3 Nights in the Desert Page #4

You know what I'm going to do.

I know what I'm gonna do.

I'm gonna f*** you

like a psychopath.

I'm gonna f*** you so

that you forget his name.

I'm gonna f*** you so that...

You make song about me.

I'm gonna f*** you

so you remember.

Barry, don't.

Barry.

Barry!

Ah.

You're f***ing drunk!

You go into the cave,

your deepest desire comes true.

Ah!

Hey, Barry.

Are you OK?

Hello?

Yeah.

Listen, you're

drunk and confused.

I get that, OK?

OK?

Night, Barry.

I'm sorry.

It's just a bad dream.

I'm sorry.

Wait, wait, wait.

Wait.

Don't go.

No, don't come in.

Don't come in.

Just stay.

S... stay.

What's the dream?

Am I doing something

awful in it?

Or is it about him?

It's... it's about me.

Do you think that

Travis went to the cave?

Do you think it works?

Everything's going to be OK.

I'll make you eggs

in the morning.

Just the way you like them.

Then we'll go home.

Yeah.

Get some sleep.

What are you doing?

Oh no.

Come here.

Come here.

Right here.

Just... just...

I'd ruin you.

RADIO INTERVIEWER

On WMPM Bard College radio.

Guys, why don't you

introduce yourselves to us?

My name's Travis.

I'm Barry.

I play the drums.

And, uh...

My name's Anna, and I sing.

RADIO INTERVIEWER (ON

So tell me,

how did the band meet?

I closed my eyes

and I imagined

this ray of light.

Shut up.

Well, believe or not,

we were all born

in the same week.

So Travis and I

were really drunk,

celebrating our birthday.

And we...

We run into Anna, really drunk,

celebrating her birthday.

So wasted.

I think you...

Just

improvising song and just...

Yes.

You killed it.

Amazing.

So good.

RADIO INTERVIEWER

So um, where do you see

yourselves down the road?

Where do you see yourselves

10 years from now?

Uh, I... I really

think if we keep doing

what we're doing,

working hard, making

the right choices,

and we'll be doing huge

things in 10 years.

I feel like we're on a path.

If it has some twists

and turns or whatever,

we're gonna make it happen.

Wait, I got your crystal ball

right here.

It says the road

we're on, in 10 years,

we'll either be famous or dead.

Hey.

Have you, uh... have you

seen my keys anywhere?

I can't seem to find them.

Can't find my cellphone.

Yeah.

Some night, huh?

They've gotta be somewhere.

Yo.

Yo, yo, yo.

Did you enjoy your

night in the desert?

Yeah.

It was real nice.

How about your night?

Barry?

Yeah.

It was fine.

You got nicked up

good there, partner.

How'd it happen?

An encounter with

the uh, counter.

What else you

guys do last night?

We hung out, OK?

Something wrong, brother?

I guess the night

didn't go as planned.

Things not going according

to plan for Barry.

Wow, tell me more.

I thought we came

here to hang out.

Hm.

I thought we were

being truthful.

Is this what you wanted?

I should

have grabbed you like this.

Stop f***ing laughing at me!

Stop!

I know what I'm going to do.

F*** you like a psychopath.

Travis.

Travis, give me that.

Give it to me!

Enough.

I'd cooled down.

Thought I'd see if you

two were getting along.

Oh, you a**hole.

You should have

told me if you wanted

to write the first

song together.

Just stop.

Please, stop.

Which one of you is doing that?

Would you please stop?

That psychopath line?

I'm gonna have to use that.

You're f***ing drunk!

You're staying here tonight.

We're making that album.

Jesus Christ.

Where you going?

Travis.

Travis.

Listen, man.

Look, we're all exhausted.

Let's not be idiots.

Just give me the

rest of my sh*t back.

Stay.

I've got a flight.

I can't just change my flight.

Use your miles.

Oh, come on, man.

I've got work tomorrow.

Julie's expecting me.

She's expecting me to call now.

We talk every morning.

Well, you're going to have

to give her the latest update.

Or I can.

Stop!

Is this your new

method of seduction?

Come on, take a

shot, but be careful.

You know who wins

a fight, don't you?

Not the strongest

or the tallest.

The craziest.

I got ya beat there.

Although, uh, I think you're

catching up pretty quick.

Should I punch him

in the other eye

or do you think it's just

going to turn him on?

Oof!

Yeah.

Yeah!

Woo!

Barry, that's pure, man.

That is honest, animal rage.

You feel that, Right?

The three of us, when we're

apart, we're just children.

We're making a mess of things.

But together we're like a

90-year-old desert guru.

Nah, f*** that.

It multiplies.

We're 30 times 30 times 30.

What is that, Barry?

Who cares, man?

Count it up.

That's 2,700.

It's 27,000.

2,700 year-old-man.

We're older than Christ.

We're older than Socrates.

We're older than f***ing Buddha.

Let's take that right here.

Let's make the album.

Three nights in the desert.

I don't even play anymore, man.

That's great.

That's great.

The nameless is

the eternally real.

You... you're making

artistic choices,

and you don't even know it, man!

Look, Travis.

Listen, give us our stuff back.

I'll go home.

We'll chalk this whole up

thing up to desert fever.

Come on.

And when I get

back, I'll call you.

And we'll talk about

the idea for the tour.

I... I know it's nuts, but

the offer still stands.

I don't need a sympathy job.

It's not a sympathy job.

It's a real gig for money.

Anna, I can't.

Wh... why not?

I don't want to get into it.

Come on, Travis.

Say it.

I don't like you music.

I don't.

You took the stuff we were

working on and you... you

popped it up.

You put a syncopated

dance beat to it.

You sugar coated it.

Digestible.

Not you.

Hey, but it was your big break.

I get it.

You know what?

You think you're a genius.

You're just talented.

I might not be

reinventing the form,

but at least I've

done something.

You asked me.

This is what you

do to your friends?

What does it take to

get your approval, man?

She nursed you in the

hospital for three months

after your doped up ass

wrapped a car around a tree.

OK.

Her whole album is about you.

I know that.

I'm done.

I want to go home.

Why are you screaming

in the night?

Come on, Travis.

Please, I just want to go home.

I know how powerful it is.

I gave my uncle everything

and he showed me

that place in return.

Please, I just want

to get out of here.

There's plenty of time

before your flight,

so go back in the cave.

Figure things out.

You know what you need to do.

OK.

OK.

So uh, there's one thing you

should know before you go in.

I used your phone to

e-mail Julie the recording.

Julie, right?

No, you didn't.

I'm not joking.

Yes, you are.

No, I'm not.

I am?

He is.

I think I am.

Confusion, uncertainty.

That's what you need

when you go in there.

You got what you

wanted the first time.

It's stupid.

What did you see when

you went in there?

Happy?

Are you?

I'm swell, partner.

Oh, yeah?

Then I want you, the

pathologically honest,

to look us in the

eye and tell us

that you're completely

happy with your life.

OK.

Look at us.

All right, guys.

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