Yes, it is true that Jon Brion is a God. For those that care - and the many more who will care after seeing him tonight, he's doing a full show tomorrow - don't miss it.
I wasn't super interested in Jon Brion until I read up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Brion
Brion is an accomplished film composer, having started scoring by frequently working with director Paul Thomas Anderson, with whom he has a preferential working relationship.
He has garnered Best Score Soundtrack Album Grammy nominations for his work on 1999's Magnolia and 2004's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
As producer
Fiona Apple, When the Pawn..., (1999)
Rufus Wainwright, Rufus Wainwright, (1998)
Elliott Smith, From a Basement on a Hill, (unreleased version, recorded 2001)
# Kanye West, Late Registration (as co-executive producer and co-producer on several tracks), (2005)
Kanye West, Graduation (as co-producer), (2007)
Hey, I'm on the oM forum and we are trying to get a bunch of us to bring balloons to blow up inside the venue, and have bouncing around during the show. So please join in and bring balloons! Here's the thread, http://www.e6townhall.com/showthread.php?t=14357
Stacked lineup with SF Krautrock mainstays Bronze, the always epic Tussle and Seattle's Flexions (Past Lives side project). Check out our full write up.