The land that the folks in Calvin Johnson songs occupy is full of the following disparate objects, feelings, phrases, beasts, aberrations and bits of wilderness:Talking treesCheesecakeLactationOpen soresOld men whittling on their front porchesEmpty movie theatersDebilitating alonenessThe sound of one's own rattling voiceA hot mess of squeamishnessMelted recordsSmall electrocutionsWatery gravesCertifiable looninessOdd deathsStrange curiositiesSplintered visionsSpooksMen walking around in dirty dress shirts and trousers - pulling it offWandering voicesClothing on the lineBloody socksRotary phonesSoda fountains and homemade fudgeLawn sculpturesCoal walkersBeds of nailsHoly water