Traffic Jams: The Mountain Goats – ‘Emerging’ The Mountain Goats don’t really have a Christmas album, or really any Christmas music, which is wild for a band that prides itself on being the best damn Durham-based Christian Dad rock on the planet (or at least in North Carolina.) Due to the lack of Christmas tunes, I nominate “Emerging” from the album Moon Colony… Read more…

Traffic Jams: The Mountain Goats – ‘Getting Into Knives’ Hope you’re feeling sharp this morning, and if not, it’s time to adjust your focus, cause we’re getting into knives! The Mountain Goats are about as close as Jalopnik can come to having an official band, what with former bassist Peter Hughes writing a few posts for us and Brad and I obsessively listening to every song… Read more…

Traffic Jams: The Mountain Goats – ‘Spent Gladiator 2’ You might’ve been expecting “This Year” here, with its promise to make it through this year if it kills you. Well, today, we’re not making that promise. Today you get a call to action: Stay alive. Read more…

With strawberries and goats, a ‘farmastery’ reaches out to its neighbors HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (RNS) — Part of the new monastic movement began three decades ago among lay Protestants, Spring Forest is a model for how Christians can work, eat and worship as a community. The post With strawberries and goats, a ‘farmastery’ reaches out to its neighbors appeared first on Religion News Service.

This Island Wants to Round Up Its Wild Goats. Catching Them Won’t Be Easy. The ruminants outnumber humans on the Mediterranean island of Alicudi 6 to 1 (maybe more). Officials have devised a plan to catch the goats and send them to adoptive homes elsewhere.

Among New York’s Sidewalk Sideshows, 2 Goats and a Story of Despair In a city thick with spectacles and showmen, Beverly Shaw arrived from Indiana with a desperate plea.

The Mountain Goats and Kaki King – Thank You Mario But Our Princess Is In Another Castle submitted by /u/malk500