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What’s better than Elliott Smith footage you probably haven’t seen? How about footage you probably haven’t seen of Elliott Smith covering John Lennon’s “Jealous Guy,” the Kinks’ “Waterloo Sunset,” and Big Star’s “NIghttime” — and playing many of his best songs — in the Paul Thomas Anderson-directed pilot for a VH1 variety show hosted by Jon Brion. We would love to live in the alternate universe where the network that coined the term “celebreality” actually aired this series, which was in development around the turn of the millennium? [via Spin]