Stranger Than Paradise-Sun Kil Moon

[00:01.70]May 2016 [00:05.01] [00:07.30]Los Angeles [00:08.48] [00:11.01]Checked into the hotel Cecil yesterday [00:13.60]I was given a key for a room on the fifteenth floor [00:16.87] [00:17.64]And I checked into it [00:19.14] [00:21.10]It surprised me as I had heard the higher floors were for [00:25.04] [00:27.81]Residents only [00:28.75] [00:31.56]As of May this year [00:33.16]According to the guy at the desk anyhow [00:35.29]It's actually the second and third floors so he told me [00:39.08] [00:41.47]I had read that Richard Ramirez stayed on the fourteenth floor [00:45.25]And of course [00:46.24] [00:48.36]I asked about it [00:49.61] [00:51.54]But the clerk said nobody knew the specifics on the room [00:54.53]In which stayed and I said Ah shit [00:58.31] [01:01.59]Fifteen was the very top floor [01:03.69]Right under the water tanks where a body was supposedly found [01:07.34] [01:11.62]I took the room and immediately walked around the hallways [01:14.83]And noticed fire escapes all throughout [01:18.99] [01:21.70]Building going from the bottom to the top had easy access to the roof [01:25.81] [01:28.24]The fire escape [01:29.19] [01:31.82]That was of course if a fire [01:36.25] [01:38.19]You aren't afraid [01:39.47] [01:41.65]The noise from the streets was so overbearing [01:43.84] [01:44.81]That I asked for a room on the other side of the hall [01:47.90] [01:51.91]They said they got a room on the fourteenth floor if I didn't mind [01:55.52] [01:56.08]And I said no not at all [01:59.23] [02:01.88]So I took it and I guess it was on [02:04.04]What you call the courtyard side of the building [02:06.86] [02:11.93]But there was the loudest thud coming from somewhere keeping me up [02:16.16]And after thud thud thud [02:18.71]Much exploring [02:19.85] [02:22.53]It was a elevator motor so all the other floors I went roaming [02:29.92] [02:32.43]I found the lower the floor the quieter the motor [02:39.90] [02:42.27]They gave me a room on the fourth floor [02:44.38]But I didn't take the room [02:45.40]Without getting a photo of my fourteenth guest floor door [02:50.39] [02:51.94]And I finally fell asleep [02:53.80]And when I woke up I went for a little walk [02:56.56] [02:59.40]That morning [03:00.62] [03:11.39]I'm walking around LA [03:14.04] [03:15.22]Walking around downtown LA [03:17.87] [03:18.88]And the sun is shining today [03:21.65] [03:22.59]For pushing 50 I'm doing great [03:25.38] [03:26.51]I'm walking around LA [03:29.05] [03:30.23]Walking around downtown LA [03:32.87] [03:34.00]And the sun is shining today [03:36.81] [03:37.71]For pushing 50 I'm feeling great [03:40.60] [03:41.49]Saw Richard Edson parking his bike [03:44.04]Saw Richard Edson parking his bike [03:46.94]I said I like your acting in Spike [03:49.20]I said I like your acting in Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing [03:54.37]And Jarmusch's Stranger Than Paradise [03:57.78] [03:59.22]And your liner notes on the Sonic Youth reissue [04:02.68] [04:04.27]Then I said hey it was very nice to meet you [04:07.76] [04:08.90]An interesting thing to know in regards to the Cecil [04:14.07] [04:18.25]There are two elevator doors in the lobby and two up above [04:22.73] [04:24.59]On the mezzanine level [04:25.79] [04:28.32]But in the famous footage [04:29.69]That you see of the girl [04:31.00]There's definitely an elevator door on the guest room hallway [04:36.11] [04:38.36]'Cause when you step out of the door [04:40.12]To go to your room you see the white comms [04:42.24]That were right in front of her and the wooden panel [04:45.07]That goes sideways [04:46.34] [04:48.32]The amount of the activity in the lobby [04:50.05]And the elevators in that hotel was more than [04:52.93]Any in all my years of world traveling [04:55.93] [04:58.37]The amount of staff members and maids [05:00.19]And maintenance workers roaming around [05:02.15]That place was totally mind boggling [05:06.63] [05:08.54]At all times young [05:09.48]Foreign tourists were lined up at the front desk [05:11.89]As long as lines you'd see at a busy big city post office [05:15.50] [05:18.58]Would I say it'd be easy to snatch up a girl [05:21.04]And drag her up onto the roof in a 700-room place like that [05:25.18]F**k yes [05:26.06] [05:28.65]Would I say she could have been invited up [05:31.00]There by a group of people to check out the view yes [05:34.96] [05:38.73]Would I say she could have been pulled into [05:40.78]One of the multiple shared bathrooms and