Minor details!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 18:45 (seven years ago) link
as somebody who needs choral music to be aggressively crossovered into their life i am hyped to hear, d
― schlump, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 18:50 (seven years ago) link
"no guitars" I hear
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 19:18 (seven years ago) link
wait, is djp on this album?
― removed from the rain drops and drop tops of experience (ulysses), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 19:26 (seven years ago) link
(Thanks for asking. I'm confused too.)
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 19:48 (seven years ago) link
it's the DJP-only album we've been waiting for
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 19:53 (seven years ago) link
DJP has taken over the MG identity and it is nothing but plainsong chants.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 19:56 (seven years ago) link
Or alternately, I arranged backing vocals on one of the songs
― ornate orchestral arrangements (DJP), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 19:57 (seven years ago) link
But...my creative lies for your benefit.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 20:00 (seven years ago) link
Don't get me wrong, I'm gonna email some friends for a Latin translation of "No Children" this weekend
― ornate orchestral arrangements (DJP), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 20:04 (seven years ago) link
Off-topic, but in ILX - With Ads!Ⓡ news:
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u120/kingkonggodzilla/mountaingoats_zpswck1hdwj.jpg
― how's life, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 20:16 (seven years ago) link
hoping drew is somehow involved as well
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 21:24 (seven years ago) link
Nice dan!
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 21:26 (seven years ago) link
Anyone reading his book?
― calstars, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 21:26 (seven years ago) link
Just got a copy after going to the reading in Seattle. I'm honestly amazed by how good he is at audience q&a's, being able to answer cliched or awkwardly phrased questions in an interesting way that doesn't make the person asking feel stupid is a real gift.
― JoeStork, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 21:31 (seven years ago) link
omg @ Goths
― example (crüt), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 21:33 (seven years ago) link
ltd time offer, also cc'd on twitter so maybe invalid at time of reading this: pls somebody say if they wd like my copy of the novel, i can't rly have bks piling up here & am happy to probably-lazily mail it to someone who wants to read, #usa #only
― schlump, Thursday, 23 February 2017 03:17 (seven years ago) link
uhh me plz? I'm up to my eyeballs in books but I don't mind
― bernard snowy, Thursday, 23 February 2017 08:39 (seven years ago) link
:)send me yr address somehow ! are we friends on twitter or anything
― schlump, Thursday, 23 February 2017 16:20 (seven years ago) link
Eldritch is also here:
http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2017/02/24/mountain-goats-sing-about-andrew-eldtritch/
tbh, not in love with it.
― nickn, Saturday, 25 February 2017 04:34 (seven years ago) link
Universal Harvester rolling me right along in a musical way, not breezy tho (how did that word become such a thing)
― dow, Saturday, 25 February 2017 05:10 (seven years ago) link
The book is indeed extremely good.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 26 February 2017 00:53 (seven years ago) link
I tried to find it on the kobo store and it offered meFarming Machinery - Combine Harvesters - With Information on the Operation and Mechanics of the Combine HarvesterandHow to Start a Potato Harvester and Sorter Business (Beginners Guide)
― brekekekexit collapse collapse (ledge), Sunday, 26 February 2017 16:08 (seven years ago) link
i have been VERY disappointed to discover Universal Harvester unstocked at the many airports i have passed through this weekend
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Sunday, 26 February 2017 20:13 (seven years ago) link
That's because you weren't looking under his pseudonym, 'Brad Thor.'
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 26 February 2017 20:16 (seven years ago) link
Oh so it is available as an ebook in the kobo store, but not in the UK. And there I thought we had a global economy.
― brekekekexit collapse collapse (ledge), Monday, 27 February 2017 18:10 (seven years ago) link
as an aside i have to imagine placement in airport bookstores does wonders for sales -- feel like airports are one of the last few places ppl make impulse book purchases
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Monday, 27 February 2017 18:32 (seven years ago) link
Very nice new song here: https://ourfirst100days.bandcamp.com/track/etruscans
― cajunsunday, Saturday, 1 April 2017 12:09 (seven years ago) link
Appropriately gothy new song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anS6bcPpvoQ
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 15:35 (seven years ago) link
*waves at djp*
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 15:42 (seven years ago) link
also this is fucking excellent
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 15:45 (seven years ago) link
I would love to meet the basses they used for this because they are badass
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 20:10 (seven years ago) link
How's his new book?
― djh, Tuesday, 25 April 2017 20:20 (seven years ago) link
they played two songs off the new album here the other week, and they were so good I wanted the show to extend to include the rest of it
― (±\ PLO;;;;;;; Style (sic), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 23:54 (seven years ago) link
Streaming on NPR
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Monday, 15 May 2017 14:07 (seven years ago) link
i'm only five songs into this but this is easily my favorite mountain goats record in years. the no guitars approach works remarkably well, the arrangements are so detailed and lovely
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 15 May 2017 14:48 (seven years ago) link
shouts out to the new order coda of "shelved"
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 15 May 2017 15:23 (seven years ago) link
It sounds so much like Hook that I wonder
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 May 2017 15:23 (seven years ago) link
also: his late '70s West Coast album. I love the electric piano all over the place.
It's an incredibly warm-sounding album to my ears.
― PJD PDJ DPJ (DJP), Monday, 15 May 2017 15:24 (seven years ago) link
you can hear every stick on cymbal
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 May 2017 15:27 (seven years ago) link
I like it but it's too jazz, I thought the same thing about the last one but it won me around, but I'm pretty sure this one is too jazz.
^fully expect to cut and paste this for every Mountain Goats album from now on.
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 15 May 2017 15:37 (seven years ago) link
what is "too jazz"
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 May 2017 15:38 (seven years ago) link
i feel like this one is pretty jazz i guess but the melodies are more accessible than the more free-falling digressions on beat the champ imo
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 15 May 2017 15:39 (seven years ago) link
There are bits of this I just can't seem to get behind right now (the chorus of "High Unicorn Tolerance" for instance) but I'm hoping those objections fall away
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 15 May 2017 21:38 (seven years ago) link
I like the woodwind arrangement and hook more than the song.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 May 2017 21:46 (seven years ago) link
"Abandoned Flesh" and "Wear Black" are my favs
― sexualing healing (crüt), Monday, 15 May 2017 21:49 (seven years ago) link
I love "Abandoned Flesh" so much
― PJD PDJ DPJ (DJP), Monday, 15 May 2017 21:53 (seven years ago) link
On one background listen, this sounds like a 70s smooth pop record about 80s goth rock, which is definitely interesting. Even streaming, the arrangements and recording sound really good.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Monday, 15 May 2017 22:00 (seven years ago) link
everything J0hn D has written in praise of Steely Dan culminates in the horn arrangement for "Paid in Cocaine."
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 May 2017 22:02 (seven years ago) link