Buster didn't mind. The memories were already gone. Or so he thought.
"My name is Buster Moon. This is the story of the greatest show no one saved—until now." sing 2016 internet archive
On Tuesday morning, as the demolition crew arrived, Buster Moon walked out of the theater for the last time. He didn't look back. But he held the tablet to his chest. Buster didn't mind
His breath caught. "The 2016 benefit concert. The one after the theater… after it fell." "My name is Buster Moon
Buster Moon had been a lot of things: a dreamer, a bankrupt theater owner, a citywide hero, and, for one brief, glittering year, a billionaire. But in 2062, he was just old.
His fur was patchy white now, and his hearing aid whistled if he got too excited. The New Moon Theater—rebuilt after the collapse of the old one—had stood for forty years, but the city was reclaiming it. A hyperloop terminal was going in. The wrecking ball was scheduled for Tuesday.
She tapped the tablet. A grainy, color-bled video flickered to life. It was shaky, filmed on a pre-smartphone digital camera. Buster saw himself —young, manic, fur slick with hair gel—running across a stage, shouting, "Don’t let the lights fool you! The show must go on!"