The Mountain Goats

This is definitely more of a downstroking affair. I was really thinking about the drums though.

yeah I thought that's what you were driving at -- hence my confusion over UMS making the surfrock/blackmetal connection [via guitar-playing style that isn't on the song in question]

& really the most metal-feeling part of the song (to me) isn't the rockabillyish verses so much as the fist-pumping singalong chorus

sad face about missing tonight's show

^^^

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

RT

Anson Burtch
‏@aburtch

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