Listening to Music with... John Merriman
Like a Rolling Stone
John Merriman, professor of French history, stands a solid 6’2” off the ground with an unruly mop of brown hair and a boyish grin that suggests he knows more than he’s letting on.
He told me, before agreeing to an interview, that he knew “absolutely nothing about music.” But as I soon learned, it isn’t that Merriman doesn’t know anything — it’s that his musical knowledge is confined to a gentle obsession with one particular band.
AFTER 12 YEARS, SIEDLECKI STEPS DOWN
