The Mountain Goats

Loving this on first listen, kudos JD (and DP!)

― gnarly gnarlingtons in my life (Trayce), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 03:00 (2 years ago) Permalink

prowl great cain is pretty oustanding; i especially love the ending

― kaygee, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 05:32 (2 years ago) Permalink

i don't listen to the mountain goats but it was hilarious when john self-banned cause he had to finish writing this album. kind of makes me want to hear it. tho i guess an album written in between intermittent bursts of ilx would be even better

― flopson, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 05:38 (2 years ago) Permalink

^^^ don't like to post on this thread but the person you cite wrapped the album in August, December thing was diff

― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 11:34 (2 years ago) Permalink

Elsewhere on the tMG front:

Hi, friends. If you're not familiar with The Best Show on WFMU, the show that has provided three hours of Mirth, Music and Mayhem every Tuesday for over a decade on WFMU thanks to geniuses Tom Scharpling (brilliant host, writer, producer and director--most recently for the New Pornographers' "Moves" video and Ted Leo's "Bottled in Cork" video) and Jon Wurster (brilliant comedian, writer and drummer for Superchunk, The Mountain Goats, Bob Mould, A.C. Newman and others), I'd love for you to become that way (here--you're welcome: http://wfmu.org/playlists/BD). If you are already amongst the throngs of TBS devotees, you won't balk at what I'm asking, which is for you to help spread the word about the Best Show pledge drive happening tonight (March 1st) and next Tuesday, March 8th. PLEASE repost this, tweet it, call people about it--and call in yourself and pledge. Don't worry--aside from the inherent joys of giving, there's a lot in it for you. Tom explains below:

"WFMU is a listener-sponsored station that doesn't take corporate sponsorships or sleazy grants that would compromise our ability to be 100% freeform. I am doing two fundraising shows for the station during our two-week marathon - Tuesday March 1st and Tuesday March 8th, from 9-midnight EST. I'm offering a premium called the DONT STOP ME NOW FANTASY PACK. Any pledge for 75 dollars or more automatically secures it. The pack consists of:

RATED G.G. - a vinyl single comprised of songs by notorious scum rocker GG Allin cleaned up and recorded by people exclusively for this single! The single will feature tracks by BEN GIBBARD, THE MOUNTAIN GOATS, TY SEGALL, FUCKED UP and TED LEO! There will also be a bonus DIGITAL DOWNLOAD of the single that will feature additional content by HOME BLITZ, SCHARPLING AND WURSTER and MORE!

The single will not be for sale in stores and will only be available by pledging DURING MY MARATHON SHOW!

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 15:22 (2 years ago) Permalink

(There's also other stuff in the pack besides the single obv.)

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 1 March 2011 15:22 (2 years ago) Permalink

listened this morning; super, even w/ a head cold (mine)

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 22:49 (2 years ago) Permalink

Yah, was listening to this in the car via NPR iphone app on the way home from my mom's chemo. A+++ work on the vocals stuff, Dan. Some of these songs remind me of late-period Walk-Ins, which is a VERY GOOD THING.

― Du Musst Calamari Werden (Phil D.), Tuesday, 1 March 2011 23:04 (2 years ago) Permalink

Hi, I'm new here, and I love tMGs

― jacobfiala, Sunday, 6 March 2011 16:59 (2 years ago) Permalink

hi jacob

listened to the new album yet? any thoughts?

― save a bike, ride a hipster (bernard snowy), Sunday, 6 March 2011 17:41 (2 years ago) Permalink

Heck yeah, I love it! It's different and all but I'm really loving it. Can't wait to hear the real thing instead of the crappy NPR stream though. (not that I don't appreciate your amazingness NPR)
I was trolling through here and read something about one of you guys being one of the backup singers in high hawk season, were you serious?

― jacobfiala, Monday, 7 March 2011 00:38 (2 years ago) Permalink

Nah he wasn't serious. No-one on ilx knows J0hn Darn3ll3. Nope, not here.

― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Monday, 7 March 2011 01:06 (2 years ago) Permalink

lol :)

― gnarly gnarlingtons in my life (Trayce), Monday, 7 March 2011 01:41 (2 years ago) Permalink

For the record I think Jacob was asking about DJP? Who apparently did do some arranging & voc'ing on the record, which is fuckin rad. Wherever this goth barbershop quartet sings I'm getting my next haircut there for sure.

― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 7 March 2011 01:46 (2 years ago) Permalink

jacob since you're new here I'll let you in on the secret: the lead singer of the tmgs occasionally posts on this site under the alias 'acoleuthic'

― iatee, Monday, 7 March 2011 01:59 (2 years ago) Permalink

Okay that is hilarious but maybe we should stop injoking the new guy

― goth barbershop quartet (DJP), Monday, 7 March 2011 02:00 (2 years ago) Permalink

i don't listen to the mountain goats but it was hilarious when john self-banned cause he had to finish writing this album. kind of makes me want to hear it. tho i guess an album written in between intermittent bursts of ilx would be even better

― flopson, Tuesday, March 1, 2011 1:38 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^^ don't like to post on this thread but the person you cite wrapped the album in August, December thing was diff

― five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, March 1, 2011 7:34 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark

damn, flopson got flopsonned

― Neu! romancer (dayo), Monday, 7 March 2011 02:17 (2 years ago) Permalink

lol

― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 7 March 2011 02:26 (2 years ago) Permalink

*flop*

― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 7 March 2011 03:06 (2 years ago) Permalink

^^ winning

― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 7 March 2011 03:08 (2 years ago) Permalink

sonned by a cat from boston after a quitting-the-internet beef

― save a bike, ride a hipster (bernard snowy), Monday, 7 March 2011 03:20 (2 years ago) Permalink

SO MANY [potential] JOKES, SO LITTLE TIME

― save a bike, ride a hipster (bernard snowy), Monday, 7 March 2011 03:21 (2 years ago) Permalink

jacob i like the album too i think the charles bronson song is my favorite one

charles bronsong

― save a bike, ride a hipster (bernard snowy), Monday, 7 March 2011 03:22 (2 years ago) Permalink

i kind of wish it was 'this song is called a song for charles bronsong' tbh

― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 7 March 2011 04:00 (2 years ago) Permalink

Lol. I like it. And I had heard that JD posted hear occasionally but due to the lols I assume that's no his real username.

― jacobfiala, Monday, 7 March 2011 21:35 (2 years ago) Permalink

*sitcom saxophone*

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Monday, 7 March 2011 21:39 (2 years ago) Permalink

he used to post here but then got SB'd, guy was a real dick

― I love priest but I've chosen maiden (Edward III), Monday, 7 March 2011 21:41 (2 years ago) Permalink

what? i don't know what sb'd is and JD is a king!

― jacobfiala, Friday, 11 March 2011 01:35 (2 years ago) Permalink

the 'power in a union' vid made me tear up in my cube @ work

― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 11 March 2011 02:28 (2 years ago) Permalink

yeah that was real nice. posi. powerful.

― gr8080 sings the blues (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 11 March 2011 02:44 (2 years ago) Permalink

yeah loved that

― kl0p's son (k3vin k.), Friday, 11 March 2011 02:56 (2 years ago) Permalink

big hoos at work

― J0rdan S., Friday, 11 March 2011 02:58 (2 years ago) Permalink

hoos be cryin in the cube

― HOOStory is back. Fasten your steenbelts. (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 11 March 2011 02:58 (2 years ago) Permalink

As learned via Twitter, a response!

http://www.fivetools.com/blog/2011/03/10/and-all-the-men-who-learned-to-hate-them/

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 11 March 2011 09:41 (2 years ago) Permalink

fivetools is for tools

― jacobfiala, Friday, 11 March 2011 22:09 (2 years ago) Permalink

Uh. Did you actually click the link?

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 11 March 2011 22:29 (2 years ago) Permalink

circles inside circles

― I love victorias but I've chosen maidenform (Edward III), Friday, 11 March 2011 23:45 (2 years ago) Permalink

yeah, it was good.
but understand, that does make me a tool

― jacobfiala, Sunday, 13 March 2011 04:53 (2 years ago) Permalink

Did every body see this already?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220755552059&category=1600&_trksid=p5197.c0.m619

here's a better explanation than the description
http://pitchfork.com/news/41900-the-mountain-goats-auction-song-for-charity/

― jacobfiala, Thursday, 17 March 2011 18:35 (2 years ago) Permalink

I hope to hell that JD is on the phone right now to Kung Fu to correct them on the spelling of "cassette".

― kkvgz, Thursday, 17 March 2011 18:38 (2 years ago) Permalink

lol, i didn't even notice

― jacobfiala, Thursday, 17 March 2011 19:06 (2 years ago) Permalink

What are the odds that the cassette contains the "Fun Fun Fun Fun" loop repeated for 120 minutes?

― taco al pastorius (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 17 March 2011 19:07 (2 years ago) Permalink

i'd say around 73%

― jacobfiala, Thursday, 17 March 2011 21:04 (2 years ago) Permalink

I LIKE THOSE ODDS

― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 17 March 2011 21:18 (2 years ago) Permalink

I just got outbid at 2,350.
...shit just got real!

― jacobfiala, Friday, 18 March 2011 21:51 (2 years ago) Permalink

I'm saving the money to make a music video for my kid.

― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Friday, 18 March 2011 21:58 (2 years ago) Permalink

like rebecca black?

― jacobfiala, Friday, 18 March 2011 22:13 (2 years ago) Permalink

Yes!

― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Friday, 18 March 2011 23:33 (2 years ago) Permalink

Purrfect!

― jacobfiala, Saturday, 19 March 2011 00:20 (2 years ago) Permalink

people are getting their preordered vinyls in the mail already. from what i hear, all survivors pack is downright amazing.

― jacobfiala, Friday, 25 March 2011 16:13 (2 years ago) Permalink