Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Jon Brion is an American rock and pop multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, composer and record producer. Brion was born in Glen Ridge, New... Jersey. He came from a musical family; his mother, LaRue, was an administrative assistant and singer, and his father, Keith Brion, was a band director at Yale. His brother and sister became a composer/arranger and a violinist, respectively. Brion had difficulties at Hamden High School and at the age of 17 left education, opting instead to play music professionally. From 1980-85 Jon was part of the band The Excerpts, along with Stephen Harris, Dean Falcone, Jim Balga & Spike Priggen. In the early 1980s, Brion and musician/producer Bill Murphy began a writing collaboration in New Haven, Connecticut. They eventually enlisted bassist Don "Riff" Fertman and together formed The Bats, . The Bats released a single, "Popgun" and one album How Pop Can You Get?, on Gustav records in 1982. The recordings had much critical acclaim, but little commercial success, and the trio eventually disbanded.
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The Hamptons may refer to several villages and hamlets in the towns of Southampton and East Hampton on the far east end of Suffolk County on Long Island, New York. These townships occupy the South Fork of Long Island, stretching into the Atlantic Ocean. The Hamptons form a popular seaside resort,... one of the historical Summer Colonies of the American Northeast. They have some of the most expensive residential properties in the U.S. The Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, Montauk Highway, and the Hampton Jitney provide connections to the rest of Long Island and to New York City, while ferries connect North Haven and Montauk to Shelter Island and Connecticut. The Hamptons include hamlets and villages in the town of Southampton The Hamptons include the following hamlets and villages in the town of East Hampton: The hamlet Northampton, Suffolk County, New York, further west in the Town of Southampton, is not generally included. These areas constitute the core vacation area of this end of Long Island. Only Southampton Village, East Hampton Village, Sag Harbor and Sagaponack are incorporated as villages.
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