
Sympathy for Delicious Page #5
CAN YOU BRING MR. ZAHEEDI?
THIS IS MR. ZAHEEDI. DEAN O'DWYER.
- WHAT IS IT? WHAT'S WRONG?
SHE HAS CEREBRAL PALSY.
- MM-HMM.
FROM BIRTH. SHE'S BEEN SUFFERING.
IF THERE IS ANYTHING
THAT YOU CAN DO...
- HOW MUCH?
- NO. NO. NO.
WHAT'S THE... WHAT'S THE OFFER?
NO, DEAN.
THAT'S REALLY BETWEEN HIM
AND THE CHURCH.
- I OFFERED $250,000.
IF... IF... IF SHE'S HEALED.
IF SHE'S HEALED.
FOR THE SHELTER.
PAY ME.
- I'M SORRY. WAIT. WHAT?
GIVE ME THE 250 GRAND
IF YOU WANT ME TO DO IT.
- I'M SORRY.
- NO, NO, NO.
YOU DON'T NEED HIM.
YOU NEED ME.
CAN I TALK TO YOU FOR A MINUTE?
YOU GOT YOUR CHECKBOOK ON YOU?
- DEAN?
- NO.
CAN I SPEAK TO YOU FOR A MINUTE?
- I'M OUT OF HERE.
- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
- I JUST WANNA HELP MY CHILD.
- HOW CAN YOU DO THIS?
- YOU WANT YOUR DAUGHTER HEALED,
FOLLOW ME. FOLLOW ME.
LISTEN UP EVERYBODY.
ALL RIGHT, YOU WANT IT?
YOU WANT IT?
COME TO THE F***IN' SHOW.
COME TO THE SHOW.
COME TO THE SHOW.
- AND THE DAYS
HAVE FINALLY COME
WHERE THE PRETTY LADIES
LAY IN SEIZURE:
A FILE OF RATS:
HAVE PAID FOR CROWS
SO COME ON,
TOUCH THIS HAND:
AND DON'T YOU EVER
LET IT GO:
DON'T YOU EVER LET IT GO
WHEN THE ANIMALS
STOP PELTING:
IN ABANDONED SUBMISSION
AND THE RAVENOUS COME CLEAN
WHEN THEY FINALLY GIVE IN
AND THEY FEAST ON THIS CROW
WILL YOU... WILL YOU GENUFLEC IN A SPINDLE OF FEATHERS?
DON'T YOU EVER
LET IT GO:
I SAID TOUCH THIS HAND
AND TOUCH THIS HAND
TOUCH THIS HAND:
AND DON'T YOU
DON'T YOU EVER LET IT GO
AND DON'T YOU
DON'T YOU EVER LET IT
GRIP IT TIGHTER:
GRIP IT TIGHTER,
YEAH, YEAH
GRIP IT TIGHTER:
- OH!
AND GENUINELY,
I WAS APPRECIATIVE OF THE FACT
THAT THEY CAME UP
ONE BY ONE:
THEIR LEAD:
MAYBE... MAYBE YOU SHOULD
MAYBE YOU SHOULD COME UP
MAYBE YOU SHOULD
ON SIDE, COME UP
HOLD IT... HOLD IT BACK
SO HELLO TO HIM, HON
MAYBE YOU CAN'T ARCH
YOUR EYEBROW:
BUT I'M GONNA TOUCH
THEIR HAND:
TOUCH THEIR HAND
WATCH YOUR STEP NOW
I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE SLIPPERY
DOWN THERE:
SO COME UP HERE:
EVERYBODY HOLDING HANDS
EVERYBODY,
NOW YOU COME UP:
ONE BY ONE NOW, COME ON,
NOW DON'T TRIP
WATCH YOUR STEP NOW,
WATCH OUT NOW:
IT'S A LITTLE SLIPPERY DOWN
THERE SO COME ON
I WANT YOU TO COME UP HERE
ONE BY ONE:
AND NOW I'M CALLING YOU,
MY CHILDREN, THAT'S RIGHT
I WANT YOU, EVERYONE,
COME UP HERE:
COME ON UP HERE,
COME UP HERE:
COME UP HERE:
DON'T YOU EVER, EVER,
EVER LET IT GO:
DON'T YOU EVER,
NEVER LET IT GO:
NEVER LET IT GO:
STAIN, MAN...
YOU'RE A F***IN' ROCK STAR BRO.
I AM THE F***ING LORD
THY WANT OF COME.
- OH!
- THAT'S F***IN' RIGHT.
I F***IN' CHRISTEN THEE
DOUBLE D DELICIOUS.
NINA, NINA,
IT F***IN' WORKS.
I TOLD YOU IT WOULD WORK,
YOUR DOUBTER, AND IT WORKS!
I SMELL IT.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND
WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT?
YOU ALL GAVE BIRTH TONIGHT.
AND NOW WE HAVE A CHILD.
DUDE, WE HAVE A CHILD.
WE... WE BROUGHT A NEW LIFE
INTO THE STALE F***IN' WORLD
OF ROCK.
YOU WERE ALL BRILLIANT.
STAIN, IT WAS YOUR NIGHT, BABY.
- YOU DID IT.
YOU TOOK YOUR PLACE.
