5 audio discs (154 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Note
Title from container.
Performer
The Magnetic Fields (Stephin Merritt) ; with accompanying musicians.
Summary
Stephin Merritt's autobiography in 50 songs, one for each year of his life.
Contents
Disc 1. Wonder where I'm from -- Come back as a cockroach -- A cat called Dionysus -- Judy Garland -- They're killing children over there -- I think I'll make another world -- Eye contact -- It could have been paradise -- No -- My mama ain't.
Disc 2. Hustle 76 -- Life ain't all bad -- The blizzard of '78 -- Rock 'n' roll will ruin your life -- London by jetpack -- How to play the synthesizer -- Happy beeping -- Foxx and I -- Danceteria! -- Why I am not a teenager.
Disc 3. How I failed ethics -- At the pyramid -- Ethan Frome -- The 1989 musical marching zoo -- Dreaming in tetris -- The day I finally ... -- Weird diseases -- Me and Fred and Dave and Ted -- Haven't got a penny -- A serious mistake.
Disc 4. I'm sad! -- Eurodisco trio -- Lovers' lies -- Fathers in the clouds -- Ghosts of the marathon dancers -- Have you seen it in the snow? -- Be true to your bar -- The ex and I -- Cold-blooded man -- Never again.
Disc 5. "Quotes" -- In the snow white cottages -- Surfin' -- Till you come back to me -- 20,000 leagues under the sea -- Stupid tears -- You can never go back to New York -- Big enough for both of us -- I wish I had pictures -- Somebody's fetish.