Comments on: “spend all night in the company of ghosts / always wake up alone” http://prettyfakes.com/2006/08/spend-all-night-in-the-company-of-ghosts-always-wake-up-alone/ Pouring bourbon on the line that separates art from trash. And then? Setting it on fire. Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:51:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Professor Fury http://prettyfakes.com/2006/08/spend-all-night-in-the-company-of-ghosts-always-wake-up-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-17261 Professor Fury Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:03:25 +0000 http://prettyfakes.com/?p=772#comment-17261 Cindy, I <em>luvs</em> "Yoga," as I love all songs which involve counterfeit passports in any way. "Devil in the Shortwave" is indeed great, though I think I have to give the vinyl EP nod to "New Asian Cinema"--though that may be only because it's newer to me. Cindy, I luvs “Yoga,” as I love all songs which involve counterfeit passports in any way. “Devil in the Shortwave” is indeed great, though I think I have to give the vinyl EP nod to “New Asian Cinema”—though that may be only because it’s newer to me.

]]> By: cindy http://prettyfakes.com/2006/08/spend-all-night-in-the-company-of-ghosts-always-wake-up-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-17165 cindy Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:53:15 +0000 http://prettyfakes.com/?p=772#comment-17165 ive been into the goats just since '04, but I'd say that the best albums to start with would be one from the lo-fi days, pref. 'Nothing For Juice', and one from 4ad (my favorite is 'We Shall All Be Healed'). As soon as you can find it, I'd get 'Devil in the Shortwave', because that contains one of the best MG songs known to man - 'Yoga' (the live version on the internet doesn't come close). ive been into the goats just since ‘04, but I’d say that the best albums to start with would be one from the lo-fi days, pref. ‘Nothing For Juice’, and one from 4ad (my favorite is ‘We Shall All Be Healed’). As soon as you can find it, I’d get ‘Devil in the Shortwave’, because that contains one of the best MG songs known to man – ‘Yoga’ (the live version on the internet doesn’t come close).

]]> By: gorjus http://prettyfakes.com/2006/08/spend-all-night-in-the-company-of-ghosts-always-wake-up-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-15395 gorjus Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:32:25 +0000 http://prettyfakes.com/?p=772#comment-15395 As a super-novice, I have to say that the first on my purchasing list is The Sunset Tree, because, sweet Mary, "This Year" and "Up the Wolves" are just devastating to me. I really want to hear this whole record--but "TBDMBOODenton" makes me laugh and think, and I totally pump my fist in the air at the end. As a super-novice, I have to say that the first on my purchasing list is The Sunset Tree, because, sweet Mary, “This Year” and “Up the Wolves” are just devastating to me. I really want to hear this whole record—but “TBDMBOODenton” makes me laugh and think, and I totally pump my fist in the air at the end.

]]> By: Scott http://prettyfakes.com/2006/08/spend-all-night-in-the-company-of-ghosts-always-wake-up-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-15343 Scott Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:27:00 +0000 http://prettyfakes.com/?p=772#comment-15343 ...once again, Hail Satan. Prof was the man who turned me onto the Goats (which, in a different context, would be an odd sentence, for sure). Tallahassee gets lots of play in the Whiddon/Green house, but my favorite tune is still "The Best Death Metal Band Out of Denton." ...once again, Hail Satan.

Prof was the man who turned me onto the Goats (which, in a different context, would be an odd sentence, for sure). Tallahassee gets lots of play in the Whiddon/Green house, but my favorite tune is still “The Best Death Metal Band Out of Denton.”

]]> By: Professor Fury http://prettyfakes.com/2006/08/spend-all-night-in-the-company-of-ghosts-always-wake-up-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-15326 Professor Fury Sat, 26 Aug 2006 04:15:04 +0000 http://prettyfakes.com/?p=772#comment-15326 Roland, that's a hotly debated question among MG fans, as you might guess. If you're not already inclined to lo-fi production, I'd pick up one of the 4AD releases first--Tallahassee (a song cycle about an imploding marriage) or We Shall All Be Healed (a song cycle about junkies and the people who love them). For the earlier stuff, I'm highly partial to The Coroner's Gambit, All Hail West Texas (the last album recorded directly into a boombox), and Full Force Galesburg. Roland, that’s a hotly debated question among MG fans, as you might guess. If you’re not already inclined to lo-fi production, I’d pick up one of the 4AD releases first—Tallahassee (a song cycle about an imploding marriage) or We Shall All Be Healed (a song cycle about junkies and the people who love them). For the earlier stuff, I’m highly partial to The Coroner’s Gambit, All Hail West Texas (the last album recorded directly into a boombox), and Full Force Galesburg.

