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00:00:30I knew her, do you know?
00:00:34Well, I know her by the name of Annabelle Chico.
00:00:40I'm a river on the Georgia.
00:00:43She eats the paper and the hay.
00:00:47Well, I'm going to ask the girl now.
00:00:49OK.
00:00:50She's trying to lose her mind, man.
00:00:52Oh.
00:00:53What a win.
00:00:54I thought my office was drab.
00:01:07Prison's drab, right?
00:01:18Mr. Thomas.
00:01:19Link and Groom.
00:01:20Thank you for taking my visit.
00:01:23If you came all the way from Baton Rouge,
00:01:25I can walk down the hall to hear you talk.
00:01:28I work for the Plaquemine County Department of Public Administration.
00:01:33OK.
00:01:35Now, frequently when a person in our community passes on,
00:01:39they have no close friends or relatives,
00:01:41no will and testament,
00:01:43no expression of his or her desires.
00:01:47So, it's my job to investigate their lives
00:01:50and, first of all, find out if they have any assets
00:01:53that can be used to reimburse the county for the funeral.
00:01:59And if they have remaining assets,
00:02:02I make the determination about their disbursement.
00:02:08You got any assets you want to disburse, my man?
00:02:10Mm-hmm.
00:02:13Six weeks ago, a man died.
00:02:15Jumped through a six-story window with a sheet tied around his neck.
00:02:19His name was Ray Walker.
00:02:23Does that name mean anything to you?
00:02:28I think you know the answer to that question.
00:02:31Well, he didn't leave much behind,
00:02:33and no one came to claim the body.
00:02:36Very sad.
00:02:38But he did have a climate-controlled storage locker
00:02:41filled with old vinyl records.
00:02:44Thousands of them.
00:02:47Now, I'm a little sketchy as to the terrible tragedy
00:02:50that led you to be incarcerated into this facility, Mr. Thomas,
00:02:53and I'm not here to put you on trial again.
00:02:55Why don't you tell me why exactly it is you are here?
00:02:58Okay. Now, as I was saying,
00:03:01I am in possession of this storage locker.
00:03:04Now, as I piece together the puzzle,
00:03:07I can deduce there was something in that pile of records that you wanted,
00:03:10and I'm here to ask you the question,
00:03:13how badly do you still want it?
00:03:15♪
00:03:18♪
00:03:21♪
00:03:24♪
00:03:27♪
00:03:30♪
00:03:33I can't decide if I want something sweet or salty.
00:03:39Maybe you should just...
00:03:43Maybe you should just get one of each.
00:03:46Maybe I should.
00:03:51Thanks.
00:04:07Ever wonder how you find yourself in the middle of freaking nowhere?
00:04:12♪
00:04:15♪
00:04:18♪
00:04:21♪
00:04:24♪ My, my, won't you be my friend?
00:04:28♪
00:04:30♪ My, my, my, won't you be my friend?
00:04:34♪
00:04:36You thinking of stealing my guitar?
00:04:38I was, but I was gonna wait till you were asleep to make it less obvious.
00:04:41Hmm.
00:04:43Well, you won't get much for it.
00:04:45I've had it since I was 15.
00:04:48Been making money with it since I was 18.
00:04:50So you're a musician.
00:04:52Let me guess, going south to make all your dreams come true?
00:04:56Yeah. Yeah, something like that.
00:04:58You play?
00:05:00No. No, just a fan.
00:05:03What does that mean?
00:05:05Just a fan, like, of music?
00:05:07Well, isn't everybody?
00:05:10I used to collect records.
00:05:14Okay, so, uh, something like this.
00:05:17I mean, you're probably old enough to remember this one.
00:05:23♪ At first I was afraid
00:05:26♪ I was petrified
00:05:28♪ Keep thinking I could never live without you by my side
00:05:34♪ But then I spent so many nights
00:05:37♪ Thinking how you did me wrong
00:05:40♪ And I grew strong
00:05:42♪ And I learned how to get along
00:05:47Oh, my God. Thank you.
00:05:52I'm Alan.
00:05:54Vanessa.
00:05:57♪
00:06:05What's, like, the best record you've ever had in your collection?
00:06:10Best record I've ever had?
00:06:12Mm-hmm.
00:06:13Like, uh, musically, sentimentally most valuable, what?
00:06:18Okay, different question.
00:06:20Um...
00:06:22If you could have any record in the world, what would it be?
00:06:32What?
00:06:37Okay.
00:06:39I'm gonna tell you a really good story.
00:06:45Anyway, just give me a holler whenever you can.
00:06:47Uh, my number is 311-811-2501.
00:06:51Uh, just get at me.
00:06:53All right, hope you're good, dude.
00:07:04Oh, hey, uh, this is Tim over at Keeblevision.
00:07:07Is this Alan?
00:07:09Hey, uh, when I did your installation a couple months back,
00:07:11you said I should call you if I was ever in a place
00:07:13that had, like, a shitload of records.
00:07:15There's this lady down in Hyde Park,
00:07:17this old-ass lady,
00:07:19and, um, she's got, like, a fuckload of records.
00:07:21So I was thinking, you know,
00:07:23if you want to head down there and check it out.
00:07:25Uh, I believe you mentioned a finder's fee of some kind,
00:07:28so, uh, I'd love to discuss that part with you further.
00:07:31Um...
00:07:45Now, as that song I've got,
00:07:47the Prohibition Blues, demonstrates,
00:07:49the discontent felt by regular people
00:07:51began to make its way into the music of the time.
00:07:53I'm so thirsty that I'm blue.
00:07:55Old friend, booze, I long for you.
00:07:58I never knew that I'd miss you
00:08:00the way I do.
00:08:02Boo-hoo. Boo-hoo.
00:08:04Boo-hoo.
00:08:08Hey, Alan.
00:08:10I think I know the answer to this already
00:08:12because we're quickly reaching a consensus here, right?
00:08:16If you had to do a special home tutoring session
00:08:19with just one student from the sophomore class,
00:08:22which one would it be?
00:08:24If you're implying what I think you're implying,
00:08:26I want no part of this conversation.
00:08:28We're just giving voice to thoughts we've all had.
00:08:30Even Miss Lindsey's had them.
00:08:32Yeah, that's sick.
00:08:34Well, not like now.
00:08:36It's kind of like... it's kind of like corn futures, you know?
00:08:38You're betting on what the crop's gonna look like in three years.
00:08:41Huh? Alan?
00:08:43It's a metal exercise, Alan.
00:08:45Fucking buffoons.
00:08:47Maybe it's a boy.
00:08:49Start button.
00:08:51Start button.
00:08:53Start button.
00:08:55Hello?
00:08:57Hi, Tim. This is Tim.
00:08:59This is Alan Thomas.
00:09:01You called about some records you found down in Hyde Park.
00:09:03Oh, hey, yes.
00:09:05Yeah, just give me...
00:09:07I'm gonna locate the address in my files here.
00:09:09Yeah, you won't believe how many records this lady has.
00:09:11It's, like, unbelievable.
00:09:13Hey, you sound like you're a little bit older.
00:09:15Are you into Led Zeppelin at all?
00:09:17No, I'm more into Lead Belly.
