Morning all.

My friend is travelling across America soon and i'm making a mixtape with the idea of a song for every city/place she's visiting. My initial thought was that this would be heavy with mountain goats (and hold steady, tbf) songs due to their often geographical lyrics. However, there's some of them where i'm struggling t remember if the place is mentioned in a song, especially where the title does not furnish any clues so a search in MediaMonkey yields nada.

Any help on the following locations would be cool. THanks!

Conneticut
Pennsylvania (i've got Matthew 25 for this but, man, that's a sad song and this is meant to be a fun road trip!)
INdiana (is it pale green things that mentions indiana sawgrass? Is there a better song out there that does (more fun song...))
Spring Green, Wisconsin
Iowa
north dkota
montana
Olympia, Washington
Portland, Oregon (this is, obviously, a bg choice...)
san francsico,
Las Vgas, Nevada

any other non tmg songs would be cool as well, it's not jst a tmg mixtape but Lovecraft in Brooklyn is on there already so one (or ten) more won't hurt.

Thanks!

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let's get dressed up in costumes and dance by the bar.

Cutter (I was born in Indiana 30 years ago)
Going to Wisconsin (Wisconsin bouooouunnd!)
Terminal Grain by the Extra Glens? (The train touched down in Sioux City Iooooooooooowwwa)
e.t.a. got this wrong, butter's covered it.
Califonia Song?

The Locations Googlemap might be of some help too?

San Francisco B.C. - the Silver Jews
Piazza NY Catcher - Belle & Sebastian (Is San Francisco-y)
Vanessa from Queens - Stephen Malkmus & Jicks
If Trancndental Youth's set in Washington state, maybe there's mentions on those songs?

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/20/2012 04:05PM by StatusFrustratio.

thanks!

i've got piazza ny catcher on there and a harry nillsson one, noth for New York and i'll definitely have a look at some of them. i'm gonna leave TY until it's release... i only have bootlegs of thse that i don't want to use yet.

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let's get dressed up in costumes and dance by the bar.

New Star Song: "Redding" could refer to Redding, CT.
Pennsylvania Dutch Treat (listen here: [www.tumblr.com] )
Million: "the moon is high over iowa at night "
Down To The Ark: "The candidates met up in North Dakota"
The Extra Glenns - The Process Of Elimination: "in washington, it's cold as ice"
Bring Our Curses Home: "That night someone brought some shoes in From Los Angeles or Portland I forget"
Rotten Stinking Mouthpiece: "sun goes down San Francisco
Star Dusting: "toward the end of our first year in las vegas"
or Fault Lines: "as we try to make the money we scored out in vegas hold out for a while"



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/20/2012 03:02PM by butter.

definite yes for fault lines and vegas.

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let's get dressed up in costumes and dance by the bar.

I'm assuming you've got all of Full Force Galesburg cued up for the drive through western Illinois (or at least Twin Human Highway Flares or Weekend in Western Illinois). Most of the other tMG songs that come to mind have been mentioned, so here are some others:

I really dig "Cold Missouri Waters" (about Montana) by Cry Cry Cry, but it's king of a downer.
Also, "Apology Song" by the Decemberists mentions a locale that I just assumed was Portland, but is actually in Missoula, Montana (where I believe the singer is from).

Tom Waits has some good lounge songs that would be good for Las Vegas, including Table Top Joe, which mentions a Vegas Casino.

Noctifer Birmingham mentions Harrisburg Pennsylvania

As mentioned by StatusFrustratio: tMG map.

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LucasFlach
Noctifer Birmingham mentions Harrisburg Pennsylvania

Ohh yes.

Where is Pennsylvania Dutch Treat from, butter(or others)?

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midgoat

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Remy
As mentioned by StatusFrustratio: tMG map.

only the most helpful god damned thing ever, tbf.

eta: i've got a few from FFG lined up...

i now need to find an american flag in birmingham somewhere to sew the cover with.

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let's get dressed up in costumes and dance by the bar.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/21/2012 04:14AM by betamax.

ESPN is located in BRISTOL, Connecticut

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We are the ones who don't slow down at all...

Right then - the most hastily knocked together mixtape i've ever done! Quite the rush job, but some good songs on it...









thanks for the help guys; much appreciated.

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let's get dressed up in costumes and dance by the bar.

*best Decemberists song of all time.

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justindaley.bandcamp.com
feearsofthemammoth.bandcamp.com

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LucasFlach
Noctifer Birmingham mentions Harrisburg Pennsylvania

Ohh yes.

Where is Pennsylvania Dutch Treat from, butter(or others)?

tmg.net says it was only played once (1998-04-04 - Duke Coffeehouse, Durham NC). Based on the year, it may be an outtake from FFG. I found the mp3 on soulseek in a folder of random rarities and couldn't find the whole show. Here it is: [www.mediafire.com]



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/21/2012 10:14PM by butter.

im on a roadtrip right now wishing you were MY friend. but alas... OH SHIT! i almost died there. i need to put this away and focus on the road. peace out bitches