In the five and half years since indie-rock band the Long Winters released its last album, lead singer and songwriter John Roderick has become known as much for tweeting as for performing.
Roderick, 43, has amassed more than 15,000 Twitter followers thanks to his humorous takes on everything from music to parenthood to the absurdities of daily life.
He also hosts a weekly podcast, "Roderick on the Line," with Merlin Mann that lets him expound further on any topic that crosses his mind.
amNewYork spoke with Roderick via email as he got ready for a short solo tour.
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-- I've arrived in DC to take up my new position as Defender of Public Morals. First order of business: take your damn hats off indoors!
-- Oh, hooray. The bratty little boy is right behind me. He is a holy terror. I hate this little boy. He sucks. A sucky little child.
-- A young person just told me he doesn't care what I think, but I'm winning him over by chatting with him about Pokemon. He's 27.
-- I woke up thinking about Mr. J. D. Mortermeister Funkenstein. Is that a
person?
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