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lord-radish · 2 years ago

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Okay, I'm bored at home so I'm gonna write out the hypothetical and extremely miserable Mountain Goats jukebox musical I had kicking around my head at work.

Act 1: Coming Up Through the Cracks

Song for my Stepfather

From TG&Y

Broom People

Weekend in Western Illinois

The Recognition Scene

Act 2: We Loved Those Dogs

Moon Over Goldsboro

Standard Bitter Love Song #1

Alpha Omega

Alpha Desperation March

Distant Stations

Act 3: Folgers Crystals and Hard-Boiled Eggs

In the Hidden Places

Nova Scotia

Song for Dennis Brown

Pale Green Things

Against Pollution

In Corolla

#the mountain goats #the story it tells is pretty graphic so consider this buffer tag a warning for death and abuse and mental health issues #second buffer tag because this is BLEAK. little to no levity. it's literally as miserable as possible #okay so #act 1: abusive childhood leading to self destruction leading into an unhealthy codependent relationship where the end is clear #act 2: basically the alpha couple arc. she leaves. he breaks in screaming about 8000. it culminates in him stalking her and being arrested #act 3: long stretches of nothing. central character is alone. mental health worsens. self destructing again #after getting a modicum of closure for his abusive childhood he settles into a monotonous job and everything blends together #shoots a guy. doesn't really faze him anymore. he'd do it again #and then. well. in corolla happens #act 1 is named for a line in an act 3 song. act 2 is named for an act 1 song. act 3.8 #act 3 is named for an act 2 song

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