record producer, much better than myself. He also wrote very intelligent essays about the music business. Now he probably wouldn't want to be seen with a drum machine in his vintage studio. Anyway, I hope Tom takes that energy and does something with it like Mr. Albini did. telepathic regards, the kooky scientist
