Well put, Soup
Daniel found a way to have a presence before social media. He knew the importance of documentation without being taught.
Colleges have courses for becoming a promoter, Daniel just did it:
Daniel’s 1990 Call-In Performance Over The Phone Broadcast On WFMU
Daniel’s Public Access Interview
Nardwuar vs. Daniel Johnston
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Originally Posted by The Soup Nazi
He was indeed an accomplished musician as far as I'm concerned. Either that or Jandek's whole discography (not to mention many, many other artists') is bullcrap. FIFTY-TWO YEARS after The Velvet Underground were called faggots who can't play their instruments, don't we need better terms for this shit? On the other hand, I guess it will never end, the virtuoso vs. intuitoso fallacy.
Back to Daniel, though: goodbye, sweet man.  |