Ah, dammit.
“I’m happy to see you, too, trust me. I took the train all the way down here, and that’s how you act?”
Sorry, Nucky Thompson, semi-fictional crime boss of Atlantic City in HBO’s prohibition-era Boardwalk Empire.
“So you do have manners? That’s great.”
How can I help you, Nucky?
“What is the name of this place? The site, I mean. It has a name, right?”
Yeah. Name’s in the header box.
“Right, yeah. What is it? Could you tell me what it is? I wanna hear you say it.”
Thoughts on the Dead.
“Corpses?”
Excuse me?
“You write essays and such on deceased people? Corpses?”
No. Not the dead, the Dead. They’re a semi-defunct choogly-type band.
“Right. That title, y’see…it makes promises. One specific promise. That you’ll occasionally direct your attention, and your remarks, to the subject of the Grateful Dead. Now, I don’t go to your site, but I hear good things.”
You’re not a Deadhead. I understand.
“No, it’s not that. I live 100 years ago. We just barely figured out radio.”
Okay.
“Okay. How do we fix this problem?”
We murder Arnold Rothstein.
BUSCEMI SLAP!
Ow!
“You’ll get another if you keep being an asshole.”
Okay, okay. How about I recommend a show for the Enthusiasts’ listening pleasure?
“Which show?”
6/22/73 from P.N.E. Coliseum in Vancouver?
“Why?”
What?
BUSCEMI SLAP!
Stop that!
“Why are you recommending this show? How is this a good deal?”
It’s a ’73! It’s a non-horn ’73! You literally cannot go wrong! Playing you could steal a watch to, China>Rider that speaks six languages, huge Truckin’! Enormous Truckin’, braj!
“What did you call me?”
MISTER THOMPSON!
“Better.”
This show is so heady that David Lemieux put it into a box set! Top shelf show, Nuck.
…
“Okay, we’ll go with it.”
You won’t be sorry.
“Don’t make me come back down here.”
No, sir. Sorry, sir.
Went right to Truckin’
The cat is lookin’ at me all weird & stuff.
Atlantic City is scary. Skipped school one day & drove all the way down to buy a bong.
We listened to The Song Remains the Same there & back.
Keith is hot on Truckin’. Big and bouncy.
Garcia!
He’s funny lookin’. More’n most people even.
I could see Nucky taking the 14 out to East Van, go see the Show
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmz5mIaT0A0
That’s a fantastic commercial Luther, ahhh stubbies, I remember when the phallic long neck beers came in, I think it was one American beer first,and then alas the stubbie was no more. I used to take that Hastings bus all the time, but I think it’s the 11 now. I Had a friend that was at the show at the PNE in 73 he said it was fantastic and something like $5 for a ticket with a opening band ( I think he said it was like a 4-5 hour show) that I don’t remember and I’ll not do research to find out. I’ve had the tape for a long long time. Nice to see it released. Aah Nucky what a fantastic show, I’ve seen Richard (or whatever the sharpshooter’s name was) in a few things since then.