About this episode
On our penultimate episode—and the final album on Kurt Cobain’s list—Martin Douglas dives into Yip/Jump Music by Daniel Johnston. Johnston rose from obscurity by self-recording (and self-dubbing) his own tapes and handing them out at McDonald’s, eventually finding a massive audience after Cobain was repeatedly spotted wearing a t-shirt featuring the cover of Hi, How Are You.
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Hosts: Dusty Henry and Martin Douglas
Written & Produced by: Martin Douglas
Mixed & Mastered by: Matt Martin and Roddy Nikpour
Special thanks to: Isabel Khalili and Larry Mizell Jr.
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