Imagine being at a party with George Takei. Imagine how much fun you'd have.
― popchips: the next snapple? (seandalai), Tuesday, 20 May 2014 23:42 (twelve years ago)
he'd be all, "check this shit out i just posted on facebook."
"whoa cool george" *scans around room for anyone without a phone in their face*
― smooth hymnal (m bison), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 02:30 (twelve years ago)
JD fall book tour schedule is up btw
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Friday, 18 July 2014 20:06 (eleven years ago)
i've got my ticket
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Friday, 18 July 2014 21:54 (eleven years ago)
free show at poisson rouge iirc
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Friday, 18 July 2014 22:27 (eleven years ago)
The first 10 minutes of the audiobook is available here: https://soundcloud.com/macaudio-2/wolf-in-white-van-by-john-darnielle-audiobook-excerpt
― cajunsunday, Friday, 12 September 2014 16:53 (eleven years ago)
And review/interview here!
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/books/review/the-sound-of-the-words.html
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 12 September 2014 18:42 (eleven years ago)
I ordered a copy, because Mr. Goat is awesome and the book seems cool.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 12 September 2014 18:43 (eleven years ago)
Mr. Goat is doing a signing near here (Oxford, MS) so I will go buy my copy there and say hi dere.
― Malibu Stasi (WilliamC), Friday, 12 September 2014 18:46 (eleven years ago)
I fear I'll need to miss the LA signing, so I've preordered and wait with bated breath.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 12 September 2014 19:32 (eleven years ago)
09-15 New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge ^09-18 Durham, NC - Motorco Music Hall09-22 Raleigh, NC - Quail Ridge Books09-24 Nashville, TN - Parnassus Books09-25 Oxford, MS - Off Square Books09-29 San Francisco, CA - Green Apple Books *09-30 Los Angeles, CA - Skylight Books10-01 Portland, OR - Powell's Books10-02 Denver, CO - The Tattered Cover10-05 Dallas, TX - The Wild Detectives10-06 Austin, TX - Book People10-07 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall #10-08 Brookline, MA - Coolidge Theater ^ with John Hodgman* with Robin Sloan# with Mairead Case
― curmudgeon, Friday, 12 September 2014 20:22 (eleven years ago)
being on the NBA list of ten fiction nominees the week your book comes out is pretty good
http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2014.html#.VBrGd_ldUuc
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 18 September 2014 11:48 (eleven years ago)
woah!
― just sayin, Thursday, 18 September 2014 12:27 (eleven years ago)
Awesome! Congrats John!
― cajunsunday, Thursday, 18 September 2014 12:29 (eleven years ago)
listening to the Fresh Air interview this morning was heart-cheering
― Speaking of the inaccessible summit, here's (bernard snowy), Thursday, 18 September 2014 12:43 (eleven years ago)
... altho the part where he talked about fans dumping all their heavy stories on him at the merch table made me wish I could make it out to Motorco tonight just to tell a joke or something
― Speaking of the inaccessible summit, here's (bernard snowy), Thursday, 18 September 2014 12:46 (eleven years ago)
i dumped gifted him with a bottle of malört at a merch table last year
― ╲╱\/╲/\╱╲╱\/\ (gr8080), Thursday, 18 September 2014 13:21 (eleven years ago)
the book is really excellent
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 18 September 2014 14:01 (eleven years ago)
lol gr8080
CONGRATS JOHN
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Thursday, 18 September 2014 14:38 (eleven years ago)
oh shit gr8080, malort, that shit is vile
― u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 18 September 2014 14:46 (eleven years ago)
iirc his review based on one shot was:
"That is the vilest shit ever, in the most charming way possible."
def the most otm description of malört i've ever heard
― ╲╱\/╲/\╱╲╱\/\ (gr8080), Thursday, 18 September 2014 14:53 (eleven years ago)
kudos to you motherfucker
― famous instagram God (waterface), Thursday, 18 September 2014 14:54 (eleven years ago)
a bottle of malort. a kudos candy bar. and a bargain priced room on la cienega.
― fruit ← ⟨“apple”, “banana”, “orange”⟩ (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 18 September 2014 15:08 (eleven years ago)
Congratulations, Mr. Mountain Goats. Master Of Reality is fantastic so I'm not surprised by the high praise. Way looking forward to reading this.
