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Oh Christ, it's those awful Alpha people again. The final instalment in this season is a double episode on 'No Children,' taking in the Offspring, the difference between a divorce and burning a house down, and the things we can't let go of until they let go of us.
Show notes
06/22/13 Live show at Bottletree in Birmingham, AL, with banter leading up to ‘Alpha Chum Gatherer’: https://archive.org/details/mountaingoats2013-06-22.flac16/mountaingoats2013-06-22t11.flac
BBC News article on grammar schools and social mobility: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44081733
Wikipedia entry forWill It Blend?: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_It_Blend%3F
Interview with Daoud Tyler-Ameen for NPR on ‘No Children’: https://www.npr.org/2018/10/10/653349496/the-mountain-goats-american-anthem-no-children-dysfunction
Tumblr post on the Alpha couple as ‘one flesh’: https://johndarnielle.tumblr.com/post/119711150476/hi-tallahassee-has-been-one-of-my-favorite-albums
Fandom page on ‘No Children,’ referencing live banter which is quoted throughout: https://themountaingoats.fandom.com/wiki/No_Children
Fandom page on the Tallahassee album, containing liner notes. Quotes from live introductions to individual songs can be found on their respective pages here: https://themountaingoats.fandom.com/wiki/Tallahassee
‘John Darnielle explains his cultural influences,’ including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Vulture, 2014: https://www.vulture.com/2014/09/john-darnielle-explains-his-cultural-influences.html
The Annotated Mountain Goats site for Tallahassee (archived), with quotes from a 2005 interview with Transition Video Magazine: https://web.archive.org/web/20201112032352/https://kylebarbour.org/tmg/tallahassee.html#fn:southwoodjohn
-And for the whole Alpha series: https://web.archive.org/web/20201111235658/https://kylebarbour.org/tmg/series.html#alpha
Tumblr post on narrowing the focus of the album: https://johndarnielle.tumblr.com/post/46335170309/the-sleeve-that-held-the-boarding-pass-from-my
Article on Tallahassee by Jim Fisher for Salon.com, archived here https://www.scribd.com/document/52894439/tMG-Interviews
Interview with Chris Willman for Variety, 2021: https://variety.com/2021/music/news/no-children-mountain-goats-tiktok-john-darnelle-video-1235100275/
Kickstarter page for ‘It’s Complicated: A Feminist Zine on Loving Misogynist Art’:
Show notes
06/22/13 Live show at Bottletree in Birmingham, AL, with banter leading up to ‘Alpha Chum Gatherer’: https://archive.org/details/mountaingoats2013-06-22.flac16/mountaingoats2013-06-22t11.flac
BBC News article on grammar schools and social mobility: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44081733
Wikipedia entry forWill It Blend?: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_It_Blend%3F
Interview with Daoud Tyler-Ameen for NPR on ‘No Children’: https://www.npr.org/2018/10/10/653349496/the-mountain-goats-american-anthem-no-children-dysfunction
Tumblr post on the Alpha couple as ‘one flesh’: https://johndarnielle.tumblr.com/post/119711150476/hi-tallahassee-has-been-one-of-my-favorite-albums
Fandom page on ‘No Children,’ referencing live banter which is quoted throughout: https://themountaingoats.fandom.com/wiki/No_Children
Fandom page on the Tallahassee album, containing liner notes. Quotes from live introductions to individual songs can be found on their respective pages here: https://themountaingoats.fandom.com/wiki/Tallahassee
‘John Darnielle explains his cultural influences,’ including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Vulture, 2014: https://www.vulture.com/2014/09/john-darnielle-explains-his-cultural-influences.html
The Annotated Mountain Goats site for Tallahassee (archived), with quotes from a 2005 interview with Transition Video Magazine: https://web.archive.org/web/20201112032352/https://kylebarbour.org/tmg/tallahassee.html#fn:southwoodjohn
-And for the whole Alpha series: https://web.archive.org/web/20201111235658/https://kylebarbour.org/tmg/series.html#alpha
Tumblr post on narrowing the focus of the album: https://johndarnielle.tumblr.com/post/46335170309/the-sleeve-that-held-the-boarding-pass-from-my
Article on Tallahassee by Jim Fisher for Salon.com, archived here https://www.scribd.com/document/52894439/tMG-Interviews
Interview with Chris Willman for Variety, 2021: https://variety.com/2021/music/news/no-children-mountain-goats-tiktok-john-darnelle-video-1235100275/
Kickstarter page for ‘It’s Complicated: A Feminist Zine on Loving Misogynist Art’:
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By Richard O'BrienOh Christ, it's those awful Alpha people again. The final instalment in this season is a double episode on 'No Children,' taking in the Offspring, the difference between a divorce and burning a house down, and the things we can't let go of until they let go of us.
