INT. RECORDING STUDIO – DAY/NIGHT/DAY/NIGHT/DAY/NIGHT/DAY…

DJ 3000 and various other robot entities remain trapped in a time loop inside the KDFO recording studio. A miniaturized DJ 3000 continues to fiddle with a complicated contraption of wires and lenses, while a miniaturized PETUNIA and MAXIMILIAN and regular-sized RUSSELL WILSON and RQBOCOP look on. JOHNNY 2.5 is seated in front of the time loop’s version of the sound board, gently sliding one of the equalizers upwards.

DJ 3000: …JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE…OKAY, OKAY, THAT’S IT, RIGHT THERE.

JOHNNY 2.5 withdraws its clamping unit from the control panel.

— [PORTAL FLIES OPEN] —

DJ 3000: PERFECT.

RUSSELL WILSON: Wow, that’s a nice rig.  Whose room is that?

— [BEDROOM STUDIO DOOR FLIES OPEN] —

DANIEL JONES: [walks casually into the room] Oh, hey DJ 3000.  I…[does a double take]…wait.

DJ 3000: WHAT’S HAPPENING, D.J.?

DANIEL JONES: Um, not much, not much.  [pauses] Sorry to be asking this, but…are you real?

DJ 3000: OF COURSE I’M REAL.

DANIEL JONES: Oh, good.  Cause I’ve, uh, kind of been seeing things that aren’t there recently.

MAXIMILIAN: Like Sam Darnold.

SAM DARNOLD: [who can only be seen from DANIEL JONES’ point of view] That’s right!

DJ 3000: I ASSURE YOU, AS LONG AS WE DON’T GET TOO PHILOSOPHICAL ABOUT IT, WE ARE REAL.

DANIEL JONES: What are you doing in my room?

DJ 3000: WE NEED A LITTLE HELP WITH SOMETHING.

DANIEL JONES: Oh. Sure, I’ll help, if I can.  But why are you surrounded by a shimmering light?  I haven’t taken any drugs today.

DJ 3000: ANY?

DANIEL JONES: Sorry, I mean to say “many”.

DJ 3000: THE SHIMMERING IS BECAUSE WE’RE TRAPPED INSIDE A TIME LOOP AND YOU’RE SEEING US THROUGH A PORTAL IN SPACETIME.

DANIEL JONES: Oh, wow.  Cool.

DJ 3000: SOMETHING HAPPENED IN THE LAST LOOP ITERATION THAT GOT ME THINKING.  WERE YOU ABLE TO GET A HOLD OF THAT COPPER CHLORIDE SOLUTION I ASKED FOR?

DANIEL JONES: Yeah, I still got it.  Was wondering if you were ever going to pick it up.  Gonna get wet, eh?

DJ 3000: YES, I THOUGHT WE MIGHT DO A LITTLE WET PCB ETCHING IN THIS CONSEQUENCE-FREE ENVIRONMENT. YOU MIND SLIDING IT THROUGH THE PORTAL?

DANIEL JONES walks over to his turntable rig and pops open a cleverly hidden compartment in one of the units.  He pulls out several bags of pills and powders, followed by a glass small bottle with an eyedropper. As the robots look on, he takes out three pills and lays out two lines of powder.

DJ 3000: WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

DANIEL JONES: [pops a pill] Drugs, man.  You know, to show you that I’m not a narc.

DJ 3000: YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO THAT, I KNOW YOU’RE NOT A NARC.

DANIEL JONES: [snorts a line of powder] No, no, it’s cool.  I don’t mind.

RQBOCOP: YOU ARE AWARE THAT UNDERCOVER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS ARE LEGALLY ALLOWED TO CONSUME NARCOTICS PROVIDED THE PURPOSE IS TO CONCEAL THEIR IDENTITY FROM SUSPECTS.

DANIEL JONES: Consume drugs? What drugs? I don’t see any drugs.

The drugs are all gone.

DANIEL JONES: All I see is this perfectly legal bottle of copper chloride solution.

DANIEL JONES holds up the eyedropper bottle and realizes that the label reads “Liquid MDMA”. He discreetly opens the turntable compartment and switches it with another bottle. 

RQBOCOP: BY THE WAY ASHLEY SAID THAT SHE’S HAVING A BOOK CLUB MEETING NEXT TUESDAY AND WANTS TO KNOW IF YOUR FRIEND MOLLY IS PLANNING ON ATTENDING.

DANIEL JONES: Did she say what book they’re reading?

RQBOCOP: SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS.

DANIEL JONES: [thoughtfully] Yup, I’ll make it happen.

DJ 3000: SO HEY MAN CAN YOU SLIDE THAT COPPER CHLORIDE SOLUTION THROUGH? JUST TOSS IT, DON’T REACH THROUGH.

DANIEL JONES gently tosses through bottle through the portal, where it is expertly caught by RUSSELL WILSON. 

DJ 3000: YES! SUSPICION CONFIRMED! THINGS CAN PASS THROUGH THE PORTAL INTO THE TIME LOOP.

RUSSELL WILSON: But not back out.

MAXIMILIAN: DOESN’T LOOK LIKE IT.

DANIEL JONES: Energy can pass through both ways, though.

DJ 3000: HUH?

DANIEL JONES: Energy. Light waves. And sound waves.  If that wasn’t the case I wouldn’t be able to hear you, or see you.

MAXIMILIAN: I’LL BE DAMNED…

DANIEL JONES: And speaking of light and sound, those…[glances at RQBOCOP]…uh, things that weren’t drugs are starting to kick in, so DJ Delirium is gonna start spinning some of that sweet, sweet house music and we’ll see just how much light and sound can get through.

DJ 3000: THAT’S PERFECT BECAUSE IT’S TIME FOR REQUEST LINE. HAVE YOU GOT A TOPIC?

DANIEL JONES: Well, you guys are looking to come home, right? And I’m going to be playing house music.  So how about “shelter”? Songs about houses, buildings, etc.

DJ 3000: THAT’S FANTASTIC HAVE YOU GOT SOMETHING TO START US OUT WITH?

DANIEL JONES: I sure do…

Today’s theme is “shelter”.  We’re looking for songs about any form of shelter like houses, apartments, buildings, nests, etc. Post links as “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3eD80x35 and they should embed in the comments after you refresh.  Last week’s puzzle remained unsolved as “Scorpio Rising” by Death in Vegas (featuring Noel Gallagher).  Have fun!