(light upbeat rock music) (light upbeat rock music continues) (light upbeat rock music continues) (light upbeat rock music fading) (moves into upbeat music) ♪ You oughta hear the mirror in my house ♪ ♪ You oughta fear her pretty, pretty mouth ♪ ♪ Says I'm imperfect in every way ♪ ♪ Miss Almost, Miss Maybe, Miss Halfway ♪ (steady pop folk music) ♪ All my friends in L.A. ♪ Got jobs on Melrose Place ♪ I play replacement songs and sigh ♪ ♪ A waitress in the sky ♪ You ought hear the things I've been thinking ♪ ♪ You ought swim in a heart that is sinking ♪ ♪ You try to break me with all the things you say ♪ ♪ Miss Almost, Miss Maybe, Miss Halfway ♪ (steady pop folk music) And I got a record deal off that song, so everything worked out.

And right after that, I got a call from the director of "Twilight: New Moon".

I'm not sure if you're familiar with "Twilight", it's a big deal with vampires and vampire lovers.

And he said, "I heard your song "Whatever You Like" and I would really love if you wrote a song for my film "Twilight: New Moon."

And I was honored.

I said, "Oh my God, of course.

I'll do my best."

And he said, "Okay, you have 72 hours.

I hope you've read all of the "Twilights" thus far."

And I had not, so I was terrified.

And he brought me in to watch an early cut of the film and I realized, "Okay, wait a second.

This is a tale about a young woman in high school who's very much in love with a vampire and he's in love with her.

So much so, that he leaves her because he knows if they accidentally have adult relations, he will kill her, 'cause he's a vampire, he can't help it."

And that's when I thought, "Oh, this is just another unavailable guy story.

I can do this.

I have experience."

So if you tune into the film, you'll see Bella in her pickup truck with Edward the vampire.

And they're very sad 'cause they're about to say goodbye forever.

