Sophie lives in BK, works, writes, plays music, puts on shows and uses twitter.
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Ten years after The Mountain Goat’s “Tallahassee,” Zach Baron returned to Florida with singer-songwriter John Darnielle to search for remnants of the album’s mythic inspiration. What he found is a lesson on people who make things, people who enjoy them, and the space between the two.
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[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]John Darnielle, you perfect human, thank you for making my perfect album.
The Mountain Goats - “Jaipur” from The Coroner’s Gambit.
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The campy-listening thing, I think, is false. I don’t think that there is any such thing, actually. This happens with age, that at some point you might have told yourself and others that you listened to the Backstreet Boys because it was funny. But in fact, you were enjoying it; it’s just a different kind of enjoyment for you. But I don’t think that ironic-distance appreciation is actually a different or lesser appreciation. I think most of that irony is an attempt to say, “These aren’t exactly my kind of people, and I don’t picture myself sounding like that, but I still like it.” I don’t believe in ironic appreciation. I think if you like something, the core of it is you like it.
John Darnielle
The Believer - Interview with John Darnielle
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When I met John Darnielle I was so happy I gained the ability to shoot lasers from my eyes.
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The Mountain Goats are joined by the vocal quartet Anonymous 4 in a collaborative presentation of songs from Transcendental Youth, a new work by John Darnielle (pictured) of the Mountain Goats (“one of America’s most startling lyricists,” Boston Globe). Anonymous 4, celebrating their 25th anniversary, are famous for their purity of tone and astounding blend, gaining wide recognition for their intense scholarship and attention to historical context, both in medieval and early American repertoire.
Transcendental Youth features new songs from Darnielle, heard here in special arrangements for voices, piano and guitar by the acclaimed musical polymath Owen Pallett. The songs visit a small community on Puget Sound in Washington, north of Seattle at the foot of Glacier Peak, and are inhabited by the mournful voices of the isolated and the lost in motels and apartment complexes around Snohomish County.
A short solo Mountain Goats set begins the evening, followed by Anonymous 4 performing selections from their rich catalog in a program curated by both Darnielle and A4, and concluding with the collaborative performance.
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All Hail West Texas: ten years ago, today.
Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess: West Texas! West Texas! West Texas!
Will. Always.
Liner notes of my favorite Mountain Goats album. Happy birthday.
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uglyasasuitcase replied to your post: My friends and I came up with a bunch of classes John Darnielle would teach if he had actually pursued a career as a teacher.
I Saw You On TV: An Analysis of Modern-Day Music and Its Roots In Pop and Rock Musicians From the 1960s and 80s
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My friends and I came up with a bunch of classes John Darnielle would teach if he had actually pursued a career as a teacher.
Some highlights:
- A Survey Of Co-Dependent Alcoholic Relationships with Dr. John Darnielle (me)
- Applied Geography: Going Places (Tim)
- Swedish Music From Ace of Base To Mayhem, with Professor John Darnielle (me)
- The Sun, the Stars, and Emotions: Orange Balls with Dr. Darnielle (Zoe)
- Therapeutic Applications of Dance Music (Tim)
- Drug and Alcohol Education: Is Selling Acid A Good Idea? (me)
- Special workshop on time management led by Mr. Darnielle: How to Make it Through This Year (Tim)
- Dishes in the Kitchen Sink, New Straw for the Old Broom: Home Remodeling 101 (Jeremy)
- Devonian Evolution 134: Hast Thou Considered The Tetrapod? (Patch)
- Special Religion Seminar: A Survey of Asian Snack Food Availability in Representations of the Afterlife (Tim)
- The Camera In the Television: Dream Interpretation with J. Darnielle (Zoe)
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