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Now Here We Are Thirty Years Later

Now Here We Are Thirty Years Later

By: Richard O'Brien
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A memoir in Mountain Goats songs, by Richard O'Brien. Each episode focuses on a year in my life from 1990 onwards through the lens of a song written or recorded that year by John Darnielle.Copyright Richard O'Brien Biographies & Memoirs Music Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Epilogue: ‘Arguing With the Ghost of Peter Laughner About His Coney Island Baby Review'

    Epilogue: ‘Arguing With the Ghost of Peter Laughner About His Coney Island Baby Review'
    Feb 20 2026
    You will always have been here once. Today's epilogue episode is about commemoration, legacy, and staying warm inside the ripple. The song is John Darnielle's elegy for David Berman, 'Arguing With the Ghost of Peter Laughner About His Coney Island Baby Review.'

    Substack version of the episode, featuring links and references for all quotations and archive recordings: https://thirtyyearslater.substack.com/p/epilogue-arguing-with-the-ghost-of
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    15 mins
  • 2020: ‘Getting Into Knives’

    2020: ‘Getting Into Knives’
    Feb 20 2026
    Held to my vision all these days. Today's episode is about hateful instruments, careers in lo-fi, and things coming to an end. It's 2020 and the song is 'Getting Into Knives.'

    Substack version of the episode, featuring links and references for all quotations and archive recordings: https://thirtyyearslater.substack.com/p/2020-getting-into-knives
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    21 mins
  • 2019: 'Up the Wolves' (Live, 2019-11-15)

    2019: 'Up the Wolves' (Live, 2019-11-15)
    Feb 15 2026
    There's gonna come a day when you feel better. Today's episode is about a strong homemade edible, meeting the President of Ireland, and making the art you love your own. It's 2019 and the song is 'Up The Wolves,' live at the Shepherd's Bush Empire, London, on 15th November 2019.

    Substack version of the episode, featuring links and references for all quotations and archive recordings: https://thirtyyearslater.substack.com/p/2019-up-the-wolves-live-2019-11-15
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    15 mins
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