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Oh, Daniel Johnston - one of the few and proud who has eeked out a successful career by being not all there. See, there’s hope for you yet! Of course, Johnston has the ability to actually write some memorable songs, and sometimes even perform them. Such will be the case when he plays the Mohawk this Saturday, which is being billed as his only Austin performance for the rest of 2010. The show conveniently coincides with the release of Spanish label Munster Records’ 6 LP/disc box set of some of his earliest recordings. Unsurprisingly titled The Story of An Artist, the set culls together Songs of Pain (1981), Don’t Be Scared (1982), The What of Whom (1982), and More Songs of Pain (1983), along with The Lost Recordings I and Lost Recordings II. All of these were of course originally available only on cassette, and distributed exclusively through McDonald’s drive-thru, or something. Perhaps even cooler is the 64-page booklet that comes with the set, featuring liner notes by Everett True and Austin’s own Kathy McCarty, as well as a shit ton of Johnston’s artwork, photos, and the usual good box-set stuff. The set will be released on Tuesday.
In other DJ news, the Chronicle has been following the development of a Johnston biopic, which is throwing around some big names like Philip Seymour Hoffman and Johnny Depp. Guess we’ll see about that.
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