10 Magnificent Failures. 10 Stories That Deserve to Be Told. 5) Daniel Johnston daniel johnston - life in vain.wmv
Everyone wears their mask / waiting for Santa Claus to come back to town
When he was told that Kurt Cobain was a fan, he asked: "Who is he?" And he truly didn't know who he was. But many loved him, from Boe to Tom Waits, from the usual Sonic Youth to the Butthole Surfers, and Jad Fair who made a record with him, and Mark Linkous who, on the other hand, produced another one for him (and arranged it beautifully) and many, many more. Not bad for someone who - raised on the Bible, Beatles, and Captain America - wrote his first songs in his home garage with a guitar and a toy organ, recording them on an old cheap tape recorder just to give them away or trade them for some comics.
This was before Laura shattered his heart.
But it's not Laura's fault; his mind was already ill. He spent his entire life sitting on the edge of the abyss. Desperate and joyful as a child can be. Awkward as only an adult can be. Bulimic, with more than twenty-four albums, collaborations, tributes, and even music for a ballet!
And today, as his drawings are exhibited in art galleries and his records are treasured by those who know and love him, he lives (now in his fifties) with his parents and perhaps he doesn't even care. After all, he was only happy when he sold popcorn at a carnival.
Everyone wears their mask / waiting for Santa Claus to come back to town
When he was told that Kurt Cobain was a fan, he asked: "Who is he?" And he truly didn't know who he was. But many loved him, from Boe to Tom Waits, from the usual Sonic Youth to the Butthole Surfers, and Jad Fair who made a record with him, and Mark Linkous who, on the other hand, produced another one for him (and arranged it beautifully) and many, many more. Not bad for someone who - raised on the Bible, Beatles, and Captain America - wrote his first songs in his home garage with a guitar and a toy organ, recording them on an old cheap tape recorder just to give them away or trade them for some comics.
This was before Laura shattered his heart.
But it's not Laura's fault; his mind was already ill. He spent his entire life sitting on the edge of the abyss. Desperate and joyful as a child can be. Awkward as only an adult can be. Bulimic, with more than twenty-four albums, collaborations, tributes, and even music for a ballet!
And today, as his drawings are exhibited in art galleries and his records are treasured by those who know and love him, he lives (now in his fifties) with his parents and perhaps he doesn't even care. After all, he was only happy when he sold popcorn at a carnival.
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