Sep 27, 2012
On today's show we talk to the primary member of the band The
Mountain Goats, John Darnielle. John first started The Mountain
Goats in college, originally as a lo-fi solo act, but since 2002
has recorded with a full band, which often includes Jon Wurster of
Superchunk. Highly literate, emotionally intelligent and with a
background in poetry, Darnielle has been referred to by New Yorker
critic Sasha Frere-Jones as "America's best lyricist." A few weeks
ago, I left work for a "doctor's appointment" to meet John in a
studio in midtown to talk about day jobs, Marxism, acolytic thought
and then we get in deep about the act of creating!
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