The Mountain Goats

^^^

Apologies if this was posted already, but if it was, I missed it:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/how-the-mountain-goats-john-darnielle-became-the-best-storyteller-in-rock-20150407?page=3

The Mountain GoatsVerified account
‏@mountain_goats

That @nyctaper show I just RT'd is one of the most fun shows we've ever played btw so grab it

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RT @nyctaper: @mountain_goats April 12, 2015 City Winery – http://www.nyctaper.com/2015/04/the-mountain-goats-april-12-2015-city-winery-flacmp3streaming/

awesome. made a spotify playlist if you want to quickly organize the setlist after you download.

the previous night was really fun too. my sister went and had a blast. there's a great cover in this set whose provenance I won't spoil here because the way JD announces it in the set is perfect.

http://www.nyctaper.com/2015/04/the-mountain-goats-april-11-2015-city-winery-flacmp3streaming/

thanks to 'animal mask' i now won't be able to watch tag team wrestling without crying about the tender beauty of it all

I really like this piece:

http://penguinrandomhouse.ca/hazlitt/blog/flamboyance-and-ruin-mountain-goats-beat-champ

Whelan's u say hmmmm

Mishearings that keep butting into my 'humming a song around the house' Part 23: "Climb the turnbuckle high / take two falls out of three / black up for local TV"

yeah, it's "take two falls out of tree"

not exactly mishearing but I am still unclear on the right way to read the line "black out for local TV" -- at first I took it as a reference to the 'TV blackouts' that sometimes affect NFL/NCAA/other (nationally-)televised American sports, but it seems unlikely that such a thing would apply under the circumstances? so then I wonder if "(pretend to) pass out in front of some cameras, for a local telecast" is actually the primary sense, & the other just a felicity of language.

Think I've seen that expression used re actors in Tarzan movies, even in Westerns, when director wanted them to look more savage, dangerous; can imagine it being a wrestling thing too, in some times & situations.

"Blacking up" is what I meant; thought of it when listening to song, though sounded like "black out" there.

the previous night was really fun too. my sister went and had a blast. there's a great cover in this set whose provenance I won't spoil here because the way JD announces it in the set is perfect.

http://www.nyctaper.com/2015/04/the-mountain-goats-april-11-2015-city-winery-flacmp3streaming/

― louie louie whoa baby imago (how's life), Friday, April 17, 2015 4:46 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_EMrL7D3SA

That's the one!

I also enjoyed the partial cover of "The Next Time I Fall In Love" (sadly, I wasn't at this, or any, MG show, I just listened online). JD had once mentioned how he tried to get Amy Grant to sing on The Life of the World to Come; as ideal as she would have been for *that* record, I really hope he keeps offering and I hope that one day she accepts.

darnielle interviewed by WWE! http://www.wwe.com/inside/mountain-goats-beat-the-champ-john-darnielle-27341240

I'm digging the phrase "believable love of evil", also this article makes me wonder how JD would fare as a broadcast commentator (for wrestling or other sport)

fwhoar

not exactly mishearing but I am still unclear on the right way to read the line "black out for local TV" -- at first I took it as a reference to the 'TV blackouts' that sometimes affect NFL/NCAA/other (nationally-)televised American sports, but it seems unlikely that such a thing would apply under the circumstances? so then I wonder if "(pretend to) pass out in front of some cameras, for a local telecast" is actually the primary sense, & the other just a felicity of language.

― bernard snowy, Friday, 24 April 2015 16:35 (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

idk about california specifically but territory era wrestling was well known to keep the good stuff off tv, so you would have to go to the event and tv used to be promo packages or squash matches (when the star would easily beat an unknown or weak opponent to look good). 2/3 fall matches would be a special attractions to go to the event for, and i don't think there are many filmed instances before the late 80s wwe tag team wrestling. also it wasn't often a more dangerous story would be done on tv, i.e. making someone black out, or idk blinding the junkyard dog or whatever. it all points towards it being a big money, beloved and experienced character. otoh yes also a great use of language and maybe i just think too much about wrestling.

im also v excited about Song For Sasha Banks.

Another fan: MST3K's Joel Hodgson:

https://twitter.com/joelghodgson/status/595587235724001280

Video for "The Legend of Chavo Guerrero" starring the man himself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9YvDfiAXT8

Dude.

