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yay! where? also do a reminder HYPE thread the week before if possible...

there's a whole lot of similes that connect romance to terrorism-kinda stuff but I don't recall any account of actual incidents that would explain why the relationship is LIKE terrorism. I'd kinda like to hear "you shot my cat, you bastard" next to "oh, you are like someone making a bomb" cuz it can kinda sound like zeitgeist exploitation. but the uptempo drummer on that one track was great idea! And I really usually listen to an album at least twice before talkin' about it, but it seems an opportune to bring it up (and it would look weird if everybody was ravin' wildly).

jesus, I gotta go die now. sorry. this wasn't easy for me, folks, so go easy on the flamebacks.

(i.e. don't be sorry for heaven's sake we're all friends here)

In re: "a lot of terrorism similes" I must defend myself howevah: that's just one song as far as I know. And now I should stop reading this thread as it is in poor form indeed to participate in a discussion of one's own writing/music/whatevah

(quickly answering questions before scramming: I really want to go back to Dublin but there just won't be time which makes me really sad because I love Dublin a whole lot, no plans for any pre-Zopilote Machine reissues, hoping to come to Portland sometime this year, and the L.A. show is opening for Tortoise which is funny for a whole lotta reasons)

I will give another listen and see if I have the same reaction.

Thanks for being a good sport. Whew!

1. Cubs in Five
2. Family Happiness
3. The Fall of the Star High School Running Back
4. Going to Port Washington
5. Going to Alaska
6. Going to Marrakesh
7. Golden Boy
8. No Children
9. Billy the Kid’s Dream of the Magic Slippers
10. Itzcuintli-Totzli Days
11. Neon Orange Glimmer Song
12. Anti-Music Song
13. Sept. 19 Triple X Love! Love!
14. No, I Can’t
15. Orange Ball of Hate
16. Are You Cleaning Off the Stone?
17. Standard Bitter Love Song #4
18. Standard Bitter Love Song #8
19. Love Cuts the Strings
20. Seed Song
21. Water Song
22. The Window Song
23. Jam Eater Blues
24. Two Thousand Seasons
25. The Best Ever Death Metal Band from Denton
26. The Sign

...and maybe yes. Though keep in mind my extremely non-canonical vision of Mr. Dylan. ;-)

the L.A. show is opening for Tortoise which is funny for a whole lotta reasons

Yes it is. The funniest of which will be me spraying the crowd with whipped cream and silly string before Tor-Twah take the stage to forcibly loosen them up and make them laugh. Then I'll do the same to the band.

http://www.bravenewwaves.ca/bnmedia/archive_i_mgoats.shtml

I have no further contribution to make to this thread.

Okay, I'm swearing off this thread before I "bring the negativity" to Darnielle LoveFest '03.

Live it's a lot of fun (even when kicked off stage & forced to play on the pavement outside the venue). Can't wait till the forthcoming UK gigs & SxSW show, 'cos it's been a long time.

Enough already.

Loved your cover of "I saw the Sign"

horace, mostly similar, but the newest album "tallahassee" has a much more polished full band and studio production, and there are surely songs on there that you could play on the radio. john peel gets away with it, anyway, but that may not seem any guarantee of radio-friendly production. (i wasn't sure i liked it as much as the other albums i have at first but it's really grown on me.)

i say YES to "cubs in five" and "best ever death metal band out of denton" and i note that "anti-music song" is on that best-of cdr and that i kind of like it myself and never thought it implied any real dislike of morrissey, whom i quite like, on john's part. i only have a few of the albums and i can't really pick a favourite out of them, they're all good.

That really would be the best thing that could ever happen to a Tortoise fan.

I HAVE A VISION. I thank the Holy Prophet Dan for showing the way and Nicole for the encouragement.

[Likely enough I will simply do the honorable thing and leave after the Goats take their bow, thus beating the traffic -- assuming whoever I'm with wants to leave as well.]

God, I hope not.

