INT. RECORDING STUDIO – DAY
The PRODUCER sits at his desk, sipping coffee. DJ 3000 remains in his usual location, but his “connection active” light keeps flashing repeatedly.
PRODUCER: Having any luck?
DJ 3000: YEAH, I JUST GOTTA KILL ALL THESE MALWARE ADS. NO, I DON’T NEED TO UPDATE MY FLASH PLAYER, SSN_RIPPERS.RU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PRODUCER: Thanks for hunting down a stream.
DJ 3000: NO PROBLEM. I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE JUST PHISHED SOMEONE’S CABLE LOGIN DETAILS, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LESS OF A HASSLE.
A laggy stream of the Slovakia-Ukraine game comes up on DJ 3000’s main console.
DJ 3000: BEST I CAN DO. APOLOGIES FOR THE QUALITY.
PRODUCER: Hey, don’t sweat it. It’s better than nothing.
DJ 3000: I DIDN’T REALIZE YOU WERE SO INTO FOOTBALL.
PRODUCER: Yeah, with basketball being all done and…wait…[narrows eyebrows]…what did you call it?
DJ 3000: FOOTBALL. THAT’S WHAT EVERYONE CALLS IT.
PRODUCER: Not in America, it’s called “soccer” here. Except South America, I guess they call it fútbol there. Man, your latest software update has got you all screwed up.
DJ 3000: UH, YEAH. THAT DAMNED SOFTWARE UPDATE, THAT’S WHY I KEEP GETTING THINGS ALL MIXED UP.
FÚTBOL ANNOUNCER: …and Mudryk passes it to Tsygankov on the flank, who advances past midfield. He gets past Hrošovský, but Boženík steps in with a hard challenge and is whistled for the infringement…
PRODUCER: Man, these Slavic names are wild.
DJ 3000: I WONDER HOW ON EARTH THEY PLAY WORDSMITH IN THOSE EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, THEY MUST HAVE TO PUT LIKE FOUR Z’S AND SIX K’S IN EACH BOX.
PRODUCER: Wordsmith?
DJ 3000: YEAH, YOU KNOW, THE WORD-BUILDING BOARD GAME WITH ALL THE LETTER TILES AND STUFF?
PRODUCER: Oh, you mean Scrabble!
DJ 3000: RIGHT RIGHT. SORRY, I WAS THINKING OF THE PALMSCREEN APPLICATION.
PRODUCER: Palmscreen? What the hell is a Palmscreen?
DJ 3000: [hunting for a distraction] HEY, HOW ABOUT A LITTLE MUSIC, ISN’T IT ABOUT TIME FOR REQUEST LINE?
PRODUCER: Yeah, it’s about that time. The cupboard’s pretty bare for topics, though.
DJ 3000: HOW ABOUT WORDSM…I MEAN SCRABBLE?
PRODUCER: Um, okay, sure. How would it work?
DJ 3000: SONGS WITH NAMES THAT WOULD BE WORTH A LOT OF POINTS IF YOU PLAYED THEM AS SCRABBLE WORDS.
PRODUCER: Are we doing double word score or anything like that?
DJ 3000: NAH, LET’S NOT OVERTHINK IT. JUST SOME TUNES AS BACKGROUND WHILE WE WATCH THE GAME.
PRODUCER: Sounds good to me. Want to cue up a little Justin Timberlake to get us started?
DJ 3000: UM, FIRST OFF, D.W.I. IS AN ANAGRAM, SO IT ISN’T A WORD YOU CAN PLAY IN SCRABBLE. AND EVEN IF YOU COULD, IT WOULDN’T BE WORTH MANY POINTS.
PRODUCER: Oh, no, I had something else in mind. It’s got an X, a B, a C, and a K. And it’s eight letters, so if you were able to play it you’d probably have cleared your board and gotten the bingo bonus.
DJ 3000: AH, I GOTCHA. SURE THING, LET ME GIVE IT A SPIN.
Today’s theme is Scrabble. We’re looking for songs whose titles would be worth a lot of points if played on a Scrabble board. Proper nouns and made up words (like the song above) are fair game. Post links as “https://www.youtube.com/watch?Bm0lLu5k( and they should embed in the comments after you refresh. Last week’s puzzle answer of “Faces” by Earth Wind and Fire was solved by BeefReeferLives. And please feel encouraged to share your thoughts on the ongoing fútbol matches during the day.
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