A hoy hoy, thanks for your thoughtful reply to my questions upthread; that makes a lot of sense now.

that video is great

The tearing up of the pictures of cats and grandmothers was the part I loved. A riff on a particular convention of wrestling, or just exaggerated cartoon badassery?

it's a schtick that wrestlers used to engage in a lot to show they were heels (sinead too tho i doubt she was aware of the connect).
dunno if this is still part of the modern kayfabe ritual

So good. My favourite bit is when he tears the picture of Frankenstein in half.

last person to do anything similar to good effect would be jericho ripping on his own fans signs i think. Its a really fun vid.

Great show last night:

http://www.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2015/06/03/mountain-goats-get-over-at-gamh

Lovely surprise to hear that voice at the end of Paper Towns. The lead character has a Mountain Goats poster in his bedroom.

heard "deianara crush" the other night for the first time in ages. god, when he says "that's something I'D RATHER NOT BE REMINDED OF," that will never not slay

John Green's a pretty big fan, has been posting a song a day for a while:

http://fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com/tagged/42-days-of-the-mountain-goats

I disagree -- that opening Medea sequence with the centaur is not insufferable.

http://www.vice.com/read/talking-with-john-darnielle-about-horror-his-novel-wolf-in-white-van-and-the-endless-possibilities-of-story

http://www.stereogum.com/1837622/the-mountain-goats-john-darnielle-rolling-stones-christopher-weingarten-made-a-noise-cassette/mp3s/

http://www.thatcutesite.com/uploads/2010/08/puppy_holds_ears.jpg

i like it

lol scott

Shouldn't that be a hipster puppy?

no WHO GIVES A SHIT jpeg on the cover, no credibility

this is good btw

https://twitter.com/congressedits/status/674244582486335493
The Mountain Goats Wikipedia article edited anonymously from US House of Representatives
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=694325421&oldid=691240032

i JUST changed my DN but be advised that "nice boys who make the good, rocking tunes" is available

hint hint aero

http://pitchfork.com/news/64192-the-mountain-goats-will-release-new-song-if-you-donate-to-john-darnielles-bowling-team-fundraiser/

more like the mountaint goats

http://i.imgur.com/zvf24Y8.png

Merge press sheet intro: Today, the Mountain Goats have announced new full band shows this fall. Tickets will go on sale this Friday, April 29.

John:
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS HAVE NOW BEEN A QUARTET FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR and it is so inspiring it is to find ourselves here: "never do things too fast" has always been my motto: write a lot, release a lot, but only change up your game when it feels right, always be moving forward but kick back strongly at anybody trying to grab hold of your shoulders and push you in any particular kinda direction. This philosophy is why we didn't go into a recording studio at all until we were good and ready, why we didn't have a full-time drummer until 2007, and it's why we knew, when Matt Douglas showed up on the scene, that we were headed into new terrain.

WE'RE WORKING ON NEW STUFF NOW. As is usually the case, I know more about it than I'm gonna tell you outright, because the best things gestate in the secret darkness and only emerge when the portents say it's time. But the best place to prepare for the spring festival is in the arena: in front of an audience, I mean, in clubs, on stages, in the actual thick of things. It's where the road ahead becomes clearest. It's where the indicators glow brightest. It's where we live.

EVERY SHOW ON THE BRINE CRYPT EXODUS TOUR SOLD OUT EXCEPT FOR THE ONE WHERE WE SOLD THE MOST TICKETS, which is totally hilarious, but I mention this by way of saying: we're touring in the fall. Full electric tour at full volume, all four of us. Tickets go on sale Friday, April 29. The smaller rooms will sell out quicker, the bigger ones may take a minute, fair warning as Van Halen said on the album that has "Unchained" on it, which they said the same year that Rufus released Camouflage, which you should go listen to right now because it's one of the best albums anywhere. As for us, we'll see you in the fall!

The Mountain Goats on tour:
Jul 22 Chicago, IL — Subterranean
Sep 18 Baltimore, MD — Ram's Head Live
Sep 19 Richmond, VA — The National
Sep 20 Charlottesville, VA — Jefferson Theater
Sep 22 Bloomington, IN — Buskirk-Chumley Theatre
Sep 23 Bloomington, IL — The Castle Theatre
Sep 26 Iowa City, IA — The Englert Theatre
Sep 27 Milwaukee, WI — Pabst Theater
Sep 28 Madison, WI — Majestic Theater
Sep 30 Omaha, NE — The Waiting Room
Oct 01 Kansas City, MO — Madrid Theater
Oct 02 Columbia, MO — The Blue Note
Oct 03 Maquoketa, IA — Codfish Hollow Barnstormers

Dang, hope they add some dates down South!

clearly truncated to watch Cubs' world championship

big lol at damn darnielle