Daniel Johnston - True Love Will Find You In The End R.I.P.
When they told him that Kurt Cobain was a fan of his, he asked, "who is that?" And he truly didn't know who he was. But so many loved him, from Bowie to Tom Waits, from the usual Sonic Youth to the Butthole Surfers, and Jad Fair who made an album with him, and Mark Linkous who, on the other hand, produced another one for him (and arranged it divinely) and so many, many others. Not bad for someone who - raised on the Bible, the Beatles, and Captain America - composed his first songs in his garage at home with a guitar and a toy organ and recorded 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 sick. He spent his whole life sitting on the edge of the abyss. Desperate and joyful as a child can be. Burdensome as only an adult can be. Bulimic, more than twenty-four records, features, tributes, and even music for a ballet!
And today, as his drawings are exhibited in art galleries and his records are cherished by those who know and love him, he lives (now over fifty) with his parents and, perhaps, he doesn't even care. After all, he was only happy when selling popcorn at a carnival.
And now he's gone, and who knows if he had time to look back...
When they told him that Kurt Cobain was a fan of his, he asked, "who is that?" And he truly didn't know who he was. But so many loved him, from Bowie to Tom Waits, from the usual Sonic Youth to the Butthole Surfers, and Jad Fair who made an album with him, and Mark Linkous who, on the other hand, produced another one for him (and arranged it divinely) and so many, many others. Not bad for someone who - raised on the Bible, the Beatles, and Captain America - composed his first songs in his garage at home with a guitar and a toy organ and recorded 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 sick. He spent his whole life sitting on the edge of the abyss. Desperate and joyful as a child can be. Burdensome as only an adult can be. Bulimic, more than twenty-four records, features, tributes, and even music for a ballet!
And today, as his drawings are exhibited in art galleries and his records are cherished by those who know and love him, he lives (now over fifty) with his parents and, perhaps, he doesn't even care. After all, he was only happy when selling popcorn at a carnival.
And now he's gone, and who knows if he had time to look back...
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11 sep 19
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