- TOO F***IN' RIGHT, I DID.
CHUCK, A POWER MAN. BRASH.
OOGIE, I COULD TASTE YOU.
ARIEL, YOU HAD WINGS ON YOUR BACK.
AND YOU...
YOU SEXY MOTHERF***ER.
THAT IS RIGHT.
I CALLED HIM FORTH.
STAIN, MY LOVE,
YOU HAVE TO WRITE A SONG.
A SONG:
THAT WILL SUPPORT OUR D
AS HE ROLLS DOWNSTAGE.
BECAUSE WHEN WE TOUR,
WHICH WE WILL,
OUR BABY'S GONNA BE NAMED...
"HEALAPALOOZA."
HEALAPALOOZA, EH?
HEALA-F***IN'.
OUR BABY.
OUR F***IN' BABY.
I AM BRINGING ABOU THE DIPHTHONGS EXPERIENCE
TO THE PEOPLE.
LET'S GET SOMETHING STRAIGHT,
NINA, LOVE, ALL RIGHT?
I WANTED DEAN IN THE BAND
FROM THE BEGINNING
BECAUSE OF HIS SCRATCHING.
NOT SOME SIDESHOW FREAK.
HE'S NOT GONNA SELL HIMSELF OU TO A LITTLE MAGIC HANDS TRICK.
THE BAND IS THE MUSIC.
WE WILL OVERRIDE THE SHOW
INTO SOME DISPLAY
AND BE RESPECTED.
BUT, D, DUDE, YOU MAY END UP
A PATHETIC JOKE.
F*** IT.
LONG AS I'M GETTING PAID.
DO Y'ALL HEAR THAT?
ARE WE CLEAR, NINA?
- YEAH.
- GOOD.
YOU THINK I'M A SELL-OU SIDESHOW FREAK?
WHAT DO YOU CARE?
AS LONG AS YOU'RE GETTING PAID,
RIGHT?
OH, F*** IT, ARIEL.
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?
GO BACK TO LIVING
IN MY F***IN' CAR?
THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S GOOD.
YOU'RE OWED. YOU'RE OWED.
YOU'RE OWED, RIGHT?
YEAH, EVERYBODY OWES YOU.
I'M ABOUT TO PU YOUR CRAP ASS BAND
ON THE F***ING MAP!
YOU WANTED!
WHAT'S ALL THIS PURITY
COMING FROM YOU?
YEAH, MYBAND! MYBAND!
MY F***IN' BAND, YOU MOTHERF***ER!
YOU HAVE GOD'S GIFT!
YOU HAVE GOD'S GIFT!
DO YOU EVEN CARE
ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE, DEAN?
TO THEM?
WHO THE F*** ARE YOU?
PIECE OF SH*T.
DEAN, LOOK, THERE WERE 17 SICK
OR INFIRM PEOPLE
IN THE AUDIENCE THE OTHER NIGHT.
TWELVE OF THEM SAID
THEY WERE HEALED.
NOW IF THAT'S AN INDICATOR,
THEN YOU'RE MISSING 28%
OF THE TIME,
WHICH IS A MARKETING NIGHTMARE.
AND THAT MEANS:
THAT I HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT,
WHICH YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE
TO KNOW ABOUT.
BUT I'M THE ONE WHO'S TAKING
THE RISK.
I NEED SECURITY.
YOU'LL SEE.
IT'S A PRETTY STANDARD CONTRACT.
SEVEN-YEAR NEGOTIATION CLAUSE
ON MY END,
PLUS A FEW EXTRAAMENITIES,
BECAUSE I'M SO HANDS-ON.
AND WE CAN TALK:
ABOUT SWEETENING YOUR END.
HOW DO YOU FEEL:
ABOUT A SIGNING BONUS, HMM?
GOOD. YOU READY?
IT'S CALLED "HEALAPALOOZA."
DOWNTOWN, THERE'S A BUZZ GOING ON.
A NEW BAND CLAIMS TO HEAL PEOPLE
DURING THEIR SHOW,
ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY HEAL THEM.
THEY'VE RECEIVED HEALINGS
FROM THE TOUCH OF THE BAND'S DJ,
DELICIOUS DEAN.
THE CONTROVERSIAL HEALAPALOOZA TOUR
IS GAINING MOMENTUM
OF TRUE BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS.
ARTY PUNK-ROCK BAND,
BURNT THE DIPHTHONGS,
DENIED ACCUSATIONS
THAT THEIR ONSTAGE MIRACLES
ARE NOTHING MORE
THAN A PUBLICITY STUNT.
IN FACT, THEY CLAIMED THE SHOW
IS REALLY ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC.
HE TOUCHED ME IN DIFFERENT PLACES,
BUT THEN HE FOCUSED HIS ENERGY
WHERE I TOLD HIM I HAD MY TUMOR.
I WOULDN'T SLEEP WITH HIM
THE WHOLE TIME.
THE BIZARRE SCRATCH ROCK
HEALING PUNK SHOW
HAS SPARKED A RIO AND EVEN A RELIGIOUS PROTEST.
BUT IT'S ALSO BEING CALLED
"NEW CHURCH"
BY ITS SURPRISINGLY DIVERSE FANS.
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