J Mascis has nothing better to do

<figure> <img alt="J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr on stage at Baby’s All Right playing the loudest show." data-caption="J Mascis on stage during Dinosaur Jr.’s Baby’s Alright show in NYC. | Photo: Terrence O’Brien" data-portal-copyright="Photo: Terrence O’Brien" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/J-Mascis-Dinosaur-Jr-interview-Babys-All-Right.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> J Mascis on stage during Dinosaur Jr.’s Baby’s Alright show in NYC. | Photo: Terrence O’Brien </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Dinosaur Jr. frontman J Mascis is known as something of a slacker guitar god. He stands stoically onstage, barely moving, as he seemingly effortlessly works through deft guitar solos and lopsided riffs. Unfortunately, Mascis has developed a similar reputation as an interview subject, quietly sitting and offering deft nonanswers.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">That's not to say that Mascis can't be funny or charming. As our interview was winding down and I was thanking him for his time, he started to loosen up a bit. He told me about his youth as a mini golf "enthusiast." "I had a 3-foot putt for the win" at a mini-golf tournament, he said, but "that's when I realized tha …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/1012442/j-mascis-dinosaur-jr-fender-interview">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>