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"My relationship to most of them [the characters in his songs] is the relationship you have with a close friend who you know is also a chronic liar."- John Darnielle.
Going to see him in two and a bit weeks. alone. I'm still excited about it though, I'm really anticipating seeing one of my favourite musicians ever in the flesh. been listening to the new album, The Life of the World to Come, and it's very, very beautiful. But though it's beautiful in the same way that kind of turned me off some of his other stuff, in that I prefer the rougher, younger stuff from The Sunset Tree to the 'pretty', less angry stuff from later albums, I found this album both lovely and emotional. um maybe listen to:
A good example of the urgent, violent style of his that I prefer:
The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cThe Mountain Goats - Psalms 40:2www.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorHealth Care Reform
-Psalms 40:2 (all the songs are named after bible verses, this one is:
"He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock
and gave me a firm place to stand."
And an example of the more delicate stuff:
-1 John 4:16
"And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.
God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him."
and this is I think my favourite song on the album:
Genesis 30:3
"Then she said, "Here is Bilhah, my maidservant. Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and that through her I too can build a family." which by the way is one of the verses that The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood is based on.
Been doing very little of anything, which on the plus side makes going to the bank or cleaning my room replete with satisfaction and on the other hand is rather depressing. but it's my own fault because I haven't applied for anything in at least a week. mum suggested I look into temping agencies, which I might do, but that could end quite badly in terms of conflicting with my many, many stipulations on which jobs are acceptable. basically just give me my goddamn liquor store job. i know, cry more.
I do enjoy (mostly)* the balance between having the house to myself and dancing around singing and cuddling turtle, and seeing people of a night. I've been reading as well, and getting really good at the crossword if I do say so myself. so obviously my unemployment is contributing to the development of an intensely marketable skill-set. sad that I didn't make it to sam'n'tam's thing last night, but by the time I was done from walking to norton st and back and dealing with being repeatedly stabbed in the abdomen all day I could barely deal with microwaving a frozen meal for dinner, let along getting crunk and clubbing.
anyway I think that is enough for now.
*total lie. actually I spend most of my time qq-ing about how nobody wants to hang out with me.
Going to see him in two and a bit weeks. alone. I'm still excited about it though, I'm really anticipating seeing one of my favourite musicians ever in the flesh. been listening to the new album, The Life of the World to Come, and it's very, very beautiful. But though it's beautiful in the same way that kind of turned me off some of his other stuff, in that I prefer the rougher, younger stuff from The Sunset Tree to the 'pretty', less angry stuff from later albums, I found this album both lovely and emotional. um maybe listen to:
A good example of the urgent, violent style of his that I prefer:
The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cThe Mountain Goats - Psalms 40:2www.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorHealth Care Reform
-Psalms 40:2 (all the songs are named after bible verses, this one is:
"He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock
and gave me a firm place to stand."
And an example of the more delicate stuff:
Click to view-1 John 4:16
"And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.
God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him."
and this is I think my favourite song on the album:
You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com
Genesis 30:3
"Then she said, "Here is Bilhah, my maidservant. Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and that through her I too can build a family." which by the way is one of the verses that The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood is based on.
Been doing very little of anything, which on the plus side makes going to the bank or cleaning my room replete with satisfaction and on the other hand is rather depressing. but it's my own fault because I haven't applied for anything in at least a week. mum suggested I look into temping agencies, which I might do, but that could end quite badly in terms of conflicting with my many, many stipulations on which jobs are acceptable. basically just give me my goddamn liquor store job. i know, cry more.
I do enjoy (mostly)* the balance between having the house to myself and dancing around singing and cuddling turtle, and seeing people of a night. I've been reading as well, and getting really good at the crossword if I do say so myself. so obviously my unemployment is contributing to the development of an intensely marketable skill-set. sad that I didn't make it to sam'n'tam's thing last night, but by the time I was done from walking to norton st and back and dealing with being repeatedly stabbed in the abdomen all day I could barely deal with microwaving a frozen meal for dinner, let along getting crunk and clubbing.
anyway I think that is enough for now.
*total lie. actually I spend most of my time qq-ing about how nobody wants to hang out with me.