As a New Year's present to all of you who have inquired, I am making it easier to find this text (I know it's hidden in the mire I call my site):

This is under Pop TV about VH1's Behind the Music:

Added 3/04: A few people have inquired about a documentary Johnny Depp made about John Frusciante. This is what I know about it (I found the info at the RCHP website): "The short movie, 'Stuff', came out shortly before Niandra [Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt orig. released in 1994 and re-released in 1999] was released to promote John's debut solo album. It was produced by Johnny Depp and Gibby Haynes (from the Butthole Surfers), and contains a cameo by Timothy Leary. It's basically an abstract tour of John's house that later on burned down. It was distributed as a promo by American Visuals (American Records)." You can dl it at The John Frusciante Tablature Archive. The description of the film adds this comment about "Stuff" - "the film's main purpose seems to be depicting the chaos of John's life." I have to say I am getting a little drained just thinking about it. There is lots of info about the man at John Frusciante's official site.

Unbelievably, I only recently got around to watching Stuff. I think the last time I tried to dl it from the aforementioned site 2 years ago or so, it was really slow so I gave up. And I sort of forgot about the fact that I hadn't seen it yet.

Anyway, it runs for 11'38" and had a Harmony Korine sensibility to it. I liked John Cale's version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" as it ran over the end credits. John Frusciante is only in it for a a few seconds it seemed. Tim Leary is in it for the same length of time. It is mostly somewhat looped footage of a very messy abode with music playing over it. JF speaks for a bit - lyrics? a poem? not sure. The coolest thing is that it is available for the curious at The John Frusciante Tablature Archive so you can review it firsthand.

I forgot to mention that I wrote some more about John Frusciante here:
Making it work with just a few chords.

Lightbulb. With the advent of youtube.com in 2/05, it has become incredibly easy (and satisfying) to watch whatever you missed. This includes Stuff:

Click here and scroll down to watch Stuff.