Musings on the Most Ridiculous Band I Can't Stop Listening To

Month: March 2018 (Page 4 of 9)

It’s A Family-Friendly Band

Please tell me that’s Justin.

“Yeah, I think it is. He seems to know me.”

Billy.

“I’m fucking with you, Ass! Course it’s my kid. I made him.”

Good.

“With my dick.”

Stop it.

“Me and Justy, father-son time. See, you think I’m a sleazehound, but I’m a family kinda guy.”

Uh-huh. What does father-son time entail?

“He’s gonna wander around unsupervised all day while I do drugs and jam with my friends.”

I don’t think that’s optimal.

“Well, what the fuck did you do with your dad?”

Sat in tense silence wishing we could speak to one another.

“Yeah, that blows. My version’s better. Maybe I get the kid laid.”

No, Billy.

“He’s old enough. What is he, 15?”

Eight. He’s, like, eight years old Billy.

“Never too early for skank.”

Eight is too early for skank.

“Wasn’t for me. Little League snack bar, man. Nothing draws skank like a snack bar. Probably cuz a lot of ’em aren’t allowed in real restaurants any more, but who knows with skank?”

Billy, please talk about anything else. Think of the child.

“You’re right. Hey, I’m famous.”

To certain people.

“Maybe I hook Justy up with one of them Hollywood starlets. What’s Kristy McNichol’s number?”

I don’t know, and–once again–he is eight.

“Fine, I’ll bang her.”

We’re done.

Old Friends

PAY ATTENTION TO ME.

Goddammit, Wally.

DO NOT CALL ME THAT.

Aren’t you supposed to be in a movie theater in a made-up town?

NOT ON JUNE 16TH OF 1974. ON JUNE 16TH OF 1974, I AM SUPPOSED TO BE HERE, WHICH IS DES MOINES, IOWA.

How is Iowa?

THE CROWD IS NO WHITER THAN AT ANY OTHER GRATEFUL DEAD SHOW.

Sure.

I AM A BELOVED CHARACTER, AND THE ENTHUSIASTS MISS MY KEEN INSIGHT.

You’re a very important part of Little Aleppo.

AND YET I HAVE NOT BEEN FEATURED IN THE CURRENT STORIES.

Well, 2/3rds of the current stories take place in the 1800’s and the 1980’s. The Tahitian is closed then.

YOU DID THAT ON PURPOSE.

Dude, nothing in Little Aleppo happens on purpose.

I AM TIRED OF PEOPLE NOT TREATING ME LIKE THE GIFT THAT I AM.

Don’t quote Paula Abdul at me.

SHE IS A MULTI-TALENTED TREASURE AND SO AM I.

You have one talent.

I DO IMPRESSIONS.

No, you don’t.

GET TO THE CHOPPER. THAT WAS ARNOLD.

Your voice didn’t change at all.

I CAN DO NICHOLSON.

No, you can’t.

FETCH ME AN ENORMOUS PAIR OF SUNGLASSES.

Stop this. It’s demeaning to both of us.

THAT IS IT. SPEAK TO MY MANAGER.

Manager? You don’t have a manager.

“He most certainly does, buddy.”

Ah, fuck.

How did I know?

“Benjy is everywhere, baby. We need to talk about Wally’s billing.”

DO NOT CALL ME THAT.

“He goes above the title.”

I AM NOT A HE.

“What are you?”

A WALL.

“You heard him.”

Y’know what? You two deserve each other. I’m not renegotiating anything. Wally stays in Little Aleppo, and Benjy, you stay at the chair outlet or wherever the fuck you are.

“Okay, fine. I didn’t want to do this, but you’ve forced our hands.”

I DO NOT HAVE HANDS.

“Wally, tell the world your truth.”

TOTD HAS SEXUALLY HARASSED ME FOR YEARS.

Both of you stop this.

HASHTAG ME TOO.

“You’re a sick fuck, TotD. The things you did to this defenseless supercomputer.”

MONDOCOMPUTER.

“Whatever. Sick!”

I’m leaving.

YOU WILL HEAR FROM OUR ATTORNEYS.

“We hired Robert Mueller.”

No, you didn’t.

“You didn’t let me finish.”

Go ahead.

“We hired Robert Mueller’s cousin, Jeffy.”

I’m leaving.