00:09:19Oh, right on. Absolutely.
00:09:21Yeah, or... actually, who... what's that?
00:09:23Just give me your address.
00:09:31B-side. Backdoor Man.
00:09:33That's my song right there.
00:09:35Put that on.
00:09:37You in there.
00:09:39Okay.
00:09:41Have a good one, man.
00:09:47Hmm.
00:09:49Tie on a Saturday?
00:09:51I take it the teacher is out scavenging again.
00:09:53Only reason your white ass come to this side of town.
00:09:55I call it collecting, Paul.
00:09:57Unlike what you do.
00:09:59Besides, I was just in the neighborhood
00:10:01visiting a friend.
00:10:03Thought I'd pop by and see what worthless crap
00:10:05you're overcharging for today.
00:10:07Really?
00:10:09It's a fair price.
00:10:11I got something you might be interested by.
00:10:17Well, this I gotta see.
00:10:21Marion Abernathy, 1943.
00:10:23Prior to her work with Specialty Records.
00:10:25Very rare.
00:10:27Used to be, until they found a stack of those
00:10:29about yay high in a Clearwater warehouse
00:10:31last August.
00:10:33Find the original sleeve and we can talk.
00:10:35You know, this is the people's music teach.
00:10:37A blue snob is a oxymoron.
00:10:39A white blue snob is just a moron.
00:10:41You know what the problem
00:10:43with your store here is, Paul?
00:10:45Tell me my problem.
00:10:47If that record were actually worth anything,
00:10:49you wouldn't want to sell it to me.
00:10:51So any record that you want me to have
00:10:53is by definition not worth having.
00:10:55That's the problem with your store.
00:10:57I'm a hell of a lot more honest than you.
00:10:59Oh, really?
00:11:01What are you really doing down here today?
00:11:03Looking for stories and finding some poor kid
00:11:05whose old man died and left him a bunch of shellac?
00:11:07Yeah.
00:11:09Yeah, see, you not a collector.
00:11:11You a garbage man.
00:11:13Do you even listen to all those records you have?
00:11:15See, you hate the fact that you can't feel the music
00:11:17so you try to own the music instead.
00:11:19That's bad for the soul, teach.
00:11:21Bad for the soul.
00:11:23Enjoy the Abernathy.
00:11:25I will.
00:11:27Because I can feel that shit.
00:11:29All this here, I love it because I live it.
00:11:34Yes?
00:11:36Yes, Mrs. Walker, my name is...
00:11:38Hello?
00:11:40Uh, Mrs. Walker, I wanted to ask you about the...
00:11:42Hello? Is anybody there?
00:11:44Hello?
00:11:49Hello?
00:11:51Yes, hi, Mrs. Walker.
00:11:53Yes, I'm here.
00:11:55Yes, I'm here.
00:11:57Hello?
00:11:59Yes, I'm here.
00:12:01Hello?
00:12:03Yes, hi, Mrs. Walker, my name is Alan Thomas.
00:12:05I called you earlier about the...
00:12:07Shh.
00:12:09Son, you can't holler up the staircase.
00:12:11My mama said nobody's so poor
00:12:13they can't keep their voice down.
00:12:15Yes, ma'am.
00:12:19Sorry about that.
00:12:21My name is Alan.
00:12:23Mm, nice to meet you, Alan.
00:12:25You got an honor, Sheik.
00:12:27Yeah, how you like this eat?
00:12:29Not much, yeah.
00:12:31Um, I can't remember if I told you,
00:12:33but I'm a high school teacher by day.
00:12:35A teacher, huh?
00:12:37We had the nicest teacher that lived right downstairs,
00:12:39a handsome man.
00:12:41I don't mind telling you I had a little crush on him,
00:12:43but that's after my husband died, of course.
00:12:45He was white, too.
00:12:47I mean, the teacher now, not my husband.
00:12:49Oh, Lord.
00:12:55Oh, Lord, I am so sorry, Howard.
00:12:57Well, welcome to my home.
00:12:59No line, no cussing.
00:13:03Oh, so would you like
00:13:05some sweet tea, Alan?
00:13:07Yes, I...
00:13:09Yes, thank you.
00:13:21Holy shit.
00:13:23Shit.
00:13:27Shit.
00:13:45You look like you just
00:13:47caught sight of the devil
00:13:49in a bathrobe.
00:13:53May I use your bathroom?
00:13:55Yes.
00:13:57Here, second door to the left.
00:13:59I'll put your sweet tea over here.
00:14:01Okay, thank you so much.
00:14:07Oh, my God.
00:14:09Oh, my God.
00:14:11August 1938.
00:14:13A Mississippi cook
00:14:15named Jimmy Cain Baldwin
00:14:17walks into the Chicago offices of Cicero Records
00:14:19and demands an audition.
00:14:21He has no money and only three fingers
00:14:23on his fret hand, but Cicero's
00:14:25already made an improbable star
00:14:27and two out of walk-ins, so Marvin Pounder,
00:14:29the sound engineer, decides to let him
00:14:31play a few bars right there in the lobby
00:14:33just for kicks.
00:14:35He doesn't let him pick around for more than half a minute
00:14:37before he brings in Irving Dunn,
00:14:39the infamous founder and president
00:14:41of Cicero Records.
00:14:43See what you got, kid?
00:14:45Pounder would later say
00:14:47he had goosebumps that day.
00:14:49This is what it must have been like to discover
00:14:51a son house, he said.
00:14:53They recorded Jimmy that very afternoon.
00:14:55Dunn wanted to release the record
00:14:57before the summer was out.
00:14:59He was already on the phone boasting about his latest discovery
00:15:01while Pounder arranged things in the studio
00:15:03with a couple of Cicero regulars called in
00:15:05to back Jimmy up on piano and horn.
00:15:07Jimmy was in a hurry, too.
00:15:09See, what Jimmy hadn't told anybody
00:15:11was that the reason he traveled
00:15:13all the way to Chicago to cut this record
00:15:15was that he was a wanted man
00:15:17in Lafayette County, Mississippi.
00:15:19For what?
00:15:21The murder of his girlfriend, Betty Sharper.
00:15:23Stabbed her in the chest
00:15:2537 times with a boning knife.
00:15:27Damn.
00:15:31Jimmy and the studio band played the song
00:15:33four times, and Marvin thought even the first take
00:15:35was acceptable. He wrote death take one
00:15:37on the first. On the others, he wrote
00:15:39death take two, death take three,
00:15:41and death take four.
00:15:43Jimmy was itching to leave, but Irving Dunn
00:15:45was taking his time pulling the cash from his
00:15:47safe or the bank or wherever it was he needed to get it,
00:15:49so Jimmy stuck around and listened
00:15:51as Marvin played back death where's thy
00:15:53sting for the first time.
00:15:55That's when things get
00:15:57spooky.
00:15:59The screams
00:16:01began at the end of the first verse, like she
00:16:03was joining in early for the chorus.
00:16:05Jimmy became
00:16:07agitated while the Cicero men
00:16:09searched for the origin of the sound.
