December 2011
109 posts
Anonymous asked: I'm a girl who loves the Mountain Goats like hell. We're hard to find because our love for John takes up a lot of time.
Albums of Our Lives: the Mountain Goats’ The... →
lostcivilization:
This is a beautiful review.
In regards to that quote: the remainder of that article
The lines in the Mountain Goats’ songs are always cut short of a full...
– Maurice Burford, Albums of Our Lives: The Mountain Goat’s The Coroner’s Gambit
I keep re-reading this article because I generally hate music critics and writing about music, but I love music, and I love reading people write about music they love and what it means to them, not what they think is...
trebont asked: It's very comforting to know that somebody else out there shares the same passion for John Darnielle as I do. A passion that extends way beyond the nearly mainstream Tallahassee album. John Darnielle is my favorite person in the world, and even though i don't have a question, I want you to know that I love John Darnielle, and I love your blog.
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Hello, Old Rabbit
I'm kind of having a bad 24 hour period
submit a cover or something and cheer me up
or just converse
Some people say “I’m sorry to say” when they mean “I am actually totally stoked...
– Master of Reality-John Darnielle (via moarghan)
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sorry about the inactivity
working on fixing that now
Anonymous asked: Why is the album called The Sunset Tree?
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overdoseonzygotes:
maybe everything that falls down eventually rises.
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You know what I want for xmas?
well besides an MG vinyl or strings…
I want another 23 followers
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Can I have John Darnielle for Christmas?
thecircustrip:
Imagine waking up Christmas morning, going to the tree and John Darnielle is just lying underneath the tree.
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Would it be too vain of me to post my own covers on this blog?
Is this post vain in itself?
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panoply-of-song:
John Darnielle, of the Mountain Goats, once said, “There are two types of people walking this Earth, and one is significantly better. It happens at 16: You either create a relationship with music, or you don’t.”
I’m one of those people who created an intimate relationship with music, and I made this blog with the intention of sharing the most wonderful songs, quotes, and...
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I party'd too hardy last night
and there’s an alpha rat’s nest in my hair
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
– Leo Tolstoy (via kari-shma)
Anonymous asked: can you link us to the three mountain goats forum cover compilations??
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maxemaze asked: You were previously johndarniellememes right?
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In the meadow we can build a snowman/and pretend that he is Satan/and then...
– John Darnielle, rewriting Christmas classics on twitter. (via utlenska)
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