Last Days Here Page #8

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So we chose New York

They're at a top-notch venue

We demanded a lot of money

We're getting it

There's also again

a lot on the line

because in the contract

that I have to sign

it says if the band does not

show up for whatever reason

if stuff doesn't happen

it's my name on there

that I'm responsible for

So what I really need

Bobby to do

is just focus again

on the music

- [muffled singing]

I'm just very confused

right now

There's this angel

I just wanted to talk to

while I was still

hanging around mortal

- Is that keeping you from

focusing on stuff or are you

- Ain't easy

Show must go on

But it ain't easy you know

Got to keep rocking

or I start crying

Sort of like that you know?

Come on!

[music stops]

- Every single thing you do

with Bobby Liebling has a risk

Whether it's a record

coming out

whether it's a show or whatever

it's a risk

I mean it definitely makes

sh*t exciting

But it's putting gray

in my beard you know?

- It surprises me people who

go out and buy advance tickets

for Pentagram shows sometimes

You know it's like man

I would just wait

until the night of the show

and go to the door

because why sink your money

into something

that you don't know is even

going to happen?

- It's kind of an uphill battle

right now

because the last couple shows

that Bobby played

are legendary==

a legendary mess

- Yeah there was this doom

metal festival or something

and this promoter guy goes

"Man I need you to play

this gig and headline this gig"

You know "You got to do it"

And I asked Bobby I said

"You think we can do it?"

[cheers and applause]

I went to play the gig

and it was packed with people

It's getting later and later

and Bobby doesn't show

Then Bobby doesn't show

And the club owner comes up

and goes "Man you got to play

They're gonna tear my club up"

I said "There's==I don't have

a singer here"

Unfortunately our singer

won't show up tonight

'cause he's just too

f***ing cool for all of us

so let's give it a big

"F*** you you a**hole!"

Right?

- F*** youl

- We're gonna play anyway

And I gave the microphone

to the audience

I say "It's Pentagram

karaoke night

Here you go"

[heavy metal music]

Then Bobby showed up at the last

two measures of the last song

I kicked him in the leg

and then

and I think I had a cordless

guitar that night or something

but I was playing from

behind the speakers

where he couldn't rock out

with me you know?

That's how it happened

and that kind of broke us up

really

I said "Forget it man

I can't do that again

Not at my age"

You know==sh*t

I'm almost 20 now so

- Come on,

you f***ing junkiel

- Playl

- Play a song

you f***ing junkie!

You f***ing dope-shooter!

You f***ing rip-off!

Bullshit!

- He's got this Jim Morrison

thing going on now

or something where you just

never know what's gonna happen

[heavy metal music]

The last

[laughs]

the last time he played

was The Black Cat show in DC

- Oh okay

The Black Cat incident?

That's like the incident

at Roswell

crammed in this place

and I'm going

"He's finally made it

Damn I'm glad I came tonight

You know this is great"

- People are f***ing charged

You see the band

take the stage

Literally the guy next to me

is biting his lip

But there's something missing

Where's Bobby?

- Apparently he'd overdosed

And he fell asleep in my arms

like a baby

in the dressing room

Somebody knew

the rescue squad guy

They came and got him

and then they shot him up

with something

I don't know what

He goes "I'm ready to play"

- I see Bobby on the side

of the stage being propped up

Iooking like he's being

carried over to the stage

- Grabs a mic

and that was it

Stumbles backwards

falls on the drum riser

Crawls off the f***ing stage

[audience catcalling]

- When he left it was in

the big freight elevator==

in a straitjacket

And there's orange lights

and instead of the doors

coming together like this

they shut like a mouth

a giant metallic mouth

and he was gone

I thought "That's it

That's the last time

I'll see him"

Man I'll remember that

the rest of my life

[somber music]

- You know I monitor

Bobby's Myspace page

Soon as you announce these

shows dude this thing lit up

It was just amazing

Every time I come on there's

all these friend requests

I had 1 2 pages

of friend requests

This might be fake

but Bobby would like it

[laughs]

One of the best things for me

dude==

this is a total triumph

This one kid says to me

"I only heard Pentagram

two months ago

"but I can't believe

the influence

it's had on my life already"

You know this is from like

this 1 9-year-old kid

so in the middle of nowhere

USA:

who must have picked up a First

Daze Here record or whatever

and it's just changed his life

and it's the same thing

it did to me

and it's exactly what I want

to do with Bobby

Oh right here

"Love love love your music

"Saw the opening band

at a Witchcraft gig

"cover a tune of yours

The place went crazy"

"Pentagram forever

"Many many thanks

for this great music

I love it and I need it

every day"

And again just people

just rooting for Bobby

Look at this

It's great

It goes on and on and on

Again I just get choked up

'cause I'm a freaking

sissy-hippie butt

I'm not a sissy but

[laughs]

At first I got involved

with Bobby

I wanted to have Bobby's music

heard

That was the main goal right?

It was just pretty much

all about Bobby

Now at this point

it's become about me too

My whole life has been in music

My greatest accomplishment

to me personally is Pentagram

If I can't make it happen

then I've got to f***ing wake up

and grow up

like my parents keep telling me

to do

Cut my hair

and get a goddamn job

It's gonna suck

[laughs]

[crickets chirping]

Bobby Hallie and I

texted each other

and she sent me a couple

of lengthy messages

that I can read if you want

She's not gonna be

at either show

There's no way in hell

I do know what this means

to you==trust me I do

- One of the nights

You know what?

- Let me put it this way

I've got so much invested

in this

I've gone beyond the deposit

I've spent my own money

on this

I need these shows to happen

I'll do whatever it takes

to make these shows happen

If it means f***ing lying

to Hallie

and telling her

she'll get a $1 million

if she shows up

I'll do it

But I just don't have

high hopes

and you got to get it out

of your head

that she's gonna show up or not

And I know that

- So what else am I supposed

to do?

She basically said

Bobby is==

you know

in not so many words==

off his rocker

doing cocaine again

You have to go down

to Germantown

get him out

of the sub-basement

and bring him to Philly

or he's not gonna play

these shows

So she knows

- Listen you got to leave

in ten hours

I don't know if she's wrong yet

or not

Your hair's not dyed

You should==

It's 1 0:
30 at night

Your f***ing clothes

aren't dry-cleaned

I should have went down

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