Psycho N' more

["Mark R. Leaman" <mleaman@sccoast.net>]

> 	At the beginning of "Early Morning Dreams" (great song) from
> Psycho-d, Pete sings "You are safe from harm on the grid".
> 	Did I hear this correctly?

Kevin:

You did. The connection is PSYCHO is the story of an aging Rocker (Pete)
working on a long-abandoned project (Lifehouse). Presumably, being safe on
the Grid is when you're connected via an experience suit. From what I
understand of the story, the hero Bobby cuts in and connects a bunch of
people to the live concert (The Who), so from that we can guess that these
experiences are not so much individual but shared. This is very much like
two classic SF stories *I* can name off the top of my head: Do Androids
Dream Of Electric Sheep (made into the movie Blade Runner, but without this
element of the novel) by Phillip K Dick and Ray Bradbury's Farenheit 451
(which had interactive "television"). In DADOES, it is a spiritual
experience so I'd have to give the nod to that one for being more like what
Townshend envisioned.

> He's never clear.

Keets:

This is true.

> For one thing, that seems to be the way his mind works, 
> and for another, clarity is less useful as art.  How easy is it to
> interpret 
> TOMMY, for example?  And he's grumbled about that one being too obvious.

I did think that one was pretty "in your face." Although it had levels, I
couldn't say the story is nearly as complex as QUAD, or Lifehouse (as I
understand it).

> this month! STORY OF AN AMERICAN BAND GRAND FUNK RAILROAD and they used
> portions of my interview! I'm credited in the book.

Jay:

I hope they paid you as well.