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I Only Listen to the Mountain Goats

Night Vale Presents

Music Commentary, Music

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2017

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

A collaboration between Night Vale Presents, the Mountain Goats, and Merge Records, I Only Listen to the Mountain Goats is a podcast about what it means to be an artist, what it means to be a fan, and what it means to be, as many people are, both at once. The show finds Joseph Fink, creator of Welcome to Night Vale and Alice Isn’t Dead, in conversation with one of his artistic heroes, John Darnielle, singer and songwriter of the Mountain Goats. Season One explores the stories behind the Mountain Goats’ album All Hail West Texas, one song at a time. In each episode, John, Joseph, and special guests discuss songwriting, storytelling, current events, and the art and artists that inspire them. Each episode will also premiere a brand new cover version of the song discussed that week, recorded just for the podcast by artists like Amanda Palmer, Andrew Bird, and Dessa.

Season One of I Only Listen to the Mountain Goats premieres September 28, 2017.

Produced by Christy Gressman. From Night Vale Presents, the network that brought you Welcome to Night Vale, Alice Isn’t Dead, Within the Wires, The Orbiting Human Circus (of the Air), and Conversations with People Who Hate Me. More info: www.nightvalepresents.com

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0:00.0	They say you shouldn't meet your heroes.
0:03.0	Hi, I'm Joseph Fink, I'm a writer and podcaster,
0:06.0	and I'd like to introduce you to
0:08.0	I only listen to the Mountain Goats,
0:10.0	the show where I meet my hero,
0:12.0	hang out with him in his basement, and have conversations
0:15.2	about songwriting, art, and life.
0:18.0	This podcast is going to be weird for me because like I'm proud of what I do, but I always
0:22.2	try to change the subject if people tell me that my stuff is good.
0:24.6	I was trying to talk about other people's stuff.
0:26.6	We're just going to be listing songs and then saying that's a very good song.
0:29.7	I've loved the band The Mountain Goats for years. The music of John Darniel, singer and songwriter of the group, has been with me through some of my toughest times and happiest moments.
0:41.0	And this is a show where I sit down with him to talk through his work song by song.
0:46.4	I remember tracking this song. I remember it was after work. It would have been like around
0:50.7	dinner time and I didn't have an ending for the song and
0:54.0	I was sort of recording it to see how it sounded and see where it was going and the
0:58.5	Hale Satan wasn't written down it was it was a spontaneous eruption but it felt like a religious confession we not
1:05.9	obviously you know John Milton's Satan you know it's a celebration of two people
1:10.0	being true to themselves you know it's like it's a celebration of self-knowledge which isn't
1:13.8	really Satan at all. And talk with other artists who also have been influenced by
1:19.0	the work of the mountain goats, like John Green. The mountain goats are a huge part of every book that I write because it's really the only music I listen to while I write.
1:27.0	I know John's here, so like it's a little awkward to talk about this, but to be honest with you, it's the most important art in my life.
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