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Paint your hair and room black and red and stick Pitbull Surfers patches on everything you own, because we're about to rewatch the Broken Record.

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Paint your hair and room black and red and stick Pitbull Surfers patches on everything you own, because we're about to rewatch the Broken Record.

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This week, a record made and released by close collaborators Eerie, Indiana and Heart on a Chain received a re-release with a deluxe edition to celebrate its 20th birthday

Though the front cover of Marshall’s Theory of Believably, the joint album by bands Eerie, Indiana and Heart on a Chain names only those two bands, the project was a collaboration between all the members of the Indiana seven. The Indiana Seven were a close group of collaborators who had a close working relationship in the 90s, creating iconic tracks and albums. The cover, which depicts a lone man in a ghost costume was shot by Sara Sue, an artist/photographer who shot most of the Eerie, Indiana’s album covers, and a track labeled ‘we gave this track to Tod’ features the enigmatic artist known as Tod, who also helped on the band’s delayed record Broken Record. The album art is different from the works of both bands, with Eerie, Indiana frequently having a sort of DIY feel to their photoshoots and Heart on a Chain tending to the more abstract kind. These particular photos (remastered for the deluxe edition) depict various band members in the dessert wearing a sheet over their heads with large black eye holes. The cover is Holmes, peering from behind a large unlit bonfire at the viewer. The title is written in the handwriting of Janet Donner, who also features as the figure on the CD itself. Teller features on the back of the album, and the back page of the liner notes, waving goodbye. Inside the liner, there are images of X, with Monroe being absent, apparently due to having a broken leg at the time of the shoot following an incident at a waterpark.

The album features twelve tracks, with many of them focusing on the idea of cryptids and other mysterious entities to make up the metaphors of the song. On the idea for the Album, Donner said: We wanted to talk about love as we knew it. This broad, mysterious concept that so many people in their twenties make love out to be.” On what she thinks of love now, Donner then remarked: Love is being glad the world hasn’t ended yet. I’ll leave you to make of that what you will. On the album, both X and Teller have cited the other as an inspiration behind the tracks, which will not come as a surprise to anyone who frequently listens to Eerie, Indiana as the pairs sometimes tumultuous relationship is often at the center of the most controversial and interesting projects done by the band. But this album is, more than anything else, a happy one.

The first single released from this album was the track ‘Sometimes I Almost Miss You’ in the one-two punch style of Eerie, Indiana the track is titled like a break-up but is a love song. Over an energetic guitar track and drum machine, Monroe sings about the heart transplant she’d had some years before and how she believes that she can still feel the donor even though he’s (according to the lyrics) long gone and sweetly resting. The track is careful to avoid any religious implications, instead suggesting that the donor (who has since been identified as Devon Wilde) instead rests inside her chest. With X on the guitar and Holmes on the drum machine and (of all things) the triangle, Teller is free to singe verses from the perspective of the heart donor, viewing the world from inside Monroe’s chest while Donner provides very beautiful backing harmonies. The overall mood of the track is one of quiet love and happiness, as well as gratefulness to the young boy who gave her the second chance. Those familiar with the work of Heart on a Chain know that the transplant features heavily in their songs and it’s no surprise to see it here.

The second track released in the work was ‘Me and My Jackalope’ and fueled rumors about a relationship between Teller and his bandmate, Dash X. At the time, both were closeted at the request of the label to avoid scandal. “Being in the closest literally almost killed me.” Teller would reflect later, interviewing for a project he did, releasing tracks for an LGBT themed album in the 2000s.”The funny thing is, I don’t think anyone who listened to us gave a damn. We’d go on stage, and we used to stand so close our knuckles were almost touching getting up in each other’s face and people would just go crazy.” Me and My Jackalope is, as you may have guessed, a song about impossible love. A love that the singer, in this case, mostly Teller, keeps hidden under his bed, only bringing it out to play when he’s alone. It’s a slow, sad track with Teller crooning to his animal “If they saw you, then they’d send you away.” Both Holmes and Monroe are credited as writers on the track, with the usual Eerie, Indiana flavor of complicated guitar playing set aside in favor of Donner and a violin and Holmes playing an assortment of other instruments.

The third and final promotional single was meant to be Skylines, which lyrics from are also featured on the inside booklet of the album however at the last minute it was swapped out to the Meatloaf cover in the center of the album, Midnight at the Lost and Found due to ‘label meddling’ after it was decided they needed another upbeat track after Me and my Jackalope. The track is nothing special, a seemingly typical Eerie, Indiana cover. Eerie, Indiana frequently covered Meatloaf and Jim Stienman tracks, hoping to work with one or the other someday. Sadly, this collaboration never came to be. But it’s a fun song, much like the original version from the 1983 album by Meatloaf. Somewhat of a deep cut by today’s standards, but it’s fun. Which I think was probably the mission statement of this album if Dash X is to be believed (Yes, that’s his stage name, no I do not know his real name). ‘We were a bunch of 20 something friends given a studio and a year or two to do whatever we wanted. So we did whatever we wanted, which was being weird.’

