Looking Back and Looking Forward: For Young Dan Mangan, The Straight Was Where Every Musician Wants To Be

Dan Mangan

Music section features, concert listings, savage love. in that order. Week after week, it is usually consumed at the same coffee shop.of georgia straight was the bible of musical activity and almost the only source of information on the subject.

Before social media, print was the access point. It was her IP address of an individual with vein access. cooler than you Those who could name their favorite record from a disbanded band, recently re-formed as a new genre-bending ensemble, happily pretended to have heard it.

I was dying to join the tornado. I would have thrown everything I had into the cyclone in hopes of being abducted by it too.

remember when Nice, nice, very nice I sent a cold email to the music editor via a friend who worked at the front desk of georgia straightThe subject is “10 reasons why Dan Mangan should be on the cover of the magazine”. straight In August”. It was the longest long shot. And it worked.

I was still working at The Keg.We have prepared straight At the bar, a colleague called me a “rock star.” I wanted to punch him in the nose. all work. All heartache. Reduced to a pejorative metaphor to describe fantasy. But I didn’t want fantasy. I wanted the real thing. Since then, I hate that word.

It’s hard to explain to kids today how much it meant to me as a teenage musician to keep up with my local music magazine. I also loosely refer to it in my song “Tina’s Glorious Comeback”. But I miss it.discover the band at straight It was like discovering a band on a Zulu Records listening station.

I hope my boys will have similar experiences of discovery in their teens, one way or another. I think it’s important.

Enjoy inky fingertips and perfect bites.