Log #02

oh, you can dream in there? what do you usually dream of?

Ah, not dream in the literal sense, more so just think about real hard and aspire for!

Favorite animals?

uh, didn't we tell you folks already?

Yep! But this is a different fella!

oh. thought i was forgetting things haha. d'we have to answer it twice?

I can direct them to the previous cablegram with no problem! Watch this!

rad

🍭I don't know who you are or why you followed us but you're really cool 😈😈😈

Thank you kindly! Come on in!

Log #3

Henry’s asking about my oldest memory. Now that one I recall, loud and clear. I’m a young man, seventeen or so, tickling the Ivories in the recording room. Singing. Back then we’d have to sing in front of this big horn, real big-like, I ain’t really ever grasped the concept of that thing but I assume it was capturing the sound somehow. I know they connect it to the stylus for the wax, and it etches as we go. That was before the handy dandy microphone, so things were a bit, ah, acoustical. I’m not a very machine-minded guy, I was just there to give them the tunes, so I just gave them the tunes, and left that kinda doohickey managing to the big boys. Nice memory. Air filling in my lungs and then out like a bullet. Sharp and dense enough to knock a guy dead. Don’t remember singing that proudly any other time in my life. My music kept falling off the piano as I practiced.

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Whys your profile glitchin so bad 4 me 😨😨😨

my fault sor ry

Aw, it's all right, handsome! Worth it for your presence here.

you re ally thi nk so?

Darlin', I know.

People are commiting voter fraud in the standoff. What are your thoughts on the matter?

On both sides, it seems, so I'm not too worried 'bout it! Though I wish it were only on my side! Ha! Ha!

i w a n t our supp orte rs to be hon orable

Well, I don't! Come on, pals! We're so close!

h aha ma ybe a li t t le fr aud

you don't have to answer this at all but at least let me know you've seen it, absolutely phenomenal job on this so far. i saw posts from like 2016?? you've been planning this for 8 years or more. thats crazy/ amazing job. im eager to see whats in store for this :)

Thanks a ton! Kid, it’s been a few years — decades — longer than that!

HENRYYYYYYYYY!! hhihihi

I made a big red box bracelet and I really like it and I wanted to show it to you so here you go and also your my favorite i hope you guys are happy together forever

and also hi Will

wow! that's tubular. wish we had real merch -- do bands still have, like, a merch table when you go to their shows? i checked out a couple shows in chicago when i was there but usually they were in bars that don't let teenagers in. but sometimes you can hear it from outside and you can ask a nice guy to go in and get you the shirt.

also, thank you. i hope you're all happy too. though you really don't need to play favorites - we're all in this together, for better or for worse, haha.

Hi! This looks swell! Thank you tons!

Oh yeah! I made some art of you two, hope you like it!!

Wow! Thanks a ton! You got a real talent for renderin'! Henry's place sure was big n' bright- lotsa blue and green, but then lotsa gold right next to me. Everythin' a fella could want!

haven't seen a drawing of me in a while. great eye guess that's what we look like to you all out there? i never realized that we don't fully blend in. though i always thought there was something a little off about that grass. all of it is the same grass, y'know?

Whaddya mean?

y'know like how each real grass is different. there's bugs and sticks and dog poop sometimes. but no matter where you sit in there it's all perfectly lush and regular. too lush. too perfect.

Huh. S'pose so!