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The pleasure of fun can be seen by the numerous efforts to harness its positive associations. For example, there are many books on serious subjects, about skills such as music, mathematics and languages, normally quite difficult to master, which have "fun" added to the title.

Bonobo recorded a good chunk of Distance In Static at Neil Young's Broken Arrow Ranch studio, and he invited Arooj Aftab out to work together. Their new song "Fire On The Water" came together when Aftab heard Bonobo recording an acoustic guitar loop to test the studio inputs. Together, they built the track out, with Aftab singing in Urdu, taking her lyrics from poetry that a friend had written.

In a press release, Bonobo says, "When that song happened, that's when I could first see an album coming into shape. We were both like, 'Oh, this is really special.'" Aftab says, "I had the dreamiest time making this song with Simon in the Redwoods. He is a boyish joy and a beautiful soul. The lyrics, written by my dear friend Yasra Rizvi, live in that tender place where time keeps moving but desire remains. There can still be fire on the water."

Although it was called "wrestling", it was not wrestling per se, as most octopuses are rather skittish and not aggressive at all unless they are provoked, with most cases of provocation ending with the octopus fleeing. The contestants were usually only searching in holes along rocks in the ocean to grab the head of an octopus. Once a diver caught an octopus he continued to pull until the animal gave up.