Request Line: The Afterlife

INT. RECORDING STUDIO – DAY

A pair of radio professionals are standing in front a large piece of electronic equipment.  The large piece of electronic equipment is visibly excited, no I don’t know how to show that onscreen you’re supposed to be some big hotshot director, you figure it out.

PRODUCER: All right, it’s finally time.

CONNOR, THE INTERN:  You ready, buddy?

DJ 3000: I SURE AM.

PRODUCER: You got your callout notes?

DJ 3000: THEY HAVE BEEN FULLY DIGITIZED AND ARE STORED IN A HASHABLE ARRAY FOR INSTANT RETRIEVAL.

CONNOR, THE INTERN: And your tonal settings are good?

DJ 3000: [autotuned] AFF-IRM-A-TIVE.

PRODUCER: All right, then here…we…

Suddenly, DJ 3000’s screen flashes white, then starts to fill with static.

The static slowly starts to resolve itself…

Until a set of human features can be distinguished.

GHOST OF CHRIS CORNELL: Hey guys.

PRODUCER: Holy cow.  Chris Cornell?  How did this happen?

GHOST OF CHRIS CORNELL: Well, have you seen that movie “White Noise”?

PRODUCER: No.

CONNOR, THE INTERN: No.

DJ 3000: No.

ELI MANNING: No.

RUSSELL OKUNG: Naw.

CAM NEWTON: No.

RAY LEWIS: I didn’t see nothin’.

MATT McGLOIN: No.

BEANSIE: Eek eek!

MYLES JACK: No.

ELI MANNING: No.

WES WELKER: Banana!

BILL BELICHICK: Grumble grumble your mom I mean no.

BRONCO: No.

RQBOCOP: I am not familiar with that motion picture.

ELI APPLE: No.

AMARI COOPER: [shakes head]

GARY KUBIAK: No.

COOPER MANNING: Yes…[looks at ELI MANNING, who slowly shakes his head]…I mean, no.

MARK DAVIS: No.

JIM TOMSULA: No.

MATT RYAN: I did.

Everyone stares at him.

MATT RYAN: [shrugs]  It was pretty good.

GHOST OF CHRIS CORNELL: Anyhow, I can use radio devices to talk to people one last time.  And I’m pretty sure you guys know how much I loved music, so I thought this would be an appropriate place to say goodbye.  I was thinking…

— [radio flies open] —

GHOST OF ROGER AILES: Jee no waba mu ba outmian nudcha.

PRODUCER: What the…?  What did he say?

GHOST OF CHRIS CORNELL: Oh, that’s just Roger’s original tongue.  He wanted to say goodbye too.

GHOST OF ROGER AILES: Chuba meet nu but uba, hehehe.

GHOST OF CHRIS CORNELL: And that…liberals are…uh, not good.

GHOST OF ROGER AILES: Ulwan beya ta too kah eel huba pa na jokaaaa….. [fading away]

GHOST OF CHRIS CORNELL: I’m not going to translate that last bit.  It was really racist.

PRODUCER: Where’d he go?

GHOST OF CHRIS CORNELL: Oh, don’t worry about him.  They’re sending him to a place that will remind him of his home planet.  It’s, uh, nice and warm.  Well, not “nice”, so to speak.  But it’s warm.  On that note, let’s get to it!  Today’s topic is THE AFTERLIFE!  Heaven, hell, purgatory, Valhalla, wherever you think people end up when the curtain goes down.  I’ll get us started with a classic from Pink Floyd.  So long, everybody.  It’s been real.

 

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laserguru
Brick Meathook

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Gratliff

Surprised this one didn’t get mixed into the Johnny Cash bunch. Gonna be a sad fuck DFO radio.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPHuQFN7L70

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Yeah, I hope the next DFO radio comes with a fifth of bourbon and the number for the suicide hotline

theeWeeBabySeamus

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Unsurprised

That was great.

theeWeeBabySeamus
laserguru

Which was, of course, a cover of these guys.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGs0g2m2Mxc

SonOfSpam

I wonder if he may have been drinking. Maybe.

