This Year 365 songs: February 2nd
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js_thrill For Groundhog Day, we are Going to Jamaica
It's easy to joke about Darnielle's penchant to write "Going to..." songs, but the thing is, he found a formula that worked, so it's hard to knock it. (This doesn't mean one stops making jokes about it, of course).
In these annotations, Darnielle describes "elliptical narrative" as a "lodestar" for him, which feels like a sort of vindication for me.
It's easy to joke about Darnielle's penchant to write "Going to..." songs, but the thing is, he found a formula that worked, so it's hard to knock it. (This doesn't mean one stops making jokes about it, of course).
In these annotations, Darnielle describes "elliptical narrative" as a "lodestar" for him, which feels like a sort of vindication for me.
