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00:11Tonight on Wiseguy
00:12That little weasel is poaching on me
00:15You know, that guy is shameless
00:17What's shame got to do with this business, Vinny?
00:20You do what you gotta get done or it gets done to you
00:22You're overmatched here, girlfriend
00:24I'll rip your implants out
00:25Let's cut an album!
00:26I don't have enough original material
00:28I mean it, Diana
00:29You don't have to talk to anybody you don't want to
00:31Be the guy in the song, Vinny
00:33Someone to watch over me
00:34I don't want you near her
00:38Did he hurt you?
00:39He made love to me
01:02I don't have to talk to anybody in the выпускskill and T-R-O-S-E-R-D-D-R
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04:49Why?
04:49So we can pick up some more of Bobby Travis' band habits?
04:53Travis and Vinnie have a record that's 85 with a bullet, Brightside by Diana Price.
04:57They have it a lot of people like to pick up.
05:01You're pretty zen, you're pretty, you know, you're pretty zen, but you're a lot of people like to do this.
05:02You're pretty zen, you're pretty zen, you're pretty zen-like about all this.
05:03Since when did patience become one of your virtues?
05:06Well, since when did it stop being one of yours?
05:10Paul, are you hesitant about this case because you think the music industry is nothing but a bunch of folks
05:16with chartreuse hair and bones in their noses?
05:19I don't know.
05:21I don't know.
05:22I don't know.
05:24Why can't they sing like Hank Williams?
05:28I don't know.
05:30I wish they sounded like Chuck Berry.
05:39So that's the blood-sucking freaks, huh?
05:43Ah, sounds like great music for tearing down houses.
05:46Gonna sign them up?
05:48I would if all I cared about was getting records played on college radio stations.
05:52R.E.M. got started out on college radio stations.
05:55Look where they are now.
05:56Well, good for them.
05:57They deserve it.
05:58So are the replacements.
06:00They're outrageous, high energy, and smart.
06:02But until their album score this year, all that got them was a cult following.
06:06Shakila leaves cults to bearded holy men in Oregon.
06:10We want somebody who's gonna break away from the pack.
06:13A monster.
06:15All right, all right.
06:16I promise I won't rest till we sign the next Springsteen of Michael Jackson, all right?
06:22Let us bow our heads and pray.
06:26Yeah, well, in the meantime, you and Travis have to get Diana's name on a contract.
06:30I've been going through Dead Dog's files.
06:32It expires in six months.
06:34And with her record taking off, New Quay will probably sign her even if he just wants to bury her.
06:39She's all locked up.
06:40Count on ink, not loyalty.
06:47Yeah, call for Mr. Terranova.
06:49It's for you.
06:55You?
06:56Vinny Terranova.
06:57Dead Dog's new owner.
06:59In the flesh.
07:00Monroe Blue's the name.
07:02We got some business to take care of.
07:05Struttin' Honey?
07:06Guide in Hand?
07:07Could it be that Monroe Blue?
07:09None other.
07:10Wow, man.
07:11I've been looking all over for you.
07:12You know, you are a great songwriter.
07:14Wrote more major tunes than you got teeth and toes.
07:17Yeah, listen, um, I got a singer that needs some material.
07:20You interested?
07:21Damn straight.
07:23But I got no pencil.
07:24Where I am, they don't allow me to have any sharp objects.
07:27Oh, well, what are you talking about?
07:29Where are you?
07:30Well, it ain't the Waldorf, baby.
07:32Well, if it ain't the Waldorf, where is it?
07:44You Terranova?
07:45Yeah.
07:46Thanks a lot for going my bell, man.
07:48Yeah, sure.
07:57Some valuables, huh?
07:59A wallet with 27 bucks in it.
08:01A ring that's probably not good enough for a Cracker Jack box.
08:04This watch Mo Hempstead gave me, instead of my royalties for Struttin' Honey.
08:09Do you remember Mo?
08:11No, but, uh, Struttin' Honey was on the radio the first time I ever convinced Maria Fopiano
08:17to climb in the backseat with me.
08:19You score?
08:22If you did, you got more out of the song than I ever did.
08:25That doesn't mean I don't care about it.
08:27My songs, baby, they're my real valuables.
08:37Yeah, man, I understand.
08:38Yeah, I got it.
08:41My lawyers say the cops are gonna stick to that story about me being drunk.
08:44Mm-hmm.
08:45And that you broke into a jukebox in some bar, scooped as much change as you could,
08:51and tried to outrun them in a chase that exceeded 90 miles an hour?
08:54Now get out of my chair.
08:56Yeah, right, Chief.
08:58Man, 90.
09:00Whew.