Gratliff

I believe this covers literally every song in these comments

laserguru

See? You can take this a LOT of ways.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y2MyMqVD0E

Gratliff

Realizing that I’ve gotten away from the initial theme, let’s give it one last good one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0LhVSc2zqI

laserguru
SonOfSpam

I mean, could you imagine trying to pick up Kate Bush in a bar?
“Hey there…can I buy you a drink?”
(Kate Bush stands up twirls, does strange hand gestures, shrieks, smiles, opens eyes too wide)
“Actually, I gotta go.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW3gKKiTvjs

SonOfSpam

Isn’t she like considerably older than you? I mean, either way, you did the right thing…

BrettFavresColonoscopy

She is 50 at present. No judgment.

theeWeeBabySeamus

/just turned 50 five mos ago
//wants to punch BFC and SOS
///is proud of RTD

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Don’t break a hip trying to punch us

/shows self out

theeWeeBabySeamus

Hehehe….well played.
Jerk.

SonOfSpam

Hey, I’ll be there in a couple years, I just though Rikki was younger.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Yeah, he’s still young and sexy.
Still proud of him tho.

Cuntler

DIO – Hungry for Heaven

I forgot how shitty this song is!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=34&v=1vKppfa7FIE

King Hippo

As always, this reminds me of how hard to find the Ronny James Dio pog was in the 7-11 “metal” collection. And junior high Hippo had a metabolism and drank a lot of goddamned Slurpees.

SonOfSpam

Did you get the ALF pog?

And yeah, fuck my old metabolism where I TRIED to fucking gain weight.

King Hippo

I think so, but will be damned if I can recall what the collection was.

Cuntler

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Brick Meathook
Cuntler
King Hippo

I’m taking care of my kid who had wisdom teeth removed. Keep waiting for her to narco-nap so I can just listen to all these, drank, and weep for the loss of Mr. Cornell. And all the other losses these songs bring back to mind.

King Hippo
theeWeeBabySeamus

Oh hell. Never heard that one.
Nice.

King Hippo

oh snap. I can’t thumbs up this enough. Christ, I love this song.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Yeah. Honestly, all things considered, I’m kinda ashamed it took me this long to think of Cobain’s wonderfully dark death songs.

Cuntler

JINX

Gratliff
Cuntler

DOUBLE SHOT OF DEPRESSO:

Radiohead – Pyramid Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M_Gg1xAHE4

Cuntler

Day Dreaming – Radiohead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTAU7lLDZYU

Cuntler

TRIPLE SHOT

How to Disappear Completely – Radiohead

/kills self

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZq_jeYsbTs

Gratliff

Oh yeah. Grat’s gonna get sad, y’all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV1tntEzt94

theeWeeBabySeamus

Yeah, Imma regret this one.
Doing it anyway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NJqUN9TClM

theeWeeBabySeamus

Might as well go all in I guess.
Have the double shot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIdCo_QAz_E

Cuntler

Johnny Cash – The Man Comes Around

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9IfHDi-2EA

Cuntler

DOUBLE SHOT

God’s Gonna Cut You Down – Johnny Cash

(This is my favorite Johnny Cash song, and I have no idea why no MLB closer has adopted this as his warm up song.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJlN9jdQFSc

Cuntler

TRIPLE SHOT

Ghost Riders in the Sky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mynzbmrtp9I

Cuntler
laserguru

Outstanding!

Cuntler

The Doors – The End (sorry if already taken)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSUIQgEVDM4

Cuntler

DOUBLE SHOT

The Doors – Ghost Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3Ja7wDuY9o

theeWeeBabySeamus

Nice.

Cuntler
Gratliff

I groaned audibly when I realized where this was going, but was extremely pleased. I even read Roger’s voice in his native Hutt dialect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40V9_1PMUGM

Cuntler

The perfect time for cheeseball ’80s Dead. Saint of Circumstance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb7Mf2m-Foc

SonOfSpam

Good ole depressing weirdo Sufjan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLK0IlPg2oE

King Hippo

I couldn’t think of the right Sufjan song. Glad someone did.

King Hippo
theeWeeBabySeamus

Did someone say Vallhalla???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRFCMM3bra8

theeWeeBabySeamus

Yes, if you actually listen to the song it’s about the afterlife.
I’m serious, stop giving me that look.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7GbBc9Ye0U

BrettFavresColonoscopy

While we’re on the subject of Valhalla:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEGuHdKn0Lc

BrettFavresColonoscopy

I guess I’ll come back to the prompt and take RTD’s suggestion of songs about Valhalla (even though I don’t like this song):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VddfDsrVdcs