Ian MacKaye | Indie And Small Press Book Fair, NYC | 12/1/07
There are very few punk rock icons that can command an entire room’s attention like Ian MacKaye. I could rattle off the list of why it would be perfectly ok to shake in your boots when meeting the man but honestly now, he’s just a regular ol’ dude; a normal guy, of course, who has inspired thousands of people with his music in Minor Theat, Fugazi, and the Evens and his label, Dischord Records.
MacKaye spoke on independent culture at this year’s Indie and Small Press Book Fair in Manhattan, to an absolutely jam-packed room of eager listeners. Of course though, whenever you get the man in front of a bunch of his fans, the incredibly-frustrating and endlessly-repeated questions will arise. “Will Fugazi play again?” or “Are you still straight edge?” People, people. The man answered these questions YEARS ago. The horse is officially decomposed. Give it up! I gotta give him credit though, he handled all the inquiries very articulately, instead of just flipping out.
