Hi Brad and Brad, I will forever think of Will Ferrell as Gene Frenkle playing the wood block when I listen to Buckle Up.  Maybe someday, we'll get a follow up where Pearl Jam is recording with Bruce Dickenson and they invite a special musician to play the wood block (Gene) in the studio.  I can see it already.  Bruce has a fever and the only prescription is MORE WOOD BLOCK! I've taken to the Porch message boards to try to gain some perspective on the lyric to Buckle Up.  One thing surfaced in my brain, especially when thinking about the "a boy on her lap, a murderer groomed" line.  So here goes my conspiracy theory.  What if Buckle Up is meant to be a prequel to the Mamason trilogy?  I may be way off base here, but what if this is the hospital scene after the mother gets away from the biological father and her son witnessing her recovery in a hospital, but is too young to remember this later in life? I'm very sure this is not where Stone was going with this song,