@hellobeatrix Hiroshima has a faded cafe called Yesterday. It's been around for at least 40 years, mainly serves hot dogs and cheap coffee, and plays the Beatles on an infinite loop. It's a real mood.
@EpsilonTheory Uncanny parallels here to a deal that I was involved in that ended similarly. Even as someone who has lived and worked extensively in Japan, and speaks Japanese, there is often an unshakable sense of trying to hammer in one or two anchors into a vast free solo cliff face
@EsotericCD I'd give "State of Grace" a slight edge. "Leningrad" is also a good example of Billy's ability to weave his generational zeitgeist into song.
My son's friend's dad picked him up from practice in a mint condition DeLorean. For a moment, I was 13 again, certain the Future would be made of brushed steel and angular Cool. Moments later, we stopped at a red light behind a Cybertruck. "Eh," I thought. "Not quite like that."