I thought he was kind of pretentious and then i heard him interviewed on NPR after they played "down to the arc" which portrayed all politicians as Satan worshipers. (Which of course pissed me off).

He was saying how it helps him to take everything to the extreme and use hyperbole and somehow, listening to him say thats how stories are made I tended to like a lot more of his work. Prior to that I'd only heard "Monkey in the basement" and "Anti-music song" which were both great, but what Adidasss said is accurate, and that bothered me then.

Folk isn't about being Jeff Buckley.

What?

Well I could've sworn adidasss said the vocals were terrible and thats what you were agreeing with but maybe I missed something?

Oh well you're not wrong there, what threw me there is the Buckley comment.

For one thing I can't stand Jeff Buckley and for another thing, I listen to Tom Waits, what I consider good most other people do not. And with Anti-music song its hard to say he's even singing. But I think his voice was the straw that broke the camels back. I used to think he was pretentious as hell. These days though I enjoy them quite a bit.

No, but it helps if you at least have a special voice or a pleasurable tone...this one just grates on my ears...

its all about "golden boy peanuts"

Could I get this in my PM box? The record store across the street is refusing to meet my demands of more Mountain Goat albums, so I've yet to hear this.