With his ninth studio album, Cooder maneuvered himself into a dead end. While not a bad record by any means, it is one of his few controversial works and received some unfriendly reviews at the time. Cooder must have felt the same way, because after The Slide Area he stopped making solo albums for no less than five years. While he turned mostly to film scoring, he also scored a number of commercials. This episode features some of Cooder's commercial music for brands like Levy's, Early Times, and Pioneer.

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Written, produced and edited by Frank Schnelle

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Additional background music The Mini Vandals

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