Thursday, October 15, 2009

the mountain goats

"Psalm 40:2"
"While he might elicit the specific from his listeners, his music-- especially here-- is general. This is his gift and the gift of effective storytellers: to build toward the general by using the specific. Jacob works for seven years to marry Rachel. Rachel is barren. Rachel asks him to sleep with her servant, Bilhah, so they can raise children. And now there's a Mountain Goats song called "Genesis 30:3" about the cheeks we turn and the tasks we take on for the people we love most."


thanks to Matt for this article - Pitchfork: "Album Review, the Mountain Goats, The Life of The World To Come"
""I'm not great with personal boundaries," he said later, "so I'm sorry if I'm making anyone here uncomfortable." Well, a little. But the discomfort isn't without redemption; it's part and parcel. It's probably what most of us came for."

1 comment:

  1. it's the band from your poster - that's coolbeans! And I think Jose is copying you, doing the whole tattoo over your heart dealio.

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