09:01I didn't think that bucket of boats could romp and stomp like that.
09:04There wasn't no sea crews I was on, man.
09:07Mm-mm.
09:08Wasn't no, ooh-wee.
09:10Ooh-wee, baby.
09:12Man, I was P ever-lovin' old.
09:15You know where that bar was sittin' in?
09:16You know what was playin' on the jukebox?
09:17Strut and Honey.
09:19Mm.
09:20Let's see.
09:20Number three on the top ten.
09:22Been on the chart 29 weeks.
09:24It's a great song.
09:25Of course it is, baby.
09:26I wrote it 15 years ago.
09:30They kept playin' it over and over again.
09:32The new version by that white group, Ice Nine.
09:35Man, every time I put on the radio, there it is again.
09:38And I can imagine all those yuppie fools just went out their CDs playin'.
09:42You got any good scotch around here?
09:44Now why don't you stick to the subject, Monroe?
09:47You still haven't given me a legitimate reason why you broke into a jukebox.
09:50I haven't got a dime in royalties off that mother.
09:53That legitimate enough for you?
09:55Nothing.
09:57Man, don't play innocent with me.
09:59What do you take me for anyway?
10:02I don't like being jabbed in the hand with the rip-off stick.
10:05Your problem is with Radiant's recording.
10:08Maybe you ought to have a little talk with Winston Newquay.
10:11Newquay?
10:12Talk to him?
10:13You ever meet the dude?
10:15Yeah, a couple times.
10:16Then don't be stupid, man.
10:17Newquay wouldn't give me a picture of warm spit.
10:20Unless he needed a new song.
10:22Then he'll get all pearly and act like he never shuck me.
10:29What's to eat around here anyway?
10:36Diana, there's always been a lot of rumors surrounding your career.
10:38Now do you have anything to say about sleeping your way to the top?
10:41You and Winston Newquay were quite an item.
10:43Most people feel there's no way you can resurrect your career.
10:45Hey, what?
10:46Get the hell out of here.
10:47Fine, fine.
10:48Sorry for the trouble.
10:49Oh, Percy, wait.
10:51Some of the time, Travis.
10:54This is the amateur hour.
10:57Finny, what are you doing?
10:59Most people gotta go out of pocket to get ink.
11:02He was gonna give it to us for free.
11:04Backbeat magazine has a readership of over a million fanatical music fans
11:09who spend mucho dinero on records and tapes.
11:12Which, by the way, is what we're supposed to be doing for a living.
11:16Didn't you hear those insulting questions?
11:19Mr. Sensitivity runs a record company.
11:22Into the ground.
11:26Can we talk about this later?
11:28We'll straighten out your contract, too.
11:30I gotta run.
11:31Where do you think you're going?
11:33People to meet, dollars to reap.
11:35Ciao.
11:39I hope you don't mind.
11:40I thought I'd work on some songs.
11:43I mean it, Diana.
11:44You don't have to talk to anybody you don't want to.
11:48Are you the guy in the song, Vinny?
11:50Someone to watch over me?
11:55Yeah.
11:56Mr. Terranova?
11:57Mr. Twine wants to see you.
12:02Look, Gary, you're not listening to me here, all right?
12:05I said hold off on the accounts until the end of next month
12:08and then write it off as an advance against Jersey Turnpike's next album.
12:13No, I don't know when they're going back into the studio.
12:18Well, it could be next week.
12:19It could be three years from now.
12:21Look, we're making music here, Gary, not sausage.
12:24All right, well, you let me know what you want to do, okay?
12:32Hey, I was watching that.
12:34Yeah, well, I can't hear myself think, Isaac.
12:36I'm trying to run a business here.
12:38I'm trying to run a business here.
12:40How much are you taking?
12:41There's only $1,200 here.
12:43Will you just relax?
12:45Relax?
12:46Relax, Isaac.
12:47We got more money going out than coming in.
12:49You're betting everything from sumo wrestling to surfing,
12:52and now we're in business with Travis and...
12:54Let's all say the name now, shall we?
12:57That's Terranova with two R's.
13:02You want to see me, Isaac?
13:04Yeah.
13:05Hey, best take a little ride,
13:07see how your luck is still holding out, okay?
13:09Oh, you might check the game from time to time.
13:12I've got 5,000 riding on Argentina.
13:15They're the ones in the powder blue.
13:18Isaac, in three hours,
13:21we are entertaining 200 of the most powerful radio executives in this country.
13:25They're not coming there for me.
13:27They're coming to see Diana.
13:29Well, just the same, don't be late.
13:31And Vinny.
13:32What?
13:33Don't let him hand out any more markers.
