"Text Me If You Need Anything"

Finding comfort in strange times

The Dismemberment Plan is a great band. I saw them open for Modest Mouse in 1997, at the Knitting Factory— in New York City. I could barely recognize myself today if I saw myself then.

I was 19 years old and spending the summer after my first year of college working in New York City at Sony Music Studios as an intern. Modest Mouse had just released the Lonesome Crowded West, which is still a great record. There's an excellent documentary about Pitchfork if you want to spend time with it. I think it's worth the indulgence: