lol lol
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
What do you say when you’re roughing up a perp? “On the floor, dirtbag!” “Book 'em, Danno!” That kind of thing.Shaq: Well, uh. [Long pause.] My job is to be a little girl.Come again?Shaq: I play a little girl on the Internet. So whatever name I’m going by, that will probably be my catchphrase. If I’m Tanya, then it’ll be something like, “Tanya says hello.” And they’ll be like, “Tanya who?” And I’ll say, “You don’t know no Tanya, huh? I’m Tanya. Let’s go.” And that’s when the cuffs get slapped on you.
Shaq: Well, uh. [Long pause.] My job is to be a little girl.
Come again?
Shaq: I play a little girl on the Internet. So whatever name I’m going by, that will probably be my catchphrase. If I’m Tanya, then it’ll be something like, “Tanya says hello.” And they’ll be like, “Tanya who?” And I’ll say, “You don’t know no Tanya, huh? I’m Tanya. Let’s go.” And that’s when the cuffs get slapped on you.
SHAQ I LOVE YOU
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
generally not a fan when the interviewers think we give a shit about them
― bnw, Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
seeing his interviewing style play out there helps frame the JD one a bit better...but still
Yeah, the fact that he doesn't seem to care about coming across as a dick is what makes some of his interviews funny, but with the JD interview that kind of jokes-bruv cheekiness is weirdly and uncomfortably mingled with the ingratiating tone of an awkward teenager meeting his idol.
― jaymc, Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
I think this guy should be hunted down and attacked by a pack of rabid woodchucks.
― Peyton Flanders (Nicole), Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
Or forced to live with Kid Rock, which is probably worse.
― Peyton Flanders (Nicole), Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
or mauled by a murder of rabid eddychucks.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
― jaymc, Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:51 (11 minutes ago)
main prob isn't even the jokes, it's that his myopia is pushed to the forefront in this interview
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
"i bootlegg your music all the time, i even grabbed that leak of all eternals deck! is that alright with you?"
― jacobfiala, Friday, 10 June 2011 05:51 (twelve years ago) link
Just read some of his Vanity Fair stuff, and the Darnielle interview didn't get any better as a result.
― jer.fairall, Friday, 10 June 2011 12:49 (twelve years ago) link
Interview read OK to me. Good responses from J0hn. i.e.
The thing is, I have empathy for every character I sing through. But that song, “No Children,” is kind of funny and I’m not laughing with those people, I’m laughing at them. It’s funny to watch people who are that messed up. It’s maybe not the most admirable trait in a human being to be amused by that, and I think that’s why I try to have some empathy for them. But the funny parts of that song? That’s not me saying, “Hey, isn’t it hilarious how people treat each other bad?” It’s me saying, “You guys are wasting your single opportunity to occupy this human body."
― Forget the rest / this breast test is best (Ówen P.), Friday, 10 June 2011 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
hysterical interview; was kinda hoping it was incognito whiney
― When Zeester Met Koffie (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 June 2011 16:48 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 10 June 2011 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
i mean...
On a scale of one to ten, ten being you want to punch me hard in the throat right now …
― When Zeester Met Koffie (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 June 2011 16:50 (twelve years ago) link
On a scale of one to 51, 51 being you want to sb me right now ...
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Saturday, 11 June 2011 08:07 (twelve years ago) link
Of interest!
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/06/first-drafts-the-mountain-goats-dance-music/240558/
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 16 June 2011 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
awes, will read later
― markers, Thursday, 16 June 2011 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
that was cool. i always enjoy little candid bits from songwriters about their songwriting.
dude played a spirited show on tuesday in spite of a back half of the room who needed to be 51'd. it was the first i've been able to make it to in about 8 years, fun to see him with the (not extraordinarily recent) addition of a band.
― arby's, Thursday, 16 June 2011 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
i went and actually milled around outside but it was raining so hard and i was soaked from biking and went home instead :(
― all the pretty HOOSes (gbx), Thursday, 16 June 2011 22:26 (twelve years ago) link
Super fun show tonight, so much unpent mad energy coming from that stage. Really great sets w/ bonus Steely Dan cover in the (quieter) middle.
― Jaq, Friday, 17 June 2011 07:12 (twelve years ago) link
what steely dan song did he do?