Skylines and it’s reprise is a group effort, with every member of the group joining in with the writing process to produce something that could have gone astray but managed to come together into something coherent. Skylines covers the re-treaded ground of many bands, it’s a song set about missing people while on tour. Set against New York’s bright, iconic skyline the track is mostly led by Donner as she wonders what her lover is doing right now. Her lover, played by Teller wonders about if his lover will stay in New York, swept up by the bright skylines, and pleading for them to simply be theirs. The track has backing vocals from all of the members involved, including Holmes who mostly shies away from singing parts. ‘It’s not that I don’t love to sing.” He explains, “I’m just not very good at it. Marshall was always the singer, I’m much happier playing the drums, or a cello or something.”

The final track on the album, clocking in at nine minutes, is Cryptids (I Still Believe in You and Me). This track shows off the impressive guitar skills of Teller and X, this time paired with the violin playing from Donner who shows she can keep up with the boys by playing speedy, intense sections with precision. This Dash X penned track also has extensive work by Holmes on the drums and a solo from a very jazz saxophone in the third act. Ultimately, the song doesn’t quite come together, feeling disjointed and a little over-complicated. But...Maybe that’s how it’s meant to feel. Dash was never brought into Eerie, Indiana as a writer, he was brought on to foil with Marshall on stage and because he was the only person the label could find that could play the punishingly difficult riffs Teller produces. On his Instagram speaking about pride X has suggested that a lot of his music was changed during production because it was too overtly about men, while Donner and Teller both proficiently changed pronouns in there songs, or stuck to calling their love interests you.

The album has three tracks that feel like filler, the intermission track which is not unusual on the cinematic, large scale Eerie, Indiana albums, a seemingly ‘story’ track called ‘Lost in Time’ which is a piece of Holmes poetry performed by Donner and an odd little track called ‘We Gave This One To Tod’ While the enigmatic Tod was often credited on Eerie, Indiana albums and opened for them at live shows he never quite reached the level of recognition his peers did. However, seeing the bizarre and experimental nature of his work, and his goth and punk leanings I think it’s safe to assume he was happier underground than his friends were blinded by the lights of showbiz. This piece features heavy synths and a drum machine. It doesn’t hit for me, but perhaps for a fan of Tod, it could be a holy grail.

On this version of the album, known as the deluxe edition, we’re given three additional tracks. A demo version of Elvis and the Mothman, which is lyrically the same slowed all the way down with the shouting chorus replaced with a mouth against the mic crooner style. The released, upbeat anthem style track is a far better fit for the album. Baba Yaga in Heels is a Heart on a Chain only track, perhaps why it was discarded. It features a techno style dance beat, with the lyrics being about a night out with Baba Yaga, a Banshee, and a harpy. Ultimately, the lyrics are not that impactful but they don’t need to be. The final listed track is a cover of Meatloaf’s Bat out of Hell, which lyrically and sonically is almost identical to the original.

Overall, what Marshall’s theory of Believability tries to do is ambitious. It’s an album between two experiential groups of friends trying to make something that they enjoy. But it’s not the best work of either group, which is a shame because it could have been something very special if they were given a little more time to work out some of the kinks and if they pruned some of the tracks that are superfluous to the story of the album. I’m happy to have a copy in my collection, but honestly, I’d rather listen to something the group produced independently anyway.

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The goblin market took place on the seventh Wednesday of the fifth month counting back from the last time the market was held. Apparently this was considered an easily-trackable unit of time in Faerie, where the days could pass in the blink of an eye or stretch on towards eternity depending on the mood of the person experiencing it.

Any humans who wanted to attend were encouraged to buy a calendar.

Marshall Teller checked and double-checked his calculations, tallied the crossed-out entries in his journal against newspaper articles on weird lights and mysterious disappearances, then checked it all over again.

Ongoing Verse: Trusted Associates Inc

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Ongoing Verse: Milkman

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Ongoing Verse: Holmes Brothers

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Paint your hair and room black and red and stick Pitbull Surfers patches on everything you own, because we're about to rewatch the Broken Record.

