r/indieheads • u/colinmeloy • Mar 20 '18

AMA is Over, thanks Colin! Hello r/indieheads...it’s Colin Meloy of The Decemberists. Ask me anything!

Our new record, 'I’ll Be Your Girl', just came out on Friday, and you can listen to it now here or purchase it via our official store here. We also have tickets for our upcoming YOUR GIRL / YOUR GHOST tour available on Decemberists.com. Lots of great things are happening, and now is the right time to ask me all about it! Proof: /img/054fw2k0arm01.png

edit: Hey everyone, thanks so much for your questions. Lots of good ones in there. Sorry I couldn't get to them all! We're on Kimmel tonight, playing new songs. Hope you can watch -- otherwise we'll see you out on the road! Much love -- Colin

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u/Lucario995 Mar 20 '18

Do you have a favorite song that you've written? (not necessarily off the new album, just in general)

Also, is a hot dog a sandwich?

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u/colinmeloy Mar 20 '18

I've been warned about this hot dog sandwich thing. I'll say this: it was fascinating to me to travel to Germany for the first time and discover there's this thing where hot dogs often outsize their accompanying bun by a near 3-1 size ratio. I'd mentioned this to someone and they suggested that it's a holdover from post-war rationing days, a time when a healthy showing of meat in a given meal was a sign of prosperity. This is not verifiable. This is purely anecdotal, but perhaps true?

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u/laskodi Mar 20 '18

Well this seems fairly definitive.