Those few flashes of earnestness and coherence suggest the album Anesthesia might have been. Its title, along with a few pointed, passing references to self-medication, imply that Kent had some desire to explore the ways people choose to numb themselves. But none of those ideas are ever fleshed out; instead, Kent keeps falling back on stuff like, "Teach and grade my own masters' thesis/ Hot chili pepper temper, Flea pleading with Anthony Kiedis." The line makes a kind of sense, inasmuch as both Flea and Anthony Kiedis are in a band called the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Otherwise, like so much of Anesthesia, it's about as resonant as a Wikipedia entry.
"The Sun Rolled On" is not a happy title and it is a reference to Steinski's "The Motorcade Sped On", which is a disco tune about President Kennedy being shot.
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