Hey, Phil. Whatcha doing?
“Being cool in spite of myself.”
Yeah, kinda. Hey, Phi?
“Yes?”
Tell Peter Shapiro we’re sorry.
“Got a whiff of the actual music business, huh?”
Yeah. It’s terrible and nihilistic and myopic and I don’t think it’s ever read a book.
“Not great people. Y’know all those pictures of me scowling near record executives?”
Yeah.
“Now you know why.”
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reddy kilowatt truth bombs
Hunter Thompson, back when he was A Thing (you youngsters cannot imagine), had the best quote about the music industry
“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There’s also a negative side.”
Now, all you old folks say it with me–“We were somewhere near the edge of the desert when the drugs began to hit….”