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I'm Jesse Thorne, live on tape from my house in Los Angeles.

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It's the sound of young America.

I'm Jesse Thorne.

My guest, John Darniel, is both a member of

and pretty much all of the band, The Mountain Goats.

For 20 years now, he's been writing and recording

intimate songs that are intimately in unusual ways

for a singer, songwriter.

Often written in the third person, often taking the form

as much of a short story as of a confessional.

His dozens of albums have earned him a rabid following.

His latest record is called All Eternals Deck.

Let's hear a little bit of a song from that album.

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