This made me lol http://www.avclub.com/philadelphia/articles/mountain-goats-lyrics-reimagined-as-travel-advice,54507/
― Cluster the boots (Billy Dods), Saturday, 23 April 2011 12:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Someone at Something Awful is a Mountain Goats fan: http://www.somethingawful.com/d/comedy-goldmine/albums-books-photoshop.php?page=2
― Paul McCartney and Whigs (Phil D.), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 20:51 (thirteen years ago) link
(though it could do with a better session drummer...)
lol poor Jon Wurster
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 27 April 2011 20:58 (thirteen years ago) link
new tour dates announced, including west coast.
gonna be interesting to see the vibe @ the aladdin theater in portland...that place's got SEATS!
― artisanal rabbit made from single-origin chocolate (reddening), Thursday, 28 April 2011 05:09 (thirteen years ago) link
bah, precedes my West Coasting by 2-3 weeks
― your generation appalls me (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 28 April 2011 16:41 (thirteen years ago) link
also gonna be interesting to see the vibe at the budweiser amphitheater at paper mill island in baldwinsville, ny, which is less than a mile from my parents' house (and normally hosts things like "Parrots of the Carribean-Jimmy Buffet Tribute Band")
― Suicide Demo for Kemba Walker (govern yourself accordingly), Thursday, 28 April 2011 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link
You know they could all jam down together.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 April 2011 20:41 (thirteen years ago) link
i don't get why everyone complains about john wurster. he's fantastic! Psalms 40:2? [shudder] soooo good.
― jacobfiala, Saturday, 30 April 2011 03:03 (thirteen years ago) link
okay this is awesome
http://womensmedicalfund.org/index.php/donate-Raffle
― ilxor running, w/ laptop in hand, checking ILX as he sprints (ilxor), Friday, 13 May 2011 03:10 (twelve years ago) link
people complain about wurster? the hell is wrong with them
― kaygee, Friday, 13 May 2011 04:06 (twelve years ago) link
JD on Kurt Andersen's radio show this week
― resistance does not require a firearm (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 15 May 2011 15:16 (twelve years ago) link
Wurster is a god among drummers, fuiud
― suggest ban the subbest man (some dude), Sunday, 15 May 2011 15:17 (twelve years ago) link
"estate sale sign" is fantaaaaaaaaaastic
― difficult listening hour, Sunday, 15 May 2011 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
^^
― ilxor running, w/ laptop in hand, checking ILX as he sprints (ilxor), Sunday, 15 May 2011 16:34 (twelve years ago) link
This is by far the MG album I've played the most since '05. "Age of Kings," "Liza Forever Minnelli," "Beautiful Gas Mask" -- awesome.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 15 May 2011 16:59 (twelve years ago) link
It really is wonderful. My girlfriend became an instant fan after one listen.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 15 May 2011 17:02 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i only just really sat down with it but it sounds to me like the best since healed.
― difficult listening hour, Sunday, 15 May 2011 17:09 (twelve years ago) link
Agree that it's the best since Healed as well.. Liked "Estate Sale Sign" and "Birth of Serpents" best initially, but the celebrity trio of "For Charles Bronson", "Liza Forever Minnelli" and "The Autopsy Garland" (about Judy) have come to feel like the heart of the album to me.
― jer.fairall, Monday, 16 May 2011 00:05 (twelve years ago) link
my wife likes this dude too, incl. the new album, she says he's gotten better as he sounds "less like an actual mountain goat" (i guess as his singing gets less intense/bleaty as on the pre-4AD stuff)
― ilxor running, w/ laptop in hand, checking ILX as he sprints (ilxor), Monday, 16 May 2011 02:52 (twelve years ago) link
the vocals on "liza" and "age of kings" seem like a step forward.. quite nuanced
― ilxor running, w/ laptop in hand, checking ILX as he sprints (ilxor), Monday, 16 May 2011 02:53 (twelve years ago) link
I never really loved what I heard from the Mountain Goats but my wife and I just finished watching season 3 of Moral Oral and MG songs are used perfectly to soundtrack that last season. Really brilliant in that context and gave me some appreciation for the music that I didn't have beforehand. I think the songs from that season are "No Children," "Old College Try," and "Love Love Love."
― Mordy, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 17:03 (twelve years ago) link
oh GOD the episode that uses "No Children" is one of the most devastating things I've ever seen on television
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 17:04 (twelve years ago) link
That show was really cut down unfairly in its prime. Apparently the 3rd season was supposed to be a full order but bc of some of the episodes (partic the one with the three women, the nurse talking to the bears, the teacher with the abortion and miss censordoll) were too "raw" (i guess?) it was cancelled. it doesn't look like Dino was ready to stop at all.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 03:57 (twelve years ago) link
nice cover of "Boxcar" by Jawbreaker is now on the Onion AV Club
― Darin, Tuesday, 7 June 2011 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
oh rad!
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 7 June 2011 22:22 (twelve years ago) link
i miss moral orel too. how did you watch season 2 and 3 mordy? i bought season 1, but 2 and 3 aren't available.
― jacobfiala, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
JD answers your questions
I hope this works. I've never done this before.
― banjoboy, Thursday, 9 June 2011 03:05 (twelve years ago) link
^ reddit thing is really cool
someone there linked this MTV interview and holy shit, worst ive ever read? a contender, for sure
http://read.mtvhive.com/2011/05/25/interview-the-mountain-goats-john-darnielle
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Thursday, 9 June 2011 05:22 (twelve years ago) link
obviously that's on the interviewer—not JD
Eric Spitznagl
― buzza, Thursday, 9 June 2011 05:33 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― markers, Thursday, 9 June 2011 06:17 (twelve years ago) link
yeesh
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 9 June 2011 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
That interviewer is awful, but JD certainy handled it well with his signature class and dignity.
― the fey bloggers are onto the zagat tweets (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 9 June 2011 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
*sings beyonce*
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 18:46 (twelve years ago) link
"Oh you don't like pop music? How about if I sing it at you???"
― the fey bloggers are onto the zagat tweets (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 9 June 2011 18:47 (twelve years ago) link
wow shit got really weird after that
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
super weird!
― just sayin, Thursday, 9 June 2011 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
spitzNAGL if i may
― arby's, Thursday, 9 June 2011 20:49 (twelve years ago) link
scroll 8 posts up
― iatee, Thursday, 9 June 2011 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
oh! misread that. XD
― arby's, Thursday, 9 June 2011 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, June 9, 2011 6:46 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
i love the idea of the writer grinning to himself as he's transcribing this portion of the interview
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 9 June 2011 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
holy hell this interview
― low-rent black gangster nicknamed Bootsy (DJP), Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
oh my god this interview
― low-rent black gangster nicknamed Bootsy (DJP), Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
WTF THIS INTERVIEW
― low-rent black gangster nicknamed Bootsy (DJP), Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
everytime I thought "oh this is the part where it gets weird" it got WEIRDER
― low-rent black gangster nicknamed Bootsy (DJP), Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
Jesus, I assumed this guy was an MTV intern or something, not a contributing editor at The Believer.
― jaymc, Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
that interview erased my brain and i can't think of what a good one is like
― arby's, Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
he has to be trollin', theres no way
― bnw, Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:18 (twelve years ago) link
In his defense: more reporters should quote Beyonce in interviews.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:25 (twelve years ago) link
Actually, some of these Vanity Fair interviews he's done are pretty entertaining.
― jaymc, Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:27 (twelve years ago) link