Rose: Hello and welcome back to Gus by Gus. I'm Rose.

Alex: And I'm Alex. And we're listening to Diner Reputation by Gus Hommes

[song excerpt plays]

Alex: This just makes me cry and cry. And cry and cry and cry. And cry and cry and…

Rose: are you ok? Do you need to stop?

Alex: Do you never have emotional reactions to songs like this?

Rose: Sure, but.. this song?

Alex: every time

Rose: isn’t it about… lawncare?

Alex: yes, that’s why it’s so brilliant

Rose: Lawncare.

Alex: Caring for something beyond yourself. Caring for the land, the planet. The boundary between the private and the whole. The fact that the water demands of domestic lawns are unsustainable in a changing climate. Even that simple act of caring… for a lawn... won’t be possible soon.

Rose: [audibly moved] wow… you got all that from Gus just shouting “get off my lawn” over and over

Alex: I put a lot of myself into this song

Rose: you sure did, buddy

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This is his Kenny B colab. - Yeah, this must have been back in the 50s

I really think he’s ripping off Octavia Butler here. -the science fiction? -no, I think it’s based on one of her essays about writing

[Indistinct digital distortion]

Alex: Well, that's it for this episode of Gus by Gus. We'll be back next time talking about another song - until then, I'm Alex

Rose: And I'm Rose.

[final excerpt plays]

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