Blog: State Magazine

Although on the other side of the world at the moment, I am distraught over the news of Mark Linkous' death . When I was starting out in music journalism, I approached the man in Whelan's during a sound check, saying that I was a writing for an independent music magazine and could he meet for an interview. He said that that was no problem and we agreed to go for a coffee the morning after his first of two shows in Whelan's. I gave him a copy of Dubliners by James Joyce, and he told me [...]