apocalyptic visions

officials bribed judges killed and me i also feel not so good

Dude I am at the Boston mountain goats concert and every trans person and divorced dad in New england is here

let some mysterious chunk of space debris puncture the roof and set me free

I don't have a particularly well thought out reason why but Satori in Denver makes me think Moon Colony Bloodbath could also be about Mormon missionaries saying fuck it and just leaving. I know it's about Bobby Beausoleil and organ harvesters and all that but like. Technically out of bounds. This may be the time that I get banished from the palace. Do you see me. Can anyone see me from where I lie awake in this suit. I'm so hungry.

favorite thing about live mountain goats recordings is when you have no idea where the show was, but then he mentions a location in a song and the crowd goes WILD and you’re like, ah. it’s there.

Mountain Goats fans will be like "this lyric had a profound effect on me" and then the lyric is "hi diddle dee dee, goddamn, the pirate's life for me"

Can confirm this one still gets me

store by the mountain goats is one of the beat examples of JD’s work imo bc its like. here is a vivid description of a scenario that is not really something that most people have ever experienced but nevertheless is extremely easy to visualise and understand. an objectively awful thing described in an absolutely gorgeous way. hints at a complex and intriguing backstory that is never expanded upon. shines a loving and brilliant light on a sort of person you have probably never met and probably wouldn’t like. all accompanied by a pleasant tune and easy to sing. store by the mountain goats you will always be famous

Thinking about how in tmg’s love love love John says “young Kurt cobain” and if Kurt was still alive he’d be a month older than John Darnielle

harry du bois karaoke scene but he’s singing no children by the mountain goats