Maybe overheard somewhere, maybe not.
One.
RAY: Hey man.
DANNY: What’s up R?
RAY: Probably gonna head on over to the record store in a few.
DANNY: Cool. Did you see that new remaster of The Final Cut? Supposed to sound really awesome, man.
RAY: Yeah, but that record sucks so bad. Pink Floyd had the world by the short ones after The Wall and they put out a record of Roger whining for 40 minutes. No wonder they threw his ass out after that mess.
DANNY: Definitely their worst, man. Worse than Atom Heart Mother and that one blows serious chunks. You picking up the plain black or you going for the limited severely-depressed-blue vinyl?
RAY: I’ll probably do one of each. Good to have a back-up, right?
DANNY: Right on, man. Me, too.
RAY: Just saw on YouTube there’s a Walmart exclusive, too. Comes with some kind of glow-in-the-dark postcard or some s***. Can’t decide if I want three more copies of a totally crappy album, though.
DANNY: You know that’s the one that’ll totally blow up on Discogs and eBay in a month, though, right?
RAY: S***, I hate going to Walmart, especially for nasty albums, man. Guess I better grab one, though.
DANNY: At least we don’t have to open ‘em, right? Keep ‘em sealed since we hate the damn record.
RAY: Yeah, that’s cool at least.
Two.
DANNY: When’s the last time you were at the record store, man?
RAY: A few days ago. Did some used bin diving.
DANNY: Buy anything?
RAY: Yeah, picked up a really cool Hotel California.
DANNY: Don’t you already have, like, seven of that one?
RAY: Eight, but check it, this one has “nobody sane ever reads this nonsense” scratched in the dead wax. Never seen that s*** before.
DANNY: Whaaaat? Is it on Discogs like that?
RAY: Can’t find it, man, but Discogs misses stuff sometimes, y’know.
DANNY: Decent copy, at least?
RAY: Pretty beat up, but it was only 27 bones so I grabbed it.
DANNY: Some stoner probably scratched that in with a needle, man.
RAY: Ya neeeeever know, dude. Could go for big bucks on eBay. Couldn’t take the chance.
DANNY: Definitely not. Good score!
Three.
RAY: I finally checked out that lame Rolling Stone 500 best albums list, man.
DANNY: Gee-sus, what the hell were you waiting for? That came out, like, last year, dude.
RAY: Can’t read it on their site, man, paywall. Not exactly peace and love hippies anymore. Had to go find it on reddit.
DANNY: *snort* Rolling Stone hasn’t been about the peace and love s*** in decades, man.
RAY: No s***. Did you see it, dude? What’s Going On? number one, Pet Sounds number two. I mean, Marvin Gaye and the Beach Boys. How do you even rank totally different stuff like that?
DANNY: I know, right?. They did the list with, like, a million voters, right?
RAY: About eight thousand, I think.
DANNY: But dude, next month is the 50th anniversary box for What’s Going On? Totally psyched!
RAY: Hell yeah! I only have a regular MoFi, a one-step, and two Motown OGs of that bad boy.
DANNY: You don’t have a UMG copy, too, man? Damn, bro, you’re slippin’ up.
RAY: Whatever, dude. Gotta figure out which new one to get, though.
DANNY: Whattya mean?
RAY: Am I just grabbin' the 2 vinyl set with the outtakes? Or do I need the expanded one with the CDs and the Blu-ray, too? I don’t even have anything to play Blu-rays on, man.
DANNY: How much?
RAY: Vinyl is 60 bucks, the big box is around 150.
DANNY: Okay, so for one of each and a back-up you’re talking under 450, man. That’s what I’m doin’.
RAY: You’re getting a back-up for both, dude?
DANNY: Hell, yeah. That s***’s gonna be worth serious coin down the road.
RAY: Yeah, but you can just get one of each for a couple hundred out the door.
DANNY: Nah, man, just getting one’s a problem. Puts me in a tough spot. What if I wanna play the damn thing, man? I’ll be sitting there looking at it, pretty soon I’ll be opening that s*** up ‘cause I gotta hear it. Boom! Major value lost right there. Gotta have back-ups, bro. If you’re gonna invest, invest, right?
RAY: You’re right, man. That’d be just like me gettin’ too wasted some night and popping the thing open to give it a listen. I need back-ups. Good thing my landlord’s an understanding guy, I guess.
DANNY: Right on.
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