Ep118: Rick Valentin (Poster Children, Thoughts Detecting Machines)

Hello, summer people! It’s time to put away the sweaters and break out the shorts, and while you do all that shuffling about with your damned laundry, you should listen to this great episode of Protonic Reversal! Conan and Josh welcome back to the show Rick Valentin, of Poster Children and Thoughts Detecting Machines! We talked about such things as: -semi-accidental topicality -there’s nothing wrong with writing music of its time -putting out a record from your basement…again -DIY and PledgeMusic -the album as a complete package -packaging multiple items/bundling -members of Fugazi actually selling merch -avant-garde smart-ass humor -sequencing an album -rejecting digital perfection and “Keeping in REAL” -working with Albini after a 25 year gap -changing songwriting techniques -a record of songs vs. a “production” -making a pocket band -doing all the wrong things at the right time -fully baking the half baked ideas -a long digression on TV -building autonomous community on the internet