Calligraphy portraits.
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Alt Press: I would imagine too that being a father would be pretty rewarding. I can see that even being really healing.
Andrew McMahon: Oh, absolutely. It’s a really interesting thing, because I had to bank my sperm before I got treated, so it’s a 22 year old me being responsible for creating this life as part of our IVF treatments. In a really strange, poetic moment, I remember walking down the street with my daughter and looking at her and going, “Wow, if any of that hadn’t happened, I wouldn’t be sitting here with her.” It put a lot in perspective. Of all the times where I’ve looked back and said, “Would you do this again?” [or] “If somebody told you [that] you had to go through this, would you choose it?” And most times I would tell you, “Absolutely not.” But definitely seeing her and seeing how we got here, it’s probably the first time I’d say I wouldn’t change it. It’s a blessing, for sure.
Tour poster and promo photos for Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness.
“At times I’ve performed simply as Andrew McMahon but mostly as Jack’s Mannequin and Something Corporate. As I embark on yet another musical adventure, I will be traveling with my band to many of those same stages, this time as "Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness”. I suppose my wilderness is mostly an abstract one. Since putting Jack’s behind me, I forced myself into strange spaces seeking new stimulus. New lights on the path to the high of a finished song.“
Happy Birthday Muddy Waters!
Dan and Pat of The Black Keys.
Alex Turner, Arctic Monkeys.
She & Him tour poster.
Patti Smith, by Robert Mapplethorp
Justin Townes Earle, photographed by Joshua Black Wilkins.
Photo by Joshua Black Wilkins.
“If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.”
Frank Zappa