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September 7, 2018 in San Francisco

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John Darnielle (The Mountain Goats) – Photograph by Allison Donnelly for The New Yorker

#John Darnielle #the mountain goats

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The Show We're Not Calling "John on Process" #3

#john darnielle #the mountain goats

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Recently crossed over a threshold I refer to as the John Darnielle Event Horizon, where it’s like. Objectively there are a lot of mountain goats tracks that would be just totally forgettable to me if I heard them in a vacuum. But once you’ve been exposed to enough of the big ticket tracks you hit a point where, okay, now you’re basically ready to listen to this guy half-sing any set of words in any particular order and see how things shake out

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#the mountain goats #the best ever death metal band in denton

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#going invisible 2

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where ARE we going, mr goats?

#and you say hey john where are ya going #but thats not my name anymore! #tmg #john darnielle #going to songs

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I know you're waiting, I know you've been waiting for a long, long time.

I'm coming home.

#the mountain goats #elijah #the coroner's gambit #let it boil #let the water roll #let the fire take its toll

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feels like time for my favorite of john darnielle's new year's benedictions. he peaked at this one

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as a certified mountain goats girlie i’m here to tell you that we’ve done enough circulating of “i hope you die / i hope we both die” from no children & now it’s time to circulate these lyrics from you were cool instead

#you were cool

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That moment near the end of From the Nebraska Plant where everything cuts out except for the drums and that shaky, quiet “I wait all day for you”

#yeah

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insane tweet from JD

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reminder that jenny is gay y'all

#your lips to gods ears john

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JD's new years benediction, 2023

#the mountain goats #john darnielle #thanks john

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parallels from the liner notes of all hail west texas (black) and jenny from thebes (maroon), id under the cut

id: text in typewriter font that reads OUR HOUSE IS A LOVELY SOUTHWESTERN RANCH. OUR HOUSE WOULD BE A LOVELY SOUTHWESTERN RANCH IF IT HAD A ROOF. JENNY USED TO LET ABSOLUTELY ANYBODY CRASH AT HER PLACE. IT WAS LIKE A YEAR ROUND CHRISTMAS MIRACLE. THERE ARE NO WINDOWS OR DOORS AND THE WALLS ARE ON FIRE. THERE WAS A WALL HEATER DOWN AT ONE END OF THE HALLWAY AND A BIG, DARK LIVING ROOM AT THE OTHER. I AM GOING TO TAKE THIS A LITTLE WHILE LONGER. I’LL TAKE AS MUCH OF THIS AS I CAN POSSIBLY BEAR. I AM NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE. LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE WHO CAME THROUGH I WAS TRYING TO FIND A BETTER DIRECTION BUT IT DIDN’T WORK OUT THAT WAY. YOU CAN’T MAKE ME LEAVE. I LEFT WHEN JENNY LEFT. STAY WHEREVER THE HELL YOU ARE. TAKE THE TRAIN DOWN HERE IF YOU GET A CHANCE. DRIVE OUT TO THE AIRPORT. WE RODE TOGETHER FOR A WHILE BUT THEN WE LOST EACH OTHER. NOBODY KNOWS WHERE ANYBODY LANDED. end id.