1999: 'You're in Maya'

It's 1999, and John Darnielle is trying something new. Today's episode looks at 'You're in Maya,' taking in twin high maintenance machines, bad dreams about driving, language loss, and 'the Lord Śrī Krishna’s grace.'

1/27/99 live set at the Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, NC, featuring the first known performance of ‘You’re in Maya’: https://archive.org/details/tmg1999-01-27.aud.128mp3/tmg1999-01-27t07.mp3

10/9/99 live set in Amsterdam where the song’s autobiographical nature is discussed: https://archive.org/details/tmg1999-10-09.aud.192mp3

Erin Marquis and Bradley Brownell’s Jalopnik piece on every car in a Mountain Goats song: https://jalopnik.com/we-listened-to-every-song-by-the-mountain-goats-heres-1845476773

Warsan Shire’s poem ‘Home’: https://www.facinghistory.org/standing-up-hatred-intolerance/warsan-shire-home [CN for racial slurs, war, border violence and sexual assault]

Podcast interview about Bruce Springsteen’s Tunnel of Love on Steven Hyden’s Celebration Rock: https://omny.fm/shows/celebration-rock/celebration-rock-john-darnielle

Darnielle’s article on Chuck Berry’s ‘Going Back to Memphis’ for Last Plane to Jakarta: http://lastplanetojakarta.com/articles/memphis.html

30/3/2011 live show recorded by NYC Taper, featuring John’s comments on sharing damage and ‘This Year’: http://www.nyctaper.com/2011/04/the-mountain-goats-march-30-2011-bowery-ballroom-flac-and-mp3-downloads-streaming-song/

Raphael-Bob Waksberg’s Mountain Goats parody on Twitter: https://twitter.com/raphaelbw/status/1296226561360670720?lang=en

Wordsworth’s Preface to Lyrical Ballads: https://www.bartleby.com/39/36.html

Casual Magic podcast interview on John’s Hare Krishna years with Shivam Bhatt: https://casualmagic.libsyn.com/casual-magic-episode-31-mountain-goats

Pop Matters interview discussing the ‘thirst to believe’: https://www.popmatters.com/115150-get-holy-an-interview-with-john-darnielle-2496114699.html

Books

Chant and Be Happy: The Power of Mantra Meditation. The Bhaktidevanta Book Trust, 1982. This introductory volume is based on the teachings of Prabhupāda and features interviews with George Harrison and John Lennon.