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In honor of its debut will now be live tweeting a rewatch of Episode 4 of #EerieIndiana: The Losers
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 6, 2019

Speaking of things lost: there is no live tweet record of my episode 3 rewatch because I live texted it instead. So only one person in the universe knows my reactions. #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 6, 2019

So Marshall's only been in Eerie a little over three months at this point. #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 6, 2019

I've had weeks like Edgar's here. #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 6, 2019

I'm a bit concerned that petroleum-based banana extract in the Eerie water supply is a potential outcome of his current work project. #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 6, 2019

"This old people's disease that makes him lose stuff...He's pushing 35, you know."

1. Ouch
2. Man, the Tellers had Syndi young #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 6, 2019

More ouch: Both these kids are now older than that. #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 6, 2019

I regret that we never got to see more of Eerie's notorious biker gang The Unkind Ones. (Simon kind of looks like he wants to join them.) #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 6, 2019

Dick Miller! #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 6, 2019

This set is wonderful...and was apparently epic expensive. #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 6, 2019

Watsonian explanation for the random hand in the shot? #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 6, 2019

Simon to the rescue! #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 6, 2019

Marshall's parents were one of TV's most adorable couples and it's a shame almost no one remembers #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) October 6, 2019

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In honor of the anniversary of the premiere of #eerieindiana, I will be live tweeting the pilot episode, “Foreverware”
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) September 15, 2019

First sighting of the Secret Spot! #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) September 15, 2019

I wish we’d gotten the stories of some of these people in the extended opening. Like the gun-toting mailman and laundry lady. #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) September 15, 2019

Watching this one this soon after the werewolf episode kinda brings home just how much Marshall grew up in the course of one season. He’s so young here! #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) September 15, 2019

Creepy lady with her creepy twins. #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) September 15, 2019

Simon! #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) September 15, 2019

First appearance of the “Better Weird Than Dead” catchphrase #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) September 15, 2019

“30-something” seemed so ancient back when I watched this the first time #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) September 15, 2019

Run, Marshall! You don’t have time for explanatory dialogue! #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) September 15, 2019

[Note to self: I need to clean out the fridge]
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) September 15, 2019

Okay, the Foreverware song is stuck in my head for the rest of the day. #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) September 15, 2019

Creepy claustrophobic moment #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) September 15, 2019

“just a kid” Don’t disrespect Simon like that, Marshall! #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) September 15, 2019

There’s a whole story arc about how Simon and Marshall go from hoping someone in authority will Do Something if they can just present them with enough evidence to not trusting anyone at all #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) September 15, 2019

The first time I watched this, I thought for sure they’d killed her #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) September 15, 2019

Also did not want to eat bologna for a very long time #Eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) September 15, 2019

Every year I watch this as I get older, the more appealing Foreverware seems as a concept. I have officially lived long enough to see myself becoming the villain #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) September 15, 2019

I wonder how long Marshall keeps that pledge not to eat leftovers #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) September 15, 2019

This is still one of the creepiest and most memorable episodes of anything on television #eerieindiana
— Citizen D (@TheCitizenD) September 15, 2019

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What happened in the three months between Dash waking up in Eerie and Dash meeting Marshall and Simon?

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is the Lost Hour a division of the Bureau of Lost? 🤔#EerieIndiana @UnrealKarl
— William Arthur (@Wart_M) March 20, 2019

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No-one understands you, no-one digs your dreams... put black shoe polish in your hair and crank up your Pitbull Surfers album, because it's time for... Broken Record.

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this kid’s parents are my age I changed my mind this is a bad show

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i remember when i was younger than the main characters on Eerie Indiana. Now i'm like shit Omri Katz is so young. Time is weird.
— William Arthur (@Wart_M) October 12, 2018

I will forever appreciate how Betty Wilson can go from sweet to terrifying in an instant. #EerieIndiana
— William Arthur (@Wart_M) October 12, 2018

Simon's delivery on "I was born for this" is always perfect. #EerieIndiana @justinshenkarow
— William Arthur (@Wart_M) October 12, 2018

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Paint your hair and room black and red and stick Pitbull Surfers patches on everything you own, because we're about to rewatch the Broken Record.

friendof_dorothy

So I've made a timeline of events related to Foreverware, and

froodle has informed me that it may be of interest to the comm (fandom? I don't really know the right words) so...Here we go!

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I've just started using the Discord app to chat with other King Falls AM fans - it's more immediate than LJ or Dreamwidth but a bit easier to follow along than Twitter. If you're interested, the link is here

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Brace yourselves for the unchanging horror of Tobey Maguire's nightmarish face, because you opened someone else's mail and now it's time for... The Dead Letter!

froodle

So, who's ready to simultaneously feel super horrid about Simon's homelife while also really wanting a pair of massive puffy white runners? Tonight marks week three of our 25th Anniversary Rewatch of Eerie, Indiana and we're gonna be watching and chatting about ATM with a Heart of Gold.

