Comments on: How I Spent My Summer Vacation in Minnesota with Daniel Johnston, Laura Ingalls Wilder, my great-great-grandparents and a bunch of short-fiction writers

By: Todd Gremmels

Todd Gremmels — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:33:05 +0000

Thanks for the history lesson. I called my dad who is an English prof at Morris to see if he knew about Sinclair Lewis living in Duluth and of course he was aware of the fact. He said he was working on the book Babst and the book was about living in Duluth.

Wow you learn something everyday (if you’re open to it).

By: Paul Lundgren

Paul Lundgren — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:32:53 +0000

No need to travel for Sinclair Lewis. He lived at 2601 E. Second St. in Duluth from 1944 to 1946.

By: Todd Gremmels

Todd Gremmels — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:01:16 +0000

I have a simular background; just a few miles west in the town of Glenwood. Dugout home, farming background, ancient family-the works. I figured there was a reason why you seemed OK to me, Paul!

How about Sinclair Lewis? Did you go to Sauk Centre?

By: hbh1

hbh1 — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:25:51 +0000

your ancestral relatives look a lot less grim than mine. (sounds like a terrific trip. i love geneaology/history journeys.)

By: Paul Lundgren

Paul Lundgren — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:41:23 +0000

I had “Impossible Love” stuck in my head before the show. He didn’t play it, but it kept running through my head after the show anyway and is still there. I can’t get rid of it.

By: frankenbeans

frankenbeans — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:28:30 +0000

Yeah, the next morning I had a music hangover after that Daniel Johnston show. You know when last nights music just sticks with you for a while?

By: Paul Lundgren

Paul Lundgren — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:44:28 +0000

Everyone at the Halloween party would say to me, "Why are you dressed as James Adams before he escaped into the mountains?"

By: Barrett Chase

Barrett Chase — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:03:00 +0000

Hogan Anderson looks a lot like you. Or you look a lot like him. Whatever. You should dress as Hogan Anderson for Halloween.

By: Paul Lundgren

Paul Lundgren — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:56:09 +0000

The rumors of Mr. Johnston’s death are only slightly exaggerated.

By: brian

brian — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:33:20 +0000

I thought I heard Daniel Johnston died a few years ago.
I’m glad I was wrong and he didn’t.
And we’re glad you’re back.