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The stage set resembled a gas station with a neon sign assuring us that Jesus saves — an oasis in the desert, in other words.

Mothersbaugh’s artwork is created within its own work of architectural infamy, the headquarters of Mutato Muzika, the iconic round, neon green building on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood that houses his production studio.

The hills and trees were almost neon green after several days of heavy rainfall, the horses especially sluggish.

The words began to flicker in my brain like a neon sign that buzzes at the beginning of a long night: “Burn it all down.”

There were no vacancies beneath the old neon Farm House Motel sign last Saturday — no guest rooms at all, in fact.