The Motel Tapes
January, 1977
The Motel TapesThe Motel is situated somewhere in the United States. The building itself is a simple rectangle, brick on the front and cement block elsewhere, 60 picture windows looking out over a parking lot to a fast-food stand, a topless bar and a lumberyard.The rooms are painted identically in pastel blue and the carpeting in each unit is a coarse tweedlike material, russet with an occasional glimmering metallic highlight.The central area of each unit is dominated by an oversized bed and a 2...