Jeff Melnick

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That’s a great summary. Also once in the mid-‘80s I walked by her on the street in Manhattan and I am so proud to report that I just gave her a half nod and said “S’up Yoko?”

So sorry

Remarkable. But I know it took me awhile to open my stupid little head.

I’m the youngest of four children and so of course I always wished I had a younger brother and I wish my younger brother was John Darnielle

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Motherfucker

Gorgeous

I wonder if young rock guys still have that moment where they shake themselves out of a stoned haze and realize that Yoko is a genius.

Lucky! Just saw that Iron Horse is the closest he’s getting to me and started thinking about how pretty the valley is in spring.

Same! Only really started listening last year for real

Loved having these three incredibly bright and talented young musicians crash at my house this weekend for many reasons, not least because they explained to me what “coworker music” means

Sweet ol’ Bill Callahan got a lovely new record out and the grand theme seems to be: it’s better to fade away than to burn out. Bless his heart.

Whenever I read about Israelis hiding out—and dancing and singing!—in their bunkers, I can’t help thinking about that other fella who ended up in a bunker

Ooh maybe I’ll get some more worthless Ticketmaster vouchers

This is great! Small’s original concept was mostly about live music but I like how people have extended it using “social network analysis” which is, I think, where you’re headed here

I’m thinking about the malign influence Zionist Jews in the US have had on foreign policy—and the lives of countless lost souls—and wondering if any other group this small has caused this level of chaos and wreckage.

Double dog dare ya

I've been going to the Paradise in Boston for literally decades (pretty sure my first gig there was Bob Mould in 1989) but last night was the first time--thanks Zack!--that I got shouted out from the stage. And then the crowd briefly chanted my name. Top fandom moment.

Jealous!!!!

Amazing

Front door lock on wood door

Guests here from NYC and after almost 30 years living here someone has finally used the chain lock

That sounds truly cathartic. (Also thanks for sharing my perhaps benighted faith in the power of the ritual.)

Heyyy

I drowned my profound existential sorrows in live music this weekend but that escape did not for a second distract me from the reality that we have keep imagining larger collectives borne by our little collectives. Life against death.

Very sweet moment when singer Zack shouted me out from the stage of the Paradise and the crowd spontaneously started chanting my name. A real chart topper in my life as a fan.

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True

My musician houseguests drove up here today from New York and stopped for their lunch in New Haven and then came here with a tomato pie from Sally's Apizza for me.

I believe this is a textbook case of "good home training"

Fantastic