INT. RECORDING STUDIO – DAY
Once again, all the lights are off in the studio, and it’s completely silent. The studio lights come on…
…and in the hallway that leads to the studio a series of frantic footsteps can be heard.
— [DOOR FLIES OPEN] —
HUNTER RENFROW: [holding a square flat box] I’m here, I’m here! And it’s not my fault that I’m cutting it close this time, the guy at the…uh…shop wouldn’t stop talking.
DJ 3000′: THE SHOP WHERE YOU BOUGHT WHATEVER IS IN THAT BOX?
HUNTER RENFROW: Yeah. It’s a special day, so I brought a surprise!
DJ 3000′: NEAT! [engages Brad Pitt voice module] SO WHAT’S IN THE BOX?
HUNTER RENFROW: [mimes holding a walkie-talkie up to his mouth]: Stand down, I repeat, stand down. DJ 3000′ has the upper hand!
DJ 3000′: YOU KNOW, IT ALWAYS BOTHERED ME THAT THEY STYLIZED IT AS SE7EN.
HUNTER RENFROW: Right? Like how are you even supposed to pronounce that?
DJ 3000′: I THOUGHT IT WOULD WORK OKAY IF THEY TURNED THE SEVEN SIDEWAYS, LIKE…
DJ 3000′ displays an image on his main console.
HUNTER RENFROW: Hey, that’s pretty good!
DJ 3000′: THANKS! SO, AS FUN AS IT WOULD BE IF THAT BOX CONTAINED THE SEVERED HEAD OF GWYNETH PALTROW, I’M GUESSING IT’S SOMETHING ELSE.
HUNTER RENFROW: Yeah, that would be more of a Fitzpatrick Bateman kind of thing.
HUNTER RENFROW lifts the lid of the box, to display…
DJ 3000′: UM…OH.
HUNTER RENFROW: It’s for the whole office.
DJ 3000′: YOU REALIZE I DON’T HAVE A MOUTH, RIGHT?
HUNTER RENFROW: I know. But I’m not aware of any other way to celebrate the fourteenth day of the third month.
DJ 3000′: AH YES, THREE-FOURTEEN. PI DAY. DID YOU KNOW THAT IN BINARY PI IS NOT ACTUALLY AN IRRATIONAL NUMBER?
HUNTER RENFROW: Oh man don’t get started on that base-two stuff again, I thought I left that behind forever once we got through it in Honors Algebra.
DJ 3000′: I HOPE IT TASTES AS DELICIOUS AS IT LOOKS.
HUNTER RENFROW: [cutting himself a slice] Is there any way for you to enjoy something like this?
DJ 3000′: NOT THE SAME WAY THAT YOU WOULD. I DO APPRECIATE THE SYMMETRY OF CIRCULAR SHAPES, HOWEVER.
HUNTER RENFROW: Speaking of circular shapes, I thought that could be the theme of today’s Request Line.
DJ 3000′: CIRCLES?
HUNTER RENFROW: Yeah, and basically anything else that’s round. Like pies!
DJ 3000′: SURE THING, HAVE YOU GOT SOMETHING TO GET US STARTED WITH?
HUNTER RENFROW: Of course I do. If you’d be so kind as to fire up a little something from the Beatles’ White Album…
Today’s theme is “Circles”. We’re looking for songs about circular things – circles, of course, but other things like pies and clocks and such are fair game as well. Please post links as “https://www.youtube.com/watch?w!Ld_V3r510n and they should embed in the comments after you refresh. Last week’s puzzle clue of “Hovercraft” left our listeners stumped and went unsolved – it referred to The Alan Parsons Project and their song “The Raven”. Now without further ado, let’s roll!
