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Favoriting October 13, 2019: THE STORY OF AN ARTIST: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF DANIEL JOHNSTON

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Approx. start time
Daniel Johnston  W.W.F.F.M.M.U.U.   Favoriting The Daniel Johnston Hour      live in WFMU  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  The Story of an Artist   Favoriting Don't Be Scared  Stress Records cassette  1982    0:00:10 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  Lullabye   Favoriting Don't Be Scared  Strut Records  1982    0:05:39 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  I've Got a Story   Favoriting Unreleased Tape      demos from 1979-1980  0:08:28 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  What a Wonderful Feeling   Favoriting The Lost Recordings  Eternal Yip Eye Music  1983/2004    0:11:32 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston and Jad Fair  I Did Acid With Caroline   Favoriting Its Spooky  Jagjaguwar  1989    0:13:59 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  Fly Eye   Favoriting Continued Story  Homestead  1985/1991    0:15:38 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  DANIEL JOHNSTON MUST BE DESTROYED   Favoriting         0:17:25 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston and The Rhythm Rats  Hard Time   Favoriting Big Big World  Seminal Twang  1991  Recorded in 1986  0:17:48 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  My Life Is Starting Over Again   Favoriting Artistic Vice  Shimmy Disc  1991    0:21:51 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  Impossible Love   Favoriting Rejected Unknown  Newimprovedmusic  1999    0:24:11 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  Chord Organ Blues   Favoriting Yip/Jump Music  Strut  1983    0:27:32 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  Like a Monkey in a Zoo   Favoriting Songs of Pain  Strut  1980    0:31:59 (Pop-up)
 
Daniel Johnston  Desperate Man Blues   Favoriting Hi How Are You: The Unfinished Album  Strut  1983    0:49:10 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  I Had A Dream   Favoriting Don't Be Scared  Strut   1982    0:52:42 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  Dream Scream   Favoriting Rejected Unknown        0:55:50 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  Tonight In Your Dreams   Favoriting The Daniel Johnston Hour    1986  live on WFMU 1990  1:00:18 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  I Live My Broken Dreams   Favoriting     1985  Live On MTV's The Cutting Edge  1:01:51 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  American Dream   Favoriting Space Ducks: Soundtrack  Eternal Yip Eye Music  2012    1:04:05 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  Like A Dream   Favoriting Why Me? Live Volksbuhne Am Rosa - Luxemburg - Platz Berlin 6/6/99  Trikont  2000    1:06:23 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  Dream   Favoriting Respect        1:10:40 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  Casper The Friendly Ghost   Favoriting Yip/Jump Music  Strut   1983    1:11:44 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  Mind Movies   Favoriting Is And Always Was  High Wire Records / Eternal Yip Eye  2009    1:14:17 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  Haunt   Favoriting Lost and Found  Sketchbook Records  2006    1:17:18 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  Funeral Girl   Favoriting Rejected Unknown  Newimprovedmusic  1999    1:21:22 (Pop-up)
 
Daniel Johnston  It's Impossible   Favoriting Lost and Found  Sketchbook Records  2006    1:48:12 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  Queenie The Doggie   Favoriting Is and Always Was  High Wire Records / Eternal Yip Eye  2009    1:52:50 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  Kool-Aid   Favoriting At Home Live  Digital Release  2009    1:56:20 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  Favorite Darling Girl   Favoriting Rejected Unknown  Newimprovedmusic  1999    1:59:03 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  Mean Girls Give Pleasure   Favoriting Space Ducks: Soundtrack    2012    2:01:28 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston & BEAM Orchestra  Syrup of Love   Favoriting Beam Me Up  Hazlewood Vinyl Plastics  2011    2:04:46 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  Try To Love   Favoriting Lost and Found    2006    2:07:31 (Pop-up)
 
