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Re: Why Trout? or The new TY thread - 6 months ago
Listening to the Japanese bonus tracks, I would hazard a guess that they are not from the 7 inch sessions (they sound much more like recent tMG demoed have sounded). Wonder if Tribe of the Horned Heart and Hail St. Sebastian were the other two songs?by Sonofgravy - Mountain Goats
Re: First Experience - 7 months ago
1999, I was doing a radio show on the college radio station. There was always a stack of CDs with handwritten recomendations to check out. One was Bitter Melon Farm. I played the cover of The Sign for a laugh. I played Song for an Old Friend and it broke my heart.by Sonofgravy - Mountain Goats
Re: Idylls of the King - 10 months ago
I posted this 5 years ago and had essentially written the whole search off. The Dublin show is indeed awesome, and I have added Idylls of the King to my live alpha connection. Thanks guys! Now if they would only perform New Chevrolet in Flames and One Winter at Point Alpha Privative I would be happy.by Sonofgravy - Mountain Goats
Re: Going to and Alpha series order - 1 year ago
I have been compiling an Alpha playlist from live shows for a long time now in an attempt to create a complete narrative. My take was to start with "Design Your Own Container Garden" which I hear as an epilogue, a moment of looking back at the rest of the sad story. The rest of the tracks are not in a chronological order, but an emotional order dictated by the narrator's flashbacks ofby Sonofgravy - Mountain Goats
Re: I feel as though it is time for a new tMG compilation. - 1 year ago
You could put together a killer 2 disc collection of radio sessions and internet only releases: Disc 1: 1992-2000 1. Rockin' Rockin' Pet Store 2. Let The Dogs Come Out 3. Chilean Fire Barrel Song 4. Going to San Diego 5. The Car Song 6. The Doll Song 7. Hye Kye 8. Extreme South #1 9. Brandy Let's Go 10. The Big Unit 11. Raid on Entebbe 12. Adair 13. An Inscription at Salonae 14.by Sonofgravy - Mountain Goats
Re: I feel as though it is time for a new tMG compilation. - 1 year ago
climber, I like the cut of your jib.by Sonofgravy - Mountain Goats
Re: I feel as though it is time for a new tMG compilation. - 1 year ago
This would be tough to put together. tMG have shared so many songs/demos/radio sessions online that it would be hard to choose. I have a mix where I have put together the songs from Black Pear Tree, Satanic Messiah and Moon Colony Bloodbath (plus the song recorded for NPR). Those songs all have a similar vibe to me and they work well together as a comp. I also like to listen to all of the Yoby Sonofgravy - Mountain Goats
Re: Looking for a song - 1 year ago
Can anybody provide information on SBLS #6 (and #5 also)? Such as: Do they exist in live form or more formal recordings? If live, what show(s) are they from? My assumption would be that they are live recordings from some little traded shows in the mid nineties. Did I guess right?by Sonofgravy - Mountain Goats
Re: The rules for your tMG collection - 1 year ago
I find that as soon as a collection of mine nears completion, I tend to change the rules to expand the parameters. Reaching the destination is way less appealing than the journey (for me). That's why I like to set strict rules and have patience, it makes for an interesting journey.by Sonofgravy - Mountain Goats
Re: The rules for your tMG collection - 1 year ago
Nice van. I keep noticing copies of the goar 7" without the magazine. I wonder if no one kept the magazine, or there were tons of extra pressings or what.by Sonofgravy - Mountain Goats
Re: The rules for your tMG collection - 2 years ago
Intriguing. A lot of vinyl enthusiasts in the group. Most of your parameters are too all encompassing for me (I would quickly go broke). Follow up question: Is the Mountain Goats your only collection? I have many different bands that I collect, with different sets of rules.by Sonofgravy - Mountain Goats
The rules for your tMG collection - 2 years ago
I don't know about other collectors, but I have a set of rules governing any music I collect. For example, when I say "my Mountain Goats collection," I mean: 1 physical copy of any release that includes a tMG song or John Darnielle side project (with preference for vinyl, don't care about colored vinyl) + digital copies of available songs not released physically. I have little argumby Sonofgravy - Mountain Goats
Re: On Juhu Beach - 2 years ago
This conversation illustrates the huge difference in the number of tMG fans (especially those with the collector's bug) between 10 years ago and now. An edition of 100 copies of something today would be sold out in 5 minutes and immediately show up on ebay for a buy it now price of $1,000. I must say, I miss the days when I could score any release on ebay for under $25, but I love that thereby Sonofgravy - Mountain Goats
Re: Web Releases - 2 years ago
For those interested, there are also some side-project type songs still available online: Jungle Mercies - The Congress He Swims like a Fish - The Wave Pictures feat. John Darnielle Also, hunting around the Wckr Spgt website always leads to great discoveriesby Sonofgravy - Mountain Goats
Re: Carmen Cicero Versions - 2 years ago
My favorite version is this one. Trouble is, I don't know what show it comes from (there was a time when I shamefully downloaded single songs from tMG shows on Kazaa with no regard for accurate labeling or live show continuity). Any detectives out there know what show this is from?by Sonofgravy - Mountain Goats
Re: Web Releases - 2 years ago
Also the Daytrotter session with unreleased tunes: Pinklon Ethiopians Red River Valley Babylon Burningby Sonofgravy - Mountain Goats
Re: Web Releases - 2 years ago
The Big Unit was another "download for donation" deal.by Sonofgravy - Mountain Goats
Re: Homemade CD cover art for your TMG collection - 2 years ago
I welcome your hijacking with open arms. Thanks for the great shows. I've been wanting to hear Dublin 2002 for a long time.by Sonofgravy - Mountain Goats
Homemade CD cover art for your TMG collection - 2 years ago
Whenever a new Mountain Goats album comes out I get to feel the rush as I slide the CD and vinyl copies into the home that has been awaiting them for all time next to their brethren. While waiting for new albums to be released I give myself little tmg projects to while away the hours. This time around, I wanted to capture what CD re-release of the first three cassettes might look like. I createby Sonofgravy - Mountain Goats
Re: Fast Forward #2: Early '90s Low fi German TV Special - 2 years ago
Now I want to see the entire video. The footage was well shot and the sound quality great, which is more than rare for Mountain Goats circa 1995. I envision a VHS copy of this show gracing a shelf in the back of some subterranean German record store underneath a stack of old zines and a musty box of Bing Crosby 78s just waiting for someone to discover it.by Sonofgravy - Mountain Goats
Re: iTunes Top 25 - 2 years ago
Only five tMG songs on the list. Also, I totally wish my list was the soundtrack to a movie. 1. These Words (I Love You, I Love You) - Natasha Bedingfield 2. You Send Me - Sam Cooke 3. Five Years Time - Noah & The Whale 4. All The Wine - The National 5. Killamangiro - Babyshambles 6. Against Pollution - the Mountain Goats 7. Color In Your Cheeks - the Mountain Goats 8. I'd Rather Dby Sonofgravy - Mountain Goats
Re: A request from the orphaned songs in my library - 3 years ago
Corbin, you have made me and my poor lonely songs very happy. And I agree that the DC++ hub was a wonderful thing.by Sonofgravy - Mountain Goats
Re: Alpha Inquisitions - 3 years ago
Well, a little looking leads me to believe that the CD Exchange show exists in recorded form (I have a version of the song Tampa labeled as being from that show). funny story: I discovered the Mountain Goats mere months after that show, which happened on the day that the CD Exchange closed it doors in Bloomington, Indiana, where I was attending Indiana University. I often daydream about how iby Sonofgravy - Mountain Goats
Re: Alpha Inquisitions - 3 years ago
You may be right. That had not occurred to me.by Sonofgravy - Mountain Goats
A request from the orphaned songs in my library - 3 years ago
After listening to The Life of the World to Come on repeat for a couple of months, I decided it was time to dive into the back catalog. I spent a long weekend with everything I've got on shuffle, which was great way to stumble onto songs I haven't listened to in years. It also made me realize that I have a handful of unfortunate songs which have been separated from their concert brethren, a sadby Sonofgravy - Mountain Goats
Re: Alpha Inquisitions - 3 years ago
Yep and yep. but I don't have them, if that was your intended question.by Sonofgravy - Mountain Goats
Re: Just how many tMG songs are there? - 3 years ago
I have 557 distinct songs featuring John Darnielle (522 songs are by the Mountain Goats). This includes cover songs and is of course not complete as there are many songs that I have never heard but I know exist (Alpha Chum Gatherer) or I have heard but no recording exists that I know of (Exit Portland Oregon). Plus, in my imagination, there are an equal, if not greater, amount of songs that havby Sonofgravy - Mountain Goats
Re: wsabh bonus track edition - 3 years ago
Here's some information (sorry, it's in French). Looks like the festival arose out of the antifolk movement (which explains Kimya Dawson, Herman Dune, Jeffrey Lewis etc.). It's associated with Mains D'oeuvres which appears to be a venue and group dedicated to helping artists of all sorts to create independent, experimental art. They have artists in residence and host the Mo'Fo festival every yby Sonofgravy - Mountain Goats
Re: wsabh bonus track edition - 3 years ago
This is coming from my brain without the benefit of references of any kind, so any or all of it could be a fabrication, but I seem to recall from doing a little research that the Mo'Fo festival is centered around the idea that artists show up and collaborate on song writing and recording at the festival. I believe that Attention All Pickpockets was recorded at Mo'Fo (with Kimya Dawson hopping inby Sonofgravy - Mountain Goats
A Mountain Goats Mystery - 3 years ago
In the days post Napster when Audiogalaxy and Kazaa were king, I caved and downloaded a copy of Zopilote Machine (since then I've bought it on both vinyl and CD as penance). For whatever reason, that download replaced the Zopilote version of Alpha Incipiens with a live version. Back then I searched in vain for a copy with the original, but every one had this same live Alpha Incipiens inserted iby Sonofgravy - Mountain Goats