17 The Distance That Surrounds Us

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface The Story behind the Painting vii
4. 1 Don’t Stop to Think 1
5. 2 I Love the Sound of the Traffic 7
6. 3 In Our Wildest Dreams 15
7. 4 Have You Seen the Last Elite? 20
8. 5 The More You Learn, the Less You Know 37
9. 6 Pavement Slapping My Feet 47
10. 7 Eyes Submerge Your Face 59
11. 8 Caress and Spite 71
12. 9 I Loved You, and You Did, Too 80
13. 10 Exhilaration; or, Gorging a Neuronic Aperture 91
14. 11 Just Like Yesterday 99
15. 12 Who Will Baudelaire? 111
16. 13 Cut It Hot, Cut It Up, Cut It Clean, Cut It Slow 121
17. 14 Your Ballerina Curls 136
18. 15 She Took the Soda Pop 148
19. 16 Wine in Plastic Cups 151
20. 17 The Distance That Surrounds Us 156
21. 18 The Air Is Full of Air 164
22. 19 Like a Party Balloon on the Strand 172
23. 20 Never a Time 191
24. 21 Anyone Who Had to Laugh 201
25. 22 The Whole World’s Dirt 209
26. 23 Newspapers Collect on the Street 216
27. 24 I Want to Break Your Heart 228
28. 25 All Around You Now the Stars Are Falling Down 237
29. Afterword 241
30. Acknowledgments 247
31. Appendix A Listener’s Guide 249
32. Notes 265
33. Selected Discography 276