Penelope

<i>♪ Yep, I know they suck They just feel so right ♪</i> 65 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:16,804 <i>♪ These shitty songs are mine ♪</i> 66 00:18:16,929 --> 00:18:20,600 <i>♪ Duh, duh, duh, yes, they are These shitty songs are mine ♪</i> 67 00:18:20,725 --> 00:18:25,605 <i>♪ Yes, they're mine, mine, mine, mine La, la, la, la, la ♪</i> 68 00:18:25,730 --> 00:18:29,233 <i>♪ La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪</i> 69 00:18:37,783 --> 00:18:41,454 <i>♪ They said you best work in tech Songs aren't gonna pay ♪</i> 70 00:18:41,912 --> 00:18:45,583 <i>♪ I said, "Thanks, Dr. Lou But how's my chest X-ray?" ♪</i> 71 00:18:52,506 --> 00:18:54,550 <i>How long have you been living like this?</i> 72 00:18:55,843 --> 00:18:59,221 <i>Uh, seven months, about. Yeah.</i> 73 00:19:00,389 --> 00:19:03,142 Yeah, I gave up my place to save money to record my album. 74 00:19:04,226 --> 00:19:07,355 Yeah. Then I purchased a thousand CDs. 75 00:19:08,481 --> 00:19:11,859 Thousand's a lot. That's a lot of CDs. 76 00:19:11,942 --> 00:19:14,487 Uh, I got a couple extra for you. 77 00:19:15,029 --> 00:19:17,281 Oh, hey, look, I got some left. Check that out. 78 00:19:17,365 --> 00:19:21,619 - I don't really have any money. - Yeah, I know. 79 00:19:23,412 --> 00:19:24,372 If you want it. 80 00:19:25,414 --> 00:19:26,999 - Thanks. - Yeah. 81 00:19:31,212 --> 00:19:33,422 -So, you live in a van. -Mm-hmm. 82 00:19:33,923 --> 00:19:37,802 You book all these shows yourself, hope that people show up? 83 00:19:40,012 --> 00:19:41,597 Well, people don't really show up. 84 00:19:43,891 --> 00:19:45,976 No one knows who I am, so they don't, like... 85 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:49,480 unless they're already there, like, drinking coffee or something. 86 00:19:49,647 --> 00:19:55,194 Why don't you just put your stuff up on, like, Spotify, YouTube, and TikTok, 87 00:19:55,277 --> 00:19:58,114 why don't you just, like, make videos and post them 88 00:19:58,197 --> 00:20:00,866 -and kind of, you know, like... -Join this century? 89 00:20:02,326 --> 00:20:04,412 - Yeah, basically. - Yeah, I know. 90 00:20:04,495 --> 00:20:07,039 Uh, well, I did those things, sort of. 91 00:20:07,123 --> 00:20:09,125 -Okay. -Uh, but even when I did, 92 00:20:09,208 --> 00:20:12,086 it was still just me sitting in my room, hoping people listen. 93 00:20:13,587 --> 00:20:18,217 You know? But if they do show up, there's like a, um... 94 00:20:18,300 --> 00:20:20,511 ...like a sharing that's taking place, you know? 95 00:20:20,594 --> 00:20:23,514 There's... We're actually, like, connecting with each other, you know? 96 00:20:23,597 --> 00:20:24,640 It's something tangible. 97 00:20:24,807 --> 00:20:28,060 You know, 'cause otherwise, it just kind of feels like an idea that I'm a musician. 98 00:20:28,602 --> 00:20:31,522 It, uh, it feels like a picture of a river 99 00:20:32,398 --> 00:20:37,236 versus, like, actually being at the river, and, like drinking the water 100 00:20:37,319 --> 00:20:40,531 and... and, like, feeling good and being in the sun and stuff. 101 00:20:40,614 --> 00:20:44,744 Um. Uh, I don't know if that makes sense at all. 102 00:20:45,202 --> 00:20:47,204 Yeah, it does. 103 00:20:49,165 --> 00:20:50,082 Um... 104 00:20:52,042 --> 00:20:53,085 What about you? 105 00:20:53,794 --> 00:20:56,213 How long is this road trip of yours you're doing? 106 00:20:57,631 --> 00:21:02,970 Well, uh, it's not really a road trip, per se. 107 00:21:03,763 --> 00:21:04,764 Yeah. 108 00:21:05,055 --> 00:21:08,934 Yeah, I don't honestly have any idea what I'm doing, 109 00:21:09,018 --> 00:21:12,438 so I'm kind of just... Yeah. 110 00:21:16,317 --> 00:21:17,193 Yeah. 111 00:21:19,361 --> 00:21:22,782 You ever met anyone that could really tell you they knew what they were doing 112 00:21:23,574 --> 00:21:26,368 and they meant it honestly? 'Cause I don't think... 113 00:21:26,535 --> 00:21:29,371