3) Mountain Goats - Tallahassee (4AD)

4AD are going exactly the same way as original, life affirmingly INDEPENDENT allies Mute by signing pretty hopeless bands. If The Mountain Goats are the new Pixies then that pig really DID just fly past the window. More up Clint's street are these and even he thinks they're a bit pants. The band's new CD, 'Tallahassee' is out this week. Supposedly their 12th album, previous efforts have been on little US indies, this 4AD debut is average alt-country tinged lo-fi strum rock. Some might find some nuggets of gold up in them thar mountains but all I found were some old Yak droppings. Gorgeous packaging like but the words 'polish' and 'turd' spring to mind (again)....

Please.

Thank you.

Also, if you play Portland, please play "Golden Boy", as it would mean a lot to my roommate/bandmate, who sings it to her godson to get him to go to sleep, and is anyway one of your absolute best songs, even better than "Fresh Berries For You".

There. I am done being such a fanboy. Oh, except to note my friend's observation about how awkward it is to scream out "ABSOLUTE LITHOPS EFFECT!" as a concert request.

IS THIS SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE WHOLE CLASS, MR. NORDIC?

i was a pretty big fan in high school with a couple tapes, an lp and a cd but i haven't had much of an urge to listen to any of it in at least four or five years and haven't heard anything since sweden or nothing for juice.

i still get a little thrill when i see j*hn's name come up on a thread though. feels like hollywood.

A good read and the man himself is interviewed

https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22745655/mountain-goats-no-children-tiktok

Go girl pic.twitter.com/kNA0a0lvIm

— c a i t l i n (@hello__caitlin) October 26, 2021

"no children" going viral on tik tok brings me so so so much joy

Devil House is really remarkable. Absolutely is.

I've been assidously avoiding all reviews and publicity, today I discover I have to wait another two months for the ebook.

Hi folks I interviewed @mountain_goats for @NewYorker https://t.co/p57BcrlZ3x

— Helen Rosner (@hels) April 24, 2022

Keep pondering JD's comments in that interview on being in one's fifties. Also, my partner took that portrait!

Excellent interview.

I’m over fifty. Being over fifty is miraculous. You get just a broader view on your previous iterations of yourself, and they all look like miserable failures. But I’m told that the next errand is to have pity on them. I don’t know about that. People think you should forgive them. I don’t expect to get there, but you at least get some perspective on your motivations. I think young people do practically everything out of fear, whether it’s fear of missing out, or fear of not becoming what you want to become, or fear of not getting away from what you want to get away from. If you keep working spiritually, you think, “Oh, wait, if I work and I’m able to provide for myself, what do I truly have to be afraid of?” Not so much. And, well, then you can approach something like freedom, I guess.

(I'm not 50 just yet but this sounds like hope.)

It's accurate.

New song!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lttMHEdpZM

That packs a wallop! Crossposted to the thread of cheesy eighties training montages.

New song, hell, new album:

https://themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/album/bleed-out

Extremely hype for this, what a fantastic cover as well

Super excited for this, and I have to say I love this little mysterious breadcrumb in the bandcamp credits:

Final punchline for “Bleed Out” graciously supplied by Peter Hughes in late-night writing session

Clearly this T-shirt is a necessity

This @mountain_goats t-shirt in Italian? Instant pre-order. https://t.co/1e5CkaptLj pic.twitter.com/aQvxrcAzmL

— Fondano 🤌 (@twinfountain) June 2, 2022

It's gonna get so dark for you, I'm gonna leave a mark on you.

This new one is so so so good.

Loud too!

Good and loud indeed.

keep misreading this every single time

Hurricane #Danielle Advisory 25: Resilient Danielle Strengthens a Little While Accelerating Toward the Northeast. Massive High Seas Area Extends Nearly 350 Miles From Danielle'S Eye. https://t.co/tW4KeGe9uJ

— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) September 7, 2022

Sonically at least, the new album could have been called Hurricane Darnielle.

New album soon!

https://themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/album/jenny-from-thebes

rocked out to west texas tonight for the first time in years

"and the deathless love we swore to protect with our bodies is stumbling across it's bleak ending"

darnielle is probably the greatest ever at cramming syllables into a line without ever making them sound crammed in

Omg @ Fresh Tattoo

Bless you Hard Times

https://www.instagram.com/p/CzTcZ05sioL/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Mountain Goats, New P's , and Margaret Glaspy in August at big venue Wolf Trap , near DC. Wow .