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Jandek being a strange figure to induct into the
hallowed hall of, uh, tribute-record-worthy status, here a collection
of dreamers, travelers and theorists offer 21 takes on what makes the
man the man. Opinions on the subject are as wildly varied as the
reactional spectrum offered up by Jandek's bizarred-blues
outsider-art outings. Here, some see him as an angelic light (the
impeccably-piped Danubian frontwoman Amy Denio, whose
ghostly-voice/noise/organ/location-sound take on "Your Condition" is
the pick of the compilation). Others prefer the harrowingly tormented
figure (Low, on "Carnival Queen"), incurably romantic, creepy sexual
asshole (Olivia Tremor Control offshoot Pipes You See, Pipes You
Don't on "Jessica"), old-style folkie truth-teller (the Couple Scene,
on "Babe I Love You"), or performance-art comedy figure (Bright Eyes,
who get field-recordingly conceptual by vox-popping the question
"Have You Ever Heard of Jandek?").
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