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The Story in Songs

One story, told in songs and in order. It begins with a band and a dance, grows into a love story, follows the children Lúmine and Líam on their journeys, passes through a watchful world, and ends on new life, with no one lost.

Still from the Local Pantalones music video

Act I · The band and the dance

1 Local Pantalones

The world opens, with a wink and a dance step.

Local Pantalones is a parody song with plaid pants dancing in step and a fuzzy blue friend at the mall. As the video itself says: no pants were harmed. Several were emotionally affected.

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Act I · Chapters 1–5

The band and the dance

  1. 1Local PantalonesThe world opens, with a wink and a dance step.
  2. 2Death to the DemonsThe band steps into the light at full force.
  3. 3Future Disco: Dance RightMidnight, and the whole house learns to dance.
  4. 4Party NowThe doors swing open and everyone is welcome.
  5. 5Nothing Is Ever WastedThe party turns toward meaning.

Act II · Chapters 6–9

Love, and a family

  1. 6Middle of MaybeLove begins, through the arch in Central Park.
  2. 7Heirloom (Falling Into Light)Love found, and lifted into the sky.
  3. 8Just Be (Emerald City)Lúmine awakens, and the road leads on to what comes next.
  4. 9Got It RightThe family, whole and home on the estate.

Act III · Chapters 10–12

The children's journeys

  1. 10Keep Your Glitch in MeLúmine's adventure through the Epcot sphere.
  2. 11Líam JediThe same sphere opens, this time from Líam's side.
  3. 12Ease in the Middle (Now)The Jedi trilogy comes to rest, at ease.

Act IV · Chapters 13–15

The watchful world, and new life

  1. 13In a State of Self-PolicingThe world grows quiet and watchful as the dystopia begins.
  2. 14Report All NoveltyIn a world that fears the new, something new keeps shining.
  3. 15Here with JasperNew life, and no one lost.

Credits

About the songs

Song, story and direction by William Vincent Carleton, performed as BrotherKind. The music and videos were made with AI tools, including Suno for the music. Carleton Publishing House, Killingworth, Connecticut.

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