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The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
b-side
Thursday, March 26, 2015 — 3B

Mac Demarco is my 
dad, my friend, etc.

By ANDREW MCCLURE

Daily Arts Writer

Mac DeMarco is my dad 

because he is. Because he’s 
24 and I’m not so that makes 
sense. Because he has a gap 
in his front teeth and I had 
braces before. Actually he can 
stick a cig into the space and 
I’ve done that with my upper 
and lower lip when I’m drunk. 
Mac is my dad because my last 
name is McClure and those 
two are too similar for him not 
to be. Because he showered 
while pooping and I’ve done 
both of those things separate-

ly. Because it seems he doesn’t 
bathe ever and I’m a shower guy 
anyway. Because he wears knit 
caps to hide his dirtiness and 
I used to wear those when the 
weather called for something 
else. Mac is my dad because 
dads — the good ones — are cool 
and funny and talented and he’s 
most of those things. He’s my 
dad because he called his studio 
Jizz Jazz and I know what one 
of those means.

Mac DeMarco is my friend 

because a good dad is a friend. 
He’s my friend because he made 
“Salad Days” and that record 
has “Chamber Of Reflection” 

on it. That track is good because 
the verses and refrains are 
Hemingway-simple. He’s my 
friend because he knows I like 
simple because I might be sim-
ple. That track is about being 
alone and I get that feeling 
sometimes and it’s nice. He’s my 
friend because he likes friends 
but privacy too and I do too. 
He’s my friend because he takes 
me places like on his China 
tour or to my imagination or to 
my weird side. And that’s what 
good friends do. They take you 
to China unless you can’t go. 
Then just go to your imagina-
tion or your weird side. It’s fun 

and Mac knows this because 
he’s fun. I think you’ll like him 
but don’t be alarmed when he 
farts on your hand. That means 
he just doesn’t hate you and 
maybe he’ll like you. He’s my 
friend because he riffs on stupid 
stuff until it’s no longer stupid.

Mac DeMarco is my relief 

because he googled Teen Slut 
when he was eight and I googled 
something more embarrassing 
last night. He’s my relief because 
he tells jokes like Mitch Hedberg 
did and that dude was funny and 
weird and unbathed too. He’s my 
relief because he hates Chipotle 
and I eat it so often that I should 
hate it. He’s my relief because he 
once said he wants to make out 
with Jerry Seinfeld and I want to 
make something with Jerry Sein-
feld. He’s my relief because he self 
deprecates and that doesn’t go out 
of style. Mac is my relief because 
he made a love song about his 
smokes and I love love songs most 
of the time. He says “I’ll smoke 
you ’til I’m dying” and I think he 

means it and admire his commit-
ment. He’s my relief because he 
says “Obama, man, shit’s fucked 
up” in a fake stoner voice and it’s 
funny because he’s probably a 
lefty. He’s just joking and I too do 
fake stoner voices. He’s my relief 
because his music makes me feel 
like I’m in a hammock and school 
got canceled tomorrow.

Mac DeMarco is not my dad 

because he never sexed my mom. 
He would but she wouldn’t. He’s 
not my dad because he’s not ready 
for a kid or me. And that’s cool. 
Dads don’t make languorous rock 
‘n’ roll earworms; they make din-

ner reservations. Mac wouldn’t 
make dinner reservations because 
he likes In-N-Out Burger and 
that place doesn’t take reserva-
tions right now. He’s not my dad 
because my real dad would prob-
ably listen to Real Estate first. Or 
Kurt Vile. Or The War on Drugs. 
And those bands rock but Mac 
makes effortless seem cooler than 
it already is. My real dad would 
stop and ask, “Who’s this?” once 
he learned to loosen up and work 
less. Mac DeMarco is not my dad 
because my dad needs to listen to 
Mac because it would be good for 
him. Good to relax to.

Mac DeMarco is many things 

but he is not my dad. But now that 
I think of it maybe he is my friend. 
A friend is someone you can be 
weird with. And I always feel that 
when I’m with Mac and my head-
phones that my real dad bought 
me for Christmas.

Mac should thank my real dad 

for buying those headphones. 
He just can’t sign the card, Your 
Son’s Dad.

MUSIC NOTEBOOK

Demarco is not 
my dad because 
he never sexed 

my mom.