― Bouffants and Other Coifs (Old Lunch), Thursday, 18 September 2014 15:24 (eleven years ago)
Oh hmm, the Oxford event includes a Thacker Mountain Radio broadcast/reading. Adjusting dinner plans...
― Malibu Stasi (WilliamC), Thursday, 18 September 2014 15:42 (eleven years ago)
http://www.npr.org/2014/09/17/348736199/as-a-lyricist-and-novelist-the-mountain-goats-lead-man-writes-about-pain
I intend to listen to the Fresh Air thing...
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 18 September 2014 17:29 (eleven years ago)
Whoa, congrats. All the fun novels I've been looking forward to are out this month (David Mitchell, Jeff Vandermeer), and aero's is up next for me.
― festival culture (Jordan), Thursday, 18 September 2014 17:38 (eleven years ago)
something about that npr headline is v weird to me
mega congrats to the goat gentleman
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 18 September 2014 20:31 (eleven years ago)
yeah big ups, aero! like seriously. can't wait to get my hands on this thing and hope I can move some stuff around to see you at Powell's on the first.
― my friend, Gater (Clay), Thursday, 18 September 2014 20:36 (eleven years ago)
I'm not exactly who John writes for, but he's still managed to get Denton stuck in my ear.
― benbbag, Thursday, 18 September 2014 20:55 (eleven years ago)
best ever
― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 18 September 2014 21:21 (eleven years ago)
http://johndarnielle.tumblr.com/post/101178844671/a-band-i-like-called-helcaraxe-sent-me-their-cover
this is fucking mighty.
― how's life, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 12:10 (eleven years ago)
Solid cover:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hysbWNn9WqI
― MaudAddam (cryptosicko), Saturday, 15 November 2014 16:19 (eleven years ago)
Hey, that's not bad! The bloopy keys remind me of the keyboard bloops on Autoclave.
― holla back for a dope nakh (how's life), Saturday, 15 November 2014 17:31 (eleven years ago)
Yo
http://www.mergerecords.com/beat-the-champ
http://johndarnielle.tumblr.com/post/108736975801/the-cream-of-the-crop
https://soundcloud.com/mergerecords/the-mountain-goats-the-legend-of-chavo-guerrero/
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 15:17 (eleven years ago)
!!!
― That shit right there is precedented. (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 15:20 (eleven years ago)
yessss
― american tail/american pie (how's life), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 15:21 (eleven years ago)
Niiiiice
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 15:24 (eleven years ago)
what are some other words or characters we can post multiple tiiiiiimes???
― american tail/american pie (how's life), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 15:25 (eleven years ago)
Today Al Madril denies that he was ever a wrestler.
― GM, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 15:31 (eleven years ago)
Just listened to that like 3 times in a row. Totally psyched.
― american tail/american pie (how's life), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 15:32 (eleven years ago)
this is true & such a sad detail, he was such an great and chill local face
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFfZAQZy0Eg
― The Complainte of Ray Tabano, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 16:32 (eleven years ago)
wwwwwwwwrrrrrrrrreeeeeeessssssttttttttllllliiiiinnnnn'''''''
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 16:49 (eleven years ago)
Al Mandrill would be a sweet joke cover band
― Wu-Tang Clannad (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 16:57 (eleven years ago)
ok so who plays the lead guitar is what i want to know
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 16:58 (eleven years ago)
hurrah!
― cajunsunday, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 18:31 (eleven years ago)
descending like fire on the people who deserved it most/almost completely unknown outside texas and on the west coast
― cajunsunday, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 18:32 (eleven years ago)
A cool piece
http://t.co/LPM61UyU5H
And even cooler? I suggest checking out this feed for the past few days:
https://twitter.com/ChavoClassic
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 23 January 2015 15:21 (eleven years ago)
2nd pre-order track, Heel Turn 2, is available now. I've got a really good feeling about this batch of songs.
― i'm just a nose hair (how's life), Monday, 2 March 2015 14:25 (eleven years ago)
That feeling is justified.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 2 March 2015 21:24 (eleven years ago)