Walkthrough

This is too many keyboards.

“Nah, just right. I’m playing the Rhodes. It goes kuhCHONK if you play hard, or shwoo if you play soft.”

Okay.

“On top of that is the Mini Moog. It goes WEEEEEEOOOOOweeeeeeoooooWEEEEEEE. I can freak fuckers out, man.”

Sounds like it.

“To the right is the Chichester Sparkle-Phantom XR6.”

That instrument is not named that.

“Oh, sure it is. It goes like this: Myah! Myaaaah!”

The keyboard sounds like Edward G. Robinson?

“Well, one of the settings does. It also has a drum machine built-in, so I could play a samba. And, of course, to my left is Adrian Zmed.”

That’s not Adrian Zmed; it’s a Hammond organ.

“No, Zmed.”

This is why you don’t appear that much.

Bobby And Veronica

I wanna yell at you for smoking on the horse, but your hair looks so damn good.

“I used the horse’s shampoo.”

It’s working.

“Do you know Veronica?”

No one knows Veronica.

“Pig knows her real well.”

I know that. I meant that no one wrote anything down about her. We don’t even know her last name. Was it Barnard or Grant?

“Huh. Good question. I always thought her last name was Pig’s Black Girlfriend.”

There you go.

“We are in the past, y’know.”

Go sit in the Problem Attic for a few hours.

“Should I bring the horse?”

Yes.

Election Night In Moscow

“Russian Jenkins!”

“Da, sir?”

“Ve cannot both speak vith comic accent. Make conversation very annoying.”

“I gotcha, sir.”

“How is election for Putin?”

“Excellent, sir. The returns are coming in now.”

“Is New York Times doing needle? Makes evening so tense and fun. Putin love needle.”

“They’re not, sir.”

“Vhat about Tvitter? Are there memes?”

“Let’s stay off of Twitter, sir. That’s his thing.”

“Da, da.”

“Sir, Novgorad is reporting. They’re calling it for you with 96% of the vote.”

“They love me in Novgorad.”

“Murmansk is at 94%.”

“They love me in Murmansk.”

“Stavropol went for you 85-15.”

“Have Stavropol starved to death.”

“Yes, sir. Ooh, you got 100% in Krasnoyarsk.”

“All dozen voters?”

“Every single one, sir.”

“Hooray for Putin. Ve celebrate.”

“How, sir?”

“Send a hundred pizzas to Angela Merkel.”

“I’m on it, sir.”

“Have pizzas topped vith chunks of dead spy.”

“It’s a bit much, sir.”

“Da. Just the pizzas. And have some people killed in–

GLOBE-SPINNING NOISE

GLOBE-STOPPING WITH FINGER NOISE

“–Spain.”

“Done, sir. Anyone in particular?”

“You choose this time.”

“Hmm. Ah. I noticed Krotov did not laugh at your hungry bear story at the last cookout.”

“He did nyet laugh at hungry bear? Is my best story!”

“I love that story, sir.”

“Bear is so hungry!”

“It’s not the story’s problem, sir. There’s something wrong with Krotov.”

“There vill not be for long. He is in Spain?”

“He can be dumped there.”

“Da, da. Is such good day.”

“Yes, sir. The Vladivostock returns are in.”

“Did I vin?”

“You did, sir.”

“Vonderful. Putin vorried about Vladivostock. Vas story going to come out in paper, very bad, very embarrassing.”

“Well, you won with 90% of the vote, so I don’t think it hurt you.”

“Da. Also, I have journalist murdered.”

“That helps.”

“Whole newspaper staff, actually. Putin got carried away.”

“You’re only human, sir.”

“For now.”

“Sir, Project: Robot Body for Putin is way behind schedule.”

“They vill figure it out. Putin brain vill be implanted into robot. Lead Russia forever.”

“I’m not saying I don’t want that to happen, sir.”

“Do not be hater, Jenkins.”

“No, sir. Leningrad precinct is reporting, President Putin.”

“Shto?”

“83%.”

“Nyet. Make Leningrad vote again. Tell them 92%.”

“Yes, sir. Or we could just save the money of another election day, and say it was 92%.”

“But then the kulaks vould not have to stand in line. Russian soul needs to stand in line. Russian soul vas born in line.”

“I’ll cut down on the number of machines, sir.”

