It's an important moment as a reader, I think, when you can forget the question of whether you need to know what happened. Some people really want hard explanations. I'm the other way. I like mysteries. I don't want to frustrate people. I don't want people to feel like they got no answers, but I want to approach the mystery and sit with it.
John DarnielleIt's easy to follow national politics and weigh in on social media, but if I'm tweeting stuff about Chatham County, no one cares.
John DarnielleI couldn't name more than a couple of good drum'n'bass acts, and I have no idea what's big in the dance world right now.
John DarnielleA bands first albums usually not great. When you made the first album, you had a day job and you were still trying to be serious about it.
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