00:16:11Marvin still couldn't hear anything, so he brings in
00:16:13Dunn and the receptionist. He was just about
00:16:15out of theories when Jimmy suddenly began
00:16:17to whisper, Betty, Betty, Betty,
00:16:19Betty. Marvin asked who Betty
00:16:21was, but Jimmy just kept repeating, Betty,
00:16:23Betty, Betty. You a damn witch!
00:16:25Marvin sent for Chesterfields
00:16:27and whiskey to calm Jimmy Cain down,
00:16:29but he wouldn't have any of it. And he lunged
00:16:31for one of the masters and he smashed it.
00:16:33And he ran out onto Cicero
00:16:35Avenue. As far as
00:16:37blues aficionados are concerned,
00:16:39that was the last time anyone ever saw
00:16:41Jimmy Cain Baldwin.
00:16:43How come some people could hear and others couldn't?
00:16:45The legend is that only
00:16:47people with murder in their hearts can hear Betty Sharper
00:16:49dying.
00:16:51And what about the other copies?
00:16:53The other takes?
00:16:55The secretary, who
00:16:57Irving Dunn was sleeping with, by the way,
00:16:59told him that he could never release those recordings.
00:17:01That she heard the devil on
00:17:03that disc. So Dunn, who didn't
00:17:05believe any of it, told Marvin Pounder the record was
00:17:07unreleasable. So
00:17:09Marvin kept the best take for himself and he gave
00:17:11the other two masters to the musicians
00:17:13as a memento of the
00:17:15oddest, eeriest day of their professional
00:17:17lives.
00:17:19And?
00:17:21Within a week,
00:17:23the piano player and the bugler
00:17:25were both dead.
00:17:27One from too much
00:17:29morphine,
00:17:31the other jumped from a roof onto State
00:17:33Street.
00:17:35Marvin thought
00:17:37it was the record that drove them mad.
00:17:39He was sure they'd listen to the
00:17:41recording again and again until
00:17:43it made them crazy and destroyed them.
00:17:45So Marvin smashed his copy
00:17:47into a million pieces.
00:17:49And then there was two
00:17:51copies left.
00:17:53Pounder tried to track down the
00:17:55other copies, but the musicians' widows had no idea
00:17:57what he was talking about.
00:17:59What, like, lost forever?
00:18:01A myth,
00:18:03according to most people.
00:18:05Nonsense.
00:18:07Just a tall tale made up by Marvin Pounder.
00:18:09So, what makes
00:18:11you a believer, then?
00:18:13I believe it because
00:18:15I once held that record in my hands.
00:18:23Well,
00:18:25uh, these
00:18:27kinds of records, you know, they really aren't worth much anymore.
00:18:29Everything's switching over to compact discs.
00:18:31The, uh, the sound of
00:18:33CDs is so much better. Digital.
00:18:35Digital is the, uh,
00:18:37the future. You know, it feels like you're
00:18:39in the room with the musicians.
00:18:41It's incredible. Yeah.
00:18:43Plus, uh, I hear the, uh,
00:18:45the CDs, they'll last forever.
00:18:47Yeah, a hundred years from now,
00:18:49you'll still have the same
00:18:51CDs you buy today.
00:18:53Don't sit on the arm!
00:18:55Let me tell you.
00:18:57Those records belong to my husband.
00:18:59I watch TV now.
00:19:01Okay, I got my stories.
00:19:03I look at Falcon Crest
00:19:05and Matlock.
00:19:07I love 227 and Amen.
00:19:09Yeah.
00:19:11My girlfriend, she looks at L.A. Law.
00:19:13But they have too much sex for me.
00:19:15I don't think that's normal.
00:19:17You know, I, I, I could, I could
00:19:19take them off your hands for you.
00:19:21That is, if you wanted, Mrs. Walker.
00:19:23You know, really open this room up.
00:19:25Let the, let the light in.
00:19:27No, light is fine
00:19:29with me. Yeah.
00:19:31You need more light? No, the light is fine.
00:19:33The light is, lovely light.
00:19:37You okay.
00:19:39I, I kinda like you.
00:19:41You like me? I kinda like you.
00:19:43I kinda like you.
00:19:45Listen, if it was up to me,
00:19:47I would have you take every
00:19:49one of those things out to him.
00:19:51Right now, really.
00:19:53But, I gotta check with my son first.
00:19:55Cause I can't get rid of none
00:19:57of his daddy's things without going through him.
00:19:59You understand? Of course.
00:20:01Right. Now, my son Raymond, he lives
00:20:03right outside of Baton Rouge.
00:20:05Plaquemine, Louisiana.
00:20:07So, listen, I'll call him tonight.
00:20:09Just come back tomorrow.
00:20:11Okay?
00:20:13Tomorrow? Tomorrow. I can come back tomorrow.
00:20:15Okay. Okay. Alright. Alright.
00:20:21Jimmy came fucking home.
00:20:23In a little old lady's apartment.
00:20:25Bullshit.
00:20:27I'm calling bullshit.
00:20:29Call that bullshit, Danny.
00:20:31Shut it, asswipe.
00:20:33You're just going batshit crazy
00:20:35in that Chicago humidity, that's all.
00:20:37No. No, no, no.
00:20:39No, I am not.
00:20:41Jimmy Cain Baldwin's Death Wears Dice thing
00:20:43was in these very grips just today, man.
00:20:45I'm telling you. Okay.
00:20:47So, what'd it sound like?
00:20:49I'll tell you what. I'll make you a bet.
00:20:51This time tomorrow,
00:20:53I will play you Death Wears Dice thing
00:20:55over this very phone.
00:20:57You'll be home.
00:21:03Fuck me.
00:21:05Mmm.
00:21:07Mmm.
00:21:09Mmm.
00:21:11Mmm.
00:21:13Mmm.
00:21:15Mmm.
00:21:19Mmm.
00:21:21Mmm.
00:21:23Mmm.
00:21:25Mmm.
00:21:27Mmm.
00:21:29Allen!
00:21:31Is that hot enough for you?
00:21:33I got a surprise.
00:21:35We got a new friend.
00:21:39Mm-hmm.
00:21:41Paul, this is my new friend, Allen.
00:21:45Hi, Allen.
00:21:47Yeah. Allen,
00:21:49Paul likes old records, too.
00:21:51How about that?
00:21:53You don't say.
00:21:55Yeah. He has that record shop right around the corner.
00:21:57You know?
00:21:59We were just talking.
00:22:01I told him how nice this neighborhood has gotten
00:22:03since Mayor Washington is in office.
00:22:05Right?
00:22:07Hallelujah.
00:22:09Yes. Yeah, yeah. You know what?
00:22:11I forgot to get your sweet tea. Just one minute.
00:22:13Thank you. Okay.
00:22:17What are you doing here?
00:22:19I knew you were up to something.
00:22:21I'm not up to anything.
00:22:23I got a call from Diamond Dog Dan the other day.
00:22:25He told me you found some good records.
00:22:27Oh, that asshole.
00:22:29I agree.
00:22:31So after you parked across from the store...
00:22:33I followed you.
00:22:35And after you left, I called on Mrs. Walker myself.
00:22:37She's a lovely lady.
00:22:39Although she's not entirely local.
00:22:41I don't know if you get my drift.
00:22:43And I think that you do because you were here
00:22:45trying to steal all these beautiful records from her.
