ship to wreck

thinking about the significance of “mi mamá es una cabrona” when it comes to Manousos and how he deals with Carol. No wonder he’s funny now. No wonder he doesn’t become angry or cut Carol off like the other survivors. He must be so relieved, so overjoyed, to show up in Albuquerque New Mexico after months of blank, dim, evil, smiling, acquiescent faces to be confronted with someone he’s known his entire life. He only gets angry at Carol when she’s not being a bitch. He’s a bitch. He was raised by a bitch. He travelled over 8000 miles and found another bitch. They’re going to save the world.

so many bands write songs about “relatable issues” that don’t resonate while the mountain goats write songs about issues no one has ever experienced before that are universal

Being a white man who can write andhaving a saxophone sprinkled into your music sometimes is not enough to be labeled a springsteen successor. Not even enough to be compared to him. Other equally important prerequisites include stage presence. That is everything. You either have soul or you dont. You need to get up there and be able to shake your ass. Also you need to script out little skits to perform in the middle of the set and convince the rest of your band to commit to the bit also. You need to be telling the most batshit stories. And get more blasphemous

#there's something so deeply satisfying about how ava is correcting every small piece of pain in deborah's past #down to these little details by rewriting them with love and respect #not only does ava not push for credit even when (especially when!) it would be legitimate to claim #but she wants deborah's photo not out of ownership or prestige but because she loves her and wants a reminder of her near #deborah had so much taken from her when she was young and naive and now that deborah is guarded and prepared to fight #she's presented with a woman who wants nothing from her. ava is a curveball in every sense of her life for a woman who begins #the series 'on cruise control'. who craves challenge and loves the struggle. ava's unwavering love does nothing but confound her (via @wistfulwatcher)