13:35Hey, that's not my problem.
13:37Oh, yes, it is.
13:38He writes him on Shackler's stationery.
13:41Come on.
14:00Come on.
14:02How are you doing?
14:03It's fine.
14:04How about yourself?
14:05Okay.
14:06How are you doing?
14:06Oh, all right.
14:08Paul Bert.
14:10Meet Vinny Terranova, an associate at Shackler.
14:13How are you doing?
14:13You know the rules, Isaac.
14:1525,000 cash buys in.
14:17All previous markers must be paid.
14:22Don't worry.
14:23It's all there.
14:25115 Gs plus my buy-in and Vinny's too.
14:32You're a prince, Isaac.
14:33I don't remember you calling me that last week.
14:36It was something about my African origins and incestuous sex.
14:41Best of luck.
14:43I thought you were broke.
14:46I was until yesterday.
14:49Now, don't tell Amber.
14:51There's a whole lot you got to learn about this business, isn't there?
14:54Yeah.
14:54And it's a 40-60 split on your winnings.
14:58Any problem with that?
14:59No, it's fine.
15:03Anybody here got a light?
15:15Such a pretty glow.
15:20Okay.
15:21Now, what are we playing here?
15:23Hmm?
15:25Straight poker.
15:28Very serious.
15:29Sounds good to me.
15:31Let's get into some trouble.
15:33Come on, Diana.
15:35Come on.
15:35You know the single's useless without an album.
15:38Come on.
15:39Look, look.
15:40I admit it, okay?
15:41I admit it.
15:41When I first went into that studio,
15:42when I went into that session,
15:44I thought that, you know,
15:45you'd had it.
15:46You lost it.
15:46It was gone.
15:47You know, you'd been away too long.
15:48But then I realized once we started to work
15:50that you had something magical,
15:53that between us something magical was starting to happen.
15:55Now, I'm willing to push back everything on my calendar for you, baby,
15:58but you just got to give me something I can work out.
16:01Why are you going to stop doing that idiot powder?
16:03It's dummy dust.
16:05It makes him stupid.
16:06Oh, thank you.
16:06Mother, have you met my other mother?
16:07Mom, meet mom.
16:08Mom, mom.
16:10Okay, I'll stop.
16:11As soon as I finish with this OZ,
16:12half of which is now a part of your carpet and your floor and et cetera.
16:14Buy in a please, please make a record with me.
16:16I don't have enough original material.
16:20I can't believe this.
16:22What are you afraid of?
16:24You're the woman who took on Claudia Newquay for crying out loud.
16:26That's something I've only fantasized about.
16:28I try it, but I know I can't take her.
16:30I know I can take Tanya.
16:31That's why I'm with Tanya,
16:32because I know...
16:33I tricked her.
16:36Come on, Diana.
16:39You just need to relax and let yourself do what you know how to do.
16:42I'll take care of the rest.
16:43Trust me.
16:44Took me a year to write that song.
16:45That rate would be 2001 before I had enough for an album.
16:49No, no, no, no.
16:49Bad thoughts.
16:50Negative thoughts.
16:51No, no, no, no, no.
16:52Negative thoughts.
16:52Think positive thoughts.
16:54Music is like skiing.
16:56You're at the summit.
16:57All you need to do is just point your tips down and push off.
17:01Just whoosh.
17:02How many times do I have to tell you?
17:04I don't have enough.
17:05All right.
17:06Material, material, material.
17:07I know where you can get some material.
17:08Monroe Blue.
17:08He's in the lobby.
17:09He can come up with ten songs in a weekend.
17:11All he needs is a felt tip pen and a cocktail napkin.
17:13Lay off for Johnny.
17:15What?
17:15All I'm saying is you're pushing too hard.
17:18This isn't easy for her.
17:19Oh, I'm pushing too hard?
17:21Oh, I'm pushing too hard.
17:23Well, I'm sorry.
17:31Pushing too hard?
17:37Sometimes when I see genius getting in its own way, I get a little wackadoo about it.
17:42And even though things are so clear to me, and they are with you, I need Tanya to help
17:46me realize that not everyone else sees it as clearly.
17:51Tanya's got more sense than anybody I've ever met.
17:54At 16 years old, she's got the wisdom of the ages.
17:58And the most beautiful eyes, and lips, and, and, excuse me.
18:06So what do you say?
18:09Let's cut an album!
18:15$55,000 for an hour's work ain't too shabby, huh?
18:20I believe we have a function, Benny.
18:23Thank you for your generosity, Winston.
18:25We gotta do this again real soon.
18:28Just name the day, Isaac.
18:50Thanks a lot.
18:54For you, my man.
18:56Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, that's $500.
18:58Ain't life grand.
19:02Here you go, pal.
19:08Have a nice day, huh?
19:18Look at them.
19:20Pigeons pecking at the record industry's version of popcorn.
19:24Program directors and music directors, Vinny.
19:26The most powerful people in radio.
19:29And Isaac Twine's job here tonight is to get him to order up exactly what he wants.
19:34You know, I gotta tell you, I'm kind of disappointed.
19:36I was expecting to see something like the last days of the Roman Empire.
19:39All there is is yuppies sucking down imported water.
19:42You're about eight years late for the good times, pal.
19:45Yeah, that's figures.
19:47You know, everything now is so antiseptic.
19:49Even Tipper Gore wouldn't mind rubbing shoulders with us.
19:53But, if it's loose women and drugs you want, I can always call up some old friends of mine and
19:58put a little something together.
19:59Oh, yeah?
20:00Nah.
20:01You're kind of a new wave guy anyway, you know what I mean?
20:03Vinny, where is Diana?
20:05This showcase is supposed to be for her.
20:08She pulls a no-show.
20:09It's gonna take a lot more than the usual amount of graph to get any radio station in the country
20:13to play her record.
20:14But, it's not like she hadn't broken hearts before.
20:18You know, somebody ought to tell her that in this business a second chance is a last chance.
20:22Diana knows what's at stake. She'll be here.
20:25But she better be.
20:31Here comes trouble.
20:35Well, hi. You look wonderful.
20:38Oh, yeah.
20:39I got a weasel that's poaching on me.
20:41So, throw him out. You must have somebody around here that does heavy lifting.
20:45That's what he wants.
20:46An incident, some scene, anything to put him in the spotlight and that kid he's showing off.
20:52Eddie Tempest.
20:53I thought I read you were supposed to sign him.
21:00We better greet our guests, shall we?
21:03Sure.
21:05Big mouth.
21:07I like it. You're like it.
21:07Sky!
21:08Winston, how are you?
21:09Have you met Eddie Tempest?
21:10I hear you're wearing out his new record.
21:13Sky Sherlock, Eddie.
21:15Program director of K-Thump, Dallas.
21:18Hi, Eddie.
21:19An Arbitron god.
21:20That's nice. Where's the food?
21:23You know how they are, Sky.
21:25Eat, sleep, and make little rock stars.
21:32Well, everything's going swimmingly.
21:35No Diana.
21:37Perhaps you can explain to me your fascination with a piece of meat you have already chewed to the bone.
21:43Ah, thank you.
21:45Your claws are showing, Claudia.
21:47I don't want you near her.
21:50Darling, I'm just here to push Eddie into the spotlight.
21:53You're here to watch the second coronation of Diana's career, and you don't have a dime of it.
21:59Darling.
22:03That can change.
22:06And if it were to change, keep your fingerprints off any part of Diana except her money.
22:23She just loves Diana's work.
22:25Good to have you and Claudia here, Winston.
22:29Enjoy yourselves.
22:30Mi casa, su casa.
22:32A new breeze blowing, Isaac.
22:35Excuse me.
22:39You've just got to hear this kid.
22:42Some other time, huh?
22:45It's Twine's party.
22:52Eddie, baby.
22:54Now, did you mean...
22:55No, they got you shameless.
22:57What's shame got to do with this business, Vinny?
22:59You do what you got to get done, or it gets done to you.
23:02Yeah.
23:03So how are you coming with Monroe Blue?
23:05Trying to get him together with Diana.
23:07In the meantime, I got to wind up a couple gigs, maybe get him some quick cash.
23:11Vince, we need Diana here an hour ago.
23:17She was at the office when I left.
23:18Maybe she still is.
23:19Well, if she is, she's not answering the phone.
23:22All right, all right.
23:24I'll be back as soon as I can, okay?
23:27With Diana.
23:28See.
23:28See.
23:33Oh, my God.
23:39Damn.
23:41Hey, hey, come on.
23:43It didn't sound that bad.
23:45Maybe we should have your hearing checked.
23:47I need songs, Vinny, and they just aren't there.
23:50Well, look, I tell you what.
23:52I did Monroe Blue a favor, and he owes me.
23:56And I think that he would love to write songs for you.
23:58Now, what do you say I try to get you two together, hmm?
24:02Monroe's a great songwriter.
24:04Well, can I take that as a yes?
24:06Yeah.
24:07Good.
24:08Then why don't you take the rest of the night off?
24:10Because you're supposed to be somewhere else anyway.
24:13I don't know if I can face that kind of pressure.
24:17I don't even know if I want to try.
