how not to request a song - part 4
this is from moe’s on friday around 1:00 am, i was switching off between some current funk, classic funk and a few live-sounding hip hop cuts. the dude in question has been walking around the spot offering people lollipops out of two brown paper bags for like…2 hours. my friend todd was prompted to ask me if he worked for moe’s…i of course had to let him that it was as sketchy as it looked, and that he was, let’s say, “self-employed.”
dude: want some candy?
me: no thanks
dude yo! can you play “drop it like its hot”?
me: yeeah, probably not
dude: yo! you gotta hit him with “drop it like its hot”
me: …
dude: you gotta hit ‘em!
me: right…um, i have instructions to not play commercial music
dude: yo! you gotttta hit ‘em!
me: um…i’m happy i have those instructions, you know what i mean?
dude: you gotta hit ‘em…yo, trust me!
me: trust you?
dude: TRUST ME…trust me
me: ….
dude: wanna come to my superbowl party?
me: um, thanks but no
dude: want some candy?
me : you offered earlier and i graciously declined
dude: you gonna hit ‘em?
me: no
dude: TRUST ME
me: thanks for coming by
dude: trust me
me: thanks for coming by
dude: (nodding, smiling and starting to walk away)…you’re gonna hit ‘em
me: i’ma…talk to my man now…thanks…for coming…by(e)
(”my man” was kareem who was standing next to me and is on this email list. he promptly shouted “installment 4!”)