― just sayin, Friday, 17 June 2011 07:42 (twelve years ago) link
could totally imagine kid charlemagne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeoCG7-3Jqw
― it's a meme i made and i like (Steve Shasta), Friday, 17 June 2011 07:53 (twelve years ago) link
NO STATIC AT ALL
― it's a meme i made and i like (Steve Shasta), Friday, 17 June 2011 07:54 (twelve years ago) link
Steve Shasta (Malibu, CA USA)
― buzza, Friday, 17 June 2011 08:09 (twelve years ago) link
Nah, he did Dr. Wu
― Jaq, Friday, 17 June 2011 13:31 (twelve years ago) link
I ask a few things.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 20 June 2011 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
good interview! i only just got this album, and man its good, seems like it might even be one of his best?
― just sayin, Monday, 20 June 2011 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
Good interview. (But ketjap manis >>>>>> straight soy sauce in that pad thai.)
― Mr. Patrick Batman (WmC), Monday, 20 June 2011 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
I am totally not faking when I say that I don't get what's supposed to be wrong with the Spitznagl interview!
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 20 June 2011 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
my 8 yr old daughter chimes in:
"what the... this is kind of annoying. going to georgia?? i thought your voice had to be good to have a CD out. how does this guy have a CD?... we need to get rid of this one... get rid of it, delete it from your computer at least, dad."
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Saturday, 27 August 2011 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
your daughter is kinda a dick
― iatee, Saturday, 27 August 2011 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
apple, tree, et cetera
― strongo hulkington's ghost dad, Saturday, 27 August 2011 22:24 (twelve years ago) link
Pretty much my favourite band ever. Had a wonderful bonding moment with my really surly 16 year old brother on holiday a few weeks back. I absent mindedly started singing Birth of Serpents in the car, he turns to me and asks why I was singing it, I was surprised he knew what it was, and then boom, he tells me about how much he loves the band, how he's got tonnes of their records etc. I've never got on with him better, so thanks John Darnielle!
― Darren Huckerby (Dwight Yorke), Sunday, 28 August 2011 00:05 (twelve years ago) link
that's my favorite mg song -- wtf little ilxtress
― mookieproof, Sunday, 28 August 2011 00:08 (twelve years ago) link
love TMG stuff, esp. as summer begins to fade into fall.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 28 August 2011 00:12 (twelve years ago) link
I love High Hawk Season, but I am biased
― now I have to imagine your penis (DJP), Sunday, 28 August 2011 01:15 (twelve years ago) link
ha
― *steens furiHOOSly* (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 28 August 2011 01:20 (twelve years ago) link
i went to see their dublin show with some friends, we had a ball. suspiciously timed with the obama visit tho i must say
― zvookster, Sunday, 28 August 2011 01:30 (twelve years ago) link
did u mean to say o'bama
― mookieproof, Sunday, 28 August 2011 01:31 (twelve years ago) link
looooooool ilxor
― markers, Sunday, 28 August 2011 01:36 (twelve years ago) link
ní féidir liom xp
― zvookster, Sunday, 28 August 2011 01:40 (twelve years ago) link
loool djp
― come back to the five and dime remy bean, (remy bean), Sunday, 28 August 2011 01:43 (twelve years ago) link
i do like tmg
― markers, Sunday, 28 August 2011 01:44 (twelve years ago) link
one of the best things ive heard all year. i am not biased!
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Sunday, 28 August 2011 03:48 (twelve years ago) link
http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltowrfU1Ej1r5v7auo1_500.jpg
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 9 November 2011 05:47 (twelve years ago) link
too much time on ilx imo
― herbie mann on some gully shit (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 07:19 (twelve years ago) link
New track!
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/12730-thucydides-ii-58/
― Who wants to see the great Pavarotti sit on a pie? (jer.fairall), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 15:34 (twelve years ago) link
i try not to be a pushy fan but man if there was a whole now-cancelled mountain goats project of songs based on passages by classical historians i am going to be slightly rueful
― occupy the A train (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
Ooh!
― Who wants to see the great Pavarotti sit on a pie? (jer.fairall), Thursday, 17 November 2011 16:35 (twelve years ago) link