00:00 - How Steve got into recording music.
02:55 - On moving to Chicago.
11:31 - On the recording environment in the late 1980s and how punk rock defined his approach to recording.
18:00 - Reference to 'Busted at Oz' (1981 Punk Compilation Album).
19:41 - Punk Rock Recording Approach.
20:32 - The difference between Punk Rock and Pop (Joe Carducci - Rock and the Pop Narcotic).
27:12 - Mainstream music and the drift towards digital music production.
30:36 - Recording in the punk rock world vs the mainstream world.
34:29 - Digital recording vs analog recording.
41:39 - Preserving the recording (reference to 'Ore' by 'Skip Spence').
45:10 - Preserving the recording (reference to 'SpiderLand' by 'Slint').
48:12 - Preserving the recording is as important as preserving the band's vision for the recording.
58:08 - On John Peel.

Questions and Answers
01:01:17 - A question on his favourite project.
01:02:40 - A question on 'Oar' by 'Skip Spence'.
01:03:16 - A question on recording unfamiliar bands.
01:05:47 - A question on using a metronome during recording.
01:07:56 - A question on the sound at the end of 'A Sun That Never Sets' by 'Neurosis'.
01:12:04 - Speaks further on his recording philosophy.
01:14:53 - A question on analog recording on a budget.
01:17:58 - A question on recording ‘Son of Dave’.
01:19:05 - A question on recording ‘The Manic Street Preachers’.
01:20:07 - A question on the internet.
01:26:17 - A question on ticket prices for live music.
01:29:32 - A question on record royalties.
01:31:06 - A question on being a professional musician.
01:33:09 - A question on turning down work.
01:36:44 - A question on bands requesting a particular sound.
01:38:27 - Questions on challenging projects (working away from home).
Working with Jimmy Page & Robert Plant at Abbey Road.
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