This was my last and best idea. Today's episode is about work songs, desperation, and what an ageing wrestler can do when he can't see his way clear to a change in perspective. It's 2016 and the song is 'Blood Capsules.' <br /><br />Substack version of the episode, featuring links and references for all quotations and archive recordings: https://thirtyyearslater.substack.com/p/2016-blood-capsules

This was my last and best idea. Today's episode is about work songs, desperation, and what an ageing wrestler can do when he can't see his way clear to a change in perspective. It's 2016 and the song is 'Blood Capsules.' Substack version of the episode, featuring links and references for all quotations and archive recordings: https://thirtyyearslater.substack.com/p/2016-blood-capsules

This was my last and best idea. Today's episode is about work songs, desperation, and what an ageing wrestler can do when he can't see his way clear to a change in perspective. It's 2016 and the song is 'Blood Capsules.'&nbsp;<br><br>Substack version of the episode, featuring links and references for all quotations and archive recordings: https://thirtyyearslater.substack.com/p/2016-blood-capsules

2016: 'Blood Capsules'

A memoir in Mountain Goats songs, by Richard O'Brien. Each episode focuses on a year in my life from 1990 onwards through the lens of a song written or recorded that year by John Darnielle.

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