Awesome. I just took an English course called "Poetry and contemporary alternative music lyrics." Imagine a poetry class where half the texts are poems from an anthology of great poetic works, and the other half are the lyrics to music by artists like The Mountain Goats. Anyway, The Mountain Goats were on our syllabus, and that's how I discovered them. It was such a fun class. I've always felt that song lyrics didn't get quite enough recognition as meaningful art- they are often, I think, as much poetry as poems are.

Hi! I've been here a while. I rarely post or comment, but mostly lurk with great enthusiasm.