The Mountain Goats

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

Jacob, the bidding didn't go up much in the last week. You should scrape together another $50 and take the lead.

Good Mother Jones interview. I didn't know John's parents were part of the Peace and Freedom Party. you can't get more late 60s left than that.

http://motherjones.com/media/2011/03/john-darnielle-mountain-goats-all-eternals-deck

If they do West Coast dates in summer, hope they're announced soon if I can get to one when I travel, eh?

lol, was just listening to a radio program from the '70s where they were debating the meanings of "feminist socialist" vs. "socialist feminist"

i'm scared I might win it. i just wanted to be able to say i bid on it, i don't actually have any money.

don't bid on it if you can't pay for it!

yes, mother

I missed 'em tonight at the 930 in Dc. I think Hoos went

i did not, and i kinda feel bad about it :/

i think govern yourself accordingly went though??

report imo

aw i did not know john was a vegetarian. thumbs up.

just got the new album in the mail, why are all the track names threee words long? i haven't slept in a while and my brane says it's probably the devil?

omg yr right! spooky

aw i did not know john was a vegetarian. thumbs up.

― difficult listening hour, Saturday, March 26, 2011 1:31 AM (6 hours ago)

this is one of the few things I know abt dude, but it is rad

can't believe he called out LJ in that interview

by name and everything!

report imo

they were just great - thought the keyboard player added a ton (not that i'm familiar at all with the new record)

set closed with a cover of silkworm's "plain," which was totally jaw-dropping/neatly coincided with one of my semi-annual trips down the silkworm rabbit hole

omg TMG covering Silkworm? I think my head would explode.

yeah thats awesome

i can totally imagine john singing that song too

can't believe he called out LJ in that interview

by name and everything!

― I only use this style of type when I choose it (DJ Mencap), Saturday, 26 March 2011 13:27 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

wait WHAT?

there's a keyboard player? who he?

has anyone gotten their preorders yet?

can't believe he called out LJ in that interview

by name and everything!

― I only use this style of type when I choose it (DJ Mencap), Saturday, 26 March 2011 13:27 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

wait WHAT?

― Nult AGL (a hoy hoy), Sunday, 27 March 2011 18:10 (1 hour ago) Bookmark

Was that the Mother Jones interview as I couldn't see any LJ ref?

has anyone gotten their preorders yet?

Yup, with the tape. Both rule.

Nice! i heard that tapes will get released in select record stores as well

hoy and billy, shush

I was delighted by the rendition of "Chain Fight Tonight" last evening in York, PA.

^sweet

iirc Ted Leo has done that too?

so is there any rhyme or reason to which stores are getting the cassette tapes? or do i just have to go around to various stores and hope i've happened across a shop that happened to snag a copy? \o_O/

i don't know where you live but bull city records always seem to have the latest tMG exclusives. dunno though, trying to think of other record shops that JD seems especially affilated with.

Austin TX

ah well not a big deal, but i think it'd be fun to hear the cassette if i come across one

it could be fun searching for it! like a treasure hunt!

i live in the middle of st. louis and called the closest three record stores and no luck. but i heard that 500 more (besides the original 500) will be in select record stores. that's all i know.

So my gal had a shit ton of shrimper cassettes in boxes (along with a zillion other cassettes) and we collectively determined that neither of us were ever gonna listen to cassettes ever again and we have most of this stuff on mp3 anyway, so she opted to ebay.
she just sold five cassettes for over 500 dollars (150 for transmissions to horace!) and the first last plane to jakarta zine for about sixty.
Thanks John! Who knew that people would pay big cash for CASSETTES?

leftovers here: http://shop.ebay.com/spoh/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686

lol, read up on the thread a bit and saw that people will indeed pay big cash for CASSETTES

Listened to this twice on the way into the office today. It's really enjoyable, although I have to admit that my attention drifted for a few songs after High Hawk Season, which is fucking phenomenal. Great work, DJP.

^_^ thx!

btw everyone go buy like 6 copies of this

record's great, the Capitol Hill Sonic Boom here in Seattle had like ten copies of the bonus cassette when I went by a little while ago.

picked this up, given it about three spins.

gotta say, i think it's solid, but not likely to be among my favorite TMG albums of the past decade or so. a few songs have really hit me hard ("estate sale sign," "beautiful gas mask," "high hawk season") then there are a few that are pleasantly straightforward in a good way ("damn these vampires") and a couple that for some reason, maybe the way the melodies are phrased, who knows?, that kinda grate on me in a bad way ("birth of serpents," "never quite free")

anyway -- those three songs mentioned above that are really hitting home i'd place on a TMG best-of -- i guess that's what counts at the end of the day, is that i've got at least three indispensable, A+++ tunes from this album

who knows... the rest may grow on me more, probably will in fact...

btw, even tho i'm not his favorite ilxor, would like to extend a big congrats to DJP for not only being ON this album (really cool in itself), but spearheading the arrangement behind one of its standout tracks. soooo great, good job dude

btw noticed when i referenced the track-listing on Amazon that it's on sale for $5, if any of you are inclined to purchase mp3s from Amz...

http://www.amazon.com/All-Eternals-Deck/dp/B004S85HRQ/ref=pd_sim_dmusic_a_1

dude, thanks

btw "Age of Kings" and "For Charles Bronson" will start to rule your world pretty soon

ive heard that this album is great other than some terrible arrangement some jerk did on it - can anyone verify this is true

yeah didn't dig the blenders' guest appearance but other than that it's solid

the only way to really get to the bottom of that is for you to buy 15 copies and listen to them simultaneously

oh snaaaaaaaaaap xpost

but seriously folx this is on vinyl right?

Yes, good job DJP, that song is great.