I’m reblogging this for two reasons: 1) Jeff Mangum live! and 2) I think Merlin found this because of me, and he just forgot because he’s a busy guy.

merlin:

The Swell Season covers  Neutral Milk Hotel | Music | A.V. Undercover | The A.V. Club Sweet maui onion, that motherfucker can sing.¹ What an ambitious and revered song to cover, but, holy shit, does he ever hit the 3-pointer. Sure, I’d probably listen to Glen Hansard sing the ingredients on a shampoo bottle, but this is, you have to admit, pretty great.The Mighty Mangum playing 2-HB solo/live in 1998.



[Swell Season via sorry I totally forget who sorry]

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1. Well. Eventually, he sings. First there’s a goddamned pre-roll beer commercial, then a spoodeley theme song, then an explanation of the “Undercover” project, then a kinda-cute interview, then I blacked out for a while, but I’m pretty sure I heard a song and saw a guy in a hat. It’s all kind of fuzzy now. My Lord, how the web breaks _so hard_ when your chrome outshines your gold. Kind of like the delicious gold you’ll find inside every bottle of Budweiser®. Budweiser® America’s Great Liquid Error.™ (Budweiser is brewed to be enjoyed responsibly by adults. © 2010 Anheuser-Busch, Inc., Budweiser®, St. Louis, MO. All rights reserved.) ↩