The Oxford American 2007 Music Issue is on the stands

at Barnes and Noble here in the literary section, or available here for those without well-appointed stands. Purchase a copy and write your very first letter to the editor, saying that article on Daniel Johnston changed your life

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Daniel Johnston
He’s heartsick, and maybe he’s crazy. Even if his eccentricity was just part of the act, the big labels never could quite package him, this self-proclaimed “vampire in a Devil Town.” So what was Daniel Johnston to do? Alex V. Cook takes a closer look at genius behind the madness, at the strange bravery of his love songs.