I Only Listen to the Mountain Goats, Episode 1: The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton
Alice Isn't Dead
Night Vale Presents
4.6 • 5.6K Ratings
🗓️ 12 October 2017
⏱️ 38 minutes
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NOTE: This is the only episode of I Only Listen to the Mountain Goats that we will post on the Alice Isn't Dead feed. If you'd like to continue listening, please subscribe now wherever you listen to podcasts.
John Darnielle and Joseph Fink discuss the role in their lives of art, faith, and satan with John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars and the upcoming Turtles All The Way Down. And we learn why making the job of creating art more difficult can sometimes make the art itself better. Premiering a new cover by Laura Jane Grace of Against Me!
Buy Laura Jane Grace’s cover of “The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton” here: http://apple.co/2yjMpvL
Learn more about John Darnielle’s two novels here: http://www.johndarnielle.comListen to more music by the Mountain Goats, including their latest album Goths, here: http://www.mountain-goats.com
Check out Joseph Fink’s other shows, Welcome to Night Vale (http://www.welcometonightvale.com) and Alice Isn’t Dead (http://aliceisntdead.com). His second novel with Jeffrey Cranor, It Devours!, is out October 17: http://www.welcometonightvale.com/books/
Credits: Joseph Fink (host), John Darnielle (host), Christy Gressman (producer), Grant Stewart (editor), Vincent Cacchione (mixer). Rob Wilson (logo). Produced by Night Vale Presents in collaboration with Merge Records and the Mountain Goats.http://ionlylistentothemountaingoats.comhttp://www.nightvalepresents.com
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, Joseph Finke here, creator of Welcome to Night Vale and Alice isn't dead, and I've |
| 0:05.4 | created a third podcast. |
| 0:07.1 | This is my first non-fiction podcast. |
| 0:09.7 | It's called, I only listen to the mountain goats, and it's for anyone interested in the |
| 0:14.1 | constantly shifting line between fan and artist. |
| 0:17.9 | I wanted to play you the first episode now. |
| 0:20.6 | If you enjoy it, please do subscribe, and also please rate and review as that helps make |
| 0:25.3 | it more visible to other folks. |
| 0:27.3 | Thanks. |
| 0:28.5 | They say you shouldn't meet your heroes. |
| 0:31.4 | Hi, I'm Joseph Finke. |
| 0:33.3 | I'm a novelist and the creator of the fiction podcast Welcome to Night Vale and Alice isn't |
| 0:39.2 | dead. |
| 0:40.2 | And this is, I only listen to the mountain goats. |
| 0:43.9 | The show where I meet my hero, hang out with him in his basement, and have conversations |
| 0:48.4 | about songwriting, art, and life. |
| 0:51.3 | I've loved the band The Mountain Goats for years. |
| 0:54.8 | The music of John Darneel, singer and songwriter of the group has been with me through some |
| 0:59.6 | of my toughest times and happiest moments. |
| 1:02.7 | And this is a show where I sit down with him to talk through his work, song by song. |
| 1:08.3 | It's a show for fans of the mountain goats, or fans of Night Vale and my other work, but |
| 1:13.8 | it's also for anyone interested in what it means to be an artist, or a fan, or as many |
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