Content warning: This episode contains discussions of sensitive topics like depression, sexual abuse, and suicide as explored in the music of The Mountain Goats and Silver Jews.
MinnMax Contributor and all-around gentleman Joe Juba brought an album by one of his favorite artists to CrossFade! This episode might be the most we’ve ever delved into lyrics. The Mountain Goats’ “Heretic Pride” and Silver Jews’ “The Natural Bridge” are both albums that go heavy on storytelling, picking unique perspectives to set the scene and evoke specific times and places. In this episode, we talk about what makes John Darnielle’s music so compelling, the legacy of David Berman, distinctive vocalists, OSTs we love even if we haven’t consumed the media they’re from, and much more thanks to questions straight from the MinnMax community!
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Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI
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Timestamps
0:00 - Silver Jews & The Mountain Goats with Joe Juba
1:16 - The Mountain Goats - “Heretic Pride”
9:29 - Sax Rohmer #1
13:32 - San Bernardino
20:56 - Heretic Pride
27:41 - Autoclave
31:41 - Sept 15 1983
35:14 - Marduk T-Shirt Men's Room Incident
41:43 - Lovecraft in Brooklyn
48:49 - Silver Jews - "The Natural Bridge"
56:02 - How to Rent a Room
1:00:35 - Pet Politics
1:06:00 - Pet Politics (cover by The Mountain Goats)
1:08:26 - Dallas
1:15:47 - Inside the Golden Days of Missing You
1:19:29 - The Frontier Index
1:23:45 - Pretty Eyes
1:31:17 - Community Questions
1:57:15 - “Rum Pum Pum (람팜팜)” by Lee Jin Ah (이진아) (suggested by MinnMax supporter YokaiBlotch)