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[jazz_trance]

Ahem. Alright. It's been a, uh, interesting few weeks around here, hasn't it? Aha

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[numanstan]

[He listened to it. The whole damn thing. He's bleeding internally right now.] Free Bird!

[jazz_trance]

Shut it, you--

[Waaaaait.]

Hey, you actually listened to it?

[Shouldn't he be dead by now or something.]

[numanstan]

Yeah, it was awful! Nearly died 'round minute three. Surprised I didn't start seizin' or somethin'.

Y'shouldn't do that stuff over the phones, Howard! It's indecent-- there might be kids listenin'!

[jazz_trance]

Good! Maybe it'll distract them from their bubblegum pop-rock music for a moment, and teach 'em how to appreciate art.

[numanstan]

Rock is art. Electro is art. Jazz is somethin' that lives in a hill and shags its sister.

[jazz_trance]

Rock is the son of jazz. Without jazz, your precious little glam rock movement wouldn't exist. Y' ever think of that?

[numanstan]

No. And if jazz is anybody's son, it's the odd, bastard one that nobody invites to family gatherin's and shows up on Crimewatch every other week.

[jazz_trance]

That's a lie! Rock is the drunken layabout that can never remember family gatherin's 'cause he spends 'em passed out in a corner, hittin' on his distant underage cousins. Now jazz... jazz is the wise man, livin' in the mountains. True, some people think he's odd, but that's 'cause they don't understand him. He's livin' in a plane beyond what they can see. Jazz is a prophet. Jazz is like... the next Jesus. Yeah.

[numanstan]

Jesus Christ Superstar was a rock opera, Howard. Y'never heard of a jazz opera, yeah?

And Jazz sounds like a prat. Rock sounds like he'd be fun at parties!

[jazz_trance]

I'm not talkin' about the rock opera! I'm talkin' about religion! Things greater than what we see in this physical sphere!

[SIIIIGH.]

I've about given up on you, Vince.

[numanstan]

It's a really great film, though!

Really? I gave up on you ages ago!

[jazz_trance]

A true man never gives up on his friends, Vince. I still believe that one day you may see the light.

[SO MELODRAMATIC.]

[numanstan]

Maybe I don't wanna see the light, y'ever think of that? Maybe that's why your eyes're so small, from squintin' into the light so much!

[jazz_trance]

Wh-

[LOW BLOW, VINCE. LOW BLOW.]

You'd do best to leave my eyes out of this, sir!

[numanstan]

You're the one who brought rock into it! S'personal now!

[jazz_trance]

Yeah, whatever!

Who's the one who's gonna be in a band? Oh, it's me, isn't it? They don't even have your fancy electronic instruments in Mayfield, do they?