For Episode Three, the theme was imaginary soundtracks; music that sounded cinematic or told compelling narratives. The food was also theater themed, with hot dogs, nachos, popcorn, and a variety of movie candies to snack on.
Hassey drew first and continued his sure footed selecting. He pointing out that some of the best use of music in movies is during montages. He played three soundtrack montage numbers over the course of the evening, the first was for the classic self-improvement montage, Edwin K Starr's 25 miles playing over scenes of studying, taking classes and jogging.
Next up was Erik, who introduced Arcade Fire's My Body is a Cage as an overlay to the character who thinks he has been betrayed and turns on the main characters, undoing every good that they've been working towards. The song drips with pathology and obsession, building and repeating as the character's ugly plan plays out.
Reents was up next and told the story of being in love in a 'non-reciprocal arrangement.' He was at the record store, realizing he needed to get out of the relationship when this song started playing...
Francisco introduced The Decemberists' Hazards of Love, hoping for a film version to flesh out the evocative images it created.
Connors closed the first round with Frank Sinatra's It's a Lonesome Old Town. The music creates an atmosphere appropriate for a noir film. Most of us found the dissonance in the instrumentation particularly evocative.
Reents opened round two with a weekend in LA where The Dropkick Murphys' Dirty Glass seemed to play all weekend long.
Francisco followed with R.E.M's Belong, which he listened to over and over while reading The Watchman. In the way a mind puts things together and finds useful connections and analogs,the cryptic, rambling lyrics informed and illustrated his reading.
Connors played a rarity next, one of the few songs written by Tennessee Williams. Jeri Southern singing Cabin.
Erik played Blood Bank by Bon Iver without introduction.
Hassey was next with a funeral montage song, Los Flores Negras. He was unsure who played it, so this might be a different version than the one played last night. This one is by Banda Elastica.
Hassey started round three with The La's There She Goes to accompany his montage of funny, terrible dates.
Erik thought that Field Music's A House is not a Home would make a good opening credit song for a film that pretended to be a romantic comedy, only to take some dark turns halfway through, using Neil LaBute's The Shape of Things as a model.
Francisco introduced Belle & Sebastian's Lazy Line Painter Jane, enjoying the crowded look of 15 Scotts on a tiny stage when seeing them play live...
Connors closed the night with 101 Strings Twilight on the Mall. The song was on a loop when he worked at the mall and he'd listen to it over and over as he was sweeping up his section during the close. The song served as a soundtrack for that time in his life, in the way that such songs do...
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