Daniel Johnston & Yo La Tengo  Speeding Motorcycle   Favoriting The Daniel Johnston Hour    1990    2:23:50 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  Honey I Sure Miss You   Favoriting Artistic Vice  Shimmy Disc  1991    2:27:00 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  Whiz Kid   Favoriting Laurie EP  Seminal Twang  1992    2:30:15 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  Silly Love   Favoriting Why Me? Live Volksbuhne Am Rosa - Luxemburg - Platz Berlin 6/6/99  TRIKONT   1999    2:32:40 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  Life in Vain   Favoriting       Live on Youtube from 2010  2:44:15 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  Living Life   Favoriting Songs of Pain  Strut  1981    2:39:34 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  Some Things Last A Long TIme   Favoriting 1990  Shimmy Disc  1990    2:43:06 (Pop-up)
 
Daniel Johnston  Good Morning You   Favoriting Respect    1985    2:51:59 (Pop-up)
Daniel Johnston  Go   Favoriting Respect  Strut  1985    2:52:56 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 3:05am
VincentNifigance:

My Yoke is still Heavy
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:07am
coelacanth∅:

greetings Darren and others
Avatar 3:14am
Zooropa:

I never listened to Johnston much. I always got the impression that people were taking advantage of him. So it made me uncomfortable listening to him.
Avatar ♥ 3:15am
Hubig Pie:

God bless WFMU
Avatar 3:16am
VincentNifigance:

There used to be a hidden link where it said ‘BOTTOM’ of the front page of RejectedUnknown.com that took you to a treasury of all these unreleased mp3s.
Avatar 3:17am
Zooropa:

His entire catalogue was up on emusic when emusic was all you could eat for 9.99 a month, so I had everything he did.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:24am
Darren:

I know how you feel Zooropa, he was a fragile guy. And with all the unscrupulous characters in the music biz, I understand how your sleeze radar went off. But I think there's a ton of talent and alot of self awareness beneath the myth of Daniel Johnston
Avatar 3:25am
Zooropa:

I agree. He had a talent. But it was clear to me that people were taking advantage of a guy who had problems. Even the way he died kind of proved that to me.
Avatar 3:26am
Zooropa:

Who signs away his rights to emusic where he’s never going to make a dime?
Avatar 3:27am
Zooropa:

It’s the attorney in me that sees this. The music fan wanted to enjoy his music but the attorney saw the guy was abused
Avatar 3:29am
Zooropa:

I was at a reception for him in Atlanta where he was given some recognition by an indie station over there, but no one wanted to socialize with the guy. People were honoring him to make saints of themselves.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:31am
Darren:

I'm not aware of the ownership of his digital content, but I do know he was protected by his family to a point. But yeah, lots of sadness in his story no doubt. But his music meant a lot to me, and from what I know he was loved and cared for. Although 58 is way too young to die, so you have to wonder if he could have been better looked after.
Avatar 3:31am
Zooropa:

He was in the hospital the day he died.
Avatar 3:32am
Zooropa:

He was alone at home a few hours later.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:32am
Darren:

I agree with that about people using him for social status or whatever. Gross
Avatar 3:33am
Zooropa:

I am sure WFMU did not do that.
Avatar 3:33am
VincentNifigance:

When you hear how incandescently earnest he was in comparison to 99% of his peers, hardly anything else will suffice. No one was buying into his undeniable talent for a long while so bad business decisions we’re made because he wasn’t compus mentus and his elderly family didn’t understand the business.
Avatar 3:34am
VincentNifigance:

I honk Daniel lives in a house specifically built for him behind his parents’ house. He may have been alone when he died but he wasn’t neglected, just independent.
Avatar 3:34am
VincentNifigance:

“Think” not “honk”, obviously... though maybe...
Avatar 3:35am
VincentNifigance:

You got it, Darren.
Avatar 3:40am
Zooropa:

I appreciate this tribute and now that he's gone I am revisiting his music. I just have a soft spot for people being taken advantage of. I speak out and it makes me no friends. He needed an attorney Guardian Ad Litem.
Avatar 3:46am
VincentNifigance:

“You can listen,
To these songs,
Have a good time and walk away.
But for me,
It’s not that easy,
I have to live these songs forever.”
Avatar 3:47am
Zooropa:

exactly Vincent, I am just the kind of guy who can't walk away. I wish bandcamp existed when he was around.
Avatar 3:51am
VincentNifigance:

@Zooropa Yes, he definitely needed a knowledgable advocate. The culture he grew up in was not conducive.
Avatar 3:52am
Zooropa:

I've been giving some thought to writing a law review article about his situation. What stops me is then I feel like I am profiting off his grief. Vincent how did you get the tomato?
Avatar 3:55am
VincentNifigance:

@Zooroopa it’s a jack o’lantern. I made a one-off pledge.
Avatar 3:56am
VincentNifigance:

I don’t think I’ve listened to this album for 15 years. This album should carry a health warning. Man, that chugging in the background.
  3:56am
Michael C:

Amazing show. I missed who the guest is from Perth. He's great!!
Avatar 3:57am
Zooropa:

Johnston has a lot of parallels with Brian Wilson. And I could picture a world where Johnston was lauded like Wilson and wrote a song like good vibrations and Wilson was a asocial outsider who wrote fringe music.
Avatar 3:58am
VincentNifigance:

This and 1990. Ain’t no joke. When I was a kid, we used to try and communicate with spirits using a deck of cards. My Dad would get insanely angry even though he didn’t believe in any of that crap. When I got older I understood, you can twist your head into terrible places. Don’t Play Cards With Satan.
Avatar 3:59am
Zooropa:

Vincent I wish you were in the chat room during the last show.
Avatar 4:01am
VincentNifigance:

@Zooropa show before this? Why was it dead and I won’t shut up?!
Avatar 4:02am
Zooropa:

The show today in the time slot before this show.
Avatar 4:03am
Zooropa:

I will email you. Accept my request for your email
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:06am
Darren:

Patrick Marlborough! He wrote an article for vice about Daniel Johnston thats here www.vice.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:07am
Darren:

follow him on instragram and twitter @cormac_mccafe
  4:09am
Michael C:

thanks Darren. Will do!
Avatar 4:10am
VincentNifigance:

And follow Darren @dadswatchingtv
Avatar 4:11am
VincentNifigance:

@zooropa Ok.
Avatar 4:12am
Zooropa:

You email request thing is off.
Avatar 4:12am
VincentNifigance:

vincentnifigance@gmail.com
Avatar 4:15am
Zooropa:

He has raw melodic skills. Shame that wasn’t developed. An Attorney GAD would have invested in his getting specialized music training
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:21am
Darren:

Young Daniel getting specialized music training might be worse than most things on earth. I say hang the lawyers and let him drink mountain dew and make songs about it on his piano!
Avatar 4:23am
Zooropa:

Not all lawyers should be hung. GAD lawyers don’t make a dime off their clients.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:24am
Darren:

If they give young daniel any music training outside of maybe helping him tune his guitar then I'm sorry they are going to the gallows
Avatar 4:24am
Zooropa:

*GAL
Avatar ♥ 4:25am
Pablexa™:

Good morning
Avatar 4:26am
Zooropa:

What a GAL does is make sure the person whose legal interests they represent knows what options are available to him or her and allow them to make an informed choice. In modern society, anything less is a form of abuse or taking advantage of someone with difficulties.
Avatar 4:28am
VincentNifigance:

Brian Beattie did a great job with Rejected Unknown. Took me a few years to appreciate it. Producing Daniel wasn’t easy. Mark Linkous failed, I think. The guy who did Space Ducks did a great job. His background was in Samba or something...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:31am
Darren:

The key to producing Daniel was letting him work at his own pace, and keeping things organic and simple. Linkous ruined all those songs with the canned midi post Soft Bulletin bullshit
Avatar 4:32am
Zooropa:

If your daughter purchased a winning lottery ticket and when to the state capital to collect, and she was a minor, the state would appoint a GAL to represent her interests and a trust to administer the winnings until she became an adult. Johnston had the equivalent of a lottery ticket with his talent.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:32am
Darren:

sorry for these mic problems, I'm bad!!
Avatar 4:33am
VincentNifigance:

