[1/4] SEE AMERICA RIGHT

for my VCD class i had to redesign album covers for a band- 3 singles and 1 album. i chose the mountain goats. heres see america right

None of these quite work, but surely three thirds of a shitpost is equivalent to one shitpost. I continue to be completely fixated on Augustine and Mercymorn as the alpha couple, right down to her describing herself as unlovable. Artist credit @exmakina

Random 3 AM thoughts from last night: What if someone made Tallahassee into a musical?

Picture the scene: the audience have all sat down, they’re chatting away and then the lights go dark. And Tallahassee (song) plays. You can hear the singers but they aren’t visible by this point. The audience believe this to be a beautiful love story. Then the actors come on stage, and they sing first few desperate hours, beautifully, in perfect unison. This is when the couple arrives at the house for the first time. The house is falling apart, and gives the audience the impression that this is a tale of recovery, making the best of a bad situation, which is further implied by southwood plantation road; “I am not gonna lose you, we are gonna stay married” - it’s evident that their relationship is far from perfect, but hope still remains for them. Between this and game shows touch our lives, they each open a bottle of beer and drink it. In silence. Then they each smoke a cigarette. Again in complete silence. They walk inside and game shows touch our lives plays. It becomes clear to the audience how bad the situation really is once, after a short period of conversation, which slowly becomes less and less coherent, the house that dripped blood plays. There is no break between this and Idylls of the King. The couple sing this quietly, in seperate rooms. Again, there is only a few seconds break between the end of this and the beginning of No Children. The audience note the sudden aggressive shift to pure anger and hatred. On one half of the stage, the husband sings loudly, a bottle in his hand. On the other side of the stage, the wife packs a bag, and by the end of the song, she has left. The lights fade, and the interval begins.

The second half begins loudly and suddenly, with the husband singing See America Right. At this point, only half the stage is lit, with the husband visible. The wife cannot be seen. The side of the stage which is lit switches for Peacocks and International Small Arms Traffic Blues are performed by the wife. The switch happens again and the husband performs Have to Explode. Shortly after this, underneath a beautiful, clearly, starry night sky, the couple perform Old College Try. The singer alternates between lines, with them both performing the final lines “I will walk down to the end with you, if you will come all the way down with me”. This is when the audience become truly hopeful. They prepare themselves for the reunion they had always secretly expected. As morning comes, Oceanographers choice begins to play. The stage is clouded with smoke, and the wife walks into the house. They fight, and then embrace. As this is happening, the light outside the window is darkening, (to indicate time passing, and the hatred slowly returning). Finally, as the couple are staring into each other’s eyes, Alpha Rats Nest begins. Flames begin to appear at the front of the stage, and by the end of the song, the couple are completely hidden behind them. The last time they are visible, they are staring away from one another. As the music fades out, so do the flames. But the couple are gone. So is the house. And the lights on the stage all go dark. And the show is over.

Thank you for reading

See America Right by The Mountain Goats // Otto Uccelli Blu by Antonio Sofianopulo

@the-jedi-ninja

dni if you’ve never driven up from tampa when the radiator burst, you’re not three sheets to the wind, you’re love isn’t like a cyclone in a swamp (and the weather’s getting warmer), you aren’t getting out of jail heading to the greyhound, you’re not shaking way to hard to think dead on your feet about to drop, you didn’t get the case of vodka from a car and walk it two miles to the bus stop, you didn’t get on the bus half drunk again, you didn’t meet up with me in inglis and thumb a ride to cedar key, you ever make it back to california, your love isn’t like a dark cloud full of rain that’s always right there up above me

I WAS DRIVING UP TO TAMPA

Daily Goat #050: See America Right - Tallahassee (Live @ The Society of Ethical Culture)

"It's a song about love, the love you feel for a person who can drink you under the fucking table. Takes its title from the Greyhound Bus Lines." - John Darnielle

I was driving up from Tampa When the radiator burst I was three sheets to the wind A civilian saw me first And then there was the cop And then the children standing on the corner Your love is like a cyclone in a swamp And the weather's getting warmer

I was getting out of jail Heading to the Greyhound You said you'd hop on one yourself And meet me on the way down I was shaking way too hard to think Dead on my feet about to drop Went and got the case of vodka from a car And walked the two miles to the bus stop

Got on the bus half drunk again The driver glared at me Met up with you in Inglis Thumbed a ride to Cedar Key If we never make it back to California I want you to know I love you But my love is like a dark cloud full of rain That's always right there up above you Hey!

Your love is like a cyclone in a swamp And the weather's getting warmer

See America Right / Tallahassee

But my love is like a dark cloud full of rain That's always right there up above you

Just gonna have to wait and see, right? Just wait and see! Just gotta wait and see! Who knows, we'll just have to wait and see! It's anybody's guess, we'll just have to wait and see! The future is exciting, we just gotta wait and see!

i just got curious lol

the Mountain Goats Covers #2 - "See America Right"

The series of Mountain Goats covers and the celebration of Tallahassee's twentieth anniversary continues with "See America Right". As per tradition, the song was recorded through the most basic of recording technologies, hence the fuzz.

The song's simplicity and shortness - under two minutes, three verses, three chords - make it as fun to play as it is a wonder to hear. It is so great to hear John and the band bust this out live and go on a Grateful Dead-esque jam during the breakdown.

i am not even gonna say anything, tony's body does the talking.

robert downey jr and chris evans in avengers: age of ultron (2015)

Okay here's my spicy take:

It's really convenient for white westerners, especially Americans, to have the stance that being indigenous expires a certain time after colonization and I think that stance isn't pushed back against nearly often enough. And to go a step further I think the take is itself a subtle act of colonization

part of anthony boyle's interview with WWD - Women's Wear Daily