Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. · In These Pages · xi
3. An American Utopia 1
4. User’s Manual 12
5. Can You Relax? 16
6. Can You Listen? 23
7. Part I
8. In the Playroom 31
9. Smash and Crash 52
10. Song of the South 72
11. Mouth to Mouth 81
12. Keep Good Records 100
13. Up the Ante 109
14. An Ampersanded Truth 144
15. An Interlude 158
16. Part II
17. Give Me a Head of Hair 169
18. The Tip of the Nose 175
19. I Stand Up, I Fall Down 178
20. “I Like Blood!” 197
21. Eyes Tightly Shut 202
22. Another Interlude 212
23. Part III
24. The True Voice of Feeling 223
25. When the Moon Hits Your Eye 238
26. This Is Cardboard 248
27. Hustlers 253
28. In Stereo 262
29. With the Doctor 272
30. Dean & Jerry Full Frontal 277
31. Splitsville on Schedule 280
32. Coda 293
33. In the Library 297
34. Can You Look Up? 307
35. Illustrations 327