OMG. I know i must sound like a broken record, but John Darnielle continues to be the only thing inspiring me to blog (yeah, it takes a lot). I swear, i'm listening to lots of other great stuff (lately: great lake swimmers, band of horses, arcade fire, iron&wine, Thao Nguyen, Emmy the Great). This song just breaks my heart and i can't get it out of my head. For those of you not literate with our national pastime, "cubs in 5" is almost as likely as "when pigs fly". The song strikes me as a tragedy sung in a cynically hopeful voice - but is there a twinge of sincerity in there? I can't tell, it's complicated enough and his characters have enough real depth to be read different ways (after all, the Bucs did make it all the way to January this year...). Which in a nutshell is why i love TMG. If he wrote a novel, i would read it.
My Trusted MOGs
New MG is out yesterday! I'm looking forward to venturing out into snowy Winter to pick it up... Not quite as exciting as it should be since i've already heard most of the leaked tracks but still...
I kinda got the idea from his songs that he's a reasonably well-educated/well-read/literate/thinking type but this interview over at sixeyes blew me away :) I'm progressively more and more impressed...