''Jandek on Corwood'' is a documentary about veteran reclusive folk/blues artist

Jandek Jandek is the musical alias of Houston, Texas based lo-fi folk singer Sterling Smith. Since 1978, Jandek has independently released over 45 albums without granting interviews or providing any biographical information, releasing on a self-made lab ...

. Unlike most popular music documentaries, the subject himself is not seen in the film in any way; instead, various critics, disc jockeys and journalists, many of whom have had some contact with the notoriously reclusive artist, discuss Jandek, his equally mysterious independent

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Corwood Industries, and his music (which reached 39 albums at the end of 2004). While Jandek himself does not appear in the movie (except in the form of the pictures on many of his album covers and in excerpts from the only phone interview he has ever done in his career, with musician and writer John Trubee for ''

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'' in 1985), he did authorize and endorse the project through Corwood Industries (any correspondence to the artist is usually signed "Corwood" rather than "Jandek"), allow the filmmakers to use whatever recordings from his discography they saw fit, and suggest people that could be interviewed for the documentary. The film ends with the mention of the release of his 2002 album ''I Threw You Away''; after the film's release in theaters, this album and its succeeding four releases are excerpted in a bonus feature on the DVD. The film only saw limited theatrical release, as the producers planned to distribute the film primarily as a DVD. The DVD release contains several bonus features, including an album cover commentary on Jandek's albums from 1978 to 2001, the full tape of the John Trubee interview, all of the printed reviews of Jandek's albums from ''OP'' and '' Option'' magazines, and other materials.

Jandek songs in the film

#"Ghost Town by the Sea" from '' Graven Image'' #"Naked In The Afternoon" from ''

Ready for the House ''Ready for the House'' is the debut studio album by Jandek, and was released in 1978 by his own Corwood Industries label, with the catalog number #0739. The artist has said in letters that the number was meaningless. Corwood Industries reissued ...

'' (Sample lyric: "I got a vision of a teenage daughter who's growing up naked in the afternoon") #"What Did I Hear?" from ''

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'' (played during spinning record visual, spiraling into center hole; snippet from printed review describing music as "suicidal void". Sample lyric: "you deceived me mister, it sure seems that way...I guess you knew that wasn't possible..I guess there's no such thing as today") #"You're The Best One" from ''

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'' (Sample lyric: "you're the last one I want to see...you're one in a million") #"Niagara Blues" from ''

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'' (Sample lyric: "Sometimes I go to Niagara, sometimes I go to the grave") #"The Beginning" from '' The Beginning'' (solo piano, played over album cover discussion) #"They Told Me About You" from ''

'' (discussing the Jandek on Corwood print ad) #"Om" from ''Somebody in the Snow'' (Wordless chant/cry with multiple overdubbed vocalizations, discussing theories of his mental health and reclusiveness) #"Nancy Sings" from ''

Chair Beside a Window ''Chair Beside a Window'' is the fourth album by avant- folk/ blues singer-songwriter Jandek, and Corwood Industries' first release of 1982 ( 742). It is the first Jandek album to feature a female vocalist, most likely named Nancy (the ...

'' (discussing first use of outside musicians) #"John Plays Drums" from ''

Your Turn to Fall ''Your Turn to Fall'' is the seventh Jandek album, and was released as Corwood 0745. It was reissued on CD in 2001. Overview ''Your Turn to Fall'' marks something of a transition in Corwood history, for several reasons. For one, drums again ap ...

'' #Down in a Mirror" from ''

'' (discussing the way to listen to Jandek—“having a few glasses of wine and sitting down with Jandek and just listening”. Sample lyric: “we can’t deny there’s spirits in this house you shut the door the wind closes two more”) #"Upon The Grandeur" from ''One Foot in the North'' (electric guitar) #"Point Judith" from ''

'' (Representative of “1st period”. Sample lyric: “settle back easy and make up your mind to stay”) #"Governor Rhodes" from "

Telegraph Melts ''Telegraph Melts'' is the twelfth album and first release of 1986 by musician Jandek Jandek is the musical alias of Houston, Texas based lo-fi folk singer Sterling Smith. Since 1978, Jandek has independently released over 45 albums without gr ...

" (Representative of “2nd period”. Sample lyric: We are here in earth in life in sky in magic in rain in love in fire in celebration) #"I Passed by the Building" from ''

Blue Corpse ''Blue Corpse'' is the fifteenth album by Jandek, and his second for 1987. Primarily an all acoustic album with an unknown accompanist (identified only as "Eddie" during the instrumental break in "Down at the Ball Park"), it is considered by many ...

'' (Representative of “3rd Period”) #"Rain in Madison" from '' Glad to Get Away'' (Representative of “3rd Period”.) #"I Need Your Life" from ''

Put My Dream on This Planet ''Put My Dream on This Planet'' is the 29th album by Jandek. It was his only new release of 2000 (note that there were numerous reissues of the oldest material). The first of three consecutive a capella albums, it is Corwood Industries #0767. Ini ...

'' (Representative of Spoken Word/A Cappella album trilogy) #"You Didn't Lie" from ''

Nine-Thirty ''Nine-Thirty'' is the tenth album by Jandek Jandek is the musical alias of Houston, Texas based lo-fi folk singer Sterling Smith. Since 1978, Jandek has independently released over 45 albums without granting interviews or providing any biograp ...

'' (Discussing mystery of Jandek as being part of the appreciation of the music. Sample lyric: “I got someplace that was very hard to get out of Didn’t get too close Wouldn’t get too close”) #"I'm Ready" from '' On The Way'' (More standard acoustic strumming and chords than typical of Jandek style.) #"Pending Doom" from ''

I Woke Up ''I Woke Up'' is the 26th album by Jandek Jandek is the musical alias of Houston, Texas based lo-fi folk singer Sterling Smith. Since 1978, Jandek has independently released over 45 albums without granting interviews or providing any biographic ...

'' (''Texas Monthly'' interview. Percussion and voice only.) #"Walking in the Meadow" from ''

White Box Requiem ''White Box Requiem'' is the 25th album by Jandek, and his only for the year 1996. Released as Corwood Industries #0763, it is essentially a "concept album" about death, loss, and a man who opens a mysterious white "Pandora's box", which some ha ...

'' (''Texas Monthly'' interview continued. Staccato plucking on acoustic guitar, no vocals. #"The Electric End" from ''

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'' #Another excerpt of "The Beginning" from '' The Beginning'' appears again. #"I Went Outside" from ''

'' #"New Town" from ''

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discussing how the Jandek story will end. Sample lyric: “I thought I would send you the last song I wrote”) #"Only Lover" from ''

'' (Discussing fame and the dashing of your expectations about an enigmatic person. Sample lyric: “worst I had to tell you was I followed you here”) #"I Knew You Would Leave" from ''

'' (Jandek says this is “the one that I think had the most impact out of everything so far, the one that I thought had the best poetry” in 1985 telephone interview.)

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