Sean Michaels lives in Montreal, where he is working on a novel about accidents, melancholy, and Apollo. He writes about songs at saidthegramophone.com and sometimes mcsweeneys.net. This is his second piece for the Believer.

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  October 2008: Interview with Nico Muhly
  The twenty-six-year-old composer and Philip Glass protégé has lately been arranging songs using comments on YouTube.
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  May 2007: Interview with Will Sheff
  The lead singer of the literate band Okkervil River on why the literate tag is insulting to pop music.