Annotations for JetStar and the Kobra Kid  Traffic Report

Lyric: And, uh, got themselves ghosted, dusted out on Route Guano
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Both “ghosted” and “dusted out” in this case mean killed. Someone dead would be turned into a ghost- ghosted, or turned to dust- dusted. Route Guano would refer to one of the highways surrounding Battery City.

Lyric: So it’s time to hit the red line and upthrust the volume out there
 Keep your boots tight, keep your gun close, and die with your mask on if you’ve got to
 Here is the traffic...​
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A sign off, Dr. Death Defying, the radio DJ, is telling the Killjoys and their supporters to stay safe and stay unidentified. The traffic is slang for the music played on the radio, or in this case, the album. The phrase “keep your mask on” can also be another way of saying “keep your mouth shut” and don’t be a snitch.

Lyric: That went all Costa Rica
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Costa Rica is used here as slang for downhill, so it’s possible that in this timeline in 2019, Costa Rica was destroyed, giving meaning to the slang. If you live in the states the phrase “gone South” is slang for getting worse. Costa Rica is South of the USA, so it could also be a cleaver way to say gone South.

Lyric: Bad news from the zones, tumbleweeds
 It looks like Jet-Star and the Kobra Kid had a clap with an Exterminator
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Jet Star and the Kobra Kid are the alter egos of guitarist Ray Toro and bassist Mikey Way in this album. A ‘clap’ in this case means that the duo got into a fight with an exterminator, which is the Better Living Industries' (BL/ind, the evil corporation and enemy of the concept album) grunt of sorts.