]]> By: Roland http://prettyfakes.com/2006/08/spend-all-night-in-the-company-of-ghosts-always-wake-up-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-15322 Roland Sat, 26 Aug 2006 01:08:59 +0000 http://prettyfakes.com/?p=772#comment-15322 Just found The MGs on eMusic. Can someone recommend where to start? Chronologically? Thanks Just found The MGs on eMusic. Can someone recommend where to start? Chronologically? Thanks

]]> By: neola http://prettyfakes.com/2006/08/spend-all-night-in-the-company-of-ghosts-always-wake-up-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-15218 neola Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:47:50 +0000 http://prettyfakes.com/?p=772#comment-15218 i think darnielle has done his best with the concept albums and what is more, he does the concept album WELL. that being said, i sort of miss the lo-fi days of the mountain goats. i think darnielle has done his best with the concept albums and what is more, he does the concept album WELL.

that being said, i sort of miss the lo-fi days of the mountain goats.

]]> By: brd http://prettyfakes.com/2006/08/spend-all-night-in-the-company-of-ghosts-always-wake-up-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-15209 brd Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:06:27 +0000 http://prettyfakes.com/?p=772#comment-15209 Someone blogging in Washington says that as soon as more than 100 people are listening to an artist, she lost interest in them. Is that part of the glory of indie rock? Obscure=good. Or more like: Good is less than or equal to obscure. On your recommendation I just bought this CD for the Great Harbini. Someone blogging in Washington says that as soon as more than 100 people are listening to an artist, she lost interest in them. Is that part of the glory of indie rock? Obscure=good. Or more like: Good is less than or equal to obscure.

On your recommendation I just bought this CD for the Great Harbini.

]]> By: T. Azimuth Schwitters http://prettyfakes.com/2006/08/spend-all-night-in-the-company-of-ghosts-always-wake-up-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-15103 T. Azimuth Schwitters Thu, 24 Aug 2006 03:53:51 +0000 http://prettyfakes.com/?p=772#comment-15103 This is a very insightful look at Darnielle's process, but its also the same thing we seem to say after every MG album: man, this isn't like what we've heard, at least not quite, but it still feels related, at least in part. The Zopolite Machine addendum definitely points us toward a certain misdirection (and tongue-in-cheek acceptance) of what he seems to be doing, but to me, GET LONELY still runs on the larger conceptual circuit of the last four LPs: Darnielle still really digs a good concept, even if the concept of this one seems to revolve around SEA CHANGE-like gut spilling. I think the big hints (or winks) come in "New Monster Avenue" and its back-end counterpart, "If You See Light," where J.D. puts us squarely in the persecuted/persecutor box that older liner note seems to espouse: sure, we acoustic songsmiths set ourselves up for attacks, but those attacks are still punishment for experiencing punishment. This seems to be the big key to GET LONELY - Darnielle puts these tracks together under a banner that invites the same scrutiny he says he's sick of for the larger purpose of saying that he's sick regardless. And this, I'll admit, is a cop-out argument. But its like the song says: God could make children from stone - but for reasons unknowable to us (and apparently of great interest to John D.), he chose to make them from much more fragile stuff. Off base? This is a very insightful look at Darnielle’s process, but its also the same thing we seem to say after every MG album: man, this isn’t like what we’ve heard, at least not quite, but it still feels related, at least in part. The Zopolite Machine addendum definitely points us toward a certain misdirection (and tongue-in-cheek acceptance) of what he seems to be doing, but to me, GET LONELY still runs on the larger conceptual circuit of the last four LPs: Darnielle still really digs a good concept, even if the concept of this one seems to revolve around SEA CHANGE-like gut spilling. I think the big hints (or winks) come in “New Monster Avenue” and its back-end counterpart, “If You See Light,” where J.D. puts us squarely in the persecuted/persecutor box that older liner note seems to espouse: sure, we acoustic songsmiths set ourselves up for attacks, but those attacks are still punishment for experiencing punishment. This seems to be the big key to GET LONELY - Darnielle puts these tracks together under a banner that invites the same scrutiny he says he’s sick of for the larger purpose of saying that he’s sick regardless.

And this, I’ll admit, is a cop-out argument. But its like the song says: God could make children from stone – but for reasons unknowable to us (and apparently of great interest to John D.), he chose to make them from much more fragile stuff.

Off base?

]]> By: Sue http://prettyfakes.com/2006/08/spend-all-night-in-the-company-of-ghosts-always-wake-up-alone/comment-page-1/#comment-15087 Sue Wed, 23 Aug 2006 22:42:27 +0000 http://prettyfakes.com/?p=772#comment-15087 I'm really counting on the reference to your mustache being metaphorical. I’m really counting on the reference to your mustache being metaphorical.

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