00:22:47From me.
00:22:49From my community.
00:22:51What are you talking about? I'm not stealing anything.
00:22:53And from you? What's that about?
00:22:55What, do you own all the records in Hyde Park now?
00:22:57What? Not that community. My community.
00:22:59The black community.
00:23:01Oh, my God. Oh, the black community.
00:23:03Are you kidding me?
00:23:05You finished? Yeah, I guess.
00:23:07See, that's what I'm talking about.
00:23:09You're trying to steal the intellectual property
00:23:11of black people.
00:23:13Taking advantage of their circumstances.
00:23:15Trying to possess what they can't create.
00:23:17What you're trying to do to this woman,
00:23:19it's a fucking metaphor, is what it is.
00:23:21Oh, here, Alan.
00:23:23Here's your sweet tea.
00:23:27Alright.
00:23:29Oh, I forgot the Milano.
00:23:31Oh, no.
00:23:33And I love Peppertron.
00:23:35Oh, yes.
00:23:37Oh, I got something for you.
00:23:39Oh, let me find them.
00:23:45Okay. I take your point.
00:23:47I didn't come here for a fight.
00:23:49There are plenty of records for both of us.
00:23:51And besides, she hasn't even actually given me permission to take them yet.
00:23:53She's got to talk to the son.
00:23:55Exactly. So she'll talk to the son.
00:23:57We split them 50-50.
00:23:59Alright.
00:24:01I get to pick the first one,
00:24:03and then you can pick the next five.
00:24:07Okay.
00:24:13That's not going to work for me.
00:24:15You son of a bitch!
00:24:17Jimmy Cain fucking Baldwin, death where is thy sting?
00:24:19You are not taking that record from me, Teach.
00:24:21So help me in the name of the Lord above.
00:24:23You wouldn't even know it was here
00:24:25if Dan hadn't ratted me out.
00:24:27You are a poacher!
00:24:29You're a parasite!
00:24:31We are the Milano's.
00:24:33Ah.
00:24:35Mrs. Walker?
00:24:37Mr. Epstein? Hello?
00:24:39Someone at the door.
00:24:41Oh, that's my landlord.
00:24:43Um, baby, could you be a dear
00:24:45and go open the door for me, please?
00:24:47Aaron.
00:24:49Is she in?
00:24:51Yes, I know.
00:24:53Get the door, boy. The fucking door.
00:24:57Ah, Mr. Epstein.
00:24:59What a pleasant surprise.
00:25:01Yes.
00:25:03These two nice young gentlemen
00:25:05are my new guests.
00:25:07We're waiting for a call from Raymond,
00:25:09and you know Raymond.
00:25:11Yeah, we were just about to sit down
00:25:13and have some sweet tea in Milano's.
00:25:15You better come and join us.
00:25:17No, thank you.
00:25:19Heat advisory issued.
00:25:21Checking to make sure you're okay.
00:25:23Oh, and I brought you a new flashlight
00:25:25in case there's another blackout.
00:25:27Oh, Alan, please take the flashlight.
00:25:29Yes.
00:25:31Well, you are a mensch.
00:25:33Listen, as long as that air condition
00:25:35holds out of my bedroom,
00:25:37I'm gonna hold on, okay?
00:25:39Yes, and they say dimming the light
00:25:41and drawing the blinds helps with the heat.
00:25:43Let me know if you need anything.
00:25:45You got my number.
00:25:47You know I got your number,
00:25:49but I got these two young men
00:25:51who gonna look out for me, right?
00:25:53That's right. Absolutely.
00:25:55Bye, Mrs. Walker.
00:25:57Oh, goodbye, Mr. Epstein.
00:26:03Oh, and I almost forgot.
00:26:05Spoke to Raymond last night.
00:26:07I told him about you two
00:26:09and the records.
00:26:11Then he started bringing up stories
00:26:13about him and the father,
00:26:15and he was getting so upset,
00:26:17I told him to go to sleep.
00:26:19Call me tomorrow.
00:26:21So it looks like you might have to come back tomorrow
00:26:23if that's not a problem.
00:26:25No, it's not a problem for me.
00:26:27Be like a party.
00:26:29Mmm!
00:26:31Ha, ha, ha!
00:26:33Oh!
00:26:35You two are crazy.
00:26:37Ha, ha, ha!
00:26:41May I use your restroom?
00:26:43Oh, of course.
00:26:45You know where it is. Yeah.
00:26:47Ha, ha, ha.
00:26:49Ha, ha, ha.
00:26:51Mmm.
00:26:53Mmm.
00:27:11Oh, shit!
00:27:17What the fuck?
00:27:19Well, Teach, it looks like you and I
00:27:21face a similar dilemma.
00:27:23You know if I wasn't here, you'd take this record and run.
00:27:25But I am here,
00:27:27and I'm standing over you.
00:27:29You know the old lady wouldn't even miss it.
00:27:31You would probably even leave 10 bucks on the table
00:27:33to assuage your white guilt.
00:27:35Get up!
00:27:41Not ideal,
00:27:43but we could share it.
00:27:45And how would that arrangement work exactly?
00:27:47Do we shuttle the record back and forth
00:27:49between apartments like a toddler trapped
00:27:51between parents in a nasty divorce?
00:27:53I got it. Maybe we could meet
00:27:55at the Rock and Roll McDonald's on Saturdays
00:27:57to make the transfer. I'm just thinking out loud here.
00:27:59You don't have to think out loud,
00:28:01because I know exactly what you're thinking.
00:28:03I know who you are, Teach.
00:28:05You don't collect something just to possess it.
00:28:07You collect to keep other people from having it.
00:28:09A good record is like a woman, right?
00:28:11It's only worth having
00:28:13if it's yours alone.
00:28:15And you said the other day,
00:28:17if what you want to have is not worth having,
00:28:19well, I don't want you to have this one.
00:28:21And the only real pleasure you would get
00:28:23out of owning Death Wears Thy Sting
00:28:25would be because I envied you for it.
00:28:29So...
00:28:37I guess that means we better get comfortable.
00:28:39Okay.
00:28:49Ow.
00:28:51Ow.
00:29:01Hey.
00:29:05Yeah, um...
00:29:07I think we're, like, in Kansas or something.
00:29:09Okay, Tennessee, whatever.
00:29:13Yeah, he said, um,
00:29:15we should be making it on time, so...
00:29:17Uh-huh.
00:29:19Yeah. Yeah, no problems, really.
00:29:21Yeah, I got it.
00:29:23Okay, I'll talk to you soon.
00:29:25Okay, bye.
00:29:27Those fucking cell phones
00:29:29changed everything, didn't they?
00:29:31Jesus.
00:29:33Damn, I thought you were asleep.
00:29:35I was.
00:29:37For a while.
00:29:39Call that the study hall snooze.
00:29:41It's an old trick I developed
00:29:43teaching high school.
00:29:45It's half restful, but
00:29:47it also helps to know what your students
00:29:49will do when they think you're not looking.
00:29:51I bet that would be
00:29:53a handy skill to have in prison, too, huh?
00:29:59I suppose.
00:30:01Excuse me.
