February 2012
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(Ben photoshopped my face over John Darnielle’s baby’s face in one of those pictures of John holding his baby (whose name is Roman, by the way) and it’s the most disturbing thing I’ve ever seen. It’s so upsetting. All I can do is laugh)
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Watchjust a little nostalgia to break up my Mountain Goats spree - Hutch and I were at this show, and I’m so glad there’s good footage of it that exists. There was a lot of buildup and expectation for that show and I can honestly say that there are only a couple of things I’m more happy that I’ve done in my life.
also:
this is a blog about Nancy Whang’s leopard-print...
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wavering lines by willis earl beal
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white noise by willis earl beal
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yesterday I downloaded "Voodoo" by D'Angelo
upon Ryan’s recommendation, which was powerful and (I assumed) hyperbolic.
No.
Where has this album been all my life??
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when I was a senior in high school
I was part of a project helmed by my friend Emma where we adapted six episodes of The Twilight Zone for the stage.
I just got an email from my mom saying that it’s mentioned on the Twilight Zone Wikipedia article.
So that’s pretty cool.
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remember “The Game?”
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“With the suspension of adolescence, I think about parts of early indie…...”
– John Darnielle
I hope so, John, I really hope so.
But this interview is from 2004 and self-infantilization is just as cool as ever.
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Raise your hand if you knew that "Ignition" by R....
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I want to make my own cologne, seriously.
I want to smell like sweet tobacco, whiskey, coffee and bitters.
I’m doing research on how I might be able to do this.
Anyone know how to extract essential oils from pipe tobacco?
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I just made the connection
that John Darnielle bites a line from Biggie’s “Big Poppa” in “Fall of the Star High School Running Back.”
My love for John Darnielle grows every day.
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January 2012
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from "The Most Remarkable Thing" by Ben Zuerlein
“…Our protagonist is dragged on his inescapable path through Macon County, Georgia an absolutely real place that his mind makes paradisiacal. Typical of John Darnielle’s song writing, the song mentions a location that exists in the real world but is reframed by the expectations and subjectivities of the protagonist. Furthermore, the location is not one that is revered, famous, or...
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Tape the windows - the forecast shows that I'm...
There’s a guy at work who I’ve identified as the type of person who would really like the Mountain Goats and I’m going to convert him.
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Alright, so I'm going to be sitting out the third...
Today, we saw the second act draw to a close as the “Born To Die” reviews came shuffling out and Pitchfork’s Lindsay Zoladz made a few good points, but sort of threw some credibility out the window by expressing that she somehow had higher hopes.
No, the only required reading for the end of this second act is Rob Harvilla’s hilariously empathetic and gently backhanded...
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I watched "Tucker and Dale vs. Evil" yesterday
and it was really good.
It’s on Netflix Instant. You should watch it.
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“We had a cappuccino at [David Lynch’s] house and he smokes cigarettes and...”
– Ninja (of Die Antwoord) on how David Lynch’s cigarettes don’t smell. At all.
I like to imagine that David Lynch has an array of tiny superpowers like that. I’m not surprised at all.
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