Thank you, Greil!
Shannon McArdle Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at 10:47AM
https://greilmarcus.net/ask-greil-2/
08/14/17
The Mendoza Line were a great band that I never would have discovered without your writing, even though they were practically my neighbors in Brooklyn at the time. They seem to have been consigned to oblivion except for the very small number of people who heard them. I pull out Lost in Revelry at least once a year and it shows no signs of getting old. Even though their eventual bitter collapse seems written into their story from the beginning, I can’t help but wish they had managed a longer run. Do they still hold up for you? Have you followed any of the members post-Mendoza work?
– Erik
They more than hold up. Their music seems more unlikely and brave under Trump than it did with Bush, and just as funny, warm, melodic and open as ever.
I’ve kept up with Shannon McArdle who I admire enormously. We’ve worked together—a great privilege.