A radio show in New York broadcasts an essay about a man who goes on a killing spree, but skirts the law because he is the nephew of a prominent judge.

When a couple buys a new radio, the wife becomes obsessed with its ability to catch conversations of their neighbors private lives.

A mysterious musician comes to town, and plays a supernatural horn that shakes a local gangster joint to its core.

An African American man in his early-20s becomes renowned for his blues performances on the streets around the United States, playing for jail inmates, young couples, and passerbys alike.

Unable to sleep, a famous musician watches television and consults his friends and family in the middle of the night as a mystery torments him: who is the man calling his girlfriend and spreading lies about him, and what does he want?