The Mountain Goats

oh my god this interview

WTF THIS INTERVIEW

everytime I thought "oh this is the part where it gets weird" it got WEIRDER

Jesus, I assumed this guy was an MTV intern or something, not a contributing editor at The Believer.

that interview erased my brain and i can't think of what a good one is like

he has to be trollin', theres no way

In his defense: more reporters should quote Beyonce in interviews.

Actually, some of these Vanity Fair interviews he's done are pretty entertaining.

ok lol singing at interviewees is actually a thing he does

seeing his interviewing style play out there helps frame the JD one a bit better...but still

lol lol

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 I LOVE YOU

generally not a fan when the interviewers think we give a shit about them

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.

I think this guy should be hunted down and attacked by a pack of rabid woodchucks.

Or forced to live with Kid Rock, which is probably worse.

or mauled by a murder of rabid eddychucks.

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 (11 minutes ago)

main prob isn't even the jokes, it's that his myopia is pushed to the forefront in this interview

"i bootlegg your music all the time, i even grabbed that leak of all eternals deck! is that alright with you?"

Just read some of his Vanity Fair stuff, and the Darnielle interview didn't get any better as a result.

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."

hysterical interview; was kinda hoping it was incognito whiney

lol

i mean...

On a scale of one to ten, ten being you want to punch me hard in the throat right now …

On a scale of one to 51, 51 being you want to sb me right now ...

Of interest!

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/06/first-drafts-the-mountain-goats-dance-music/240558/

awes, will read later

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.

i went and actually milled around outside but it was raining so hard and i was soaked from biking and went home instead :(

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.

what steely dan song did he do?

could totally imagine kid charlemagne

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeoCG7-3Jqw

NO STATIC AT ALL

Steve Shasta (Malibu, CA USA)

could totally imagine kid charlemagne

Nah, he did Dr. Wu

I ask a few things.

good interview! i only just got this album, and man its good, seems like it might even be one of his best?

Good interview. (But ketjap manis >>>>>> straight soy sauce in that pad thai.)

I am totally not faking when I say that I don't get what's supposed to be wrong with the Spitznagl interview!

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."

your daughter is kinda a dick

apple, tree, et cetera

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!

that's my favorite mg song -- wtf little ilxtress

love TMG stuff, esp. as summer begins to fade into fall.

I love High Hawk Season, but I am biased

ha

i went to see their dublin show with some friends, we had a ball. suspiciously timed with the obama visit tho i must say

did u mean to say o'bama