DJ and I spoke with Phil Elverum of Mount Eerie and, formerly, The Microphones. Mount Eerie is about to begin a two month international tour. Interview topics include: tuba playing, songwriting and the questionable existence of ghosts. Mount Eerie has several records out right now and a new album coming down the pike. Phil’s a super friendly guy and you can check out all things related to him and his music here.

Buy his records, then get off the internet and go outside.

Interview: Phil Elverum of Mount Eerie, August 27th, 2008

Jesus Christ this mountain house better be worth the trip through this dump of a town. I’ve haven’t seen towns this filthy since my last stint in the Congo working as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Refugee Agency. Fuck. And I hope Brad Pitt, my domestic partner, can get up here soon; there’s no way I can deal with all six of my children by myself, I’m only 33 years old for goodness sake! Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Knox, and Vivienne! Can you all shut the fuck up, Mommy’s trying to drive!

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According to this AFP article (I can only imagine AFP stands for Associated Fucking Press), 119 college presidents and other big wigs signed some gimmick asking for the legal drinking age to be lowered. Of course, some soccer mom has a huge problem with it, because she doesn’t understand how great booze is.

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Really, the only way I plan on graduating a semester late is if I get an internship at a particularly prestigious radio gig. With that in mind, this is all conjecture.

There are certainly a few things in my life that will change when I realize I have to spend another semester in the sleepy town of New Paltz, NY for another 4 months. Surely I’ll be a little jaded and probably a bit sick of drinking my face off every weekend and trying to meet freshman girls I’ll never see naked. Plus, getting financially cut off from my parents would probably suck.

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America’s finally been declared #1 at something I give a Shit about.

It’s a fact that we’re the most consistent, the youngest, and the best pot-smokers on the planet here in the US of A. Now, a Public Library of Science survey of 17 countries (Holland included) has reaffirmed that fact and also heralded America as numero uno at consuming alcohol, tobacco and cocaine better than any other country. It’s good news, but it basically only confirms something that we all knew already: when it comes to consumption of anything, America is the top dog, baby!

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When I graduate college a semester early things are going to be great. The first thing I’m going to do is cover the basics, ie: buy a house. I could probably move to Venice and get a little studio apartment or, maybe, a modest chateau along the French Riviera….but I think instead I’ll stay right where I am in New Paltz. Read more »