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America •
do-it-yourself •
living dead •
Advertisement •
Beatles, The •
California •
Internet •
Myth •
Utopia •
Agamben, Giorgio •
Baudrillard, Jean •
Captain America •
Cobain, Kurt •
Commune •
Cosmic •
Philip K. Dick •
Drug •
Folk •
Johnston, Daniel •
Mac Donald’s •
Manson, Charles •
Monster •
Obese •
Presley, Elvis •
Dream •
Schizophrenia •
Star •
Wilson, Dennis •
Depression •
Obscene •
Pop music •
Popular culture •
Paris, Wilfried •
Lost •
Through the Looking Glass •
Hero •
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In this article, Wilfried Paris adopts a unique approach to one of the key figures of pop culture: Daniel Johnston. An American songwriter born in 1961, Johnston is a mythical figure in more ways than one, since his life and various activities (including drawing) make him an archetypal (post)modern (anti)hero. An epic text—halfway between rock criticism, pop philosophy, and metaphysical fiction—reflects the ambivalence of its subject.
Wilfried Paris, a musician and journalist, here offers a unique, dense, almost imaginary analysis—the first of its kind—in the form of a portrait of one artist dreamed up by another.
