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Re: When I Worked Down at the Liquer Store.... - 5 years ago

um. im tryin to think about what i said richardob. and all i can say is i have inferred that he is not an atheist such as myself. make sense?

Re: When I Worked Down at the Liquer Store.... - 5 years ago

i keep finding things out johns life. and in a way, his personal life would really contrast with my own: im not religious and i kinda dont like vegans/vegetarians. but i dont hink about it too much. i just enjoy his music. so long as he doesnt start getting preachy about religion, eating habits, etc. im fine. you know what i mean?

Re: songs ABOUT the mountain goats? - 5 years ago

QuoteBlack AmnesiaThe Hold Steady's "Girls Like Status" references "This Year": QuoteCraig FinnIt was song number 3 on John's last CD. Gonna make it through this year if it kills me, and it almost killed me. is that on the last HS album?

Re: What as the first tMG song you heard? - 5 years ago

QuoteSteveSee America Right - was hooked on the storytelling from that moment. that was the first song i heard too. i was researching music to listen to and that was on a rough trade compiliation. it is such a weird little song; really short and simple, but the storyline was brilliant. it made me want to know more about what this man was all about. and the those little guitar noises, the way he

Re: Paste's Top 100 -- Congrats, John! - 5 years ago

i just cant get into sufjan stevens. i mean, hes supposedly writing an album for every state, right? and he has 2 done? and instead of going on with the project he puts out these silly b-side albums and christmas songs. snow patrol dropped his name in a song, and i think that has something to with his popularity. i think hes one of those artists everybody is supposed to like, because the critics

Re: i got lonely! - 5 years ago

its a really great album. i think wild sage might be one of my top ten songs now. that line: 'and if somebody asks if im ok/ i dont know what to say' is absolutely killer. how can anybody not relate to that? unless you are heartless, i suppose.

Re: the request show at Farm Sanctuary - 5 years ago

oh, i made my own sea salt. and i cooked gumbo, which no one had ever heard of. i milked a cow and i plucked a guinea fowl. i prefer avocado beurre blanc (a pseudo beurre blanc without butter or cream. actually, it could be a vegan bb.) i still havent made a foam, but they are kinda lame-like. purchased mcgee though; finished reading herve this. did work experience at a gastro-pub; held a dinn

Re: [ZOOP Related] Bonfire Singalong? - 5 years ago

to vegan: looks like you cant have your marshmallow and eat it too. n-e-s-t-l-e-s, nestles makes the very best, sorrrrrr-yyyyyyy.

Re: the request show at Farm Sanctuary - 5 years ago

um, im in ireland at a cooking program and could not make it to this event, which is heartbreaking for me. however, i was wondering, john, if you could maybe make a live recording of it. you could sell it and turn the profits over to farm sanctuary yourself. and for those of us who are gonna miss it, you know, we could hear it at least and you could make some more money for the charity. to me its

Re: Favorite Lines from tMG songs - 6 years ago

"the sun is in my eyes. yeah the sun is in my eyes. when i think about you, i feel so bad. it's been a long, long, long, long time." "i got a storage locker full of cow figurines and a laundry list of grievances longer than my arm. and i am never going back to cincinatti. all those bridges have burned down to the ground." "i am the killer dressed in pilgrim's

Re: The Alpha Couple - 6 years ago

cheers.

Re: Hail and Farewell - 6 years ago

aw, is ayn rand THAT bad?

Re: An interesting read... - 6 years ago

im kidding.

Re: The Alpha Couple - 6 years ago

i dont want to burst any bubbles, mind you. in these forums, its fun to dissect the mystique of the goats. but put on the actual songs and i dont give a damn about who and whats where and why.

Re: The Alpha Couple - 6 years ago

Re: The Alpha Couple - 6 years ago

you know, theres no such thing as hood river gin.

Re: The Alpha Couple - 6 years ago

yeah, i can see that. but it seems to be more inspiration than plotting.

Re: An interesting read... - 6 years ago

john shot a guy in the face?!

Re: An interesting read... - 6 years ago

why is wsabh a cutoff point?

Re: An interesting read... - 6 years ago

and after wsabh?

Re: An interesting read... - 6 years ago

god, we are fucking geeks! hahahaha

Re: The Alpha Couple - 6 years ago

thats pretty funny. honestly, i think the guy just writes these songs because theyre amusing to him. i think he doesnt plot anything out. we should just ask him which ones are alpha songs.

Re: An interesting read... - 6 years ago

i thought you were implying post-wsabh that all songs were non-fiction.

Re: Hail and Farewell - 6 years ago

even a cynic can change his mind after all.

Re: An interesting read... - 6 years ago

you dont know that, zo. jeb, i think you just like to argue too much. you have an overwhelming and exagerated need to be right. you cant consider the possiblity?

Re: An interesting read... - 6 years ago

Quotejebrejecti mean, can males only relate to males and females only to females? surely that's not the case, and if it is for you personally i feel deeply sorry for you no, not at all. i think a song like 'half dead' is a perfect example of a song that can be either a male or female perspective, and i think it was written to work that way. but, i think some of the other mg songs with sp

Re: An interesting read... - 6 years ago

first, john darnielle is a heterosexual male LITERALLY. ask his wife.

Re: An interesting read... - 6 years ago

QuotejebrejectQuotemonkeyskullit might be 'fix my eyes' as in an act of staring, which i am inclined to think, and did. Hm, this makes sense. I don't know, I've just always felt that that song in particular is from the perspective of a woman. And I still do. That's how it feels for me. But my point still stands: it doesn't matter whether the narrator is a male or a female, etc., the song s

Re: An interesting read... - 6 years ago

i agree with nall. i do think female or male perspective has a lot of bearing on the emotional quality of a song depending on the sex of the listener. it is important to have these sorts of precepts.

Re: An interesting read... - 6 years ago

yeah i know its not. im saying that lyric about the purse indicates clearly to me that the song is from a male perspective. sure, all things are possible. he could be talking from the point of view of cats too. but for arguments sake, i believe that the majority of the songs are from a male perspective. john the writer is a haterosexual male and he is not a cat. so i think it is safe to sa