Category Archives: Soundtrack — Best Places to Work!

Working is no problemJust as long as I keep my mindWorking in a factoryScience is so funThere must be more than thisI need to make some home improvementsI’ll call some guys that know about itI got to work tomorrow morningI’ll be clean but not neatI’m not a race car driverEverything looks the sameI’m an advancedContinue reading “Chapter 1: Working Is No Problem”

Pure formReal doneLike wildGood vibesEverything is coolThere are these forms I like to watchThere are these shapes which talk to me I like forms, and forms like meThe more you look, the more you see Working is No Problem and Cool are two of only three chapters that have only one scene. The first twoContinue reading “Chapter 2: Cool”

Fell in the lake but I didn’t drownI had on my life preserverOut in the sun but I can seeI had on my sunglassesWalked down the stairs but I didn’t fallI held on to the banisterThere were mosquitos I got no bitesI had on my insect repellant “I worked hard not to be noticed. WhatContinue reading “Chapter 3: Precaution”

You got me on the end of a stringYou throw me down but you won’t let me goYou got me wrapped around your little fingerYou know I gotta come backLike a boomerang, Like a bad deedLike a bounced check, Like a rubber ballLike a Yo-Yo Yo-Yo finishes the table setting for the remainder of DestinationContinue reading “Chapter 4: Yo-Yo”

Beep BeepWell WellEverybody’s in a violent fogI’ve been here, you’ve been hereGive me a pen or a cameraNo air on the moonNo water on MarsCould’ve been you, could’ve been meI don’t remember, but I’m a chimeraAll we have is four minutesDust dust dust the window of a planeAll we are is four minutesPray pray throwContinue reading “Chapter 5: Beep”

Gravity has you in its holdYou cannot resist the urgeYou cannot motivate your feet you cannotIt pulls and pullsYou cannot resist the urgeYou cannot move you cannot danceYou cannot motivate you cannotYour feet they feel like steelYou cannot feel your heelYou cannot resist the urge The Hierarchy of Needs conversation with Jane was drawn fromContinue reading “Chapter 6: Gravity”

DangerBe carefulBe cautiousI’ll catch you unawareLook outI’ll get youYou know thisBe preparedI’ll catch you unawareLook out sonWatch outGo for it In the first paragraph of Grim Anniversaries, I could have been more clear that what I saw with Harriet was my impression of her situation and nothing more. She and I didn’t discuss her wellnessContinue reading “Chapter 7: Danger”

The story of Pylon is fascinating. To say that R.E.M. copied Pylon’s style would be unfair, but the unique sound of both bands was strikingly similar. Compare Pylon’s Gyrate (1980) with Chronic Town (1981) and Murmur (1983). Compare R.E.M.’s Reckoning (1984) with Chomp (1983). These cats were nourished by the same soil. Athens is aContinue reading “Chapter 8: Stop It”

You’re funny and you don’t know whyYou’re funny and you can’t even cryYou’re funny and you don’t know whyYou’re funny and you don’t even try‘Cause your head’s shaking and your arms are shakingAnd your feet are shaking ’cause the earth is shakingYou’re hungry and you don’t know whyYou’re hungry and you can’t even cryYou takeContinue reading “Chapter 9: Crazy”

Several points are worth mentioning about No Clocks. The conversation with the Sorceress in No Clocks was actually a series of e-mail exchange a couple of months after the Weather Report scene, but I moved it to the end of Destination Unknown. Chronologically, it occurred around Chapter 11. With Jane having distanced herself, I hadContinue reading “Epilogue: No Clocks”