I found it on
teh interweb!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iain W. Reeve, Only Popular on
the Internet

This week’s website:
Craig’s List

We are all missing something in life. A
fulfilling job, a cool place to live, a 1969
Gibson SG with an original Bigsby
bridge, two chicks at the same time, etc.
Well, no matter if your wish is finding a

new basement suite in which to lay your
40-year-old futon mattress, selling all

your belongings to pay the rent, or find-

ing a high-paying job to avoid that,
Craig’s List can help you.

Now, let me warn you, this site isn’t
pretty. Like 12 shots of Jagermeister on
your girlfriend’s birthday, it just gets the
job done. It is essentially a giant classified
section ‘with: a different page for every

  
   

“So,” you may say, Sschuat the hell is
so good about that Mr. Interweb guy? —
The classifieds are in my copy of the Sun

everyday!” Well, first of all, you can view

post classifieds for free. Second of

he list keeps « ‘old posts up on a oe

 

 

 
     
   
 
 
    
  
   
 

 

newest ob and newest place to live here.
| no luck finding ladies though, but it’s
~ not like I would ever be pathetic enough
to post on an Internet classified...right?
So, be sure to check out the list if
you need to fill your life with something
you're missing, Personally, I would settle
‘or either a set of bagpipes, or a girl who
likes to just sit and read at a dimly lit café
pping Earl Grey. Man, it was my New
ear’s resolution to keep my loneliness
out of my editorials. Ah whatever, it’s
February, all that crap is out the window

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The Mountain Goats:

The Sunset Iree

Brady Ehlert, OP Music Hound

 

the Mountain Goats

 

 

THE SUNSET TREE

 

 

Before I get into it, let me just say that this
isn’t exactly a new album; it was released in
April of 2005, however, this is a fantastic
album that was left out of any of the 2005
top ten lists that I’ve seen. Anyways, you
probably haven’t heard of the Mountain
Goats, or this album, so it’s probably news
to you, at least that’s the theory I’m going to
operate on.

The Mountain Goats is centered on one
man: John Darnielle, who writes a song
before he scratches his nuts in the morning
and two more before breakfast. Darnielle
initially began releasing material in 1991 (on
cassette tapes only) through a small under-
ground label while working as a nurse in
California. Eleven years and thirteen albums
later, The Mountain Goats sound has
evolved from “badly recorded (yet well con-
structed) guitar and vocals songs,” into well-
produced and polished compositions. They
often contain a full range of instruments,
including real string sections and piano lines
that complement Darnielle’s guitar playing
like peanut butter compliments jelly.

Darnielle’s recent albums have taken a
turn for the autobiographic, and The Sunset
Tree is perhaps his most honest personal
album to date. Darniellle has a voice that
summons images of pocket protectors and
thick-rimmed glasses. However, the lyrical
content of the album quickly dispels that
image,.as we ate told the story of the
singer’s childhood in a broken home. The
Sunset Tree opens with the reflective “You or
Your Memory,” a preface to the album that
gets us headed down memory lane. The
album continues with “Broom People,” and
the setting is painted with music. The fol-
lowing song—which is the single and

actually has a music video—“This Year,”
begins to deal with Darnielle’s frustrated
youth, as he steals his parent’s car, gets
drunk at the arcade, meets up with a love
interest, and drives home to face the
imminent beating. The album reaches and
then holds a torrid pace, and we are taken
on a journey through young love, clashes
with an abusive step father, salvation
through music, drug and alcohol abuse,
the death of the step father, and life after
a disastrous adolescence.

The Sunset Tree is a rare album in that it

 

is powerfully emotional, yet the songs are
reined in enough to keep the album lister
able. That being said, there are some
moments that are quite sentimental,
though they sound better on some days
than others. For those of you out there
who like a good story in their music and
think there aren’t enough concept albums
out there, The Sunset Tree delivers just that
For those of you who are more attracted
to songs that are complete and strong in
their own right, this album may appeal to

you as well!

 

 

Editorial Cartoon By JJ McCullough