The Daniel Johnston comparison is spot-on, even down to the sound of the record, except Johnston would be a return to childhood as a way of expelling the devil from his body. Also, just an aside, but what I failed to mention here is that despite my painting of this record as distinct in the Beach Boys discography, there’s clear antecedents in stuff like “Vegetables.” This is just a further extreme down the line.

1) maybe it’s the result of editing but when I was watching this I kept thinking “No way could I speak extemporaneously in this way and come out sounding this coherent and pretty much like I was speaking something I’d normally write.” I’d probably jump from topic to topic constantly and forget what I’d started with and have to edit in resolutions to the points I originally tried to make and then forgot about. Also, I’d be way less sedate. I’d probably come off like Denis Leary in those old commercials he did for MTV.

2) As for that Beach Boys record, a great deal of what you had to say about the lyrical content, the sound, and what it all added up to express reminded me strongly of Daniel Johnston’s work. It makes me wonder what the results would have been if Daniel Johnston had had stage parents the way Brian Wilson did. I dunno, do you see the comparison between the two?