Absolutely. Sounds like Paul Leary tried that with ‘Fun’ though, and it sounds like very little got done. Probably a delicate balancing act producing Daniel.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:39am
Darren:

Daniel definitely struggled under the pressures of a major label with Atlantic, who demanded an album with a deadline, and expected him to tour. Also, Paul just played everything, which sucked the life out of those songs.
Avatar 4:40am
Zooropa:

That’s why he needed a GAL.
Avatar 4:41am
Zooropa:

And yes attorneys should be burned and shot until you need one.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:42am
Darren:

check my story @dadswatchingtv on IG for that photo of daniel at the statue of liberty
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:45am
Darren:

True, but before he signed with atlantic he had an artist friendly deal with Elektra that afforded him a lot of leeway because of his mental illness. But at the last minute he backed out of the deal because he thought Metallica, who were on Elektra, were actors of satan trying to kill him. So yeah.
  4:46am
Ajay:

Can you ask your guest to speak into the mic / or turn his mic on. Can’t hear him for beans
  4:46am
seedfriend:

Glad to catch your show this morning!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:48am
Darren:

Sorry Ajay, technical difficulties...
Avatar 4:49am
VincentNifigance:

@Darren Yves Beauvais of Atlantic even got Metallica to contact him and assure they weren’t in the employ of Satan!
Avatar 4:50am
Zooropa:

Sorry Darren, I see his life and problems through the lens of my legal profession, you see his life through the lens of a fan. Neither approach is 100 percent correct. A good attorney sometimes can’t be a fan.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:55am
Darren:

No Sorrys! I'm also thinking of his mental health,but we are both thinking of what would have been best and I know there are a few good lawyers and I bet you're one of them!
Avatar 4:59am
VincentNifigance:

And Sassenfrass the cat.
Avatar 4:59am
Zooropa:

That’s why I am not a rich attorney. But I could be.
Avatar 5:02am
Zooropa:

The weird thing is now that he’s dead I feel like I can be a fan. He came to my attention when I was admitted to the bar, so I was fascinated by him in a legal sense, which is what made me feel like enjoying his music was painful. I heard a potential Brian Wilson.
Avatar 5:06am
VincentNifigance:

Yes, this is Daniel produced right. So good.
Avatar 5:08am
Zooropa:

He didn’t like girls.
Avatar 5:09am
Zooropa:

He was probably right
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VincentNifigance:

Yes @Darren, this is how Linkous should have done it.
Avatar 5:11am
Zooropa:

That was a great lyrical couplet
Avatar 5:12am
Zooropa:

Psycho goddess
Avatar 5:13am
Zooropa:

Despite his emotional childlike innocence, he knew that the women he was attracted to were cruel at heart
Avatar 5:18am
Zooropa:

Dude was lonesome. So he never learned that sometimes it’s better to be alone than to be with a witch.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:18am
fred:

Good morning Darren and all
Avatar 5:23am
VincentNifigance:

He worked a ride called ‘The River of No Return’, aptly enough.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:23am
Darren:

spoilers: i don't have the home recorded one, but i think its on spotify!!
Avatar 5:26am
Zooropa:

I don’t think I have heard a single female DJ on any station do a tribute to Johnston.
Avatar 5:26am
VincentNifigance:

Daniel would want to know what the in-flight movies were!
Avatar 5:28am
cobradan:

Thank You . Daniel was my personal savior
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:30am
fred:

@Zooropa: Therese did
Avatar 5:30am
Zooropa:

Good for her. She has a good heart.
Avatar 5:33am
VincentNifigance:

The court jester holds up a lightbulb and says “all that is made, is made to decay.”
Avatar 5:43am
VincentNifigance:

This is a great rendition.
Avatar 5:48am
VincentNifigance:

Devastating.
Avatar 5:52am
VincentNifigance:

We could do another 3 hours and still not be getting thin on material.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:54am
Darren:

I had 8 hours of music chosen
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 5:57am
fred:

Thanks Darren
Avatar 5:59am
VincentNifigance:

Great job, Darren. Thank you.
  6:00am
Zootopia:

Enjoyed the show.
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