“”Prescription” was the first thing McConnell painted after Elliott Smith died. “He used that term in some of his poetry, and I’ve used it in some of my poetry. It has a lot of symbolism, both negative and positive,” says McConnell. McConnell has written a song by the same name. His paintings often come marked with esoteric musical phrases and notations, and his film–scored by that music–is full of his paintings.”
“McConnell says Smith’s death and the controversy around it, which ran counter to their relationship, almost killed him: it was a battle of who had the right versions of the right songs, more driven by manufacturing some cumulative closing statement from Smith than properly releasing his vision. McConnell says entire chunks are missing from the album. When he listens to the record even now, he listens to the mixes he finished with Smith.”
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