216: Doc Gooden

I Only Listen to the Mountain Goats

Night Vale Presents

Music Commentary, Music

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2019

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, John and Joseph talk baseball, tragedy, and rhythm — and Doc Gooden from the Mountain Goats’ latest album, In League With Dragons. Featuring an exclusive demo of the song.

In League With Dragons is out now on Merge Records. Get it at mergerecords.com/in-league-with-dragons. For more information, go to ionlylistentothemountaingoats.com.

From Night Vale Presents. Produced by Christy Gressman.

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0:00.0	Here we go. Just kind of figure out what key the song we're talking about today is in it's an E.
0:05.8	You know, it's got a there's an E and then it goes to A. But then it does all kinds of stuff.
0:10.5	You managed to sit at that piano for the entire last the last conversation and not touch at once.
0:15.0	Well it's easy because I'm not facing the piano.
0:18.0	The piano was to my right and so like to do that I have to turn and because the mic is oriented the other way, I have to decide if I'm going to play or not and besides
0:25.1	where the piano is not miked up so you won't hear any hear that much if I play it.
0:28.2	But yeah we got a piano on my right and I got a cool Gibson in my left in case we need something.
0:35.7	This could really turn into a very different type of podcast very quickly.
0:38.7	Welcome to I only listen to the mountain goats.
0:41.0	The only podcast where? I don't know if you noticed this but I have a I have a tick where I have to follow
0:47.3	Welcome to Blank the only podcast where
0:50.7	And I don't have one to fill in yet, but welcome to the only
0:54.0	It's the only podcast where I've got a piano to my right and a
0:57.4	guitar on my left. Any other podcast claiming they do that, I will see you
1:00.9	in court. Hi, I'm Joseph Fink, podcaster and novelist,
1:08.0	and this is the show where I talk with John Darniel,
1:11.0	singer and songwriter of the band The Mountain Goats, about what it means to be a fan, to be an artist, and to be both at once.
1:18.7	We are going song by song for the brand new Mountain Goats album in League with Dragons.
1:24.0	This episode sees us many months after our previous recordings
1:27.5	on a snowy day in Chapel Hill,
1:29.6	and we are talking about the song, Doc Gooden.
1:33.0	So why Doc Gooden?
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