Lifter Puller Mythology
Lifter Puller mythology consists of a number stories AbOUT the nightlife in a fictional American sea side town as chronicled by the lyrcis of the Minnesota indie rock band Lifter Puller. These lyrics are primarily concerned with the activities and interactions of a few principle characters, Nightclub Dwight, Katrina, Juanita, The Eye-Patch Guy and various others, and are typically RIFE with dubious [...] encounters and the use and sale of drugs. The Nice Nice is a nightclub won by Nightclub Dwight in a Game of Dice and serves as the setting for many of the songs, the Nice Nice is burned down by Juanita, hired by The Eye-Patch Guy at the end of Fiestas and Fiascos, Lifter Puller's final album. Interestingly enough, the fire is referenced in the song "Star Wars Hips" on the first Lifter Puller LP.
Characters
Jenny
The lead female protagonist and all-around party girl in the Lifter Puller Mythology. Although a friend of Night Club Dwight's she was not involved in the Night Club Fires. She is, however, a witness to the dubachery if the nightclub Nice Nice as well as much of the on-goings of the Lifter Puller Mythology.
Katrina
Also known as "Special K" or just "K", one of the three female protagonists; acquaintance of Jenny. It can be inferred from her nickname that she recreationally uses Ketamine.
Juanita
Also known as "LL Cool J", the third female protagonist. Uses [...], it's implied that she has performed [...] favors in order to score. She was hired by The Eye-Patch Guy to burn down the nightclub Nice Nice.
Eye-Patch Guy
Loan shark, [...] dealer, [...] addict, loaned Dwight money. After Dwight fails to repay a loan, Eye Patch Guy orders Dwight killed and the Nice Nice burned down.
Night Club Dwight
Proprietor of the Nice Nice, smokes crack [...], also sells [...]; he has a way with words. He is a small-time diamond smuggler and [...] dealer, but thinks he is a big-time player.
Narrator
The majority of stories are told from his perspective. The Narrator apparently ratted out Juanita to the police for starting the nightclub fires.
Lesser Characters
The Crab Dudes
A gang of street thugs who deal drugs and often steal purses. They often hang out on Jefferson Ave, NE Minneapolis and fight off other gangs from their territory. (Mentioned in "Let's Get INCredible" and "Math is $$$")
Tiger
Sells drugs when he needs extra money. (Mentioned in "Viceburgh")
Locations
The Nice Nice
Night Club Dwight's club.
Located at 15th & Franklin. Dwight may have been given the money for this club from Eye Patch Guy, either directly through a loan or from a gambling payout. The main activities in The Nice Nice are drinking, drugs, and dancing.
Fifteenth and Franklin
A reocurring location, a vacant lot where the burned-down Nice Nice was located.
Man Park
A pseudonym for Loring Park, located on the outskirts of downtown Minneapolis. Alledgedly a place to have anonymous homosexual intercourse. Also known as Penetration Park.
The City Center
A shopping mall located in the middle of downtown Minneapolis, a common gathering place for thugs, druggies and dealers.
The Nankin
A Chinese restaurant located in The City Center. It was torn down a number of years ago.
Plot
Following the lives of Jenny and Katrina from the perspective of a Narrator. The underground club sceen is exposed in a seaside town somewhere on the east coast, possibly in New Jersey. Jenny May Be a friend of The Narrator from her college days. We meet Katrina at a beach party where the Narrator shows interest, which Katrina ignores while "looking for the steady type". We are given a GLIMPSE of her lifestyle and are introduced to the Eye Patch Guy. After some heavy drinking, Mr. Narrator is associated with some serious criminals, mostly dealers and addicts, most interestingly, Nightclub Dwight, whom he is eventually asked to kill.
The plot is similar to Thomas Pynchon's novel The Crying of Lot 49
Motifs
Heavy [...] abuse.
Use of the phrase "Dripping wet with..."
Use of the phrase "Hey My name's ____ but people call me ____" and it's variations
References to stains on white tights, brought out by black lights in night clubs. This could be a parallel to the use of names versus nicknames as mentioned above.
Allusions
Sharks versus Jets- The Two gangs in West Side Story