00:30:05♪ All of my dreams
00:30:08♪ All are gonna tell on me
00:30:15♪ All of my dreams
00:30:18♪ All are gonna tell on me
00:30:25♪ And I don't want
00:30:27♪ I don't want to sleep tonight
00:30:35♪ And I don't want
00:30:37♪ I don't want to sleep tonight
00:30:43♪ Okay
00:31:01Uncomfortable?
00:31:03Why don't you take another piss?
00:31:05I'll keep an eye on things.
00:31:07Yeah, right.
00:31:09Why don't you just go home?
00:31:11I'm just fine, thank you.
00:31:13Mrs. Walker?
00:31:15Mrs. Walker, it's Mr. Epstein.
00:31:17The heat looks like it's gonna get worse.
00:31:19I'm heading for the store
00:31:21if you need anything.
00:31:34Shit, I got a call in a second.
00:31:37That's the beauty of being self-employed.
00:31:39I got a sign on my door that says
00:31:41back in five minutes,
00:31:43which can stand in for me.
00:31:45In fact, it gives me a distinct advantage, I'd say.
00:31:47Oh, yeah?
00:31:49There's no one to care if you just disappeared?
00:31:52I don't know.
00:31:57Uh, yes, this is, uh...
00:31:59This is Alan Tauber.
00:32:01I was, uh...
00:32:03I woke up in a horrible, terrible...
00:32:05I don't know if it's, uh...
00:32:07just the heat stroke or dehydration,
00:32:09but I'm really parched.
00:32:11My throat is so sore,
00:32:13and I can't, uh...
00:32:15I know my clothes are wet,
00:32:17but I can't, uh...
00:32:20I know my clothes are wet.
00:32:22Thank you so much.
00:32:24Okay, thank you.
00:32:29What are you doing?
00:32:31Just admiring.
00:32:33No, you're not.
00:32:37You son of a bitch.
00:32:39That's a good record right there.
00:32:4199 Blues by Blind Joe Reynolds.
00:32:43Flipside Cold Woman Blues.
00:32:45But even you would admit it's extremely rare.
00:32:47If we hadn't found Jimmy Cain,
00:32:49we'd probably be fighting over this one.
00:32:51It's worth thousands, I bet.
00:32:53A whole semester's salary.
00:32:55Take it right now and go.
00:32:57She'll never know. I won't say a word.
00:32:59Shut up. Shut up.
00:33:01First off, we didn't find it.
00:33:03I found it. And second...
00:33:05Fuck you, Poe.
00:33:07Where'd you put Jimmy Cain, Poe?
00:33:09It's the best offer you're gonna get, Teach,
00:33:11because I can outlast you.
00:33:13The second you go to sleep or to the commode,
00:33:15I'll call the cops.
00:33:17They'll come to your store, arrest you for theft.
00:33:19Really? Because I'll deny it.
00:33:21Nobody else even believes the record is real.
00:33:23The old lady doesn't even know she has it.
00:33:25How could I be arrested for something
00:33:27that doesn't exist?
00:33:29You will never be able to sell it.
00:33:31Not as long as I live.
00:33:33Who says I want to sell it?
00:33:35Maybe I just want to keep you from having it.
00:33:41Shit.
00:33:43Piss. I haven't peed in a day and a half,
00:33:45so if you'll excuse me...
00:34:09What are you doing?
00:34:13I put it back on the shelves.
00:34:15I know you did.
00:34:17I'll just go through them, and I'll pull them out one by one.
00:34:19Go ahead.
00:34:27Oh.
00:34:29That's so good when it comes out.
00:34:35Ooh.
00:34:37I guess I was dozed off there, huh?
00:34:39Oh, my God.
00:34:41It's still hot.
00:34:45Would you boys like some more sweet tea?
00:34:47No, I'd love some.
00:34:49Okay.
00:34:51All right, I'll refresh it.
00:34:53Here you go. Let me help you with that.
00:34:55Yes, thank you, darling.
00:34:57It's hotter than a pig's balls
00:34:59in a mud bath.
00:35:01Here you go.
00:35:03Why don't you try this? This might help.
00:35:05Ooh.
00:35:07You're taking care of me, huh?
00:35:09It's somewhere...
00:35:11in here.
00:35:13You're something.
00:35:15Thank you, darling.
00:35:17Oh, my God.
00:35:35That's disgusting.
00:35:37Go ahead, Paul.
00:35:39Take the record now. I dare you.
00:35:43Alan!
00:35:45Come over here and join us.
00:35:47Oh, just enjoying your view.
00:35:49Well, yes.
00:35:51This is a fine neighborhood.
00:35:53We've been lucky.
00:35:55You know, you can choose your home,
00:35:57but
00:35:59you can't choose your neighbors.
00:36:01No, you can't.
00:36:03Look at that.
00:36:05What my pillow's doing there.
00:36:07Pick those up for me, honey.
00:36:09Yeah, pick those up.
00:36:11Ooh. Yeah.
00:36:13Pick those up.
00:36:15This one, too.
00:36:17That one, too.
00:36:19So what the hell did your black music-loving white ass
00:36:21do to get thrown in prison?
00:36:25What are you talking about?
00:36:27Oh, you have a members-only jacket
00:36:29and Calvin Klein jeans.
00:36:31So?
00:36:33That along with the fact that you have no phone
00:36:35and no iPod
00:36:37tells me you've been out of circulation
00:36:39for a little while.
00:36:41Well, maybe I'm just an unfashionable Luddite.
00:36:43I mean, it's no big deal.
00:36:45My old man is in the joint, so
00:36:47I'm on my way to see him, actually.
00:36:49And
00:36:51I don't know. You just got that look.
00:36:53I look like that?
00:36:55A little bit. A little bit.
00:36:59It doesn't matter
00:37:01if you didn't do it.
00:37:03Do what?
00:37:05What they said I did.
00:37:07Oh.
00:37:13Well,
00:37:15everything is just delicious,
00:37:17Mrs. Walker. Just delicious.
00:37:19Thank you. Kiss ass.
00:37:21What was that, Paul?
00:37:23I didn't quite catch that.
00:37:25Were you implying that the food that Mrs. Walker
00:37:27has made for us is not delicious?
00:37:29No. In fact,
00:37:31this is the best baby beef liver casserole
00:37:33I have ever had.
00:37:35You put your foot in this.
00:37:37I know for a fact
00:37:39it's the best baby beef liver casserole
00:37:41you've ever had because it's the only baby
00:37:43beef liver casserole you've ever had.
00:37:49Now, boys,
00:37:51you two
00:37:53have so much in common.
00:37:55You could be brothers.
00:37:57Close my eyes.
00:38:01Unlike Howard and his brother,
00:38:03they were the complete opposite
00:38:05except they both love music.
00:38:07Oh, God.
00:38:09Howard used to say,
00:38:11music is the language
00:38:13of the world.
00:38:15Yes. And my brother-in-law,
00:38:17he could play.
00:38:19Oh, my God.
00:38:21He played the trumpet.
00:38:23He used to call himself the bugler.
00:38:25He's over there on a lot
00:38:27of those records that they used to record
00:38:29at Cicero.
