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Last year, The Mountain Goats released an album called The Sunset Tree, and something unusual happened. John Darnielle - long recognised by his fans as one of the most imaginative and downright thrilling lyricists of his generation - suddenly found the rest of the world starting to think the same... Read More


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John Darnielle, do-gooder, renaissance man.... 02 May 2008

We all know how talented John Darnielle is musically, with the hundreds of songs he's written for his band The Mountain Goats and, anyone that likes metal knows he is a hell of a writer about that genre. He's written for several metal mags and has a regular column in decibel , oh - and his own blog, Last Plane To Jakarta is a favorite bookmark for many.

Now, John has finally written a book ! It's part of the 33 1/3 series of books on classic albums. His is on Master of Reality by Black Sabbath .

If you live in NYC, you are lucky, for 2 reasons.

1) because John will be reading from his book at Housing Works Bookstore as part of their 10th anniversary celebration. His reading is on May 17th, and more info is here !

2) John is also playing a benefit for Aids Walk NYC the day prior, May 16th at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple. More info/tickets here!

SO....get out, support bookstores, give to charities and support independent music!


    Releases

    Tallahassee Tallahassee 05 Nov 2002
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    PalmcorderYajna PalmcorderYajna 09 Dec 2003
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    We Shall All Be Healed We Shall All Be Healed 03 Feb 2004
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    The Sunset Tree The Sunset Tree 26 Apr 2005
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    Babylon Springs Babylon Springs 30 Nov 1999
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    Heretic Pride Heretic Pride 19 Feb 2008
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