“Now you are using noodle, Jenkins. Enough vith this election. Ve now concentrate on our next one.”

“The 2018 Midterms?”

“Da. Putin have so many fun ideas.”

“I can’t wait, sir.”

Ramble On

In honor of Loyola-Chicago’s wins in the basketball tournament, TotD presents for your (re)listening pleasure: the weirdo acoustic set from the Loyola Rambler Room (which was what they called their Student Union at the time). Billy, Keith, and Mrs. Donna Jean didn’t show up, so it’s not technically a “Dead show,” but it’s Garcia and Bobby pickin’ and grinnin’ and harmonizin’, and that’s all right by me.

Highlights include This Time Forever from Bobby’s solo record, a giggly version of Big Boy Pete, and the funnest Oh Boy you’ll ever hear.

Donald Trump, Jr., Visits His Divorce Lawyer

“Leave the ice cream where it is, Junior.”

“Five second rule!”

“No, that doesn’t apply to soft-serve ice cream. Where did you even get that?”

“My other lawyer’s office.”

“How many lawyers did you see today?”

“Five? Six? Wait. Does it count if they’re not lawyers in America? Like they were from another–”

“STOP TALKING. I don’t wanna hear it! I am just your divorce attorney. Please don’t mention any other cases you may or may not have going on.”

“Do you have any dirt on Hillary Clinton?”

“Junior, let’s talk about the divorce. You have five children.”

“Yeah, they’re great kids. There’s Junior, Jr., Donaldina. Uh. Tall girl. Oh, one of ’em smells real weird. And I think the fifth is named Snow Shovel.”

“I’m almost positive your kid’s name is not Snow Shovel.”

“It’s something. I know my wife gave him a name. She’s real good with the kids like that: they all got names, and hands, and everything.”

“She sounds wonderful. What about custody?”

“It’s too rich and sweet for me.”

“Not custard, Junior. Custody. Who gets the kids.”

“Can we give them to Batman?”

“No.”

“But they’d be Robins!”

“No.”

“Fine. I’ll take them.”

“You want custody of your children? You want to take care of them?”

“Sure. One question.”

“Is the question ‘How do you take care of a child?'”

“Are you a psychic? If you’re a psychic, you have to tell me. That’s the law.”

“Let’s circle back to the custody. How many houses do you own?”

“Well, let’s see. There’s the White House…”

“You don’t own the White House.”

“It’s a Trump Organization property.”

“Besides the White House.”

“Like, three or four?”

“Is it three or four?”

“Are we counting treehouses?”

“Do you live in it?”

“I go there when I get sad.”

“We’re not counting it.”

“I don’t know. Three or four. I don’t have, like, too many houses. Just enough. I have the right amount of houses.”

“What about cars?”

“I liked the second one the best. Mater’s funny.”

“Not the movie Cars, Junior. Automobiles. How many do you own?”

“I have a Jeep. Sometimes, when I’m too sad even for the treehouse, I’ll put on a flannel and drive out to the woods to sit on a stump.”

“We’ve all seen the picture.”

“And I have a Mercedes, which is a business car, because I am a businessman.”

“Okay.”

“And I have a Lada. Cutest little sucker.”

“A Lada? Why the hell would you have a Lada?”

“A Russian oligarch gave it to me as a gift after we–”

“STOP TALKING.”

“It’s a funny story! We were in Dubai, and–”

“Shut up! Just talk to me about the divorce! Nothing else.”

“I still wanna pick up my ice cream.”

“Leave the ice cream on the floor, dammit. What about alimony?”

“My wife doesn’t know about Alimony.”

“Is Alimony a stripper?”

“No. She’s a feature dancer.”

“Uh-huh.”

“That means she’s the star.”

“The money, Junior. What are we going to do about the money?”

“The money? Oh, right. Wait, hold on. I want to–”

PAPER UNFOLDING NOISE

“–‘give that bitch wife of yours everything so that cocksucker Mueller can’t come after it.'”

PAPER REFOLDING NOISE

“That is what I want.”

“Goddamn you, Junior.”

INTERCOM NOISE

“Sir, there’s a phone call for you.”

“Is it Robert Mueller?”

“How did you guess?”

“I’m a psychic.”

“I knew it!”

“Shut up, Junior.

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