My Dad Likes To Call The Stretches Of Time Where You’re Not Creating “dreaming Periods” And Says

“This is a song about making a contract with your solitude that you want to hold it to later on and expect to be able to wag your finger and say, ‘You said.’”

— John Darnielle introducing In Memory of Satan, Cagnegie Hall on 2013-01-15

The Clouds Explode, May 9th, 2024

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2014–2016: omg same

2017–2019: this is so relatable

2020–2024: why did you have to attack me like that

2025–2028: and so we are truly no more different than two leaves of the same tree

Honestly I’d be more inclined to play Stardew Valley if it was about a depressed cop trying to solve a murder whilst navigating the politics of a mass strike and the fallout of counter revolution

This is the guy who made the first genetically-engineered babies (a horrific ethics violation that landed him 3 years in prison) and his tweets are so unhinged that I genuinely can't tell if he's trying to be funny or is 100% serious

oh whats all this about "intuitive eating?" sounds pretty slick. (forgets to eat until starving, binges on junk food in a panic, repeat)