The Incantations of Daniel Johnston

<h4>Lauren O’Neal is a freelance writer and editor in San Francisco who has written for publications like Slate, The New Inquiry, and The Rumpus, where she was formerly the assistant editor. She is a senior editor at <a href="http://midnightbreakfast.com/">Midnight Breakfast</a> and co-hosts the podcast <a href="http://sundayschooldropouts.lol/">Sunday School Dropouts</a>. You can follow her on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/laureneoneal">@laureneoneal</a>.</h4>

Lauren O’Neal

Nothing Romantic About It

"All lurid, unsavory, gruesome illustrations shall be eliminated." — Comics Code, 1954

Comics

Language Lessons

Analog, Again: Jack White’s “Language Lessons”

"I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds." — Dizzy Gillespie

Music

Lauren O’Neal is a freelance writer and editor in San Francisco who has written for publications like Slate, The New Inquiry, and The Rumpus, where she was formerly the assistant editor. She is a senior editor at <a href="http://midnightbreakfast.com/">Midnight Breakfast</a> and co-hosts the podcast <a href="http://sundayschooldropouts.lol/">Sunday School Dropouts</a>. You can follow her on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/laureneoneal">@laureneoneal</a>.