“I have other projects to do. I try not to let that documentation interfere with my present day.” Quote by Ian MacKaye
“I jump from one thing to the next but try and strike a balance. But it's not nostalgic in the sense of 'those were the good old days and now we're not there'. I don't think like that. Not my way.” ThinkingWayTryingNextOne ThingBalanceStrikesMy WayOld DaysNostalgicGood Old Days Author:Ian MacKaye
“There's also a lot of skateboard stuff, because I was a skateboarder. Somewhere around here I have one of my original boards.” StuffOriginalsBoardsSkateboarder Author:Ian MacKaye
“Archiving is extremely expensive and time consuming. I'm sure an archivist would tell me I'm doing it wrong. It's an industry that's built upon essential ideas, and some of those practices are abusive.” IdeasPracticeIndustryEssentialsBuiltExpensiveConsumingAbusiveTime ConsumingArchivists Author:Ian MacKaye
“The archiving industry, much like the funeral industry and the wedding industry, these industries can be very exploitative.” IndustryFuneral Author:Ian MacKaye
“The amount of money that people spend on saving stuff, they try to feed you this idea that it's more important.” PeopleTryingImportantIdeasStuffAmountSaving Author:Ian MacKaye
“Getting your letters or pictures digitized. I don't think it's that important. The more you spend on your materials, you're given the sense that those things are more important due to the total amount spent. You'd probably be better off giving that money to a soup kitchen.” ThinkingGivingImportantGivenMaterialsAmountLettersDuesKitchenSoupBetter OffSoup Kitchens Author:Ian MacKaye
“The American underground punk scene, though, is a story worth remembering.” StoriesRememberScenePunk Author:Ian MacKaye
“I'm not talking about what came later [after the American underground punk scene], indie music, or whatever you want to call it, but the music that came before that - that's an important story. So many interviews with musicians get the time or context wrong. You have these older bands, usually men, who tell stories about "Oh, we got into this huge fight, this guy punched that guy," that's the wrong sort of story. My view of the time is truly pioneering.” MenWantImportantStoriesGuyFightingViewsTalkingHugeBandMusicianInterviewsThis GuyThat GuyNot TalkingPioneeringIndie Music Author:Ian MacKaye
“You had bands like D.O.A., or Black Flag, and a whole network opened up to trailblazer a counter culture movement. I'm more interested in the less sensational type of stories.” WholeStoriesCultureBlackMovementTypeBandFlagsSensationalTrailblazersCounter Culture Author:Ian MacKaye
“Record labels have enjoyed a 100-year monopoly of selling plastic and now they're up against a different format.” YearsDifferentRecordsSellingEnjoyedLabelsPlasticMonopolyFormatRecord Labels Author:Ian MacKaye