January 2012
4 posts
“This song, like many good songs, takes place in Cambodia in 1979.”
– JD, Fitzgeralds Houston, January 20, 2012, introducing “Prowl Great Cain”
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“This is what’s terrible, is like, I forget the first line of a song, and then I’ll do it, like, twice, and somebody’ll go, ‘Oh yeah, he did the thing where he forgets the first line.’ No, my friends. Would that I were doing the thing where I forget the first line. No, I’m doing the thing where he shot too much speed when he was a teenager. I’m doing...
December 2011
9 posts
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Watchijustwannadanceinyourtumblrs:
well, this made my day better.
AV Club Holiday Undercover 2011- The Mountain Goats cover “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” [#]
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issueproblems:
John Darnielle - Get Your Mom...
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Andrew Jackson Jihad and Jeffrey Lewis Join...
While the kickstarter campaign to fund the Mountain Goats cover album, Tallahassee Turns Ten, was successfully funded a few days ago, the funding doesn’t end until December 17th. Meanwhile, Andrew Jackson Jihad and Jeffrey Lewis have been added to the roster of contributing artists. Andrew Jackson Jihad will be covering Alpha Rats Nest and Jeffrey Lewis will take over See America Right.
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John Wurster as A.C. Newman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt2lHDlw0pw
Any chance you’d promote this new blog I started? dailymountaingoats.tumblr.com
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Tallahassee Turns Ten
I’m working on a cover album called Tallahassee Turns Ten to celebrate the tenth birthday of Tallahassee by the Mountain Goats. We’re raising the money to cover the licensing fees for the initial run on Kickstarter. Rewards include limited edition CD of the album, Tallahassee themed magnet poetry and more.
In addition, there are still some tracks that need to be filled and we’re...
November 2011
15 posts
The Mountain Goats and Owen Pallett Collaborate on... →
greatelsewhere:
The Mountain Goats will perform a special set on March 24, at the Merkin Concert Hall on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, as part of the Ecstatic Music Festival. John Darnielle will debut songs from a new collection, Transcendental Youth, with the vocal quartet Anonymous 4. The songs have been arranged for voice, piano, and guitar by Owen Pallett.
im crying with joy
“JD: That’s because, as important as politics are to me, the life and the spirit...”
– John Darnielle on politics in lyrics (via slocedot)
“You look at the wedding album sometimes, drinking, and say, ‘Wow, all of the...”
– John Darnielle, 12.01.09 @ Webster Hall (via thedownward-spiral)
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John Darnielle's "100 Reasons Why 'Ignition -... →
slamdanceonyourgrave:
14. And then we enter into the levels of reference again, which is where I get completely dizzy “Rollin’ on 24s/while they say on the radio”: what do they say? Oh, good God, they say what critical theory thought they’d say: “This is the remix to igntion”
15. which is to say that the song describes a party where they’re listening to the radio play a song describing a...
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Ivories
kristeljax:
dear power metal bands it’s important to use real pianos
I really can’t stress this enough we play a low-stakes game
a trillion years ago power metal might have meant a paycheck
now it’s craft for the love of craft which means that if you’re going to do it
you have to be willing to bleed for it or else why bother
those of us who respond to what you do with hearts still...
tinyloudmoron:
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October 2011
4 posts
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The Mountain Goats - Michael Myers Resplendent...
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September 2011
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August 2011
6 posts
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Interviewer: This is the Mountain Goats' 18th album in 20 years, not counting many other side projects and releases. What drives you to write so consistently?
John Darnielle: This is a line I've repeated so many times throughout my career: I don't think I am special. I think other people are not taking their job seriously. My job is songwriter. That's what I'm supposed to be doing with my life, right? So how many months are there in a year? Is it really asking too much of me to write one a month? If I were a brick layer and I laid one brick a month, I'd be fired by the end of my first week on the job. So I think asking a songwriter to write two songs a month... at that point you should have 24 songs a year, and 10 of them should be good. I am productive, but I think everybody should be as productive as me if they really cherish the ability to do it.
just some of my favorite John Darneille tweets
i-declare-bankruptcy:
After checking out Lalitree Darnielle’s Twitter, I’ve discovered that she and John are expecting their 1st child. Infact, her due date is 8/28
SOON
lollapalooza's Channel - YouTube →
futuresushi:
Livestream the Mountain Goats on channel 2!
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“I wrote that song while I was recalling working with a bunch of kids when I was...”
– John Darnielle on “The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton”
July 2011
8 posts
Watchtastiejam:
hummingbrdheart:
NEW MOUNTAIN GOATS VIDEO
THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHATEVER YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT
ALSO IT’S ANIMATED
(via Pitchfork: TV)
!!!!
good
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June 2011
25 posts
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“So this is a song about a couple of people in a car, and it’s kind of hot in the...”
– John Darnielle introducing Family Happiness @ the Wexner Center 2011-04-11 (via valerie2776)
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