The Voice has an interview with Mr. Merritt on the cusp of his Fall tour. I’ll be catching him in DC.

“Ordinarily we completely ignore the sound of the record when we develop the live show, but in this case I have made one tiny concession, which is that instead of playing the ukulele, quietly, I’ll be playing the bouzouki, quietly. “

(via the Slut)

This is amusing:

“Yeah. You know, I’m supposed to be honored that they named some shoes—a whole line of shoes—after me, but they don’t send me anything? Nuke Europe!”