24:25Diana, didn't you tell me one time that that was the price you had to pay for doing this?
24:33You did.
24:35Now, this thing tonight, it isn't for Twine or for the honchos at the radio stations.
24:39It's for you.
24:42Your choice.
24:47For whence you're going to get here, Isaac?
24:49I mean, a lot of these cats are primed for the street.
24:51I got somebody bringing her here.
24:53Everything's copacetic, okay?
24:55Hey, listen, if Diana doesn't show, you're going to get out.
24:57Okay, you were looking for trouble.
24:58You thought you found it, but you didn't have to just now.
25:02Hey, it's Riles from the back.
25:04Hey, Jimmy.
25:05Hey, how you doing?
25:07How you doing?
25:08Hey, I'm telling you to see you.
25:09Long time.
25:10That ain't the worst.
25:11How they going?
25:12How they going?
25:12Oh, good.
25:12Oh, listen.
25:13Hey, have you met Tanya?
25:14Yeah, no, I just need to talk to you.
25:16Wait a minute, you're gone for it.
25:18Tanya, this is good.
25:19If you'll excuse me.
25:20And don't sweat, I will.
25:21Listen, this is Timmy.
25:22He's a King Kong partner.
25:24I hear you're going to need a stand-in.
25:26I could have Eddie and the kids here do a quick set.
25:28They could borrow some instruments from the band.
25:30Ten thousand, says a diner will show.
25:32Ten thousand against Eddie playing.
25:34All right.
25:37Hey, man, how long have we got to stick around here?
25:39As long as I want you here.
25:40I'm trying to arrange an impromptu gig for you.
25:44The exposure would be incredible.
25:46It's dying a price this night.
25:47I didn't want to be here in the first place.
26:13I guess this is our night to find each other in private moments, huh?
26:16Uh, yeah, I guess so.
26:19Um, about ready to take off?
26:22Yeah, let's get it over with.
26:24Okay.
26:26What were you looking for in here?
26:27Oh, I was just seeing if I was getting an honest count.
26:30Are you?
26:31I can't tell.
26:32You never will.
26:37Come now, Walter.
26:38Nobody's paying advances anymore.
26:41We'll buy the kid a stereo and pay the rent on the studio apartment.
26:45You can have a break.
26:46That's about it.
26:50Well, no Diana, no surprise.
26:54At least you have the publishing catalog.
26:57What'd you say, Claudia?
26:58The dead dog publishing catalog has some value.
27:02I hope that makes up for Diana not showing up tonight.
27:05I haven't given up on her yet.
27:08Honey, you're too smart ever to trust a bitch like Diana Price.
27:13But you're forever the trustworthy pedigree lap dog.
27:17What?
27:18You're overmatched here, girlfriend.
27:20I'll rip your implants out.
27:33Claudia, Claudia, I'm sorry.
27:35That remark was totally uncalled for.
27:37Not at all.
27:38Not at all.
27:38Please, Claudia.
27:39No, no, don't apologize.
27:41Don't apologize when you're right.
27:43I've spent a fortune on this facade.
27:45Can't hide that in front of a friend, I guess, huh?
27:47Look, I was parrying my sword because I thought yours was drawn.
27:51I was just trying to make a friendly conversation.
27:54I guess I'm...
27:56I've forgotten how.
27:57Look, we've both forgotten a lot of things about our lives.
28:00Maybe some of it's worth remembering.
28:18Well, that was a surprise.
28:22Maybe you want to do that more often.
28:24Well, more often than it'll be five years.
28:25I think that'll be great.
28:28God, Amber.
28:31My life is just so empty.
28:34I feel like I've got to just reach in and pull it up by the scalp.
28:38We asked for it.
28:38We got it.
28:40No, I think you got better than I did.
28:43It's so funny.
28:43I was just going to say the same thing to you.
28:45Oh, you crazy Isaac.
28:47Isaac, my goodness.
28:47Look at him.
28:48I mean, he's so full of life.
28:51And Winston is just a...
28:53Well, Winston is a stalagmite.
28:56We got him, didn't we?
28:57I mean, we set our sights.
28:59We fired.
29:02What?
29:03What?
29:05Do you remember our Riverside Drive rabbit hole?
29:08Brown water, no heat.
29:10And rats.
29:10Rats.
29:11And the roaches.
29:11And the roaches.
29:12And the endless stream of 6th Avenue.
29:15Ain't no retentive men.
29:25Well, you know, maybe, maybe our lives aren't so bad here at the top.
29:30You mean our rodent-free environment?
29:32I don't know.
29:34I don't know why I think of those rats so fondly sometimes either.