00:38:31Yeah, and I
00:38:33just hate to tell you this part, but
00:38:37my brother-in-law,
00:38:39he got a taste
00:38:41for the devil's candy.
00:38:45They said he killed himself.
00:38:47But Howard never believed it.
00:38:49He said no matter how bad
00:38:51his brother was, he would have never done
00:38:53nothing like that.
00:38:57It's very sad.
00:39:03Now, what'd I get up for?
00:39:05Oh, sweet tea.
00:39:07Okay, I know you want
00:39:09some more. Oh, yeah.
00:39:11Nothing like a home-cooked
00:39:13meal.
00:39:15Yes.
00:39:17Eat up.
00:39:20The bugler,
00:39:22the trumpet player
00:39:24on the recording, that's her brother-in-law.
00:39:26Holy shit, it's the real thing.
00:39:28Yeah, no shit, it's the real thing.
00:39:30If it was a fake, I would have let you walk out
00:39:32with it, and I wouldn't be on day three in no sleep, would I?
00:39:34Like you would even know a fake
00:39:36if you saw it. I mean, I knew
00:39:38it was real, but it's just
00:39:40hitting me now.
00:39:42Well,
00:39:44what are we gonna do?
00:39:46Because I'm pretty sure that
00:39:48she's not even calling us on it. I actually think
00:39:50she likes having us here.
00:39:52So what's the solution? Because I
00:39:54can't keep this up. I can't
00:39:56keep doing this. Exactly.
00:40:06Jesus. What?
00:40:08I can't believe
00:40:10we haven't even tried it.
00:40:12Tried what?
00:40:14The record.
00:40:16All this craziness, all this fighting,
00:40:18this heat. We haven't even
00:40:20tried to listen to it yet.
00:40:32That means I would have to get the record off the show.
00:40:34That would be a
00:40:36logical next step in listening to it.
00:40:40Turn around and I'll get it.
00:40:42I'm not turning around.
00:40:44What the hell difference does it make?
00:40:46It was just such a good hiding spot.
00:40:50Damn it all to hell.
00:41:08Fuck me.
00:41:14Easy.
00:41:26Careful.
00:41:34Are you worried about it at all?
00:41:36About the screams and shit?
00:41:40I don't know if I believe in it.
00:41:42It's for a good story, though.
00:41:44Some people hearing it, some people not.
00:41:46It's possible, you know. I mean, you could
00:41:48hear it freak out and jump out that window
00:41:50while I don't hear a thing and sit back with a spot of
00:41:52Mrs. Walker's teeth. Or vice versa.
00:42:02What the fuck is wrong with you?
00:42:04Wait!
00:42:06There's no needle.
00:42:08The stylus, it's broken.
00:42:10You'll ruin it.
00:42:14Dang.
00:42:18Oh, my God.
00:42:22So, what exactly are you doing in Baton Rouge, anyway?
00:42:26Remember that Jim McCain
00:42:28Baldwin record I was telling you about?
00:42:30I'm going to Louisiana to get it.
00:42:34You're taking a bus all the way to Louisiana
00:42:36for a record?
00:42:38It looks that way, doesn't it?
00:42:40I just...
00:42:42You just got out of jail
00:42:44and you're just going for a record?
00:42:46I don't...
00:42:48That's weird.
00:42:50Have you got any better ideas?
00:42:52Yeah, like five or six.
00:42:54I mean, what, do you have a girl over there
00:42:56or something?
00:42:58Yeah? Is she there?
00:43:00That's all right.
00:43:04The guy who wants to sell it to me
00:43:06doesn't do it in person.
00:43:08He's down there.
00:43:20Hey, Al,
00:43:22how long were you in the tank?
00:43:24Long enough to not want to talk
00:43:26about it.
00:43:28Can I ask you
00:43:30one more question?
00:43:32You can ask,
00:43:34but I'm pretty sure if it's about prison,
00:43:36I won't have much to say.
00:43:38Why?
00:43:40Because there's really nothing to talk about.
00:43:42Did it change you?
00:43:44Change me how?
00:43:48I don't know.
00:43:50It's like in prison,
00:43:52it makes you turn into the guy
00:43:54that the system thinks you are.
00:43:58What I mean is you said
00:44:00that you didn't do the thing,
00:44:02the thing they put you in prison for.
00:44:04That's right.
00:44:06Could you do it now?
00:44:12I hope not.
00:44:22Here's an idea.
00:44:24Teach?
00:44:28Teach?
00:44:32Teach?
00:44:48God damn it!
00:44:50You going somewhere?
00:44:52Are you a ninja?
00:44:54Yes.
00:44:56Listen, I gotta listen to this.
00:44:58Scream or no scream.
00:45:00Are you crazy?
00:45:02The heat index has to be up to 100 by now.
00:45:04So what?
00:45:06This is Jimmy Cain Baldwin.
00:45:08What about Mrs. Walker?
00:45:10We'll wedge open the door.
00:45:12Or borrow a key.
00:45:14We'll be back before she wakes up.
00:45:16Shit!
00:45:18What was that?
00:45:20Something exploded.
00:45:22Yes, thank you.
00:45:24Must have been a comment generator.
00:45:26We'll go to Blue's Island.
00:45:28When we come back,
00:45:30you want to hear this as much as I do.
00:45:36We listen once.
00:45:38Once. We listen once.
00:45:40What is this for?
00:45:42Put it in the door, stupid.
00:45:44Fuck.
00:45:56Try not to get your sweat all over the shellac.
00:45:58Hey, shellac this.
00:46:02You son of a bitch!
00:46:04You motherfucker!
00:46:06You can't keep up with me!
00:46:08Oh, shit.
00:46:28Bettis.
00:46:30Hey, Bettis.
00:46:32Paul.
00:46:34What the fuck, bro?
00:46:36Not worse until I saw you about to eat my face.
00:46:38I'm going back to the apartment
00:46:40I'm waiting for Mrs. Walker to wake up.
00:46:42If one of us is leaving with this record,
00:46:44we're gonna do it with some goddamn self-respect.
00:46:46I'm trying to listen to you, bro.
00:46:48But all I can smell is baby beef liver casserole.
00:46:52Oh, shit.
00:46:54Damn car alarms.
00:47:06Ooh!
00:47:14Grab that flashlight.
00:47:20What the hell are you doing?
00:47:22I can't take it anymore.
00:47:24I gotta get somewhere on my balls.
00:47:26Whatever, dude.
00:47:28Wait.
00:47:30What?
00:47:32Do you hear that?
00:47:34She never stops snoring.
00:47:36She's awake.
00:47:38She's moving around in the dark.
00:47:40Shh, shh, shh.
00:47:50She's not in here.
00:47:56What should we do?
00:47:58Should we check her bedroom?
00:48:00No!
00:48:02What if?
00:48:06Shit.
00:48:16This is fucked up, man.
00:48:20Oh, shit.
00:48:22Oh, my God.
00:48:26Holy...
00:48:28She's bleeding from her head or something.
00:48:30Oh, my God.
00:48:32Is she dead?
00:48:34Oh, my God. How did this happen?
00:48:36The heat.
00:48:38She had so much sweet tea.
00:48:40She had to piss, but needed help.
00:48:42She was calling for you.
