Lost Transmissions

Hello, it's Theo.

Was at about half noon and then it

all sort of

merged into one and I got a bit confused,

and I'm lost and I can't find her.

But don't look for me.

If you're actually listening, then, uh, they'll know.

Ooh, I hear cats, I hear cats meowing.

Oh, I love you, too.

All right, one more, one more, one more.

Who's it going to be?

Hey, hey, Todd.

Todd, I need to ask you a question, mate.

About, yeah, - All right.

No, no, no, it's a different one.

- Give us a song. - Yes!

- Let's sing about it. - Speech!

I know.

Oh, no!

- I'm not! - Yeah, you are.

It's true, it's so true.

Lord knows I've tried. Catalina Island, 2012.

I believe someone who has had a... No.

Someone who's had a little more success, uh, was Angus.

- Theo! - Okay.

You're going a bit far, mate. You're going a bit far.

Angus, oh, Angus

I love you.

Oh, my best buddy.

Oh, God.

All right, all right, all right, all right, all right.

Who's next. Who's next, who's it going to be?

- Oh, all right, all right. - So many to choose from.

So many beautiful young faces.

Todd's trying to get away.

- Todd. - Don't worry.

Todd, I'm not going to do you, don't worry.

You're too damn handsome. Ah!

Ooh!

Had to go American for that.

Woo!

Very nice, very nice.

Come up and sit with me.

- Come on, come on. - No, come on, please.

Please stop him.

- We don't know what he's going to do. - Come on!

- Yeah! - Come on, yes, yes!

Yes, here she comes!

Whoa, look at your tattoos, what do they mean?

Uh, that is a secret society.

- What? - There is no secret society.

There is no secret society, doesn't exist.

What? Oh, oh.

Really, come on, how do I get in on it?

Well, you have to sing a song.

Don't force her if she doesn't want to.

Oh, come on.

We're all friends here.

You couldn't possibly embarrass yourself more

than I do every now and again.

- That's true. - Thank you.

What do you know?

Um... uh, do you know Daniel Johnston,

"True Love Will Find You in the End?"

That's a great song.

Wow, huh?

That was fantastic.

Muah! You're beautiful.

Wow, Hannah, everybody! Hannah Banana!

Well done, well done.

Yes, stole the show.

Yeah!

I'm never coming over again

Bartlett, Downing and Brown, how may I direct your call?

Yes, transferring.

Bartlett, Downing and Brown, how may I direct your call?

Bartlett, Browning and Down,

how may I direct your call?

Bartlett, Downing and Brown,

how may I direct your call?

Can I put you on hold?

Ow!

Bartlett, Downing and Brown, how may I direct your call?

Hello, could you direct me to whoever's in charge?

You mean, the, the manager?

This is the society calling.

Is this you, Theo?

You have such a pretty voice.

It shouldn't be wasted on answering phones.

Am I being recruited? Like in the CIA.

What, those jokers? No, no, no, this is much more important.

This has to do with the fate of the world.

Wow. Where do I report?

Uh, why don't you come by my studio when you're done with work?

- How's that? - Mm-hmm.

Cheers.

- Hello, you came. - Hi, I did.

- I'm so pleased. - Mm-hmm, thanks.

Sorry to call you at work, I just knew that you would, uh,

- pick up the phone. - No, it was nice.

- It was refreshing. - Uh, do you want a cup of tea

- or anything or coffee or... - No, I think I'm okay, wow.

Cool, right? This is my little Aladdin's cave of,

uh, musical treasures.

- This is amazing. - It's just stuff

I've kind of accumulated over the years, really.

- Yeah, I'm sure. - This, this is the most recent acquisition.

This is a upright

that I got from the fire sale after,

um, Spector went to prison.

Yeah, so it belonged to him.

Yeah

And, uh, what else? Oh, this is a,

this was Chaka Khan's.

- Oh, yeah? - Yeah.

And, uh, that's my first Wurlitzer.

That, the e.p. there, give it a little tinkle.

- So cool. - That's so cool.

So what was, um, that society you were telling me about?

It's just something I made up, it's just a silly thing.

- Oh. - I know. Well, I have a pin, though.

I made badges and everything.

- Yeah. - So, it's kind of real, then.

Yeah, and you're now a fully, fully paid up...

- Full-fledged member. - Hona... honorary member.

- You don't have to pay the subs. - I can't get...

- Here, give me your coat. - Thanks.

Make yourself at home, and have, have a play.

- Yeah, God, it's all here. - Absolutely.

3 And now you left me

That's pretty, is that you?

Yeah, I wrote it when I was a teenager, actually.

There's a very good voice in there knocking to get out, you know?

- I could hear it at Rachel's. - What do you mean, though?

Well, you were sitting on it a little bit, weren't you?

You're sort of... You're holding it back.

I, I've been on antidepressants since I was, like, 22, so it just,

just shuts that part of me off, makes me a bit numb,

you know?

Sounds good when it's up here. I like it like this.

Where'd you get these scars?

- And here? - Uh, yeah.

I drove into a tree when I was at my lowest.

So I think it's better to feel numb than feel what

I'm feeling, you know?

Stay level, yeah.

I just don't... I, I hate medication.

Um, yeah, always have.

Can |I ask you a personal question?

- Shoot. - And delve deep?

- Mm. - Do you ever, ever consider coming off it?

'Cause, I mean, that was a while ago, presumably.

You might be, you might be different now.

- No, no. - No?

Why do you ask me?

I just think it's a shame

to live life with a sort of,

you know, with a filter over it, is all.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Sometimes I feel like I'm stuck in glue and I might not move again.

Like an octopus with no legs.

Yeah.

Or a sloth that's sleeping.

- Hey! - Boom!

We should record some of your old songs.

- What, really? - Yes, really!

I think you've got something, I really do, you know,

and I think I'm pretty good at seeing that in people.

Okay.

All right, let's just have a little, uh, warm-up,

shall we? Get things flowing.

Yeah, you want me to do some jumping jacks?