just finished watching this, and i am so amazed by this guy's prolificness/osity (does that word exist?). daniel johnston is an underground music legend that has manic depression. the film tells the story of his life, his career, his illness, and his battles with the devil. i haven't actually listened to his music, but the way the people were talking about it, it's apparently amazing songwriting. i can tell right away though that it's the kind of truthful songwriting that anyone can identify with.. fears, loves, happiness, things like that. it's that uninhibited creativity that i really admire.
this film also inspires me to do a better job of documenting my life. writing things down, taking pictures, videos, etc. daniel johnston had tapes and tapes of him just talking and drawings and notebooks. those things are nice to have, and i think kind of prove that you exist. yah.. making things.
EDIT: ok, yip! jump music (the album he's holding in the picture) is pretty fricking awesome.
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watched this last year sometime. great fucking movie. casper the friendly ghost is amazing. alsoo. i really liked whatever song they showed a clip of when he was playing drums and the guy from half japanese was playing guitar. i should watch this again.
if you haven't already, you should download his songs of pain album along with yip! jump music.
i'm listening to the jad fair & daniel johnston album right now.. and it's weird (duh) but it's a good weird and i think you might appreciate it, hahah.
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