[kj] OT: Fugazi/Minor Threat's Ian MacKaye uses Dischord studio equip to aid investigation into Kent State massacre

[bongo]

in semi-related news... ian was here just a short while ago doing an
acoustic show (??)
of course i heard about it the week after...

X-(


On 6/8/07, B. Oliver Sheppard <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>

>

> http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/42788-ian-mackaye-aids-kent-state-shootings-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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