Everyone was excited, not least Tim. Then Tim got the flu and was advised not to fly. The producers went to see a David Byrne concert without him, and had a serious car crash resulting in hospitalizations. Tim would have been in that car. Fate limps in.
Fate disappears for awhile.
Not wishing to let the collaboration flicker out before it had even started, Angelo told Tim to fax some poems and he'd see if they sparked off any musical ideas. Over in New Jersey, Angelo read the poems and wondered what the hell they were all about. It was like having a stalker. Then in 1993, as a Booth and Badalamenti collaboration was looking somewhat optimistic, Paul McCartney telephoned Angelo and asked him to come to London to orchestrate a song, which he did. Meanwhile James's ground-breaking acoustic tour had just reached London.