choked out [05:43.73]Then dragged up [05:45.05]And dumped into a shark tank [05:46.45]F**k yes [05:47.45] [05:48.97]Would I say that she could have easily went up [05:51.31]There all on her own and went for a swim yes [05:56.08] [05:57.90]Would I believe even more a kid pulled a prank [06:00.83]And is sitting back on a love in the soap opera yes [06:05.51] [06:09.01]'Cause I see no evidence to support her death besides [06:13.33] [06:15.44]Vague news reports [06:16.90] [06:19.11]And one photo of what were allegedly her parents showing up [06:23.08] [06:24.44]At the LAX airport [06:26.45] [06:29.11]Talk of losses but no legal documents have [06:32.91]I ever seen to support it [06:35.07] [06:39.22]No lawyers speaking on behalf of the alleged Lams [06:42.53]And no friends who ever spoke on Elisa's behalf [06:45.94] [06:49.48]I asked a parking lot attendant who had been working there for ten years [06:53.37] [06:59.78]When that girl was found dead up there in 2013 were you here [07:04.09] [07:09.04]She said ah I don't believe no girl up there ever even died [07:14.52] [07:18.42]I said me either but can I ask why you think that [07:23.22] [07:23.92]If you don't mind [07:24.80] [07:29.34]She said you know how a little thing is said [07:31.69]And gets bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger [07:34.92]And bigger and bigger and bigger [07:36.75]And bigger and bigger and bigger [07:38.82]And I said yes [07:40.00] [07:40.56]And she said I think that's what happened next door [07:42.91] [07:45.14]I was completely with her [07:46.65] [07:50.00]Caroline picked me up and I told her everything that happened [07:53.86]She said cool glad you got that out of your system [07:57.58] [07:58.88]Now let's go check into a real hotel down the street [08:01.86] [08:02.63]And get down to Manhattan Beach and say hi to Cameron [08:06.37] [08:19.03]We're driving the 1-10 gonna say hi to a friend [08:25.39] [08:26.42]Spend the day on his TV set and show some love and respect [08:32.98] [08:34.02]We're driving the 1-10 and we stop for Italian food [08:41.91]And saying hi to Cameron [08:44.23] [08:45.35]Thought that we're doing right and good [08:48.01] [08:49.25]We talked about Bowie at length and he introduced me to Luke Wilson [08:55.14] [08:56.82]And he said he liked my bass playing in Stillwater [09:01.90]And I said I liked you in Vacancy and Bottle Rocket [09:06.96]And we talked about James Caan and The Godfather [09:10.67] [09:11.90]And Cat Stevens songs and Steve Miller [09:15.42] [09:16.91]He said man I hope we get to work together [09:20.71]I said man that would be great [09:22.72] [09:23.62]It was nice to meet you [09:25.82] [09:27.12]We left the set and drove back downtown the Biltmore [09:30.65] [09:35.90]As I feel asleep the mystery of Elisa Lam was still on my mind [09:39.77]Like what was I some f**king investigator [09:42.57] [09:46.09]And she was real and for whatever reason her body was found in that water [09:53.96] [09:56.82]I'm sorry for the parents and their poor young daughter [10:04.23] [10:06.34]I'm sorry for your loss this world can be a real [10:09.85] [10:12.82]Pile of shit [10:13.73] [10:16.23]But I'm counting my blessed tonight baby [10:18.90]'Cause we're both healthy and alive [10:20.65] [10:22.51]So let's embrace it [10:24.06] [10:26.36]Went off to the studio in Sherman Oaks [10:29.27]Laid down a few new tracks [10:34.18] [10:36.54]Took a break a Peruvian restaurant down the street and thought [10:40.26]The ceviche was the best I ever had [10:43.08] [10:46.41]I told Nathan it was time for me to get on my flight back to San [10:51.49] [10:56.72]Francisco [10:57.67] [10:59.09]But wow what a great weekend and [11:04.79] [11:15.52]On the way to Long Beach today [11:18.24] [11:19.48]We stopped along the way [11:22.10] [11:23.04]To see her brother and say hey [11:25.97] [11:26.82]To his family and the kids spraying [11:29.78] [11:30.69]Each other with hoses in the yard [11:33.36] [11:34.41]And I thought about when I was young [11:37.09] [11:38.21]And how the yard was so much fun [11:40.77] [11:41.98]Oh I thought about when I was young [11:44.50] [11:45.73]At the Long Beach airport waiting for the flight to San Francisco [11:51.47] [11:53.18]Said I like this airport it's not too f**king big enough [11:58.42]At the Long Beach airport [12:00.48] [12:03.41]Waiting for a flight to San Francisco [12:06.67] [12:08.34]I said Caroline thanks for coming down I love you [12:11.95] [12:13.35]She said I had a good time and I love you too