Blue Seduction Page #3

- Yeah. God, of course.

- Good.

Listen, I'm gonna take my own car

and pick up Mom first.

- That's a good idea.

- You can meet us there.

She wants me to come early to help her

with some health-insurance paperwork

or something... I don't know why

it has to be tonight.

- Really?

- Yeah.

- I guess she's feeling her mortality.

- Understood.

Okay, so meet us there

at around 8:
30?

- Okay, I'm there.

- Okay.

Great. Bye.

- Okay, yeah.

- Work hard, Mikey.

- Working.

Well, hello.

- Ow.

- Sorry.

Get the door.

Right.

Oh, God... bad knee.

What are you doing?

Whoa, okay.

Um... that's... uh...

I always like to wash it down

with a little drink.

You... um...

I can understand, that's...

Matty, look, I've been sober

for 15 years, okay?

- So this...

- Come on.

- ... Is a little bit...

- It's just a little sugar and fire.

Sugar and fire.

I mean, I don't care what you do.

But it's totally cool.

I'm hip, but...

Look, there's not... no.

Mmm! Mmmm!

Swallow.

No problem.

J' I'm going where the

air is cleaner J'

J' I'm going back to

those great friends of mine J'

J' I'm going where the folks J'

J' Are kind to strangers... J'

I shouldn't be

eating this crap.

I feel dizzy a lot of the times,

and sometimes I feel

short of breath.

Oh, God, Mom,

you've got to change physicians.

I tell you,

call Dr. Steadman.

I can't.

My HMO doesn't cover him.

Listen, Mom, Mike's got a deal.

Yeah? Like the publishing deal

that pays him 25 bucks a week?

No, something different,

something big.

He's got a record deal.

Yeah? With?

An independent label.

Joycey, I don't believe you.

I always know

when you're lying.

Mom, I'm not lying.

Joycey,

you two never could

look life in the face.

Mom, don't worry, okay?

It's gonna be different this time.

He's gonna do it this time,

and we'll all be able to live

like we used to.

Yeah? Was that so great?

- With him cheating

on you all the time?

- Mom, come on.

I don't need this right now.

J' Rooooo... J'

J' Rose! J'

HEY, boys.

Ladies and gentlemen, we've got

a real rock star here tonight,

Mike Taylor.

Hi. I'm so sorry I'm late.

Happy birthday.

Mwah! Mwah!

Two for Tuesday.

I'll give you one more European style.

Here you go. Happy birthday.

Found that in my car.

- How are you, baby? Good to see you.

- Hi.

I'm sorry I'm late.

It's okay.

We already ordered...

I'm really late.

These are cold. Jeez.

Better wash 'em off.

Well, damn apples.

Look at that thing.

You'd think a birthday was on.

You're 60?

Really? I think that's great,

considering...

Hi, Mikey.

Nice to see you.

It's just nice to see, period,

when you're...

Come on, that is... what?

It's a birthday joke.

- What?

- What are you doing?

Hey, Crazy Hey, Ray...

So how about our

gorgeous birthday girl?

Isn't she looking beautiful tonight?

She is. You're looking hot

in that beige ensemble.

Got the beige rage on,

don't you?

And how's the second most

beautiful girl doing in the world?

- Hey hey hey.

- Oh. Who, me?

Oh, great. You know I love coming here

almost as much as my mom does.

Just can't get enough

of your music.

- Or your charm.

- Thank you very much.

The feeling is mutual,

I can assure you.

So Mike, how's the music going?

- Have you got it flowing?

- Man, it's flowing like crazy.

- Crazy. Thanks for asking.

- I'm sure glad to hear that.

My feet are itching. Do you know

any way we can get 'em scratched?

- Sure. Why not?

- Let's do it.

I'm gonna butt in!

You know, he could cut in

and she wouldn't even notice.

And that is just crazy.

Oh, Ray.

Think we'll be sweet like that

when we hit the big 6-0?

God, if we hit the big 6-0.

What? Come on, baby?

Eat fast, died young,

leave a good-looking corpse.

J' I'll tell you why J'

J' This is the last time J'

J' That we'll say goodbye. J'

Dicky?

Mikey.

Well...

I got another song for you.

So I think we ought to just,

you know, record it right away.

Get in there.

So why don't we just, you know,

book the session?

You know, 11:
00?

After 11:
00.

Great great great.

I'll get Matty.

No. Why?

Why the hell not?

She makes your stuff sound new.

You need her, Mike.

We need all the help we can get.

Listen to me very carefully,

you prick.

You don't like my music,

you tell it to my face, all right?

I'm sick of your innuendos

and your sarcasm when

you're dealing with my art.

So just go to hell, Dicky.

Jesus.

Mike.

Sorry.

Sorry about that.

We're... we're on.

Guess we'll do it

after 11:
00 PM...

no, we'll stick with it...

stick with the time.

- All right? Can't wait.

- Yeah.

- Bye.

- Bye, Mike.

Why aren't you at

your AA meeting?

Stanley went instead.

I'm really on a roll here.

Oh, man, am I beat.

Oh, what a day.

Ls there anything to eat?

Yeah, in the thing.

Mike, there's nothing to eat.

There's no food in the house.

Couldn't you have gone shopping?

Gone to the store?

I'll go now.

Oh, what are you doing?

You know that

mountain-view house I had?

- The one in escrow

for over two months?

- Yeah.

- The damned lender pulled the funding.

- What?

There's all this crap

going on with the frozen...

- What?

- ... Liquidity in the mortgage market,

so now the buyer can't

qualify for the loan.

- The whole damn deal is off.

- What the hell is that?

- I don't know.

- Where does he get off?

- I am so sick of this life!

- Yeah, this sucks.

Hey, guys-

How's it going?

I've been working on

these songs all night.

They're really good, Mike.

"These"?

How many you got?

- Two.

- Hey! Wow.

"Blue Seduction"

and "Temptation."

You've been holding out on us, Mike.

That's great.

He has. They're really great.

They're even better

than the other songs,

if that's even possible.

Well, we're all here now.

Why don't we record something?

Hey, thanks for having me back.

I appreciate it

more than you'll know.

I didn't finish "Temptation."

What the hell are you doing here?

I thought you'd be happy.

I told you,

I'm giving you the songs.

All right!

Let's get cracking.

All right, let's see

what we got here.

Go ahead.

J' You say you're afraid of me J'

All right. Um...

I don't think you're feeling it.

Right? 'Cause, um, I don't know.

I just don't.

So I need you to feel it more.

- Sorry. Just give me a minute.

- Sure.

Take your time. Go.

J' You say you're... J'

Cut cut. Come on, Matty.

Pay attention, would you?

I'm sorry, Mike.

Okay, here we go. On three...

J' You say you're afraid of me J'

J' You say you've never

felt this way J'

J' You say I appeal... J'

- J' To your... J'

- Um.

- I don't know, just go again.

- Come on, Mike, she's doing great.

Okay, contrary to

Stanley's opinion,

I don't think you're feeling it 'cause

I don't think you're going deep enough.

So I need you to go deeper.

All right, Matty? Deeper.

So let's just go deeper.

Okay? Here we go.

J' You say you're afraid of me J'

J' You say you've never

felt this way J'

J' You say I appeal J'

J' To your dark side J'

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