instructions

The formation of a mixed CD, including cover art and music video bonus features.

flash fiction, a narrative, a summer romance. the first song on the soundtrack would be "only" by okay, and listeners would be disappointed by this mediocre title and name. you would film an audience doing the clap sequence, perhaps at a wedding as they watch the bride and groom eat--not the cake, because that would be too much. just eating the potato salad or pulled pork. it would be a small, intimate scene. if you found a 35 mm camera with no zoom and no flash and no special features, maybe similar to the amber-and-gray rectangle with the yellow button that you played with in your grandmother's basement, if you found this it would be perfect for the still shots. in the middle of the tracklist you would plant the hidden/special/bonus track that is found when the cd is loaded into iTunes (because they would pay you for using their program on the hope that this idea is revolutionary), and then played backwards, and then fully understood when listened while flipping quickly through the booklet of aforementioned still photos that would be crammed into the front of the jewel case. because it is so thick, the corners and cover would tear when it was pushed then pulled back under the four plastic semicircles. this effect was planned and enhances the overall nostalgia, making it trendy, marketable. the product will be outsourced and then shipped back to urban outfitters, to be sold next to the coffee table books full of photography about blue jeans and rusty watches.