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This song opened The Mountain Goats concert I attended last night (more on Katie’s blog). It’s beautiful, and I can’t get it out of my head. (Also, don’t fret that you can’t see the actual video; the lighting in the venue was terrible for filming. Simply enjoy the beauty of the vocals.)

Tonight, I saw the Mountain Goats live in concert. While I admit that a band whose name recalls barnyard livestock doesn’t initially sound like the kind that might equally evoke beautiful acoustic poetry, these folks do. Fronted by a guy that looks like an early 90s cable access version of Bob Saget, the Goats played […]