“There was a time when we stood in the line at the grocery store waiting to pay. Staring at all of the magazine covers…”<\/em> \u2014 “Do You Still Love Me?”<\/a>
“They say that Taylor Swift got fat…Heard Elton John’s breaking up with his man…Some people think that Elvis died…Kurt Cobain committed suicide. I don’t believe it.”<\/em> \u2014 “Everybody Falls In Love”<\/a><\/p>\r\n
“Punch paparazzi while you’re singing the blues.” \u2014\u00a0<\/em>“What You Don’t Know”<\/a><\/p>\r\n Circling back to “You could make a funeral rad,” gave me the next destination. On the way they’d stop at a tennis court:<\/p>\r\n “We were playing tennis. It was your serve. Love love, I was pretty sure.”<\/em> \u2014 “Higher Than Balls<\/a>“<\/p>\r\n And after the rad funeral they’d talk about death and how to avoid it…<\/p>\r\n “If we turn all of the lights out, lay down real quiet and pretend that we’re dead.”<\/em> \u2014 “Let’s Not Ever Die<\/a>“<\/p>\r\n As always, the situations found in the Benji Hughes lyrics paved the way for the story of L Extreme<\/em><\/a> to tell itself.<\/p>\r\n Originally this chapter also included an extended Jessica flashback based on the songs “Jamaica<\/a>” and “Kenny<\/a>“\u2014but the little C (and little Squeak from LILILIL<\/em>) in my head knew I had to get to the point a little faster. That bonus double A-Side<\/a> single got temporarily relocated to Ladies on Parade<\/a>, allowing this chapter to serve as an appetizer to the big left turn coming next…<\/p>\r\n Tidbits:<\/p>\r\n Flashing back to our flashback that’s already backflashing, we need to catch up to Benji and Jessica in the church. The thing is, when we got there we wouldn’t find them in the church. <\/em>Where’s all the people? might be your first question upon learning this. And if you acted that out with your hands, I applaud you. Or I would if my hands weren’t locked together in the shape of a church. In this case, a church without any fingers in it. Because Benji and Jessica weren’t in the church. They were next door to the church.<\/em><\/p>\r\n Check out L Extreme<\/a><\/em><\/p>\r\n And also check out this epic medley of the aforementioned songs from this chapter performed by fellow Benji Hughes superfan Shane from the band Color Collage<\/a>:<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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