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Got your DVDs or YouTube playlists ready? Keeping a wary eye on that cute dog down the road? Smart move, because we're about to watch the Retainer.

froodle

In keeping with this week's episode of Cancelled tackling the Lost Hour, check out this archived post from a year ago which features some really interesting thoughts on the Milkman:

Milkman Marshall is a time-traveller

froodle

Do you have an episode of Eerie that you associate with a particular time of year?

I always think of Tornado Days as a "May" episode (tornado season), Scariest Home Movies is of course an October episode (Halloween), Lost Hour is a November episode (clocks go back), Mister Chaney is a September episode (harvest festival), and Heart on a Chain is a February episode (valentines day).

February: Heart on a Chain
April: Foreverware
May: Tornado Days, Reality Takes a Holiday
August: Just Say No Fun
September/October: Mister Chaney, Loyal Order of Corn
October: Scariest Home Movies
November: Lost Hour, Dead Letter
November/December: Zombies in PJs

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No-one understands you, no-one digs your dreams... put black shoe polish in your hair and crank up your Pitbull Surfers album, because it's time for... Broken Record.

lipstickcat.livejournal.com

I stumbled across this Eerie review blog during the week. I've not read all the posts yet, and it's a shame they didn't finish off reviewing the books too, but they have some really cool ideas and theories that are worth having a read. I'm particularly interested in the Marshall and Dash and their older selves theories....

The Eerie Examiner

(No idea how to tag this....

froodle?)

froodle

Eerie Indiana headcanon #14: Walt Wilson, inventor of Foreverware and late husband of Stepford Charm School graduate Betty Wilson, died in 1964 because the rubber seal on his self-preservation tub failed during the night. When Betty brought him his copy of the Eerie Examiner the following morning*, it was to find a pike of rotting goo where her husband used to be. That trauma is where her obsession with preserving the remaining members of her family came from. Sure, she's creepy and unsettling as all get out, but she's also a grieving wife and the victim of a horrible tragedy.

*Obviously they had seperate beds. This was the Sixties in TV land, after all.

eerieslash.livejournal.com

Hangover day!! (or as I like to call it, "excuse to stay in bed all day with a cup of tea and read and write slash day"!) First, the list of EI books as far as I can tell..if anyone has anything to add, please do.
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This is in response to yarol_2075 's post The Weirdness of Time.

Wow. I noticed so many new things rewatching it this time around, I guess cus I was actually looking out for any details that might give me clues about the timeline. The cat looking through the window (or just perched on it?) outside the dog pound, for example. Maybe I'm getting a bit overzealous here but I paused where Marshall was writing in his journal in 'ATM with a Heart of Gold' (at 22:30) and could make out these words (if anyone can make out the other words please let me know!)

...This place is nothing like NJ. ... This place is so backwards (?) no ..., homeless people, no ___ or museums on every corner. The ____ shop has pretty good root beer floats though. I've gotta start school tomorrow. Oh boy here I go. I'll check(?) back later.

I rewatched the first few eps and remembered reading that the last episode was actually meant to have been shown earlier on..so I checked wikipedia, and listed them according to when they were produced (as opposed to when they were aired). I also added if they were in school during the episode to give us any idea of a linear timeline.

( So here they are, by production code: )

yarol-2075.livejournal.com

I'm probably overthinking this (and I am hyped up on waaay too much sugar), but it's occurred to me that the episode order of Eerie Indiana is not necessarily the chronological order of the episodes. I'm basing this on the few dates that get mentioned (plus a Halloween episode.) For example, The Dead Letter mentions the date of November 10th, yet the episode came before The Lost Hour which would have had to have taken place at least a week before given the time change of the episode; prior to some time in the '00s -- I don't feel like chasing down the exact year, forgive me -- the time change took place around the end of October and the beginning of November, but most certainly before the 10th of November. And then we have the fifth episode, Scariest Home Videos, which is a Halloween episode, which means it take place before the two episodes I just mentioned, however...We do get a date in Mr Chaney. October 27th. The day all the Harvest Kings disappear (also explains The Howling being shown on cable -- it's near Halloween.) So, that means Mr Chaney & The Hole In The Head Gang took place (chronologically, at least) before the fifth episode of the series.

I think I might go through the episodes and try to figure out the time-line of the series. I know the two Radfords will pretty much form the dividing line. Does anyone have any thoughts on the matter, or suggestions?

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froodle - Eerie, Indiana press photo: John Astin in the Gun and the Toaster
froodle - Eerie, Indiana Rewatch 2017: Broken Record
friendof_dorothy - A Foreverware Timeline
froodle - Discord chat for Eerie, Indiana fans
froodle - Eerie, Indiana 2016 Rewatch: Dead Letter
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