AVC: The record this is off of, United , is so good, but it's not what Phoenix fans who got into them with Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix would expect. JI: It's amazing. I forget what year this came out, but they emerged a fully formed band that anticipated a lot of what's going on in indie rock now. And the music's dreamy. They have a breakdown toward the end where a harp's playing and the organ comes in, so it's kind of anthemic in a really quiet, sincere way. And lyrically, it seems to be about some sort of shut-in loner kind of person who maybe goes to see movies, and that's how they define happiness, these movie fantasies. "Every Sunday I go to Hollywood," and "every Sunday I live my honeymoon." "There's no ending / Light fades in my eyes / I don't want nobody to burn my Hollywood." That's great. Bob Dylan , "Mr. Tambourine Man" JI: This is the granddaddy of them all. Dylan is an amazing lyricist and icon. And I thought this one was a stream-of-consciousness song about some sort of pied-piper kind of man. [Laughs.] It could be drug-related, it could just be a shaman-type person, a '60s type of icon to lead the way to a new consciousness, or a new kind of society. And the lyrics are amazing. AVC: Why did you pick this one over the Byrds cover, or any of the other versions? JI: I love the Byrds cover. I honestly