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Pollard had a plot in mind but "didn't have enough songs" to fully flesh it out. Pollard took the "soundtrack" concept as far as making posters for the movie he had in his mind. Listening to the album is supposed to bring the listener into a motel filled with "all of these strange characters and
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is intended to "appear to be a soundtrack" As Pollard stated "since no one contacts me to do soundtracks, I thought I’d do one on my own." Since making this statement
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Hardcore UFOs: Revelations, Epiphanies and Fast Food in the Western Hemisphere
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In Shop We Build Electric Chairs: Professional Music by Nightwalker 1984–1993
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song "Ex-Supermodel" in which he states "I write music for soundtracks now."
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In a MAGNET interview Pollard stated the album's concept dates back to the
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The Best of Guided by Voices: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates
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The Bluebirds of Happiness Tried to Land on My Shoulder
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Crickets: Best of the Fading Captain Series 1999–2007
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EP
Robert Pollard
Label
Robert Pollard
Choreographed Man of War
Fiction Man
Robert Pollard
Alien Lanes
Steven Soderbergh
Full Frontal
Bubble
"MAGNET Interview: Robert Pollard"
the original
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Guided by Voices
Robert Pollard
Doug Gillard
Bobby Bare Jr.
Kevin March
Tobin Sprout
Mitch Mitchell
Greg Demos
Kevin Fennell
Jim Macpherson
James Greer
Discography
Devil Between My Toes

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