The Jon Brion Show

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For those of you not in the know (an infinitesimal percentage of our readership), Jon Brion is awesome. Expanded, he is a multi-instrumentalist, session musician, artist, songwriter, producer, and arranger. He has enough slashes in his repertoire to save the NHL. He is perhaps best known for his work with Fiona Apple, Aimee Mann, and Rhett Miller, and his soundtracks for Magnolia and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Apparently, in 1999, VH1 and Jon Brion shot a pilot for a variety show starring Jon, Elliot Smith, Robyn Hitchcock, Grant Lee Phillips, The Eels, Rickie Lee Jones, and Cheap Trick. It was, essentially, a Largo show in a larger venue with snippets of footage shot around LA. It was never released, partially because Jon Brion reportedly wasn’t happy with it, but mostly because it was too awesome for the masses. The video is large and worth it. Download it while you sleep, and watch it while you are awake.

Fairfax Avenue has the video available for download, as well as a bunch of other Jon Brion goodness. [ms]