Using my scientific generation process:
1)Before the Beach, a compilation of Jimmy Buffett’s songs before he focused his songwriting on vacationing. The theme here would be “Other Things That Jimmy Buffett Could Teach You.”
2)Christophe Pellessier, early Quebecois industrialist who supported American attempts to annex Quebec. The complicated early history of American-Quebecois relations would make fascinating song fodder.
3)Pomeroy, Ohio, a town on the Ohio River, the only community in the USA that does not have a four-way intersection. (I think because it’s too hilly?)
4)The Al Green song Tired Of Being Alone. The theme here would to be to rewrite this song using none of the original notes, chords, or words.
5)Max Luscher, inventor of the Luscher test, a tool for evaluating people’s psychophysical state based on color preference. The theme could be the man or the implications of his test.
6)The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge
7)Beecham’s pills, a laxative invented in 1842, finally taken off the market in 1998.
8)Ewostatewos, an Ethiopian monk of the 14th century who believed Christians should celebrate the sabbath on both Saturday and Sunday. Possible inventor of the weekend.
9)Hooker, Oklahoma
10)Pyramus and Thisbe