Show notes
06/22/13 Live show at Bottletree in Birmingham, AL, with banter leading up to ‘Alpha Chum Gatherer’: https://archive.org/details/mountaingoats2013-06-22.flac16/mountaingoats2013-06-22t11.flac
BBC News article on grammar schools and social mobility: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44081733
Wikipedia entry forWill It Blend?: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_It_Blend%3F
Interview with Daoud Tyler-Ameen for NPR on ‘No Children’: https://www.npr.org/2018/10/10/653349496/the-mountain-goats-american-anthem-no-children-dysfunction
Tumblr post on the Alpha couple as ‘one flesh’: https://johndarnielle.tumblr.com/post/119711150476/hi-tallahassee-has-been-one-of-my-favorite-albums
Fandom page on ‘No Children,’ referencing live banter which is quoted throughout: https://themountaingoats.fandom.com/wiki/No_Children
Fandom page on the Tallahassee album, containing liner notes. Quotes from live introductions to individual songs can be found on their respective pages here: https://themountaingoats.fandom.com/wiki/Tallahassee
‘John Darnielle explains his cultural influences,’ including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Vulture, 2014: https://www.vulture.com/2014/09/john-darnielle-explains-his-cultural-influences.html
The Annotated Mountain Goats site for Tallahassee (archived), with quotes from a 2005 interview with Transition Video Magazine: https://web.archive.org/web/20201112032352/https://kylebarbour.org/tmg/tallahassee.html#fn:southwoodjohn
-And for the whole Alpha series: https://web.archive.org/web/20201111235658/https://kylebarbour.org/tmg/series.html#alpha
Tumblr post on narrowing the focus of the album: https://johndarnielle.tumblr.com/post/46335170309/the-sleeve-that-held-the-boarding-pass-from-my
Article on Tallahassee by Jim Fisher for Salon.com, archived here https://www.scribd.com/document/52894439/tMG-Interviews
Interview with Chris Willman for Variety, 2021: https://variety.com/2021/music/news/no-children-mountain-goats-tiktok-john-darnelle-video-1235100275/
Kickstarter page for ‘It’s Complicated: A Feminist Zine on Loving Misogynist Art’:
Show notes
06/22/13 Live show at Bottletree in Birmingham, AL, with banter leading up to ‘Alpha Chum Gatherer’: https://archive.org/details/mountaingoats2013-06-22.flac16/mountaingoats2013-06-22t11.flac
BBC News article on grammar schools and social mobility: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44081733
Wikipedia entry forWill It Blend?: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_It_Blend%3F
Interview with Daoud Tyler-Ameen for NPR on ‘No Children’: https://www.npr.org/2018/10/10/653349496/the-mountain-goats-american-anthem-no-children-dysfunction
Tumblr post on the Alpha couple as ‘one flesh’: https://johndarnielle.tumblr.com/post/119711150476/hi-tallahassee-has-been-one-of-my-favorite-albums
Fandom page on ‘No Children,’ referencing live banter which is quoted throughout: https://themountaingoats.fandom.com/wiki/No_Children
Fandom page on the Tallahassee album, containing liner notes. Quotes from live introductions to individual songs can be found on their respective pages here: https://themountaingoats.fandom.com/wiki/Tallahassee
‘John Darnielle explains his cultural influences,’ including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Vulture, 2014: https://www.vulture.com/2014/09/john-darnielle-explains-his-cultural-influences.html
The Annotated Mountain Goats site for Tallahassee (archived), with quotes from a 2005 interview with Transition Video Magazine: https://web.archive.org/web/20201112032352/https://kylebarbour.org/tmg/tallahassee.html#fn:southwoodjohn
-And for the whole Alpha series: https://web.archive.org/web/20201111235658/https://kylebarbour.org/tmg/series.html#alpha
Tumblr post on narrowing the focus of the album: https://johndarnielle.tumblr.com/post/46335170309/the-sleeve-that-held-the-boarding-pass-from-my
Article on Tallahassee by Jim Fisher for Salon.com, archived here https://www.scribd.com/document/52894439/tMG-Interviews
Interview with Chris Willman for Variety, 2021: https://variety.com/2021/music/news/no-children-mountain-goats-tiktok-john-darnelle-video-1235100275/
Kickstarter page for ‘It’s Complicated: A Feminist Zine on Loving Misogynist Art’: