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The Moon Doesn't Mind

**"The Moon Doesn't Mind"** is a mournful cowboy tune by Roy Casey and is the song in the closing credits on the soundtrack of Gun Thunder. Casey sings that "the sky doesn't care what [his] poor heart wants," that "the desert can't hear [his] cries," and that the moon doesn't mind that he's left all alone.

## Background and influences

The song reminds Tarbell of "one of those cowboy pictures where the lone horseman is singin’ his heart out to the audience from atop his brave steed."

In Gun Thunder, Casey's character appears to be looking for a love who is pictured in a locket he carries. She dies tragically, which is presumably the subject of "The Moon Doesn't Mind."

The pose of the cowboy on the cover art for the soundtrack of Gun Thunder appears to be inspired by a GoldMarx figurine of a cowboy being shot.

## Music Video

"The Moon Doesn't Mind" is performed by Casey in the music video in a nighttime desert setting under the full moon. He wears his costume from Gun Thunder for the video, which includes a cowboy hat, yellow bandana, and red shirt.

## Annotated lyrics

The sky doesn't care what my poor heart wants

and the desert can't hear my cries

The moon doesn't mind that I'm left all alone

and she's gone, gone, gone

## Potential lyrical references

Frequently, Lord Huron's songs explore similar themes, sometimes they have stories that are covered by more than one song. These lyrical connections are merely for reference:

1. ↑ Drops in the Lake - "I look up at the uncaring sky"
2. ↑ Many songs in Lord Huron's discography reference the theme of a lover who has left, is leaving, absent, or missing. This includes "The Night We Met," "Love Like Ghosts," "Lost in Time and Space," "Never Ever," "Wait by the River," "When the Night is Over," "Love Me Like You Used To," and "Drops in the Lake (song)." These are attributed to various characters - including Buck Vernon and Frankie Lou - and cover a variety of heartaches.

## Sources

1. ↑ Discogs
2. ↑ Interview with Flood Magazine
3. ↑ An Open Letter From Tubbs Tarbell
4. ↑ "Mine Forever" music video

"**The Moon Doesn't Mind**" (Roy Casey)
"**Mine Forever**"
"(One Hellava Performer)" (Tubbs Tarbell)
"Love Me Like You Used To"
"Meet Me in the City"
"(Sing for Us Tonight)"(Tubbs Tarbell)

"**Long Lost**" (Leigh Green and Hauser Godwin)
"Twenty Long Years"
"Drops in the Lake" (*Drops in the Lake (film)*)
"Where Did the Time Go"
"**Not Dead Yet**" (The Phantom Riders)
"(Deep Down Inside Ya)"(Tubbs Tarbell)

"I Lied"(with Allison Ponthier) (Donnie and Midge)
"At Sea"(*L’Île Cosmique*)
"What Do It Mean"(Quentin King)
"Time's Blur"
**Bonus tracks:**
"Your Other Life" and "Ton Autre Vie"
Into the Sun

***Into the Sun*** is the first EP by Lord Huron. It's unclear if the songs are directly related to the broader Lord Huron narrative, but it has been stated by Ben Schneider that all of the band's media takes place in the same universe, whether or not it exists in the same plane of existence.

## "Into the Sun"

In "Into the Sun", the song's narrator plans to "sail that boat right into the sun" and won't come back alive.

## "The Problem With Your Daughter"

The narrator in the song "The Problem With Your Daughter" is speaking about his lover to her father, explaining she is grown up now and can choose her own fate.

## "We Went Wild"

In the song "We Went Wild", the narrator has spent thirteen days on an island with his lover, running through the temples and the forests. Now she is gone and he seems to have a bit of a relationship hangover after this wild bender.
Buildings/Shop

The **Shop** is a building which allows for the purchase of resources, speedups, boosts, and other items using gems. It also allows governors to purchase some shop items at reduced cost in the VIP Shop, depending on their VIP level.

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## VIP Shop

Items available in the VIP Shop are always less expensive than buying them through the regular shop. Like the items for sale by the Mysterious Merchant, there is a to limit to how many can be purchased per week, but the discount does not vary randomly. Items are replenished each Monday at 00:00 UTC.

Note that the Targeted Teleport item is 50% off at VIP 6, making it the same price as the Territorial Teleport in the regular shop. Since most players recommend the first gem expenditure in the game to be in VIP Points until VIP 6 is reached, and the teleport discount is unlocked at this same level, that players never buy the Territorial Teleport from the regular shop unless the VIP shop is sold out.
Postcards from Lord Huron

The **Postcards from Lord Huron** are brief music fragments with a video component. They are often recognizable as pieces of later songs. Postcard II existed at one point, but is no longer available on YouTube. Postcard IX is also missing.

## Temple of Trees

Temple of Trees is a postcard-like video, but is not labeled as a postcard. It shares footage with Postcard XIII.

## Sources

1. ↑ Lord Huron's Facebook page "As promised, a new postcard from Lord Huron..." with a YouTube link saying "A Postcard from Lord Huron II: In the Wind"
Strange Trails map

The **Strange Trails map** is a field guide which indicated the locations of one-of-a-kind 45 RPM record singles which were distributed to independent record shops across the US. Each symbol on the map corresponded to one of the songs on *Strange Trails*, and the specific shop in each city posted on their social media alluding to the whereabouts of their specific record, usually in the Lord Huron section. These singles are now highly sought-after and are some of the most rare and valuable Lord Huron memorabilia.
Marsha Tanley

**Marsha Tanley** is the television host of *Products of the Universe* and a mystic with a telephone hotline.

## Description and appearances

Tanley is a blonde woman. On *Products of the Universe* she wears a cream coloured blazer, light coloured shirt, and light pink skirt when hosting Dale Frandor on her show in season 6, episode 44. She also appears in Moonbeam's Realm as a fortune teller with a crystal ball, beaded wig and a black eyepatch on her left eye.

She appears in an infomercial for the *Vide Noir* album and wine, courtesy of Tanley Celestial Productions Inc. She has a photograph of Frandor on the set in the advertisement.

George Ranger Johnson is credited as her spiritual advisor.

## Moonbeam's Realm

Moonbeam's Realm is an option on the Vide Noir hotline. On clips in *Products of the Universe* a caller, Eugene from Flagstaff, complains that he is stuck with this dimensional portal in his living room and doesn't know what to do about it. Moonbeam says his aura is being warped and she must consult the Balancer's eye and tells the caller "Silence!" when he complains.

If a caller of the Vide Noir hotline chose to visit Moonbeam’s Realm, the voice of Lady Moonbeam would ask questions of the caller and present a different ritual to perform based on their answers. Unfortunately, the hotline is no longer active, but a transcript is available.

## Gallery

Lord Huron - Products of the Universe with Marsha TanleyMoonbeam's RealmTanley applies Mind Pigment to HeidiTanley diffusing Cosmic Ash
WBUB

**WBUB** is a television network with "news, weather, sports, and the secret truths of the cosmos, coming at you across time and space from who knows where." It host Tubbs Tarbell's *Alive From Whispering Pines*, WBUB Stargazer Weather Station, WBUB Midnight Movies, WBUB Matinée, WBUB-TV, WBUB Kiddos, a home and gardening channel WBUB Casa, WBUB Traveller, and a news hour.

## W-BUB Metro News

The "I Lied" music video contains clips from the W-BUB metro news, with a male news anchor affected by time's blur reading headlines "Neighborhood Blaze," "Lost out at Sea," and "Ancient Remains" with an image of a skeleton.

In the Products of the Universe video, a reporter called Ed Rice covers a story on an "unusual sky." He initially says he doesn't see anything unusual, stating "some of the blues appear a little lighter than normal and some of the clouds appear to be moving a little more quickly than normal" and that the airforce and NASA are looking into it and there's weather balloons to check if it is a weather pattern. Later, Rice reports that the situation is a lot worse, the sky is a kaleidoscope of colours with foam clouds. He struggles to describe what is going on, saying there is a smell like a sulphur molasses, and that people need to evacuate.

## Questions and fan theories

* Could the neighborhood blaze on *Metro News* be a reference to Cobb Avery's home burning down? Does this then date the original recording of "I Lied" by Donny and Midge to the same time as that house-fire? The headline "Lost out at sea" is a lyric in "At Sea," and could be a reference to the song. "Ancient Remains" could be an allusion to the two part "Ancient Names" or perhaps even the skeleton seen in the visual for "Drops in the Lake (song)."
* What do the call letters of WBUB stand for? In the *Strange Trails* album teaser, The World Enders corner a man in an alley, with the subtitle "This is World Ender turf, bub." It's possible this may just be referring to an in-joke of the band. It could also stand for something else such as "Winthrop Brothers Universal Broadcasting." It could simply be a call-sign for the station without further meaning.
Huron's map

**Huron's map** is one of the items Huron finds in the sand when he washes up on the shore in "Lonesome Dreams". He and Blaquefut use it when planning to leave the island.

## Description and appearances

The map appears in pieces in the sand at the beginning of the "Lonesome Dreams" music video. It is also on the bulletin board in Whispering Pines Studios in *Alive From Whispering Pines*.

## Gallery

The map in the sand in "Lonesome Dreams"Tubbs Tarbell with a bulletin board in Whispering Pines Studio that has Huron's map on it
The Birds Are Singing At Night

**"The Birds Are Singing At Night"** is a Lord Huron song on the soundtrack of *A Walk In the Woods*, a film based on non-fictional author Bill Bryson's travel writing about walking the Appalachian Trail. The song was released in the *Strange Trails* era of the band, and has lyrics that relate to certain songs and themes on that album.

"The Birds Are Singing At Night" does not currently have an in-universe character associated with it. It includes sounds of birdsong.

## Background and influences

Postcard XV contains music that became "The Birds Are Singing At Night" and includes an image of a river flowing backwards and the phrase "The rivers are flowing backwards. The birds are singing at night. The young are getting old" in the caption.

Ben Schneider explained that the song "acknowledges our small and fleeting occupancy in the universe — a realization of the massive scale and ancientness of the natural world. Following the initial sense of insignificance and regret comes a sense of wonder and strange comfort.”

## Annotated lyrics

The lyrics for "The Birds Are Singing At Night" were never officially released, so these lyrics are a transcript:

Through the dawning age

We go walking together

Toward the yawning grave

Burning days as we make our way

We'll leave our bones in the dust

An untold legend is lighting up

What if I was the last sight you ever saw,

Would you die with a smile on your face

Well don't even try to say you will,

Because you'd hardly recognize the sight

The young are getting old and the summer is cold,

All the birds have been singing at night

When we're dead and gone,

Will the mountains remember,

Or just carry on

Moving as slow as the forest grows

And turn our bones into dust,

An untold legend is lighting up

When will I reach that light that I'm running to,

When I die,

Will it turn out forever?

There's a fire burning inside of me,

When I die,

Will I burn out forever?

You don't need to lie, I know it will

Because the darkness doesn't need the light

All the young are getting old and the summer is cold,

And all the birds have been singing at night

Well, don't even try to save me, friend,

'Cause I know it ain't worth the fight

All the young are getting old and the summer is cold,

And all the birds have been singing at night

## Potential lyrical references

1. ↑ "The Yawning Grave" - "You will open the yawning grave"
2. ↑ Considering the earlier reference to "The Yawning Grave," it is worth noting here that the entity in that song speaks "to birds and tell them where to fly"
3. ↑ Donny and Midge's "I Lied" - "I bore a flame that burned a thousand suns for you but it died

## Sources

1. ↑ IMDB - *A Walk In the Woods* soundtrack
2. ↑ Vulture interview
Meet Me in the Woods

**"Meet Me in the Woods"** is credited to Frankie Lou and Claude Fox. It describes an experience of going to a dark place that changes you forever. The singer's sense of time seems unreliable: "how long baby have I been away? Oh, it feels like ages, though you say it's only days." They claim they have "fucked with forces that our eyes can't see" and that the darkness has a hold on them, with the truth being stranger than their nightmares.

## Background and influences

   The song has various melodic and thematic similarities to Love Like Ghosts, "there ain't language for the things I've seen" being a direct lyrical reference.

On *Long Lost,* there is a song called "Meet Me in the City" which may be a reference to "Meet Me in the Woods," suggesting a possible connection between the songs.

## Annotated lyrics

The lyrics for *Strange Trails* were never officially released, these lyrics are a transcript:

I took a little journey to the unknown

And I've come back changed, I can feel it in my bones

I fucked with forces that our eyes can't see

Now the darkness got a hold on me

Oh, the darkness got a hold on me

How long baby have I been away?

Oh, it feels like ages, though you say it's only days

There ain't language for the things I've seen, yeah

And the truth is stranger than my own worst dreams

The truth is stranger than all my dreams

Oh, the darkness got a hold on me

I have seen what the darkness does

Say goodbye to who I was

I ain't never been away so long

Don't look back, them days are gone

Follow me into the endless night

I can bring your fears to life

Show me yours and I'll show you mine

Meet me in the woods tonight

The truth is stranger than my own worst dreams

Oh, the darkness got a hold on me

I have seen what the darkness does

Say goodbye to who I was

I ain't never been away so long

Don't look back, them days are gone

Follow me into the endless night

I can bring your fears to life

Show me yours and I'll show you mine

Meet me in the woods tonight

## Potential lyrical references

Frequently, Lord Huron's songs explore similar themes, sometimes they have stories that are covered by more than one song. These lyrical connections are merely for reference:

1. ↑ Frankie Lou's "Love Like Ghosts" - "There ain't a language for the things I feel"

## Sources

"Love Like Ghosts" (Francine Lu)
"Until the Night Turns" (The Phantom Riders)
"Dead Man's Hand" (Buck Vernon)
"Hurricane (Johnnie's Theme)" (The Phantom Riders)

"La Belle Fleur Sauvage" (Remy Fusil)
"**Fool for Love**" (Buck Vernon)
"**The World Ender**" (The Phantom Riders)
"**Meet Me in the Woods**" (Francine Lu and Claude Fox)
"The Yawning Grave"

"Frozen Pines" (H.W. Justine)
"Cursed" (Buck Vernon)
"Way Out There"
"Louisa" (Buck Vernon)
"**The Night We Met**" (Francine Lu)
Lord Huron Seance

The **Lord Huron Seance** was a digital listening party and séance to unlock long lost classics on May 19, 2021 for the album Long Lost. It invited you to join "other participants in a séance to conjure up a long-lost broadcast from Tubbs Tarbell." It had a screen with a dark world map scrolling past. There was a television screen floating in the center with a telethon style counter with the number 5723, and a button which said "recite incantation." When the button was pressed, seance attendees were prompted to say "may you live until you die" and if successful, the screen would indicate that spirits were listening. As participants uttered the incantation, it showed bright dots on their location on the world map and the countdown commenced on the television. Various long lost memorabilia - including Tarbell's hat, the *Setting Sun* manuscript, and Frankie Lou's necklace - appeared and orbited around the television and the countdown ended with the broadcast.

The countdown was set to the number of incantations of "may you live until you die" collectively needed to initiate the broadcast, using speech recognition software. Collectively, the seance participants recited the incantation 20,000 times in 15 minutes.

The transmission featured tracks from the album along with Tubbs Tarbell's interjections.

## Music featured

* "Love Me Like You Used To"
* Duvair Yaughton's "Windlass"
* Hefty Lefty's "Animals Run The Zoo"
* "Meet Me In the City"
* "At Sea"
* Frankie Lou's "Silence of the Moon"
* "What Do It Mean"
* "Time's Blur"

## Gallery

Lord Huron Seance memorabilia circlingLong lost memorabilia shown in the séance: Tarbell's hat, Rigo Sandoval's jacket, the Setting Sun manuscript, a pine record, Frankie Lou's necklace, and Hefty Lefty's drumsticks
## Links

* Lord Huron Seance
* The programmer explains how the séance was developed

## Sources

1. ↑ Lee Martin - ""May You Live Until You Die: Conducting an Online Seance for Lord Huron"
Sri Tumbleweed

**Sri Tumbleweed** is a male antagonist in *Lonesome Dreams*.

## Description and appearances

In the "Time To Run" music video, Tumbleweed knocks the fleeing Huron out with the butt of his rifle. When he comes to, Tumbleweed threatens to slit Huron's throat, but Blaquefut and other allies intervene, and Tumbleweed is shot. He shoots Blaquefut in the head before succumbing to his injuries.
The Fool

**The Fool** is the protagonist of the song and music video "Fool for Love." He is a lovestruck young man on a mission to win the heart of the woman he loves. His foolhardy behaviour seems to get him into trouble.

## Description and appearances

In the music video, the Fool is depicted as a young man with dark hair and a tattoo reading "Lily" on his arm. He wears a brown jacket, a light-coloured shirt and dark pants. In an attempt to try to win Lily, the woman he is apparently in love with, the Fool goes to George’s Place to fight a man called Big Jim. Jim is seen arm-wrestling with another large man and winning. Upon seeing just how big Jim is, the Fool starts a brawl between the World Enders and the Tumbleweeds. He tries to escape but attracts attention by knocking the power cable for the sound equipment out of its socket, preventing the Buck Vernon Band from continuing their set. The Fool is chased out of the bar, leading to a confrontation with Big Jim, whereupon he is lifted off the ground by his throat. It is unclear if the Fool survives.

## Questions and fan theories

* This story takes place in a Buck Vernon song - is it a fictionalized version of his own experiences or someone he knows, or is it simply a story?
	+ Given the similarity of the events in the *Vide Noir* film, as well as several referential visual cues, the theory that the song is based on his own experiences seems likely.
* When The Fool glances down at his tattooed arm, it shows the sleeve of a leather jacket with a fabric cuff. In the remainder of the video, he is wearing a fabric jacket. Is this a simple continuity error, or is this another indication he could be Buck Vernon, who is known to suffer from hallucinations? He could be imagining or even hallucinating himself as tougher than he truly is.
* The Fool could be a reference to the archetype  or the tarot card.

## **Gallery**

Tattoo reading "Lily" on the Fool's arm

1. ↑ Wikipedia article on Fool (stock character)
2. ↑ Wikipedia article on The Fool (Tarot card)
Handsome Scott

**Handsome Scott** is a rockabilly musician and teen idol with Whispering Pines Studios. He is very handsome and good natured, and his music comes secondary to his image. According to Tubbs Tarbell, Handsome Scott wasn’t a stage name, but his real name his momma gave him, and he was a good looking fellow and kind as they come.

Scott grew up in the shadow of Tinseltown, idolizing matinee stars, cowboy crooners, and bad-boy rockers, who inspired him to act in commercials and theatre. He learned to play guitar and became a rockabilly sensation. His debut album, *Just Some Songs I Know*, fell between rock 'n' roll and country, with some tragic ballad songs, and went pine.

## Description and appearances

Handsome Scott is depicted in Tarbell’s photo album wearing a brown jacked and pants, and a shirt with a red collar. He also appears in the photograph at the end of Alive From Whispering Pines episode 426.

## Music

### *Just Some Songs I Know*

Label: Whispering Pines Studios
Catalog Number: WP-0056
Format: Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Album
Country: US
Genre: Country, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly

### *More Songs I Know*

Label: Whispering Pines Studios
Catalog Number: WP-0082
Format: Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Album
Country: US
Genre: Country, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly

## Gallery

Tarbell presents Handsome Scott with a pine recordThe Long Lost album cover is a version of the art on the pine record award in Tarbell's photo
1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Interview with Flood Magazine
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *Long Lost* vinyl cover details
Drops in the Lake (film)

***Drops in the Lake*** is a WBUB midnight movie about a woman who loves a man who becomes a skeleton. The teaser was aired during episode 423 of *Alive From Whispering Pines*.

## Trailer dialogue

Narrator: “Fate brought them together, tragedy tore them apart. She must forget the man she knew, and learn to love what he’s become. Drops in the Lake, the year’s strangest love story, is also its most touching.”

Her: “I don’t want to lose you, you know I don’t, but I can’t stay here, I just can’t”

## Coffee

Some of the *Drops in the Lake* footage, along with music from "Time's Blur", was used in an advertisement for coffee sold by the band.

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## Gallery

Lord Huron - Drops In The Lake (Official Lyric Video)Female protagonist in *Drops in the Lake*Skeleton protagonist in *Drops in the Lake*
Silver Mine City

**Silver Mine City** is a city in the desert in the United States. It is the location of George’s Place and the Whispering Pines Museum.

Little else is known about the city, but Louisa may be a resident since she frequents George's Place. Cobb Avery passes through the city to visit the bar as well during his revenge spree.

## Behind the scenes

The main location scenes for "Fool for Love" were filmed at Lord Huron's Whispering Pines Studio in Los Angeles, CA. The bar scenes in the video for "The World Ender" were filmed at Four Aces Movie Ranch in Palmdale, CA. It is unclear whether the scenes in The World Ender are meant to represent George's Place or The Broken Bottle.

## Gallery

The museum in Silver Mine CityGeorge's Place, a local bar
## Sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lord Huron official account reddit AMA
2. ↑ Souvenir plate in the music video for "Love Me Like You Used To"
3. ↑ http://www.hitcityusa.com/editorial/post/2014/12/3/photo-set-lord-hurons-whispering-pines-studio
4. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/whispering\_pines\_studios/?hl=en
5. ↑ https://www.4-aces.com/
Hefty Lefty

**Hefty Lefty** is a left-handed drummer. He is a Gene Krupa type who does big band music, but also does a lot of solos.

Lefty was fortuitously discovered playing on paint cans outside a bowling alley by Tubbs Tarbell. Midge Pruitt's brother Gary - the drummer for Donny and Midge's first performance for Whispering Pines - was arrested for selling illegal fireworks three days before their first recording session, so Lefty was the drummer on that session instead. Lefty also introduced Tarbell to Mickey Driskill.

## Description and appearances

Hefty Lefty is usually depicted wearing a blazer with mismatched pants or a grey suit, with a shirt and tie. In video appearances, his tie has distinctive diagonal lines across it.

He appears in Tubbs Tarbell's photo album and in clips on episodes of Alive From Whispering Pines, as well as the end of episode 426.

## Music

### *Bombastic!*

*-Album went Pine*
Label: Whispering Pines Studios
Catalog Number: WP-0011
Format: Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Album
Country: US
Genre: Jazz, Big Band
* "The Animals Run the Zoo"

### Donny and Midge - *Diamond Duets*

-Played drums during recording sessions
* "I Lied"

### Cover versions

From Lord Huron's *Long Lost*:
* "I Lied"

## Memorabilia

Hefty Lefty's drumsticks were listed for sale on Reverb in 2021.

## Sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Interview with Flood Magazine
Wings

There are 25 Wings with their own Singularity technology. Each Wing controls 1 District, which includes the Nest and Backstreets. Each Wing's purpose is mostly to utilize it's "Singularity" to keep the whole City going, each one having a different method of doing so, W Guild for example, handles supplies the city with its Warp Trains, transport devices that can cross the city in 10 seconds, no matter how far the destination is.

Each Wing have specialized departments that ensure smooth operation, some Wings are more specialized in certain tasks than others.

Wings can request mutual agreements with other Wings or their associates to either deal with certain issues they cannot handle, or an exchange of armaments, supplies, or personal. Wings can also hire Fixers into working for them.

Most Wings have some form of a para-military force and Fixers to use in armed conflicts, typically with rival Wings, lesser corporations, or Syndicates and monsters.
Moon Song

"Moon Song" is an unreleased song which was notoriously teased during Episode 425 of *Alive From Whispering Pines*. A short section of the song is played before being interrupted by a special weather alert for Astral Storm Derek. The song was also played in full during the band's performance at Red Rocks in 2022. Video recordings of the performance exist on YouTube.
Locket

The **locket** is a motif in multiple videos.

Roy Casey carries a locket with a picture of a woman inside in *Gun Thunder*. He leaves this locket on the woman's grave.

There is a heart shaped necklace or locket in "Ends of the Earth" which the female character locks in a box before it is stolen and recovered. At the end of the video, the locket is left at a graveyard.

There is also a clip in Tubbs Tarbell's film collection looking through a keyhole of a woman in a plaid dress hiding a locket or similar necklace in a box, before she clings to a lamppost outdoors.

It is unclear if any of these are the same locket.

Dale Frandor also wears a distinctive and mysterious pendent shaped like a lock.

## Gallery

Locket in "Ends of the Earth" music videoFinal resting place of locket in "Ends of the Earth"A woman places a locket in a box, clip from Tarbell's collectionThe locket in Gun Thunder on a gravemarker
Louisa

**Louisa** is a young woman who hangs around at George’s Place in Silver Mine City. She gets into trouble every now and then and is known to hang around with The Marais Boys. She has also been seen talking sweet to Buck Vernon.

## Description and appearances

Louisa is the apparent subject of Buck Vernon’s song "Louisa." She is credited in "The Night We Met" music video, where she is depicted as a young woman with a pearl necklace, a light blue or possibly green dress, red lipstick and either light brown or ginger hair. She appears to be Vernon's hallucination or memory within the narrative of the video.

## Questions and fan theories

* Who is Louisa? What kind of trouble does she get into?

* There could be a possible love triangle with Frankie Lou. Frankie Lou’s song "Love Like Ghosts" single has album art of an image of a woman (who resembles Lou) outside George’s Place where in the upstairs window a man is kissing a women in a blue-ish dress, possibly Louisa
	+ The man in the window is most likely to represent Z'Oiseau given the history between he and Lou and the fact that he is dating Green during the events of the *Vide Noir* film.

* The events in the music video for "The Night We Met" appear to depict Buck Vernon's journey out west to find his missing fiancee Lee Green. Is Louisa simply another name for Green?
	+ Given the events of the *Vide Noir* film, it is likely that Louisa is a fictionalized version of Green as told through Buck Vernon's music.

## Gallery

Louisa in "The Night We Met"Louisa and Buck in "The Night We Met"The cover art of "The Night We Met"Cover art of "Love Like Ghosts" a song by Frankie Lou about spurned loveArt for "Louisa" single
## Sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lord Huron official account reddit AMA
Mr. Owl

**Mr. Owl** is an owl and celebratory woodland creature who is present in the woods surrounding Whispering Pines Studios after Astral Storm Derek. Tubbs Tarbell greets him while searching for firewood.

## Description and appearances

Mr. Owl is a brown owl with horns, a light colored belly, and yellow eyes. He is seen bobbing his head when Lord Huron play songs around the campfire.

## On Way Out There

*This section is about Way Out There's "Where is Mr. Owl?" promotional game and is not canon to the Lord Huron universe.*

As a Lore Agent for Way Out There, Mr. Owl travels to various locations far and wide, observing and collecting information. He was recently the victim of a kidnapping plot by a mysterious organization known as "The Dead Man's Hand Society." Thankfully a rescue effort was mounted with valuable assistance from members of the public, and Mr. Owl was finally freed by Roselyn G. when she cracked the code to the cage holding him in captivity. Mr. Owl is now safely back home at Way Out There. Details of his mysterious captors become more unclear with each passing day…

## Gallery

Mr. Owl is known for his dance movesOwl in the "Ends of the Earth" music videoOwl hooting in *Vide Noir*
Tubbs Tarbell's hats

Tarbell cleaning his hats

Tubbs Tarbell owns many **hats** and has some hat specific behaviours. In episode 423 of *Alive From Whispering Pines*, he comes in from outside, changes his outdoor hat for an indoor hat, then walks to the studio and swaps that hat for his iconic white cowboy hat. He also references having a "leavin' hat" in his open letter.

He is seen cleaning his hats, which took him three days, during Astral Storm Derek.

## Memorabilia

A Craigslist post selling one of Tarbell's hats for $1499 in Key West, FL was posted in March 2020:

> "Tubbs Tarbell's alternate outdoor warm weather hat #4, as seen on episodes 97, 123, 124 and 201 of *Alive From Whispering Pines*. This is the hat that famously popped off Tarbell's head during the Clean Grooves performance in episode 201. Recovered from its landing place at the bottom of Wagner gorge some years later. TT initials written inside sweatband confirm authenticity. Hat still works. Own this functional relic of entertainment history. Price firm."
>
>

## Gallery

Craigslist post selling one of Tarbell's hatsTarbell's hat in the Craigslist postTarbell's hat in the Craigslist post, side viewTarbell's hat in the Craigslist post, interior
Andrew Winthrop

**Andrew Winthrop** is the head of the Winthrop Corporation. He is killed by Cobb Avery after the corporation's shady business practices lead to the deaths of Avery's wife and young daughter.

## Questions and fan theories

A "Chip Winthrop" is credited in the *Fool for Love* music video. Is Chip a nickname for Winthrop, or is this a different person, a relative perhaps?

## Gallery

Andrew Winthrop in the World Ender comic bookStatue of Andrew Winthrop in Algona
Setting Sun manuscript

Redirect to:

* Setting Sun

At some point early in his career, Quentin King and a bass player named Francis played at a “dive in the desert" and the owner tried to pay them with his **unfinished manuscript**. This manuscript was ***Setting Sun*** and remains unfinished to this day. King, angry at the form of payment, left behind the manuscript, signing the front “Go Fuck Yourself!! -Q.K”, and allegedly smashed up the bar on the way out. Francis took the manuscript and passed it on to a nephew or niece when he died. They listed it on Craigslist for $465 and said they “can’t vouch for the story in “Setting Sun” but the story around it is amazing!”
Clyde Fox

**Clyde Fox** is a singer known to perform at George’s Place and on *Alive From Whispering Pines*. Frankie Lou recorded “Meet Me in The Woods" with a "Claude" Fox. Considering the very similar names, they are likely the same performer.

## Description and appearances

Fox is depicted wearing suits and tuxedos and leans against a car on the cover of his album *Cruisin' (Again).*

## Music

### *Cruisin' (Again)*

Label: Whispering Pines Studios
Catalog Number: WP-0017
Format: Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Album
Country: US
Genre: Unknown
* "Cruisin' (Again)"

### Unspecified album

* Frankie Lou - "Meet Me in the Woods (w/ Claude Fox)"

### Cover versions

From Lord Huron's *Strange Trails*:
* "Meet Me in the Woods (feat. Jessica Maros)"
Tubbs Tarbell

**Tubbs Tarbell** is the host of the *Alive From Whispering Pines* television show and a producer at Whispering Pines Studios. Tarbell started the studio and record label after seeing Donny and Midge perform in a dive bar called the Broken Bottle, which he stumbled across at a low point in his life when he hit the road to run away from his gambling problems. He found himself disturbed by a lightning storm up ahead in the dark. Tarbell stopped at the Broken Bottle and spent his last dollar on a Boot Heel Whiskey and the darkness he felt was blown away by the harmonies of Donny and Midge. That moment inspired Tarbell to “dedicate his life to giving people what [he] had been given in that moment.” He scouts many acts from the Broken Bottle over the years.

On the show, Tarbell frequently reminisces about the show business people who passed through his studio over the years - listening to their music, reading their books, and looking at old photographs. Ben Schneider explains that Tarbell is "a very sentimental guy who really treasures his memories, but they’re slowly being taken from him by time's blur."

Tarbell tries to keep vegetarian and has always been a Boot Heel man.

He closes each episode of his show with his catchphrase, “May you live until you die!”

## Description and appearances

Tarbell is usually depicted wearing a white cowboy hat, beige double breasted blazer, and light shirt with a floppy western-style black bowtie in various Whispering Pines episodes. Occasionally, he wears a red and black winter coat. He seems to switch hats for the environment or even the room he is in, sometimes changing between three different ones in the span of a few minutes. Tarbell is sometimes depicted with a blur in front of his face, but not always. He was first introduced on Lord Huron's Twitter account.

Outside of his television show, he is present in the Lord Huron Seance, and in dialogue tracks on *Long Lost*.

In *Vide Noir*, when Vernon is at the Whispering Pines Motel, Tubbs Tarbell is on the television speaking about the movie Gun Thunder, in an interview with an unknown person who Tarbell notes was in the army with the star Roy Casey. Tarbell refers to Casey in the past tense, as though he has passed away.

## Background and influences

Tarbell is a Porter Wagoner type, in that he puts on a show, and a Lee Hazlewood type in that he is running *Alive From Whispering Pines* on the fringe of the mainstream, though Tarbell is a producer, never a performer.

## Questions and fan theories

* Is Tarbell a ghost who haunts Whispering Pines Studio in search of the universal note? In episode 426, he is shown packing a bindle and heading off; he is then greeted in the Broken Bottle by his old music friends. An old photograph of this scene is then shown on the wall as Lord Huron exits the studio.

## Gallery

Tarbell's catchphrase "May you live until you die!"Tarbell staring way out thereTarbell discovers a mysterious poolTarbell finding it is "time to move on"Tarbell and his friends in the Broken Bottle
## Sources

1. ↑ Atwood Magazine interview
2. ↑ NPR interview
3. ↑ An Open Letter From Tubbs Tarbell
Donny and Midge

**Donny Franks and Midge Pruitt** are a country music duo that started out as "two kids who liked to harmonize," singing on a small stage and backed by a three piece band at the Broken Bottle, where they were discovered by Tubbs Tarbell. They were on the first episode of Tarbell’s television show, *Alive From Whispering Pines*, where they played the first song cut by Whispering Pines Studios, "I Lied". Hefty Lefty performed percussion because their original drummer, Midge's brother Gary, had been busted for selling illegal fireworks three days before. Donny and Midge went on to be famous, with sold out tours and pine record awards.

## Description and appearances

In the first episode of Tarbell’s television show Alive from Whispering Pines, Donny and Midge are depicted as a man in a white cowboy hat and western clothing and a woman with dark hair, wearing a long dress with long sleeves and frills on it. In other depictions, Midge wears a short-sleeved dress.

Donny and Midge appear in the video for "I Lied", where footage of the duo performing the song is played on Dandy Tech televisions displayed in a shop window. This is juxtaposed with footage of Lord Huron's Ben Schneider performing the song with Allison Ponthier. Toward the end of the video, a scene inside the studio is shown where the camera zooms over Tubbs Tarbell's desk as Donny and Midge reach an emotional point in the song and their harmonies are transmitted through their microphones and out through the airwaves.

Their relationship status is a subject of speculation in the tabloids, but their public or stage personas are likely different than their partnership behind the scenes. It's possible they have a platonic relationship or even hate each other, or share love of a different kind, but maybe not romantic love.

## Music

### *Diamond Duets*

Label: Whispering Pines Studios
Catalog Number: WP-0034
Format: Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Album
Country: US
Genre: Country
* "I Lied"

### Unspecified album

Seen in the Cosmic Selector:

* "Days Gone By" backed with "I Lied"

### Cover versions

From Lord Huron - *Long Lost*:
* "I Lied (feat. Allison Ponthier)"
* "Your Other Life"/"Ton Autre Vie" (unconfirmed but likely)

## Gallery

Lord Huron - I Lied feat. Allison Ponthier (Official Video)Donny and Midge in Tubb's Tarbells photo album, from the first episode of Alive From Whispering PinesDonny and Midge singing "I Lied"Donny and Midge "I Lied" album art"I Lied" recording session shown in "I Lied" music video
## Sources

1. ↑ NPR interview
2. ↑ Allison Ponthier Instagram post
Roy Casey

Roy Casey in Gun Thunder

**Roy Casey** is a country musician who was introduced to Tubbs Tarbell by Mickey Driskill. Casey then introduced Tarbell to Frankie Lou. He stars a cowboy protagonist in a WBUB movie called *Gun Thunder* which he also records some songs for.

## Description and appearances

Casey is depicted as wearing a brown cowboy hat, yellow bandana, and red shirt, with a black domino mask in Tarbell’s photo album. He wears the same get-up in clips of *Gun Thunder*, where he is shown strumming his guitar and looking for a woman in a picture in a locket. He finds her dead and cries, then buries her, leaving the locket behind on her grave marker.

In the *Vide Noir* film, there is a scene at the Frozen Pines Motel in which Tubbs Tarbell can be heard conducting an interview with an unnamed guest. They speak about Casey in the past tense as if he has passed away, placing his death at some point prior to the events of the film in the late '60s.

## Music

### *Gun Thunder – Music from the Motion Picture*

Label: Whispering Pines Studios – WP-0005
Catalog Number: WP-0005
Format: Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, Album
Country: US
Genre: Soundtrack, Country
**Tracklist**

### Cover versions

From Lord Huron's *Long Lost*:
* "The Moon Doesn't Mind"

## Gallery

Roy Casey singing the "Moon Doesn't Mind" in Gun ThunderRoy Casey singing "The Moon Doesn't Mind" for Alive From Whispering Pines
Big Jim

**Big Jim** is the antagonist of the song and music video "Fool for Love." He seems to enjoy arm-wrestling at the local watering hole.

## Description and appearances

Big Jim is depicted as a tall, large bearded man with grey hair, wearing a red plaid shirt. He has a tattoo that says "Lily" in a heart on his arm. In the music video, the Fool comes to George’s Place to fight Big Jim and win Lily. Jim is seen arm-wrestling with another large man and winning. Upon seeing just how big Jim is, the Fool starts a brawl between the World Enders and Big Jim's gang, the Tumbleweeds. Big Jim chases the Fool out of the bar and is seen lifting the him by the throat at the end of the video, implying a dark fate for the Fool.

## Questions and fan theories

Who is Lily and what is her involvement in this? Is there a connection between Big Jim's story and the story in "Setting Sun", a narrative from the perspective of a violent man brooding about a "girl" "running around with that boy you call your friend."

## Gallery

Lord Huron - Fool for LoveBig Jim's arm tattoo reading "Lily"
Studio Cat

**Studio Cat**, also known as "Set Cat", is a cat who walks through the long abandoned Broken Bottle dive bar and also past the shop window full of televisions in the “I Lied” music video. She is very important because she is a cat.

## Gallery

Studio cat walks through the Broken BottleStudio Cat walks past a missing cat sign on the "I Lied" music video
At Sea

**"At Sea"** is a song on *Long Lost* which does not currently have a definitively associated character. It was teased in the Lord Huron Seance.

"At Sea" is featured on the soundtrack of L’Île Cosmique, as confirmed by the Whispering Pines records and tapes advertisement. The narrator describes being lost out at sea. They are lonely but claim this is what they wanted, expressing the desire to remain on an island, isolated, for a couple years to see how they feel.

## Music Video

The video features dream and surreal footage of a tropical island setting. This includes images of gentle waves, an aerial view of a boat on the water, what looks like a Cambodian or Indonesian temple, palm trees under starry skies, a figure in white standing on a small bridge in a jungle setting, a comet or other strange light streaking across the sky above an island, the moon, and an interior of a temple-like setting through red curtains.

## Annotated lyrics

Lonely, all on my own just like I wanted to be, lost out at sea

I might, stay on my island for a couple of years, see how it feels

Floating, tired and lonesome like I wanted to be, lost out at sea

I might stay in my mind just for a couple of years, face all my fears

## Potential lyrical references

Frequently, Lord Huron's songs explore similar themes, sometimes they have stories that are covered by more than one song. These lyrical connections are merely for reference:

1. ↑ In Lonesome Dreams the singer is lost and alone on a mysterious island.

## Trivia

There is a visual reference to "At Sea" in the music video for "I Lied." A WBUB newscaster on one of the televisions reports on a headline "Lost Out At Sea."

## Questions and fan theories

* Who is the performer behind "At Sea"? Is it about their own experiences?

## Sources

"The Moon Doesn't Mind" (Roy Casey)
"**Mine Forever**"
"(One Hellava Performer)" (Tubbs Tarbell)
"Love Me Like You Used To"
"Meet Me in the City"
"(Sing for Us Tonight)"(Tubbs Tarbell)

"**Long Lost**" (Leigh Green and Hauser Godwin)
"Twenty Long Years"
"Drops in the Lake" (*Drops in the Lake (film)*)
"Where Did the Time Go"
"**Not Dead Yet**" (The Phantom Riders)
"(Deep Down Inside Ya)"(Tubbs Tarbell)

"I Lied"(with Allison Ponthier) (Donnie and Midge)
"**At Sea**"(*L’Île Cosmique*)
"What Do It Mean"(Quentin King)
"Time's Blur"
**Bonus tracks:**
"Your Other Life" and "Ton Autre Vie"
The World Enders

World Enders behind the scenes in "Fool for Love"

**The World Enders** are a greaser gang described as "your traditional leather-jacket-wearing, slicked-back-hair, punk kids" who run around desert towns causing trouble. They are initially under the leadership of Cobb Avery and later by Dale Redmayne. Membership varies over time and depending on the source. The gang is involved in Avery’s revenge-driven murder spree against the Winthrop Corporation.

## Description and appearances

They travel by motorcycle alongside Avery’s car, and are depicted wearing leather jackets with the World Ender lightning bolt emblem on the back. Their motto is “The fair and the brave and the good must die.”

At least two members are also in The Phantom Riders.

### World Ender comic book

The World Enders form and develop their infamy through creating mayhem. They get their name after a test to become second-in-command of the gang, where one member drives right off a cliff: "Some people will ride to the end of the world looking for answers. Others will drive off it entirely. From then on, we were the World Enders."

#### Gang in the World Ender comic book:

* Mad Dog Kenny - becomes Avery's second-in-command by stopping close to the edge of a cliff on his motorcycle while blindfolded. Good at fighting
* Jimmy Doll - a thrillseeker, dies motorcycling blindfolded off a cliff in a test to see who would be second-in-command
* Jack - loves to break things
* Marcus - also loves to break things
* Fritz - a kleptomaniac
* Charlie Powell - seeks out the World Enders so she can help them by providing intel on a Winthrop train

### "World Ender" music video

The gang forms and helps Avery derail a train and attack Winthrop.

### Fool for Love music video

The World Enders are known to have spent time at George’s Place and they fight with a gang called the Tumbleweeds in the "Fool for Love" music video.

#### Gang credited in "Fool for Love" music video

* Dale Redmayne
* Johnnie Redmayne
* “Penny Clicks” St. Claire
* Tender Freddie
* Cid
* Snake

### Vide Noir

In the *Vide Noir* film, The World Enders, led by Alex, have an underground clubhouse east of the river on Grove Street. The Phantom Riders play there and Cobb Avery is also present at the club.

## Questions and fan theories

* The same actor plays Dale Redmayne and Cobb Avery/The World Ender. It's possible Cobb took on a new identity as the years went by. Or perhaps Redmayne plays Cobb in a WBUB midnight movie. Maybe Lord Huron just like working with this actor.

## Gallery

From teaser for Strange Trails: "This is World Ender turf, bub!"Cover art of "Hurricane" showing the World Enders' emblem and mottoThe brawl between the Tumbleweeds and the World Enders in "Fool For Love"The World Ender emblem in the music videoThe World Enders confront Andrew Winthrop
1. ↑ 2015 NPR interview
Hauser Godwin

**Hauser Godwin** is a musician who plays "Long Lost" with Leigh Green in *Alive From Whispering Pines* episode 117. He is a member of the Villagers.

## Description and appearances

Godwin is shown performing Leigh Green's "Long Lost," wearing a white or beige cowboy hat, white shirt with a red western scarf tie, grey or beige pants and distinctive two-toned cowboy boots. He also wears a ring on his left ring finger.

## Music

From Leigh Green's *A Natural Feeling*:
* "Long Lost"

### Cover versions

From Lord Huron's *Long Lost*:
* "Long Lost"

## Questions and fan theories

* In the video for "Love Me Like You Used To," Quentin King is prominently shown wearing the same two-toned cowboy boots and ring as Hauser Godwin wears while performing "Long Lost." Could it be that Quentin King is actually a stage name adopted by Godwin later in his career?
* The video of "Long Lost" depicts Godwin and Green superimposed and in similar clothing while playing the song by the campfire. Is there some significance to this, perhaps as a visual metaphor? The video for Love Me Like You Used To" also makes use of superposition of the female protagonist, this time with a costume of Quentin King.