29:38Maybe it's just that our lives had had so much promise that there was so much promise.
29:49I'm sorry, Claudia.
29:51Hey, listen.
29:51You're happy, aren't you?
29:54Happy I don't know.
29:57Sometimes I wish Isaac had more of Winston's qualities, more, you know, business focus.
30:03You love him, don't you?
30:05What, you don't love Winston?
30:06On occasion, but the thing is, Winston, Winston doesn't permit it.
30:13That's all.
30:15I'm so sorry, Claudia.
30:18You know, Isaac lives this, this, this, this, cast your fate to the wind life that drives me crazy.
30:26Oh.
30:27But I'm still so much in love with him.
30:31That's great.
30:33I'm so happy for you.
30:37I gotta go.
30:39What about Winston?
30:41Well, I've got my own car.
30:44Winston has, um, some business that he has to take care of.
30:50Yeah.
30:52Yeah.
30:55Yeah.
31:07It's trash time.
31:08It's severe trash time.
31:09Hey, shoot, look at your dead in my sight.
31:12To hell with it, man.
31:12To hell with this whole damn party if we ain't gonna be playing.
31:18Look at this creep.
31:20Look at this cradle robber, Bobby.
31:21I'm gonna kill this guy, man.
31:23No.
31:23Forget it.
31:24No, no, no, no, man.
31:25I can't take this stuff.
31:26Forget about it.
31:30What the hell?
31:31Johnny.
31:32What's wrong with you, man?
31:33What do you mean what's the matter with me?
31:34We're finishing some other time, man.
31:37Well, there goes the neighborhood.
31:39Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
31:40Oh, Diana, your sense of timing is impeccable.
31:44You need to warm up or anything, vocalize it.
31:46Isaac, will you relax?
31:47She's fine.
31:48She's all set.
31:49Break this weight, honey.
31:50You're gonna be great.
31:51No, wait a minute.
31:51Wait a minute.
31:52Travis and I got some business to take care of.
31:54I'll send a limo for you out front when you're done, okay?
31:56Knock them dead.
31:57Thanks, Vinny.
31:59Well, Terra Nova with two R, you're certainly starting to earn your keep.
32:04You took the spotlight off of Newquay.
32:06Yeah, well, it was Diana's to begin with.
32:09I'm on a roll with you, kid.
32:12I just picked up another $10,000.
32:14Newquay bet me the Diana wouldn't show.
32:17Oh, yeah?
32:17Oh, Emma.
32:19Hey, why don't the three of us get some of that champagne that we're paying for, huh?
32:24We?
32:24Well, what is this we stuff?
32:31Whenever I fold in your arms, that's when I know I'm holding you, holding you within my grasp.
32:52Whenever I feel trapped, held by the inescapable, I try to put my mind at ease.
33:06Protect the heart-worn on my sleeve.
33:14That's when I feel brand new.
33:18I'm looking on the bright side.
33:23I've got my visual walls.
33:27I'm looking on the bright side.
33:33March 2020's true.
33:36I'm looking on the bright side.
33:42That's when I notice you, you.
33:51Whenever I'm in red, a guardian angel flying round my head.
34:01I feel your touch, warm as red, embarrassment, innocence blush.
34:26Oh, I'm sorry.
34:28I've got the wrong limo.
34:30No, you don't.
34:32Please.
34:33You were wonderful tonight.
34:35Winston, I don't need this.
34:36I just want to talk to you.
34:38There's nothing to talk about.
34:41Claudia's drunk again.
34:43I had her taken home.
34:48Diana, I need you with me.
34:51It'll never work, and you know it.
35:01I'll drag my butt out of bed at 11 o'clock in the morning to come down here for you
35:05heckling
35:05Jekylls.
35:06Where's Diana?
35:07She'll be here.
35:08Will you relax?
35:08Look, I want a contract before I write word one.
35:11You ain't getting no verge in here, Vinnie.
35:13Look at here.
35:14See this?
35:15Strutting honey just went gold, man.
35:17That's money I'll never see unless Newquake gets a personality transplant.
35:21Not now, Monroe.
35:22I heard it all before.
35:23I'm trying to run a business here.
35:26Son of a bitch!
35:27What's this?
35:28What is that?
35:29It's a bill.
35:31What does it look like?
35:32It's for $57,000 from some outfit named Music Blitz.
35:36Why am I being billed for this?
35:38You think you only get to share in the profits?
35:40What is it from?
35:41We just received the returns of Jersey Turnpike's last album.
35:45What are you talking about?
35:46I thought that was a hit.
35:47Double platinum.
35:48Well, Easy Blitz sold something like 430,000 LPs.
35:53This is for what they couldn't sell.
