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 (ten years ago) link
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 (ten years ago) link
Oh hmm, the Oxford event includes a Thacker Mountain Radio broadcast/reading. Adjusting dinner plans...
― Malibu Stasi (WilliamC), Thursday, 18 September 2014 15:42 (ten years ago) link
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 (ten years ago) link
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 (ten years ago) link
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 (ten years ago) link
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 (ten years ago) link
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 (ten years ago) link
best ever
― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 18 September 2014 21:21 (ten years ago) link
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 (nine years ago) link
Solid cover:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hysbWNn9WqI
― MaudAddam (cryptosicko), Saturday, 15 November 2014 16:19 (nine years ago) link
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 (nine years ago) link
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 (nine years ago) link
!!!
― That shit right there is precedented. (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 15:20 (nine years ago) link
yessss
― american tail/american pie (how's life), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 15:21 (nine years ago) link
Niiiiice
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 15:24 (nine years ago) link
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 (nine years ago) link
Today Al Madril denies that he was ever a wrestler.
― GM, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 15:31 (nine years ago) link
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 (nine years ago) link
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 (nine years ago) link
wwwwwwwwrrrrrrrrreeeeeeessssssttttttttllllliiiiinnnnn'''''''
― Sounds like a forks display name (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 16:49 (nine years ago) link
Al Mandrill would be a sweet joke cover band
― Wu-Tang Clannad (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 16:57 (nine years ago) link
ok so who plays the lead guitar is what i want to know
― ♛ LIL UNIT ♛ (thomp), Wednesday, 21 January 2015 16:58 (nine years ago) link
hurrah!
― cajunsunday, Wednesday, 21 January 2015 18:31 (nine years ago) link
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 (nine years ago) link
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 (nine years ago) link
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 (nine years ago) link
That feeling is justified.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 2 March 2015 21:24 (nine years ago) link
P4k Interview: http://pitchfork.com/features/update/9609-the-mountain-goats/
― That shit right there is precedented. (cryptosicko), Thursday, 12 March 2015 20:00 (nine years ago) link
Cool!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 12 March 2015 20:58 (nine years ago) link
If it's half as good as Transcendental Youth it'll be one of the best records of the year. He is at his peak right now.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 12 March 2015 21:51 (nine years ago) link
I should say "they" instead of he, because Jon Wurster's drumming is a huge part of their sound.
It really is that good.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 12 March 2015 22:00 (nine years ago) link
Okay so "Chavo Guerrero" didn't really grab me, but "Heel Turn" is a whole different ballpark -- truly one for the ages.
― bernard snowy, Tuesday, 17 March 2015 03:49 (nine years ago) link
Streaming streaming streaming.
http://www.npr.org/2015/03/29/395108044/first-listen-the-mountain-goats-beat-the-champ
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 30 March 2015 04:06 (nine years ago) link
Also, performing and discussing one of the new songs:
http://www.avclub.com/videoplaylist/john-darnielle-discusses-and-performs-stabbed-deat-217189
― That shit right there is precedented. (cryptosicko), Monday, 30 March 2015 12:19 (nine years ago) link
Ooof @ "Hair Match", <3 <3 so good
― got a long list of ilxors (fgti), Monday, 30 March 2015 12:22 (nine years ago) link
opening moments a bit randy newman :)
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 30 March 2015 14:42 (nine years ago) link
"foreign object" is pretty firmly stuck in my head already
― are... are you saying you fucked a gazelle? (slothroprhymes), Monday, 30 March 2015 14:48 (nine years ago) link
The second half doesn't stick as well as the first, but I love"The Legend of Chavo Guerrero," "Foreign Object," and "Southwestern Territory.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 30 March 2015 15:18 (nine years ago) link
choked out! choked out!
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Monday, 30 March 2015 15:30 (nine years ago) link
I will check out the choke-out. Cool to see it's in a different setting than Wolf In White Van, which I'm currently captivated by (thinking about ordering Master of Reality).
― dow, Monday, 30 March 2015 17:17 (nine years ago) link
i really like thisi definitely like MGs when there's a concept or theme to the record, or those tend to be my favs
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 20:01 (nine years ago) link
(thinking about ordering Master of Reality)
absolutely order this immediately. can't recommend that book highly enough.
― ƋППṍӮɨ∏ğڵșěᶉᶇдM℮ (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 22:33 (nine years ago) link
yeah i just started reading it last week and it's great --- esp poignant as i am currently working in a psychiatric hospital
― gbx, Thursday, 2 April 2015 11:33 (nine years ago) link
so uh, NYC, does City Winery have a standby line?
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 2 April 2015 16:35 (nine years ago) link
https://twitter.com/speaakeasy/status/583710484165177344
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 2 April 2015 19:39 (nine years ago) link
I had to make myself listen to the npr stream a second time, but sure glad I did. Initially, it just seemed wayyy too refined and introspective, in a chamber-y way, for an album about wrasslers (long ago, I reviewed a collection of wrestlers' entrance themes etc., back when The Rock and Mankind were first hittin' it big, and the refinement was there, but had to go w deft, deadpan flourishes of grandiosity, re art metal and soundtracks, like John Carpenter's music). The opening track still seems a bit too much like early Randy Newman, maybe, and could also live without the coda to "Heel Turn 2," but otherwise---with the volume way up on non-audiophile headphones---really liked the rest (well the one about San Juan still seems a bit diffuse lyrically, but music no prob). That Wurster's a pretty good drummer, hey.
― dow, Thursday, 2 April 2015 19:39 (nine years ago) link
Some of the piano flourishes are exquisite. What's the song w/the extended piano outro?
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 2 April 2015 19:41 (nine years ago) link
Heel Turn 2
― cajunsunday, Thursday, 2 April 2015 19:45 (nine years ago) link