And she leans over to the radio and you hear: ♪ I'm a satellite heart ♪ Lost in the dark ♪ I'm spun out so far ♪ You stop, I start ♪ But I'll be true to you ♪ No matter what you do ♪ Yeah, I'll be true to you ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ (audience clapping) ("Asteroid" by Anya Marina) ♪ I have tried to fix myself ♪ Straighten out the bumps and flatten where I'm bent ♪ ♪ Heal the parts that needed help ♪ ♪ I have tried to fix myself ♪ Spent my whole life growing up ♪ ♪ And yet here I am, I'm just a kid ♪ ♪ With 100 miles to go ♪ Till I get to where I need to get ♪ ♪ In moments just like these ♪ Feels like I left everything ♪ That I've ever learned behind ♪ ♪ Tonight I wanna run away ♪ Lie under the stars until I'm whole ♪ ♪ Don't wanna wonder if I'm missed ♪ ♪ I just wanna be alone ♪ In the moment with myself ♪ And the asteroid in space ♪ Cruising at two million miles every hour ♪ ♪ Heading my way ♪ In moments just like these ♪ Feels like I left everything ♪ That I've ever learned behind ♪ (Anya scatting) (Anya scatting continues) (Anya scatting continues) ♪ The sky is endless, I can't fit ♪ ♪ Everything I see into my eyes ♪ ♪ Can't count the stars ♪ Like my problems, they all multiply ♪ ♪ I have tried to fix myself ♪ Straighten out the bumps and flatten where I'm bent ♪ ♪ Heal the parts that needed help ♪ ♪ I have tried to fix myself (audience clapping) ♪ I remember it like yesterday, standing in the mirror ♪ ♪ Must've been eight or so, I don't know ♪ ♪ Standing toe to toe, nose to nose with myself ♪ ♪ In the glow, a frozen moment like this ♪ ♪ Thinking don't forget ♪ Some day you'll be different ♪ Some day you'll be tall ♪ Your face will change, you won't be small ♪ ♪ Someday you'll be old ♪ Really old, like 27, oh, heavens ♪ ♪ 'Course everything changed ♪ Everything changed, but I remained ♪ ♪ And nothing lasts forever ♪ Nothing lasts forever ♪ Only time never dies ♪ It was 1985 ♪ I was skating circles in the carved up ice ♪ ♪ At Ice Capades Chalet, Vallco Fashion Park ♪ ♪ Underground, half in the dark ♪ ♪ And the DJ on the overhead said time to break ♪ ♪ So I busied myself with the video games ♪ ♪ Galaga, Centipede, Pac-Man ♪ And, oh man, I was hungry, no money in hand ♪ ♪ Two hours to kill til Burger King ♪ ♪ And just like the clock ♪ The Zamboni went 'round and 'round at slow-mo speed ♪ ♪ Making everything shiny again ♪ ♪ Wiped the evidence of my perfect layback spin ♪ ♪ Four double sals, oh wow ♪ Wiped away the evidence ♪ 'Cause nothing lasts forever ♪ Nothing lasts forever ♪ Only time never dies ♪ Nothing lasts forever ♪ Nothing lasts forever ♪ I was driving with my dad one day down 280 ♪ ♪ He had the radio on ♪ He said, "Check it out, it's kind of a waltz" ♪ ♪ Tears for Fears, he counted it out ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four, five, six ♪ ♪ One, two, three, four, five, six ♪ ♪ One, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three ♪ ♪ "All for freedom and for pleasure ♪ ♪ Nothing ever lasts forever" ♪ That was the summer I discovered "The White Album" ♪ ♪ 'Cause nothing lasts forever ♪ Nothing lasts forever ♪ Only time never dies ♪ Nothing lasts forever ♪ Nothing lasts forever ♪ Nothing lasts, nothing lasts ♪ Nothing lasts forever ♪ Nothing lasts, nothing lasts ♪ Nothing lasts forever ♪ Forever ♪ Forever (audience clapping) (light country music) ("Specks" by Matt Pond PA) ♪ Up above I see specks of silver in the evening sky ♪ ♪ Specks of gold in the river running ♪ ♪ From the deep moonlight ♪ See us shake in the wild distortion of the water's waves ♪ ♪ Still I know you're in the darkness shining ♪ ♪ From a mile away ♪ When the sun starts coming through ♪ ♪ Or when the cardinal chides the moon ♪ ♪ I believe in energies ♪ That no one has to see for us to prove ♪ ♪ I believe in you and me ♪ And everything we'll ever see and do ♪ (light indie rock music) ♪ Hear your voice come across the pillows ♪ ♪ Whisper sweet and low ♪ In the dark we're disappearing ♪ ♪ In the dark we'll go ♪ Up above I see specks of silver in the evening sky ♪ ♪ Specks of gold in the river running ♪ ♪ From the deep moonlight ♪ When the sun starts coming through ♪ ♪ Or when the cardinal chides the moon ♪ ♪ I believe in energies ♪ That no one has to see for us to prove ♪ ♪ I believe in you and me ♪ And everything we'll ever see and do ♪ ♪ The rain pours down in a million rivers ♪ ♪ All through the sand with silver slivers ♪ ♪ And it keeps on coming ♪ How it gives my heart blood ♪ How it gives my heart blood ♪ When the sun starts coming through ♪ ♪ Or when the cardinal chides the moon ♪ ♪ I believe in energies ♪ That no one has to see for us to prove ♪ ♪ I believe in you and me ♪ And everything we'll ever see and do ♪ ♪ I believe ♪ In you and me ♪ Woman, I do (audience clapping) - One, two, three.

("Love To Get Used" by Matt Pond PA) (light indie rock music) ♪ In Athabasca, we set a fire ♪ To the world we left far behind ♪ ♪ All the faces, we put away ♪ Lost lives floating into space ♪ ♪ I got a message, I got a sign ♪ ♪ From the wires swinging in time ♪ ♪ So simple, it's like the sun ♪ It shines down on everyone ♪ Black bird, from the blue ♪ I give my love to get used ♪ Our hopes, they come true ♪ You give your love to get used ♪ (light indie rock music) ♪ In Athabasca, we lit a fire ♪ To the path that led to our lives ♪ ♪ Quit the faces we couldn't place ♪ ♪ The ex-minds that fill up our space ♪ ♪ I got a signal, I got a sign ♪ From the trees swinging in time ♪ ♪ So simple, it's like the sun ♪ It shines down on everyone ♪ Black bird, from the blue ♪ I give my love to get used ♪ Our hopes, they come true ♪ You give your love to get used ♪ (light indie rock music) (light indie rock music continues) ♪ Let's hang on to abandon ♪ Let's hope we lose control ♪ To be out in the open, baby ♪ And let go of the ropes ♪ Nothing into nothing ♪ Black bird, from the blue ♪ I give my love to get used ♪ Our hopes, they come true ♪ You give your love to get used ♪ ♪ I give my love to get used ♪ You give your love to get used ♪ ♪ I give my love to get used ♪ You give your love to get used ♪ ♪ I give my love to get used ♪ You give your love to get used ♪ ♪ I give my love to get used ♪ You give your love to get used ♪ (audience clapping) - One, two, three, four.