35:55We've got to make good on the deal.
35:5870-30, right?
35:59Your numbers, Vinnie.
36:01You mean to tell me we've got to pay them back for that?
36:03That's what the contract says.
36:06$57,000?
36:07Guess what Diana Price's album is going to bring in is no big deal?
36:11She's going to sell like ice cubes in hell.
36:15That is, if she ever gets around to cutting an album.
36:23Welcome to the music business, Chief.
36:31Diana, it's Bobby.
36:33You were dynamite last night.
36:35They loved you.
36:36Vinnie and I got something going that we think is perfect for you.
36:39Give me a jingle right away.
36:40Ciao.
36:41You always like Ramosas in the morning.
36:44Just like the Chateau Marmot.
36:47Those long weekends in Lotus Land.
36:53You're fragile, Diana.
36:55The way an artist ought to be.
36:59I miss what we had.
37:01I never found anything to replace it.
37:04Nobody even came close.
37:06You miss me too, don't you?
37:16You don't have to be without me.
37:19You need me, Diana.
37:21I can take care of you.
37:23I know how to handle your career.
37:24I took you to the top the first time.
37:26I can do it again.
37:27Nobody can do for you like I can.
37:30I'm right, aren't I?
37:36Aren't I?
37:52Be good to me, Winston.
37:55You know I will.
37:58I always have.
38:09This is a waste of time.
38:10Yeah, well, just humor me.
38:11Where's the Jersey Turnpike with time?
38:13Right here.
38:14They arrived yesterday.
38:15Here, not to fuck out.
38:16Thanks.
38:22It is freezing in here, Vinnie.
38:27Yeah?
38:28Waste of time?
38:28Take a look.
38:29Read the label.
38:30Osmond's Live.
38:34Here's another one.
38:35Look.
38:37Shadows of Night.
38:39Look at this son of a...
38:42Paul Revere and the Raiders.
38:44It's a rip-off, man.
38:45Every one of these is over 15 years old.
38:53I'm going to beat Albert Cushman to death with his own damn walking system.
39:00Reneged on our deal.
39:01Hey, I want you to enlighten me about something here.
39:03I've got my name on $57,000 worth of debt because of this Mama Luke Cushman.
39:07You think he passed on me?
39:08I got my own bill for 150,000 Gs.
39:11I don't have the ready cash to handle that.
39:13Well, where do you get the money to pay your gambling debts?
39:15Yeah, I'd be real interested in knowing that, too, Isaac.
39:18That is none of your business.
39:20It was my debt.
39:20I took care of it my way.
39:22And that's all you need to know.
39:23It's none of my business.
39:25If you spent as much time on business as you do scams and gambling, we'd be retired to the south
39:30of France by now.
39:31I hate the friggin' south of France!
39:35Hey, will you guys leave the domestic argument for later?
39:37Now, I want to take a ride and see this Cushman guy.
39:39I do too much business with music blitz.
39:41I'd rather just absorb the loss than rock the boat.
39:45If we don't have shelf space, we can't sell records.
39:47Don't worry.
39:49I'm going to figure out a way to get even.
39:50Well, I want in on it.
39:52You're taking this very personally, aren't you, Vincent?
39:54You're damn right I am.
39:56So am I, Isaac.
39:58Travis.
39:58Man, where you been?
39:59I thought you were going to find me some work.
40:01I did.
40:02I got a call an hour ago.
40:04You think you can find the words to extol the virtues of an El Cheapo compact?
40:07A car commercial?
40:09Mm-mm.
40:10No way.
40:11$20,000 plus per diem?
40:14Hey, what's good enough for Lou Reed and Leon Redbone is good enough for Monroe Blue.
40:19But I still mean all the bad things I said about you.
40:22You and Isaac.
40:23Mr. Terranova.
40:25What?
40:26Diana Price called for you.
40:27She wants to see you and Mr. Travis.
40:31This is not over with yet.
40:34Great.
40:35I've been trying to reach her all day.
40:37I think we can talk her into cutting some of Monroe's songs.
40:40Now tell me what happened.
40:43Winston.
40:44Winston.
40:48Did he hurt you?
40:49He made love to me.
40:51What?
40:53I can't stay in the same town with Winston.
40:56He'll find a way to get to me.
40:58I don't know what to do.
41:00What do you mean he'll get to you?
41:02What do you mean by that?
41:03How much do you know about Winston and me?
41:06All I know about you is that you were lovers and that he was behind your first hit.
41:11That's all.
41:11I met Winston when I was 20.
41:14I'd just dropped out of college.
41:17He was a natural force like nobody I'd ever met.
41:20He made me Diana Price.
