:: Hollow Earth Radio ::

Last night, I was fortunate enough to experience Daniel Johnston’s performance at Neumo’s in Seattle. Along with eight bottles of water lined up in a row, he brought two song journals on stage with him that he referenced the whole evening. He began one song with a warning that part of the lyrics were torn out of the journal so he didn’t know how far he’d make it through the song. He seemed to do just fine. The Dead Science, who was one of the opening bands, also performed as Johnston’s backup band for part of his set. In the middle of the set in order to introduce them, he had to ask them what their band name was again, and the guitar player graciously whispered in his ear to remind him. If you haven’t seen the documentary about this guy, The Devil and Daniel Johnston, you should. Here’s a bit of the show from last night: