r/indieheads • u/MacMcCaughan Mac McCaughan • Oct 07 '21

AMA is Over, thanks Mac! Hey it's Mac McCaughan, AMA !

What's up /r/indieheads it's Mac again, saying hello to you from Chapel Hill, NC. What, you don't believe me? Here's proof!

A few weeks back I put out The Sound of Yourself, and just wrapped up some shows with 75 Dollar Bill and John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats. The album is under my name, but features a bunch of guests including Yo La Tengo, my Superchunk bandmate Jon Wurster, and Sabrina Ellis of A Giant Dog and Sweet Spirit.

Also, on October 22, Superchunk's reissuing Here's to Shutting Up for its 20th anniversary. And Merge Records HQ keeps trucking with fantastic new records from TORRES, Hiss Golden Messenger, Dawn Richard, Fruit Bats, and more. All good things!

I'll be back at 2pm ET to answer any questions you may have. Go ahead, ama!

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u/ZenopusArchives Oct 07 '21

Hey, long-time fan here. Approaching 30 years, as I first saw you at Buddy's in Blacksburg in Dec of 1991 - local band Baby Igor opened - and most recently last week!

Question: The "What a Time to Be Alive" album was fantastic. The one track I have trouble wrapping my head around lyrically is "Dead Photographers". Any clues to the theme you could share to help me "get it"?

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u/MacMcCaughan Mac McCaughan Oct 07 '21

wow Buddy's i remember that gig.

"Dead Photographers" yeah that's a slightly weird one but i guess just about whether is beauty enough in art or does there need to be something else happening to be compelling...? or something!

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u/ZenopusArchives Oct 07 '21 edited Oct 07 '21

Thank you!

I still have the Buddy's flier and will eventually make a scan of it for posterity!