41:23Dressed me.
41:24Took me to parties.
41:26Got me the right producer.
41:29He made me seem like the only person on earth.
41:32That's what he does.
41:34That was a big part of my fear.
41:36I knew that if I had made a comeback and I was successful,
41:39he'd be there on my doorstep.
41:41And he wouldn't go away until he got what he wanted.
41:45If I stay around here, I'll sign with him again.
41:48I told him I would last night.
41:49Diana, you stay away from him.
41:53I can't.
41:55I love him and he knows it.
41:57If Winston wants something, he'll use anything in his power to get it.
42:02Diana, you can't turn back now.
42:05You're almost there.
42:07Don't you see that?
42:09I need some time to write my songs.
42:13With no complications.
42:15This is all too quick.
42:18If I have my songs, then I have a chance to survive without them.
42:22How much time do you need?
42:24Six months, at least.
42:27Six months?
42:28Yeah.
42:30Come on.
42:32Vinny.
42:41I'll give you six months, any place you want to go.
42:44I can't take your money.
42:45It'll be against the percentage of your album.
42:47Don't worry about it.
42:51A friend of mine has a little place in Jamaica.
42:53I could go there.
42:55Good.
42:58You are the guy from the song, aren't you?
43:00No, Diana.
43:01I'm just another record company mogul.
43:04Well, thanks.
43:06Yeah.
43:08Bobby Travis, you're always a surprise.
43:15A verbal contract is as good as a written one, Isaac, and you know that, damn it.
43:19Now, I want to know where Diana is and what the hell you think you can accomplish with this madness.
43:24I've tolerated your eccentricities for years because I find them mildly amusing, but this goes beyond the pale.
43:31Now, I can crunch you like a beetle beneath the heel of my McAfee wingtip.
43:37Crunch.
43:38Do you hear that, Isaac?
43:40That is you and your peddling little company.
43:43Do you hear me?
43:45We hear you, Sammy.
43:53I've got to tell you, I've never been on a case like this before.
43:55Maybe that explains your behavior.
43:57No, it's not like dealing with gangsters or gunrunners or even the rag merchants.
44:02Those people tell you what they feel.
44:03You do this, you step over the line.
44:06But dealing with these characters in the music business, it's like dealing with killer smurfs.
44:11It is.
44:12It's like they're all cute and cuddly until they go for your jugular vein.
44:16They suck the blood out of you with a wink and a smile and they go to each other's parties.
44:20You do not let these people seduce you, Vinny.
44:23That is their business.
44:25No, it's not just the people, Frank.
44:28If Vinny feels like he's under some kind of a spell, it's the music.
44:32It can be pure, even when everything surrounding it isn't.
44:36We all have a preconceived idea of what music should be.
44:39Now, the chance to make that happen is what fuels this whole industry.
44:43I think Vinny's getting caught up in it.
44:45I want him caught up in making a rest.
44:52Although, I gotta tell you, I am as impressed as hell with how far you've come in the music industry
44:56in such a short time.
44:58Thanks, Frank.
45:00I gotta tell you, I really like it.
45:02The players are interesting, the stakes are high, and no two days are ever the same, believe me.
45:07But I guess I am getting caught up in it.
45:10You know, when they pulled that record switch on me, I took it personally.
45:15I couldn't distance myself from it.
45:17It's because you're thinking like a businessman and not a cop.
45:21Yeah, you're right.
45:24I should have been happy I finally had a crime I could see and touch.
45:27Well, if it's any consolation to you, Beckstead will be ecstatic.
45:31It was a pretty nifty little scam Cushman had going.
45:35Sticking 15-year-old records into the dust jackets of six-month-old album covers and then collecting on the
45:41return.
45:41That's probably gonna be happening a lot now, because everything's gone digital.
45:45They gotta unload that vinyl, and these guys figured out a way to make a killing doing it.
45:50You're sure Twine's not gonna press charges?
45:52Yeah.
45:54So where does that lead us?
45:55Well, I think we can get Cushman, but it'll tip our hand.
45:59If I let it play out, I got a feeling we could find out where Isaac gets his gambling money,
46:02and that'll start opening doors.
46:04As long as Nukoy's behind door number three.
46:07Yeah, well, he's apoplectic that we took Diana away from him.
46:10He's never had an artist snatched from him like that before.
46:13Good.
46:14You just keep pouring salt into his wounds till he makes a mistake.
46:18Okay.
46:20Yeah, I gotta start thinking more like an outsider.
46:23Well, that's where your regional director comes in.
46:26I'll be there to remind you you are an outsider.
46:29And as long as you're a cop, you'll always be one.
46:31Good night.
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