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AVC: What would you say this album is about?
JM: I wouldn’t. That’s a tough question for me. Albums to me aren’t really about things—they are things, if that makes any sense. It’s not a narrative, so I never know how to answer that. I understand the question, but I don’t know how to answer it, other than to make something up.
AVC: So make something up.
JM: [In pretentious voice.] It’s about man’s struggle against the mechanistic soul.
AVC: It’s like an aural version of the movie Metropolis.
JM: It’s much like the movie Metropolis—but you have to call that a “film.” You can’t call that “a movie.”
AVC: Oh, right. How about it’s just like that movie Short Circuit?
JM: It’s a lot like Short Circuit and Metropolis. [Laughs.]
JM: I wouldn’t. That’s a tough question for me. Albums to me aren’t really about things—they are things, if that makes any sense. It’s not a narrative, so I never know how to answer that. I understand the question, but I don’t know how to answer it, other than to make something up.
AVC: So make something up.
JM: [In pretentious voice.] It’s about man’s struggle against the mechanistic soul.
AVC: It’s like an aural version of the movie Metropolis.
JM: It’s much like the movie Metropolis—but you have to call that a “film.” You can’t call that “a movie.”
AVC: Oh, right. How about it’s just like that movie Short Circuit?
JM: It’s a lot like Short Circuit and Metropolis. [Laughs.]
