Things People Have Actually Said About Me

  • "You're one of the good ones"

    Said while discussing fans of the Mountain Goats who he has met.
    Also one time he DM'd me on twitter and said "buddy I happened across 'father's day' and it just nailed me right in the damn chest. great work." Coming from the guy who wrote The Sunset Tree, you better believe that means a whole lot.

  • “...hip-looking black guy"

    He told the venue staff to look for a man under this description to bring me to the green room. And I gotta be honest, for the people in line for the Hank Green comedy show, he gave a description that narrowed it down to me.

  • "It’s nice that he’s strong and can lift things"

    My friend Kal's dad after I helped them move stuff up 5 flights of stairs into a new apartment.

  • “Sorta gay lookin guy, great mustache, really cool [Seattle Pilots] jersey, he’s gotta really know baseball!”

    My friend Abby's dad described me this way after I attended Abby's wedding reception that was hosted in a baseball stadium.

  • “That dude writes mad songs. Kinda talks a lot though.”

    Longtime friend and producer/collaborator, Ben Mueller of the band Low Ceilings. One of the Boytime :) Gang

  • “The hottest and most talented musician that’s ever tried to proselytized the merits of American baseball to me.”

    Milo Huxley, cover artist for The Grand Gesture and Other Remarkable Legends, here referring to some Instagram stories I posted.

  • “Good taste in some things, bad taste in others. You take what you can get.”

    Spencer Newton, internet friend turned real life friend turned internet friend. One of the Boytime :) Gang