Father John misty makes me feel comfortable with being alone/solitude

I have also had an issue my whole life whereby people can never tell if I am kidding or serious. However, I have prominent and visible eyebrows. Also, I like the new album very much.

Great interviewer for not letting FJM too easily - he needs to be challenged. His thoughts are meant to be questioned in the same manner he is questioning the world around him. He is great and long live debate!

Josh is always a tough guy to interview. That man has done and see alot. I’ve always got that depression vibe from him

I feel for the interviewer. Josh isn't easy in this interview.

Pure Comedy absolutely consoled many emotions I had facing this chaotic existence. Music heals! Thanks daddy

Amazing, he's got a way with words, presenting complex ideas in a very simple way.

Josh's angle on social media from 8:30 onwards is absolute gold! Shut up interviewer and let him preach!

the real hilarity here is that most of these comments are exactly what he is talking about in this interview... the beard is back, he needs sleep, lay off the drugs, do the drugs... everyone has it all figured out for him, thank god, now he can have a solid career...

So glad the beard is coming back

I love being able to "Like" this video. . . feels appropriate.

Love the core of this interview - that music can do very bizarre things, like heal pain, isolation, sadness, confusion and anger. "That's what it's there for." I've felt a deep connection with this last record for him. Yes it's dark, yes it's meta, it's whatever you want to call it - but it's honest. His writing is so honest even when he's lying to your face with his tongue in his cheek. Tillman is a unique figure; he's kind of an antihero. He's needed right now, whether he's a cynical asshole or a drugged out egomaniac, I truly think he's a good person with goals of connecting people emotionally - and that's beautiful.

Thank you

I don't think i've seen a FJM interview where he doesn't mention Hegel. I love this man.

This is some deep shit.

such an incredible interviewer!! these were awesome questions

Oh god, this interview hit me so fucking hard. But thank you so much for this. In a way, going through shit makes you appreciate FJM's music more.

When they were talking about mechanized human responses and social media, I scrolled down to like this video

Brilliant interview.

I have to say that your music is like having the slightest touch on your chest with a finger and a hammer on your back. I just love the writing style so stay with it`s phenomenal and can`t really here to many times.

"you need a new friend"

One of the best FJM interviews...interviewer did a nice job coaxing things out of the somewhat difficult to talk to J. Tillman.

A real great interview!

this interview is soooo good! thanks for this. 💜

Really great job by the interviewer. Pure comedy is a masterpiece

I love josh man he’s so funny and thoughtful

he suffers from mental illnesses and he shows how difficult the human experience is through music. he portrays that as well as any folk artist, has the voice of lennon, and his lyrics are brilliant. whats not to like?

“Rock n Roll never dies. This is hot tea.”

“75 minute existential new age album” is what Sufjan did this week btw. haha

I miss this year :(

Man this interviewer is really good

What I think is that art should not be created with reliance on some thought to be so called widespread appeal but instead and I think this is quite obvious - feeling. As long as your art is by you and from you completely(sensibilities and emotional growth accounted for) , it will be well received by your audience.

I like how the interviewer is down to talk shit about the market. HE IS THE MARKET.

hero

This is a great interview! Wish this had more views :)

Good interview, meng.

SUB SONIC BASE/BASS FREQUENCIES😇😉 (get off my wave Tillman! Also. I'm sure theres an add in there somewhere.😂) Good interview. nice poke at Sturgil. Love respect peace good health

Josh Tillman is one of those rare avatars that is a complete reflection of my own avatar.

Emphasizes Mechanizing human emotion.

I understand when it comes to give a professional interview there's a time frame, but I don't think he was done talking about his last point. it was cut short and abruptly at the end.

I would totally get down to some trap worship.

16:10 Did they mute the word "asshole"?

I find it a little daunting that Josh lost fans because of his anti Christian views. It's absurd to me, but I think very much like Josh and I'm almost militant agnostic - atheistic in my views. It's just sad that someone can turn off their love because of an artist views on life. One of my favorite songs ever is Cohen's hallelujah.

Let him talk please

5:05 yikes, that sounds like regret. Pure Comedy is a great album.

Josh looks like he hadn't slept for two days! Ö

0:28 father juul misty :))))))

*** As a preface, I like FJM and love his music ... but jesus, I really feel for the guy: he's so tangled up in his own intellect that he feels the urge to qualify everything he says. You don't have to imagine Voltaire or de Tocqueville (or a lynch-mob) across the table to engage in an "Enlightenment" dialogue -- it's a fucking dialogue, and by dint of music's instinctual and emotional power, you're pretty much golden anyway, since it confounds the rational mind to some extent (that's even his point: "music is cathartic ... forget you're human"). He's stuck in the Jonathan Swift conundrum of treating serious material seriously by doing it through the lens of irony and humour, but he's too rapt by post-modern relativism and distrustful of external perception to own it. Obviously and thankfully this doesn't impact his writing, since it's done at the speed of inspiration, but it makes for a closeted interview.

I have been the biggest fan of this man since I discovered him as J Tillman on myspace. He’s losing me lately

As

his little mustache

He sounds sane for once. I'm glad to hear him say this about this record because I did not connect with it at all, in fact it kind of angered me if anything

He's like the real life Fraiser

Who's real Jhon and witch's the clone of this two?

0 eye contact

Do us a favor, honestly, when you refer to "the record", put in the effort to say the name of the record so we don't have to research the discography to know for sure to what record you refer. Not trying to be harsh, but that was a no-brainer. This is about Pure Comedy, the album, as opposed to the song on an imaginary possible alternate album title. Josh is a nice boy. I hope he finds the peace he needs to avoid taking speed in the future. Drug use itself may not be a bad thing, but it can be a warning sign that you're treating a condition of the heart/spirit that can be better treated without chemicals, and which could be made worse with them. Thanks for the music. It's a plus. It adds to the general good of existence.

oh you mean the Isolation of Late Stage Capitalism?

This interviewer is well below Josh’s pay-grade. At least he’s trying...

0:25 hahahahaha, this song doesn’t even exist. He fools the interview kid.

"the inherent loneliness of our generation" :,-P :::-P :((((

Chill on the drugs, man

This interviewer seems to have no sense of humour and it's incredibly irritating.

The interviewer was not that smart, and was scared. Like a child.

This guy doing the interview is basic. Josh looks 'relaxed'.