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
ok lol singing at interviewees is actually a thing he does
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
seeing his interviewing style play out there helps frame the JD one a bit better...but still
― arby's, Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
lol lol
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
What do you say when you’re roughing up a perp? “On the floor, dirtbag!” “Book 'em, Danno!” That kind of thing.Shaq: Well, uh. [Long pause.] My job is to be a little girl.Come again?Shaq: I play a little girl on the Internet. So whatever name I’m going by, that will probably be my catchphrase. If I’m Tanya, then it’ll be something like, “Tanya says hello.” And they’ll be like, “Tanya who?” And I’ll say, “You don’t know no Tanya, huh? I’m Tanya. Let’s go.” And that’s when the cuffs get slapped on you.
Shaq: Well, uh. [Long pause.] My job is to be a little girl.
Come again?
Shaq: I play a little girl on the Internet. So whatever name I’m going by, that will probably be my catchphrase. If I’m Tanya, then it’ll be something like, “Tanya says hello.” And they’ll be like, “Tanya who?” And I’ll say, “You don’t know no Tanya, huh? I’m Tanya. Let’s go.” And that’s when the cuffs get slapped on you.
SHAQ I LOVE YOU
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
generally not a fan when the interviewers think we give a shit about them
― bnw, Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, the fact that he doesn't seem to care about coming across as a dick is what makes some of his interviews funny, but with the JD interview that kind of jokes-bruv cheekiness is weirdly and uncomfortably mingled with the ingratiating tone of an awkward teenager meeting his idol.
― jaymc, Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
I think this guy should be hunted down and attacked by a pack of rabid woodchucks.
― Peyton Flanders (Nicole), Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
Or forced to live with Kid Rock, which is probably worse.
― Peyton Flanders (Nicole), Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
or mauled by a murder of rabid eddychucks.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
― jaymc, Thursday, 9 June 2011 21:51 (11 minutes ago)
main prob isn't even the jokes, it's that his myopia is pushed to the forefront in this interview
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 9 June 2011 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
"i bootlegg your music all the time, i even grabbed that leak of all eternals deck! is that alright with you?"
― jacobfiala, Friday, 10 June 2011 05:51 (twelve years ago) link
Just read some of his Vanity Fair stuff, and the Darnielle interview didn't get any better as a result.
― jer.fairall, Friday, 10 June 2011 12:49 (twelve years ago) link
Interview read OK to me. Good responses from J0hn. i.e.
The thing is, I have empathy for every character I sing through. But that song, “No Children,” is kind of funny and I’m not laughing with those people, I’m laughing at them. It’s funny to watch people who are that messed up. It’s maybe not the most admirable trait in a human being to be amused by that, and I think that’s why I try to have some empathy for them. But the funny parts of that song? That’s not me saying, “Hey, isn’t it hilarious how people treat each other bad?” It’s me saying, “You guys are wasting your single opportunity to occupy this human body."
― Forget the rest / this breast test is best (Ówen P.), Friday, 10 June 2011 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
hysterical interview; was kinda hoping it was incognito whiney
― When Zeester Met Koffie (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 June 2011 16:48 (twelve years ago) link
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 10 June 2011 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
i mean...
On a scale of one to ten, ten being you want to punch me hard in the throat right now …
― When Zeester Met Koffie (forksclovetofu), Friday, 10 June 2011 16:50 (twelve years ago) link
On a scale of one to 51, 51 being you want to sb me right now ...
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Saturday, 11 June 2011 08:07 (twelve years ago) link