Rhythm

"You're just going to keep ... the ... beat," he said. "For hours, if necessary, with an occasional skip and flutter to keep everyone on their toes," Connor answered. "Your acts can set the rhythm, then come in around it, and fade back out to it - makes and keeps continuity, builds the bones of the event." "This is the most bizarre thing I've ever heard," he responded, shaking his head, "but what the hell; we're always looking for crap that's Out There." "They'll go mad," Connor said softly, shaking his hand. "For real. Here's to the beginning of something incredible." The man smiled, liking the kid's style; he would smile again (stunned and marveling) at the end of the week when The Tell-Tale Hearts debuted and the world, entranced, went completely insane.