Artifact Page #6

So, that's what I would do it's safer,

the other thing is riskier.

If you want to take a risk.

Got it.

No, it's how you feel, how you

and Shannon and Tomo feel about it.

Okay bye.

Okay bye.

Thanks. Hey?!...

I wanted to ask how much

that phone call costs me.

(Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow)

Dean Martin

It seems funny getting a Christmas tree

when it's totally sunny outside

and the guy is in a tee-shirt.

Hey! These are all the thrifty, she says,

these are the Charlie Browns.

The ones that have like, you know,

broken branches.

Yeah!

Yeah.

I think this one is pretty f***ing funny.

This is all f***ed up man,

there is no way they even...

It says 99 bucks,

I ain't paying 20 bucks for that.

20 bucks. He's got, look,

arthritis on the knuckle right here.

His hair are falling out.

OMG. Rheumatoid.

He's got short man's complex.

How much you gonna pay us

to drag this out of here.

I mean look at this thing.

I know, it's so sad.

I mean this is the ugliest tree

I have ever seen in my entire life.

How much you take?

19!

All right, we'll take it...

Where do you want to put this bad boy?

In the corner?

That was a bargain.

She was tall, dark, handsome.

Listen...

She was tall...

Okay... She was tall, dark, handsome...

The cigarette gets me in character.

I can't help it.

She was tall, dark, handsome,

hung like a wildebeest...

Ohhh...

We've been sued for 30 Million bucks.

Ahhh... We really are...

We really are.

What if they just said:

"F*** you! This is done,

We're taking you to court."

She was tall, dark, handsome,

hung like a wildebeest but I loved her.

How you're gonna restructure Guy,

just tell us?

Why are the job cuts necessary Guy?

What's your message to staff Guy?

EMI news's owner Guy Hands was tight lipped

as he arrived at the cinema

to outline the music group's new direction.

Inside staff learned that EMI is set

to axe up to 2000 jobs.

They stripped mine the place.

They fired tons and tons of people.

They put people in charge

that never had any experience

in the record business

or the music business.

They started to decentralize it.

They had all this strange pods

instead of a more traditional structure.

They also put some people

in positions of power

who didn't make any sense to me whatsoever.

I see it all the time.

It is just the heavy hand of guys,

who don't understand the business,

who try to tell people,

who do understand the business,

how to do their jobs.

I met with him once and he said to me:

"All you people from the music business.

You know you really don't know

how to run a business."

They installed a lot of people

across the global leadership of the company.

And most people see at management levels.

And these groups serious record company executives

were gone instead in a matter of month.

Obviously,

I have a certain bias

and I was there

and I was very vocal

about any of my disagreements.

They wanted to restructure the company

and in the terms of my contract,

they couldn't

without asking me

and so, they

did it anyway.

In the old days,

you say what is EMI thinking,

you would name 10 people

that have worked there

for 20 years or 30 years.

You'd worry about what they thought

but there's nobody that's worked there

for 20 years or 30 years.

It's not the company

or the people it ever was.

We have been through so many regimes at EMI

since we signed a contract

with Virgin Records.

I can't even tell you how many it has been.

It is safe to say it is

over eight less than twelve.

I don't think there is a single employee

that was there

when we signed our record deal.

We would take care of the lawsuit.

That's already cost me more money

than I have,

than we have as a band.

We've spent more money

that we have in the bank.

Right!

No, I understand

I'm gonna have to tell them:

they can suck my f***ing proverbial dick!

So, in a sense,

EMI has already bankrupted us.

Kempler really is controlling this?

No, the money guys are controlling it.

You know Terra Firma...

Well f*** them! That's such bullshit!

How could that motherfucking bip bip

can sit there and tell us

that he was gonna do something

and then not do it?

Across the pond, it's Guy Hands,

and here in America,

it's Jeff Kempler and I think

that he is either trying to show off

for Guy Hands

and he thinks

that he's gonna strangle all this.

We have other options.

I, myself I'm ready to go all the way.

They're acting like they're so

ready and happy

and willing to just go into litigation

that I'm having to prepare the battle plan.

I think everyone is getting lost in the deal

and not seeing what a benefit

it probably could be to me and to them,

for us to work out something

fair and reasonable.

But I can't do, I just can't do it

if it's not fair. I can't do it and

feel I've been taking advantage of?

Okay, so what's the next move here?

What's up?

We need you again... (Okay)

I thought that was gonna be an easy song.

(yeah) I actually didn't think

it was gonna be an easy song,

I knew it's gonna be

a pain in the f***ing ass!

Em. Can we try... Em. Just... You know?

Sure... It's huh... Pretty fast.

Is it better one foot or two?

One, I think.

It's so weird, it's so fast.

It's very awkward.

Jesus Christ!

You know what you want, man!

I need power... Need power...

It's not enough at one.

I got it brother, my brother. Right?

We will work with this.

We'll call you in a minute.

I don't know.

I have no idea.

What about a little bit of like:

Some days you feel so strong

and then, other days, you're like:

what the f*** am I doing?

I'm wondering if I'm ruining it?

Am I f***ing it all up

for Shannon and Tomo?

Some days, I feel so confident, so strong,

I'm like:
it doesn't matter

this album is gonna be so good,

the songs are gonna be so great.

It doesn't matter what label we are,

we're gonna reach people

but you need the help.

You need... You can't do it on your own.

And the other days, you just feel like:

what the f*** are we doing?

And I don't know,

maybe I'm f***ed up to keep fighting.

I've had one successful record.

And I'm fighting like,

I am the Rolling f***ing Stones.

But who the f*** am I?

It's a f***ing nightmare, man,

this whole thing is a f***ing nightmare.

I mean, all of this could be a year from now,

I mean, looking back and say:

"Wow, I f***ed up!

I didn't sign with the label,

the record sold 12 f***ing copies."

I put everything that I have into this.

My entire life, everything. We all have.

You don't want to get through

all this f***ing legal thing.

And you don't win anything.

If it was like a pot of gold

at the end of that rainbow, I'll do it...

The win is:
you don't lose anything.

Hey, that's your win!

The win is that

you get to pay the legal fees.

That's what your win is.

That's the win...

You look to have some fun.

I haven't talked to Kempler in 6 months.

Let's call him. Your lawsuit...

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