modern

People of varying life circumstances and how they affect each other. Explores family drama, childhood romance, class conflict, the isolation of wealth, and nostalgic escapism, among other things.Takes place during an ambiguous time period borrowing aesthetics from the 1960s to 1990s.Located in New York City and its wealthier suburbs, Hong Kong, small-town California, and Birmingham, England.

classic rock

Follows the lives of different people as they navigate the tumultuous waters of fame in the art & music scenes. Explores the counterculture of the 1960s, the volatility of celebrity status, and the ways in which the decade's icons were born.Main timeframe spans the 1960s to the 1970s. Occasionally flashbacks or fast-forwards in glimpses.Located predominantly in the fictional West Coast city of Crown Valley, home of the bohemian neighborhoods Woodboro Village and Garland Grove.

roster

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• juniper heartwood

An introverted woman of affluent upbringing and hippie sensibilities.In the modern timeline, she is a freelancing painter and photographer living in the city with her poet fiancé.In the classic rock timeline, she is a multimedia visual artist, a child of nepotism, and the reticent wife to an infamous folk rock star. In the future, she will become a widow and an It Girl for the avant-garde scene.

• charlie foster

A contradictory man who's as much an enigma as he is a hedonist.In the modern timeline, he is a freewheeling poet living in the city with his artist fiancée.In the classic rock timeline, he is a renowned musician, a controversial figure, and the philandering husband to a runaway heiress. In the future, his untimely death will deify him as a martyr for the counterculture he sang for.

• oz tseung

A charismatic yet cutthroat man of new money. Juniper's father.In the modern timeline, he is a businessman-turned-politician who prioritizes work over family.In the classic rock timeline, he is a public broadcasting tycoon with a sordid past and a beneficial marriage to a socialite.

• charlotte heartwood

A vain, icy woman of old money. Juniper's mother.In the modern timeline, she is an ex-model who maintains her marriage for public image reasons.In the classic rock timeline, she is a fashion mogul well known for her family's connections and her CEO husband.

• finch heartwood

A lively man with flamboyant taste who loves adventure. Juniper's cousin.In the modern timeline, he is an anthropologist who travels the world for his collection of oddities.In the classic rock timeline, he is a music journalist whose dogged, eccentric methodology gets him close to stars others can't reach.