I absolutely worship the Mt. Goats and love to see them on mixes.

It seems that the mountain goats is a band that I must hear, since everyone is always raving about them - what do I start with?

no extra glenns?

Zopilote Machine (although I think it's out of print, Sue, so I'll send you my "Catching God by the Ponytail" comp). If pressed, though, their latest (just out last week), "All Hail West Texas", is a more than worthy intro.

I'd probably go with Sweden as a good intro. Lakespeed, read my comments: they explain the conspicuous absence of Extra Glenns. Sue -- I'll send you a bootleg in exchange for the Ozzie artists comp mix I proposed!

Sweden? Really? Huh... not my *least* favorite, but right near there... but hey, Sue can pick what she wants, I guess. :-)

It's not my favorite either, Rob, but it was the LP that got me completely obsessed with them, and I'd probably deem it the most immediately accessible, which is important in hooking a new fan. Now, I _love_ FFG, and find it very complex and multi-layered, but I had that record for a full six months before I truly "got" it. That's not what I'd want for a new listener.

I think Sweden is among the most lo-fi of all of their recordings and has a lot of unmemorable songs on it; the only great moment I can think of is "Cold Milk Bottle", to be honest. It had an opposite effect on me, as both it and "Nothing for Juice" (my least favorite) totally cooled my enthusiasm for John's stuff... so I don't know. I guess we just disagree on what's "accessible", and that's fine. I'm honestly happy just to see yet another Mt. Goats fan here. :-)

wait a minute -- "most lo-fi" is a BAD thing?

panasonic RX-FT500 til' death.

:-) I don't think it's even remotely a bad thing, but someone who was *new* to his music (as we've been discussing) might think so...