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.
Fuck it, time to go full on depressing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSz16ngdsG0
It’s fine as long as there’s no abused dogs video to go with it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Utlb3D4YbuI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdGhweTnk1A
Now I feel like drinking Jameson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVPTu4l6OnE
Obligatory double shot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpnA_Vs5qwk
Are there supposed to be times where we don’t feel like drinking Jameson?
Not really now that you mention it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gazW7MOqHzQ
Sorry about this one, kinda on the nose.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwXBfbCfbro
All of you suck.
And so do I, but slightly less than the rest of you…..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS6n2Hx9Ykk
http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view3/4200225/no-stairway-denied-o.gif
And who wants a TRIPLE SHOT of God Only Knows?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNOHyGP7thk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqLTe8h0-jo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEG5YnVLELQ
QUAD SHOT – The Fendertones do really good Beach Boys covers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiMwo40gfj0
Double shot of the same title but different song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OboxCHaNUfE
Wow, you can take this to a lot of places.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOZHwWFjb30
Warning: do not listen if you’re already close to crying
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXBNlApwh0c
And for a DOUBLE SHOT of Eva Cassidy sadness:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSKM0YiU8LU
Damn you. She was a treasure.
Yup. It’s dusty in here.
“Where else would they be?” – Jerry Richardson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fCoK2OVJAc
What Hippo said down there.
Dead kids aren’t funny, but gotta link it anyway….
Back later.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRtvqT_wMeY
I’ve promised somebody that this will play at their funeral.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFT2MKRoJvU
James is such a great band.
Tweedy wrote this for his dad after his mom died
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjLlX1F70zg
Speaking of predictable (I need a drink now, this is dark as fuck):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQzwyKCZGP0
Now we’re cooking!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_7TMeDTX_U
I almost included this song in Sunday’s edition of Sunday Gravy which will be self evident when it posts. I love this fucking song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E0I1KoDcyM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4j7ggZqbiU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD-I_CU2eU8
I just learned today that allegedly, this was the last song Chris Cornell played, in his last show…before….well, ya know….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTrQ7vUZsIo
Awesome lead in this week, RTD!
Aw, thanks. It started out as a “shit, I gotta get this done!” and by the end I was pretty pleased with how it turned out.
As Beansie would say, EEK!
It’s a little more real today. Gravity of this event is very strong. Cobain, now Cornell. Voices of my generation couldn’t take any more.
OK, now even I hate me.
I need moar food and less….chemicals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOGEyBeoBGM
“Ooh, baby, do you know what that’s worth?”
– Ryan Leaf, laying some choice merchandise on the counter of the local pawnshop
Ha!!!!
Nice.
Yes, I post REM every week too. Get over it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBK_B6m0_tY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK3iSglbZUM
Obligatory….I suppose. Ugh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxPj3GAYYZ0
Also known as “what happens to Jamal Charles’ ACL after he dies?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMYAEHE2GrM
West Coast 4 Lyfe I will cut yeeewwwww
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEAylKJb-to
One of the sadder songs I know:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHJhyrrUTgc
It’s a kind of afterlife…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_IST5Al-Io
that’s a solid twist
Hey….psst….HIPPO!!!!!!!!
This one’s for you, baby….
/changes address and phone number
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEzhlFqtAJk
Hmmmmm…..
Now I wonder who could have possibly downvoted this??????
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRnhWTNaf58
Nice. Also totally not predictable coming from you.
LOL.
I dug deep into her…archive
http://wp.production.patheos.com/blogs/wwjtd/files/2015/10/phrasing.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGbfaqP_mDI
Fuck you in advance, it’s a good song….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y2icHOgC5U
Not nearly as bad as teh double shot below. This is actually totes acceptable.
Hee hee.
You realize now that I need to find moar songs to piss you off.
lol.
You were gonna do that anyways. Plus, methinks you need an Avett Bros. intervention, they end up in every. single. thread.
And?
Trust me, they’ve got plenty I’ve avoided linking. Not just this week, but pretty much every week.
And also…shut up.
😀
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MRdtXWcgIw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY
JUST. FUCKING. NEIN!!!
lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUCyjDOlnPU
A friend of mine and I used to exchange “Top 5” lists, and one was places/acts we would see if we could go back in time. One of mine was a Chicago jazz club (primarily black) to see Ms. Holiday. She’s amazeballs.
Agreed. Way way agreed, my friend.
NURSE: Hi Wes, it’s time for your pills.
WES WELKER: Squirrel!
NURSE: Of course, Wes. Is the room warm enough?
WES WELKER: Nut!
NURSE: I’ll ask the front desk. Are you expecting any visitors today?
WES WELKER: Zippers!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uiYp8xKjLM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6tc-GKP4-g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxrhflFCyfM
A live version, to twist the knife even deeper. This one always cuts deep.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoR0mGq_z2I
Jeebus, one could almost just link Death Cab’s whole catalogue for this week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T87u5yuUVi8
One of my favorite top ten(ish) songs.
Nice pick.
P-Furs one of the quiet heroes of 80s music. Good shiznit.
I concur.
This one might not make sense entirely, but whenever I hear it these days it reminds me of my dearly departed Papa…..
So close enough.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXdNnw99-Ic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClQcUyhoxTg
See? Now I have to dislike you again.
You suck.
I had that one in the chamber.
you already fired, like, 6 goddamned times!!!
Most of the ladies like that quality about me, but fine….sorry.
Only if it takes more than 3 minutes in total.
Shhh man…be cool.
Huh? Evahbody else dead today?
Oh, hey….afterlife. Hehe.
One of my favorite album closers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOK7ownE3Hg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KkTnreoAUc
I had NO CLUE there was a Benatar version of this. Wee bit darker than “Love is a Battlefield” eh?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqoyKzgkqR4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFGs7HP15d4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKggnBh2Mdw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etAIpkdhU9Q
And that’s how you DOUBLE SHOT.
At least someone appreciates my (lack of) talent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvkzoqQ5Oak