Editing The Process of Weeding Out

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{{Infobox album
| name       = The Process of Weeding Out
| type       = EP
| artist     = [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]]
| cover      = Black Flag - The Process of Weeding Out cover.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = September 1985
| recorded   = March 1985
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Jazz rock]], [[instrumental rock]], [[experimental music]]
| length     = 26:28
| label      = [[SST Records|SST]] (037)
| producer   = [[Greg Ginn]], [[Bill Stevenson (musician)|Bill Stevenson]], David Tarling
| prev_title = [[Loose Nut]]
| prev_year  = 1985
| next_title = [[In My Head (album)|In My Head]]
| next_year  = 1985
}}
'''''The Process of Weeding Out''''' is the fifth EP by American band [[Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]].<ref name="nyt">{{cite web|last=Palmer|first=Robert|title=Black Flag Adds A Soupcon of Sophistication to Punk Rock|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/02/23/arts/black-flag-adds-a-soupcon-of-sophistication-to-punk-rock.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 23, 1986|access-date=June 8, 2019}}</ref> One of the most potent realizations of [[guitarist]] [[Greg Ginn]]'s fascination with the [[Avant-garde music|avant-garde]], ''The Process of Weeding Out'' is described by critic Chris True of [[AllMusic]] as "an interesting document of Greg Ginn's development from high-speed guitar 'sculptor' to one of the few [[punk rock|punk]] artists to embrace [[12 tone music|12-tone experimental music]]."<ref name="allmusic"/> Because of the jazz influences by Ginn, all of the tracks are [[Instrumental rock|instrumental]].

The back cover has a quote from Ginn, reading, in part:
<blockquote>"...even though this record may communicate certain feelings, emotions, and ideas to some, I have faith that cop-types with their strictly linear minds and stick-to-the-rules mentality don't have the ability to decipher the intuitive contents of this record."</blockquote><!-- it is a potential copyright violation to have Ginn's full text -->

==Reception==
{{Music ratings
|rev2 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev2score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|last=True |first=Chris |url={{AllMusic|class=album |id=r1970/review |pure_url=yes}} |title=AllMusic review |website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=2012-09-10}}</ref>
|rev1 = ''[[All About Jazz]]''
|rev1Score = Positive<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=20495|title=Black Flag: Black Flag: Family Man & The Process of Weeding Out|first=All About|last=Jazz|website=All About Jazz}}</ref>
|rev3 = Punknews.org
|rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Gentile|first=John|title=Black Flag - The Process of Weeding Out [EP]|url=https://www.punknews.org/review/14964/black-flag-the-process-of-weeding-out-ep|website=Punknews.org|date=February 13, 2017|access-date=June 8, 2019}}</ref>
}}
[[Robert Palmer (American writer)|Robert Palmer]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' described the album as "what [[Jazz fusion|jazz-rock]] could have become if the best of the musicians who first crossbred [[jazz]] improvising with rock's sonic fire power had followed their most creative impulses."<ref name="nyt"/>

[[Byron Coley]] at ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' said, "Greg Ginn heralds the fourth stage of his ascension to heaven via strings. A hypnotically churning stew pot of murk, riff, and raff."<ref>{{cite magazine| magazine= [[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] | title=Spins|author=Byron Coley| date=March 1986|issue=11|page=31}}</ref>

==Track listing==
All songs by [[Greg Ginn]], except where noted.

'''Side one'''
#"Your Last Affront" – 9:39
#"Screw the Law" – 2:24

'''Side two'''
#"The Process of Weeding Out" – 9:58
#"Southern Rise" (Ginn/[[Kira Roessler]]/[[Bill Stevenson (musician)|Bill Stevenson]]) – 5:00

==Personnel==
*[[Greg Ginn]] – [[guitar]]
*[[Kira Roessler]] – [[bass guitar]]
*[[Bill Stevenson (musician)|Bill Stevenson]] – [[drum kit|drums]]
*[[Raymond Pettibon]] – cover art

==References==
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