00:48:44You ditched her because you didn't trust me
00:48:46to listen to the album by myself.
00:48:48So you decided to leave her alone.
00:48:50She got disoriented from the blackout
00:48:52and fainted from calling for you.
00:48:54She fell over,
00:48:56tangled her feet, and busted open her head
00:48:58Yeah, nice try,
00:49:00but this wasn't my fault.
00:49:02I'm just saying. Maybe you killed her.
00:49:04What? Me? When?
00:49:06When I was asleep.
00:49:08You came in here and killed her
00:49:10and then you were going to make off with the record
00:49:12and leave me to clean up the mess.
00:49:14Maybe you were even going to call the cops
00:49:16and frame me for it.
00:49:18That's ridiculous.
00:49:20We'll just have to wait and see what the autopsy says.
00:49:22Wait, wait, wait.
00:49:24We can't call the cops.
00:49:26We did! This looks very bad
00:49:28for both of us.
00:49:30We didn't kill her. It was an accident.
00:49:32She died. But how is this going to look
00:49:34to the people who don't know what this record means?
00:49:36What it represents?
00:49:38We've been in her house for four days, Teach.
00:49:40Out of touch with our friends,
00:49:42family, co-workers.
00:49:44Mr. Asians, you has heard our bullshit story.
00:49:46They're going to say it's about the money.
00:49:48And once they get that in their heads,
00:49:50they're going to call it murder.
00:49:52You can put that in the bank.
00:49:54We can never tell anyone why we are here.
00:49:58Fuck you, Ray.
00:50:00No one can ever know about the record.
00:50:02It is far too valuable.
00:50:04So fucking motive is what it is.
00:50:08Okay.
00:50:10All right. We're going to go.
00:50:12We're going to go right now.
00:50:14We're going to call the police from a pay phone.
00:50:16We're going to go home, and we will never speak of this again.
00:50:18Who keeps the record?
00:50:20The record stays here!
00:50:22Bullshit!
00:50:24We can't leave that record behind.
00:50:26We'll never get a chance to listen to it if we do that.
00:50:28This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance, Teach.
00:50:30Well, we can't just leave her here.
00:50:32She's going to start to smell.
00:50:36Let's take her to the bathtub.
00:50:38You ever done this before?
00:50:40Yeah.
00:50:42We train these little black boys how to cover up someone's death.
00:50:44Grab her feet.
00:50:46Why do I have to grab her feet?
00:50:48You grab her feet.
00:50:50What?
00:50:52Look, I don't want to talk about it. Grab the feet!
00:50:56For the record, I don't like feet either.
00:50:58I called first.
00:51:00Fuck you.
00:51:02Oh, shit!
00:51:04What happened?
00:51:06She's only got one leg.
00:51:10Oh, damn!
00:51:12Let's go.
00:51:18Jesus!
00:51:22Turn.
00:51:24Which way?
00:51:26To my right.
00:51:28All right, come on.
00:51:30We're going to need some ice to pack her in.
00:51:32Oh, sure.
00:51:34We'll just go door-to-door collecting ice.
00:51:36I don't know how to stay in the history van.
00:51:38We've got to do something.
00:51:40Watch your head.
00:51:42Let's go.
00:51:44Oh, shit!
00:51:46I said watch your head!
00:51:48We can fill the tub with water.
00:51:50Why would we do that?
00:51:52Contain the smell.
00:51:54Make it look like she drowned.
00:51:56What?
00:52:02Hallelujah.
00:52:04Are you serious right now?
00:52:06Oh.
00:52:08Ah.
00:52:10Thank you for letting me be a part of your personal grooming moment.
00:52:12By the way, feel free to put your pants back on at any time.
00:52:14Oh, yes!
00:52:16Thank you, Mrs. Walker.
00:52:18What's that?
00:52:20Activator.
00:52:22What's activator?
00:52:24It's like mousse for black people.
00:52:26Oh.
00:52:28Jesus.
00:52:30Okay, well, maybe we can just spray perfume and air freshener
00:52:32all over the place, and that'll mask the smell.
00:52:34Fine.
00:52:36I'll go find the air freshener. You stay here and find the perfume.
00:52:38Whoa, whoa, whoa. I'm not leaving you alone.
00:52:40See, the problem is,
00:52:42you don't trust me because I'm black.
00:52:44There's some deep psychological racism.
00:52:46I don't trust you because you're you.
00:52:48Well, fuck off. You don't get to impress us, man.
00:52:50Touch his balls with that?
00:52:52Why does that record mean so fucking much to us?
00:52:54What?
00:52:56Paul.
00:52:58How did we get here?
00:53:00Think about it.
00:53:02I mean, why is that record so important anyway?
00:53:06And that poor woman is dead.
00:53:08We can't even do the right thing.
00:53:12We can't call the police.
00:53:14We can't call an ambulance.
00:53:16I can't explain
00:53:18how that record,
00:53:20that allegedly cursed-by-the-devil record,
00:53:22which I haven't even heard yet,
00:53:24made me do something as crazy
00:53:26as move into a doddering old stranger's apartment.
00:53:28I can't explain
00:53:30why I haven't slept.
00:53:34Why I've dropped out of my life entirely.
00:53:38And I'm not even over it yet.
00:53:42I mean, there's a body in the bathtub.
00:53:46There's a body in the bathtub.
00:53:50And I can't stop thinking about that goddamn record.
00:53:52Fuck.
00:53:54Mrs. Walker?
00:53:56Mrs. Walker,
00:53:58just a well-being check, making sure you're okay.
00:54:00Mrs. Walker?
00:54:02Those gentlemen from yesterday?
00:54:04Friends of your son?
00:54:06Are they still here?
00:54:14Mrs. Walker?
00:54:16Mrs. Walker, this is Mr. Epstein.
00:54:18What is that odor, Mrs. Walker?
00:54:20And why is your door chained?
00:54:28I don't know.
00:54:40Well,
00:54:42they'll be coming now.
00:54:44The cops, I imagine.
00:54:46Yeah, we can't wait forever.
00:54:48All right, what do we do?
00:54:50Do we stay here and try and explain it to him?
00:54:52Or do we make a run for it?
00:54:54Yeah.
00:54:56I promise.
00:55:00I'll be right back.
00:55:02Okay.
00:55:04Wait, where are you going?
00:55:20Hey, you know what I was thinking?
00:55:26Ah!
00:55:30Ah!
00:55:34Wait, wait!
00:55:36Take it.
00:55:38You feel that? That's the blues.
00:55:40Take it.
00:55:42Take it.
00:55:46Here.
00:55:56Ah!
00:56:18Welcome to Baton Rouge, folks.
00:56:20Trip and Trailways 1359
00:56:22has concluded.
00:56:24For those of you
00:56:26continuing on to Plaquemine,
00:56:28that bus will be leaving at 1105.
00:56:30Everybody's getting off.
00:56:34How far is it from here to Plaquemine?
00:56:36Um, like
00:56:3816, 17 miles.
00:56:40Jesus Christ.
00:56:42So,
00:56:44I have to wait two hours for a bus
00:56:46that's gonna drive me 17 miles?
00:56:48That's great. I'm never gonna make it in time.
