1990: ‘Going to Alaska'
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A young man slips a poem under a doormat. In this episode, a baby is born during the knock-out stages of the Italia 90 football World Cup, and John Darnielle...
show moreLinks to articles mentioned in this episode:
- Pop Matters interview: https://www.popmatters.com/searching-for-john-darnielle-2495
776481.html
- John discusses his Norwalk apartment: https://genius.com/The-mountain-goats-done-bleeding-lyrics
- WTF podcast interview with Marc Maron: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WgT3ufLeHw
- England Football Online summary of the 26/06/90 England vs Belgium match: http://www.englandfootballonline.com/Seas1980-90/1989-90/M0661Bel1990.html
- Robert Browning, 'Porphyria's Lover': https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46313/porphyrias-lover
- 'I Am,' by John Clare: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43948/i-am
- W.H. Auden, 'The Fall of Rome': https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46313/porphyrias-lover
- Article on Kate Sessions and the jacaranda: https://laist.com/news/entertainment/jacarandas
- John's Tumblr post on 'Going to Alaska': https://johndarnielle.tumblr.com/post/121763305361/fishingboatproceeds-42-days-of-the-mountain.
- Interview about slipping words under the door: https://www.timmcmahan.com/mountain.htm
Books:
Norman Dubie, Groom Falconer (1989, W. W. Norton & Company)
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