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Bill Drummond’s The Man
A few words on Bill Drummond’s The Man, taking in Big in Japan, Zoo Records, The Timelords, The KLF, The Triffids, Bar/None Records, The Wild Swans and Herbert James Draper’s 1898 painting ‘The Lament for Icarus’. In a recent post about Kathy McCarty’s Dead Dogs Eyeball (Songs of Daniel Johnston) I mentioned that in 1994 at the time of its release the only Bar/None records in my collection were They Might Be Giant’s self-titled debut and Bill Drummond’s The Man.
Dead Dog’s Eyeball
I’m on a bit of a Daniel Johnston kick. Last week Joyful Noise/Shimmy Disc announced Daniel Johnston in the 20th Century: “the first comprehensive collection of Daniel Johnston’s influential and revered 20th century discography, available for the very first time in 24bit lossless audio.”
I picked up all 14 albums on Shimmy Disc’s initial 48-hour “pay as you want” deal. I know some of these albums but it’s been a revelation wading into the complete collection.
I’m not sure when I first heard the name Daniel Johnston. Like many it might have been seeing the late Kurt Cobain sporting his Hi How Are You t-shirt in photographs. I do remember when I first heard Johnston’s music.