[kj] OT: Fugazi/Minor Threat's Ian MacKaye uses Dischord studio equip to ...

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Oh give me a break! 
 
LOL! 
 
What's next? 
 
The JFK investigation?
 
 
~LB
 
 
In a message dated 6/7/2007 6:02:09 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net writes:

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/42788-ian-mackaye-aids-kent-state-s
hootings-investigation

Ian  MacKaye Aids Kent State Shootings Investigation

The infamous Kent State  shootings may have happened over 37 years ago, 
but for those who were  present during this grim chapter in American 
history-- or indeed any who  seek truth above all-- justice has not yet 
been served. The question  remains why National Guardsmen fired upon 
student protesters-- and  by-standers-- that fateful May 4, whether they 
had any good reason to do  so, and who made the order that left four dead 
in Ohio.

To help  answer these questions and more, a Kent State survivor dedicated 
to the  ongoing investigation has called upon the expertise of an indie 
superman:  Ian MacKaye of Fugazi/Minor Threat/Embrace/Evens/Dischord/etc.  
fame.

As noted on Idolator.com today and originally reported by the  Akron 
Beacon Journal on May 2, MacKaye recently "analyzed [a] recording"  taken 
on reel-to-reel by Kent State student Terry Strubbe the day of the  
shootings.

On this recording-- the only one known to exist that  includes the 
complete 13 seconds of gunfire-- one can allegedly hear a  National Guard 
officer giving the order: "Right here. Get set. Point.  Fire."

The muffled recording was presented to MacKaye by Alan Canfora,  who was 
wounded in the shootings and now runs the richly informative Kent  May 4 
Center, a "non-profit educational charity" that "seek[s] to provide  
information for students, scholars, researchers and news  media."

MacKaye and Canfora met when Fugazi played a May 4 Center  benefit back 
in the 1990s, according to a representative from Dischord.  While 
confirming MacKaye's involvement, he downplayed the label  co-founder's 
"analysis."

"Ian is not a forensic audio expert," the  Dischord rep wrote in an 
e-mail to Pitchfork, "but has access to  professional audio equipment. 

>From my understanding, Ian's role was simply  to boost the volume of the 

tape so Canfora could decide whether or not to  look into further analysis."

While "Ian MacKaye: Forensic Audio Expert"  has a slightly cooler ring to 
it than "Ian MacKaye: Dude with Audio  Equipment", we're thrilled all the 
same that Mr. MacKaye is lending his  talents to yet another worthy 
enterprise.

Link-arrowStream: Ian  MacKaye (in various bands): Various Tracks







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