[INTRO — dusty radio / vinyl crackle] [SFX: radio tuning] “The meaning of life is just to be alive.” [SFX: CLICK — station change] “It is so plain and so obvious.” [808 enters] [SFX: tape flutter] “You are the universe experiencing itself.” [DROP] “YOU ARE—” [SFX: CUT] “—the universe.” [808 COWBELL RIFF] [SFX: CHANNEL FLIP] “The only way to make sense out of change…” [SFX: STATIC] “…is to plunge into it.” [BEAT CUT] “Move with it.” [808 HIT] “Join the dance.” [DROP — PHONK COWBELLS / DISTORTED BASS] “Join the dance.” [SFX: CLICK] “Join the dance.” [SFX: REWIND] “Join—join—join—” [HARD CUT] [SFX: OLD TELEVISION STATIC] “You are under no obligation…” [SFX: CHANNEL FLIP] “…to be the same person…” [SFX: CHANNEL FLIP] “…you were five minutes ago.” [808 SLIDE] [SFX: TAPE STOP] “Five minutes ago…” [BEAT RETURNS] “Five minutes ago…” [SFX: CLICK] “Five…” [SFX: CLICK] “Minutes…” [SFX: CLICK] “AGO.” [PHONK DROP] [SFX: RADIO SCAN] “Trying to define yourself…” [SFX: STATIC] “…is like trying to bite your own teeth.” [BEAT CUT] “Bite your own teeth.” [SFX: REWIND] “Your own teeth…” [808 DROP] [SFX: RAPID CHANNEL SURFING] “Life is not a problem to be solved.” [CLICK] “Reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot.” [CLICK] “Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.” [CLICK] “You are that vast thing that you see far, far off…” [STATIC] “…with great telescopes.” [SILENCE] [SFX: LOW TAPE HUM] “The meaning of life…” [heartbeat-like 808] “…is just to be alive.” [SFX: CLICK] “Just…” [CLICK] “…to be…” [CLICK] “…alive.” [FINAL DROP — DISTORTED MEMPHIS PHONK / COWBELL / 808] “JOIN THE DANCE.” [SFX: television power-off]
