Daniel Johnston is a
songwriter from
Texas with
emotional instabilities and a lot of pure
talent, in the area of songwriting, anyway. His music is
rough around the edges, more often than not
bad recordings (his early releases were tapes of low recording quality:
Girlface informs me that they were recorded on a
boombox from Radio Shack) of
pop ditties, full of
frustration and funny stuff,
monsters. He also draws
cartoons which overflood themselves with
symbolism, women's limbless
torsos and many-eyed boxers.
(Keep fightin' Joe!)
Daniel Johnston, i hear, was a favorite of certain
musicians of the recent past, notably
Kurt Cobain. Apparently he lives at home (that is, his parents' home) and his
recording contract stipulates that he must remain on his
medication.