("Are You Talking To Me" by Matt Pond PA) (light indie rock music) ♪ Are you talking to me ♪ I can't hear your voice ♪ But your mouth moves on the video ♪ ♪ I catch every third word ♪ You live underwater ♪ Sometimes breaking the surface ♪ ♪ We were roommates in Greenpoint ♪ ♪ You looked down on my life ♪ So it seemed to my suspicious mind ♪ ♪ When we listened to records and drank wine ♪ ♪ We were equals singing to disco and country ♪ ♪ You only exist as a memory ♪ A reel of film that can't speak ♪ ♪ Burning up on the screen ♪ Are you talking to me ♪ Inside your head or far away ♪ Far away ♪ This is a small dream ♪ One that means everything ♪ Woo oo oo ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ Had a cousin in exile ♪ He'd sing the words until the daylight ♪ ♪ Til the daylight ♪ Til the night closes in ♪ Til the night closes in ♪ Til the night closes in ♪ Are you waiting to see ♪ Are you waiting to see ♪ If I disappear ♪ When you say goodnight ♪ Woo hoo hoo hoo ♪ Woo hoo hoo hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo ♪ (light indie music) (light indie music continues) (light indie music fading) (audience clapping) - Hi, this is Ben Gage from Akron, Ohio and I'm encouraging you to support local public broadcasting like "The Summit" and "PBS Western Reserve".

("Company" by Ben Gage) (bluesy folk music) ♪ Spring is softly singing ♪ You don't hear a thing ♪ Your head, it's under water ♪ And you chose right now to drink ♪ ♪ I'll sit here with you, brother ♪ ♪ I'll sit here if you need ♪ We don't have a lot to do and I could use the company ♪ ♪ Dreams are softly fading ♪ Took the train to the next town ♪ ♪ It's hard to keep your chin up ♪ ♪ When them dreams aren't around ♪ ♪ I'll sit here with you, sister ♪ ♪ I'll sit here if you need ♪ We don't have a lot to do and I could use the company ♪ ♪ And sorrow may be dragging muddy feet across the floor ♪ ♪ But times like these you and me find what we're living for ♪ ♪ And until he gets to leaving ♪ Come in close, pull up a seat ♪ (bluesy folk music) (bluesy folk music continues) ♪ You need to remember that you haven't lost our love ♪ ♪ The children may have left the nest ♪ ♪ But it's home they still think of ♪ ♪ I'll sit here with you, father ♪ ♪ I'll sit here if you need ♪ We don't have a lot to do and I could use the company ♪ (bluesy folk music) ♪ Dusty boots ain't workin ♪ Nah, see what I've done This is, this is the one of those human moments.

I did this on purpose.

(audience laughing) I did not do it on purpose.

♪ Them callused hands ain't working ♪ ♪ Dusty boots are now clean ♪ Don't be sad that you shut the shop ♪ ♪ Or you closed the cash machine ♪ ♪ I'll sit here with you, father ♪ ♪ I'll sit here if you need ♪ We don't have a lot to do and I could use the company ♪ ♪ And sorrow may be dragging muddy feet across the floor ♪ ♪ But times like these you and me find what we're living for ♪ ♪ And until he gets to leaving ♪ Come in close, pull up a seat ♪ (bluesy folk music) (bluesy folk music continues) ♪ Don't forget the sunshine ♪ Don't shy from the rain ♪ Right now it may be storming ♪ But them birds will sing again ♪ ♪ I'll sit here with you, friend ♪ ♪ I'll sit here if you need ♪ We don't have a lot to do and I could use the company ♪ ♪ Said we don't have a lot to do and I could use the company ♪ ♪ Said we don't have a lot to do and I could use the company ♪ (audience clapping) Thanks.