00:56:50You should rent a car.
00:56:52I should.
00:56:54I will. Can I do that here?
00:56:56Well, you'll probably, uh,
00:56:58need a valid driver's license.
00:57:00When did yours expire? Like, 1989?
00:57:02Oh.
00:57:04Do you, um,
00:57:06do you need some company?
00:57:10Seriously?
00:57:12Yeah, well, you're gonna buy this famous record, right?
00:57:14The one with the ghost of the
00:57:16murdered woman screaming on it?
00:57:18I
00:57:20suddenly have the urge to
00:57:22hear it.
00:57:26Is that okay?
00:57:30Yeah. Oh, okay.
00:57:32Yeah? Yeah.
00:57:34Sure, why not? Um... Cool.
00:57:36I have to meet somebody first.
00:57:38You have friends?
00:57:44Ooh, Alan!
00:57:46Hey!
00:57:48Oh!
00:57:50It's great to see you!
00:57:52I'm so glad you're out.
00:57:54Look, uh,
00:57:56I know I said it on the phone,
00:57:58but I gotta tell you
00:58:00how goddamn sorry I am about this whole business.
00:58:02If I hadn't blabbed to Paul that day,
00:58:04maybe things would've turned out different.
00:58:06Sorry, Dan. It wasn't your fault.
00:58:08I thought about it every day, and I never
00:58:10said a word to anybody.
00:58:12I mean, since about, you know what,
00:58:1420 years, I kept my mouth shut.
00:58:16I appreciate that.
00:58:18And I took care of that business.
00:58:20You know, it's the least I could do.
00:58:24Oh, sorry, this is Vanessa.
00:58:26Vanessa, the diamond dog, Dan.
00:58:28Hi. Hey, yeah, just Dan.
00:58:30Oh, Dan, nice to meet you.
00:58:32So...
00:58:34how long have you known Alan?
00:58:36Um...
00:58:38Like 19 hours or something
00:58:40like that, right?
00:58:42Nice. Yeah.
00:58:44Oh!
00:58:50Hey, man.
00:58:52Good luck to you.
00:58:54Thanks. I'll call you.
00:58:56Okay.
00:58:58Take care. Okay.
00:59:00All right. Bye.
00:59:04Bye.
00:59:10What's in the bag?
00:59:12Closure.
00:59:30Now what?
00:59:32We're early.
00:59:34Hmm.
00:59:36Funny place to have a business meeting.
00:59:38Okay, you still haven't
00:59:40told me about this guy.
00:59:42Like, how did he get the record?
00:59:44I mean, that, uh...
00:59:46that bag has a lot of
00:59:48resolution in it.
00:59:50How much does he want for it?
00:59:52You know, I'm starting to wonder why I brought you along.
00:59:56Because you're an old man
00:59:58who just got out of prison,
01:00:00and I'm a young woman who you've been fantasizing about
01:00:02from the moment that you've been staring at my ass
01:00:04at the bus station and effing him.
01:00:06Huh.
01:00:08Couldn't buy this record
01:00:10off somebody who knew he had it.
01:00:12You came all the way down here
01:00:14to hustle it from some unsuspecting loser?
01:00:16Actually,
01:00:18this guy thinks he's the hustler.
01:00:20Oh.
01:00:22Nice.
01:00:24So we're gonna con a con man.
01:00:26Something like that.
01:00:28That's cool.
01:00:30See, this particular guy recently came
01:00:32into temporary possession of a large number of records.
01:00:34He'd like to sell a few of them
01:00:36before they're no longer in his possession.
01:00:38So I'm gonna tell him
01:00:40which four records I want,
01:00:42one of them being Jimmy Caine Baldwin,
01:00:44which he's likely never heard of.
01:00:46Then I am going to drop you wherever it is you're headed,
01:00:48and then I'm gonna
01:00:50go home.
01:00:52Which is...
01:00:54where nowadays?
01:00:56Still trying to figure that out.
01:00:58Well, this is our guy.
01:01:02That is the worst suit I've ever seen.
01:01:04Yeah.
01:01:10Mr. Groom.
01:01:12Yes?
01:01:14I'm not sure how well these records are organized,
01:01:16but it may take me quite some time
01:01:18to find the vinyl I'm looking for.
01:01:20Oh, I think you'll find it
01:01:22much easier than you think.
01:01:24Much easier than you think.
01:01:28Ain't nobody's
01:01:30dirty business of mine
01:01:32Baby, please me
01:01:34Nobody's business
01:01:36but mine
01:01:38Ain't nobody's
01:01:40dirty business of mine
01:01:42Baby, please me
01:01:44Nobody's business
01:01:46Here we are.
01:01:50Motherfucker.
01:01:52I don't believe this.
01:01:54He invited you two?
01:01:56I got out two days before you did. How'd you beat me here?
01:01:58I took a plane.
01:02:04Gentlemen.
01:02:06Gentlemen.
01:02:08I asked both of you here in good faith.
01:02:10Now, it was clear to me
01:02:12from the records of your trial some years ago
01:02:14you both had a keen interest
01:02:16in this collection.
01:02:18And I made both of you the same offer.
01:02:20Collect five records from among the thousands.
01:02:22Now, Raymond Walker,
01:02:24he didn't do any inventory. That task is up to me.
01:02:26So ten records could
01:02:28easily slip away from this collection.
01:02:30Nobody would ever notice.
01:02:32But it got me to thinking.
01:02:34You each offered
01:02:36such an extravagant sum
01:02:38for the opportunity.
01:02:40Well, maybe
01:02:42it wasn't five records you were interested in.
01:02:44Perhaps you were interested
01:02:46in just one record.
01:02:48Yes.
01:02:50Possibly
01:02:52this one.
01:02:54Motherfucker!
01:03:00You met some young piece
01:03:02of tail on whatever godforsaken
01:03:04train or whatever the hell it is brought you
01:03:06out here, and it never enters your
01:03:08thick white skull for one second
01:03:10that a woman that looks like that
01:03:12would never have shit to do
01:03:14with you if she didn't want something.
01:03:16That's goddamn stupid.
01:03:18Now, Paul, settle down.
01:03:20Alan, I'm sorry for the deception.
01:03:22But don't blame Vanessa.
01:03:24She was just paying back a debt owed by her
01:03:26incarcerated father.
01:03:28Now, we have a transaction to do.
01:03:30Y'all brought cash?
01:03:32$20,000. The deal's off now.
01:03:34Oh.
01:03:36Alan, do you feel the same way?
01:03:38If I don't leave here with that record,
01:03:40you don't leave here with my $20,000.
01:03:43Well, perhaps we need
01:03:45some more clarification.
01:03:47See, I did some poking around on my own,
01:03:49and I found out this record
01:03:51doesn't even exist.
01:03:53But if it did exist,
01:03:55it'd be worth a whole lot more
01:03:57than $20,000.
01:03:59So...
01:04:01I've decided to keep it.
01:04:03Come on, asshole.
01:04:0720 years in prison
01:04:09for nothing!
01:04:11Now, wait a minute.
01:04:13What if we turn you in for
01:04:15stealing or embezzlement or
01:04:17misappropriation of public property or something?
01:04:19Well,
01:04:21I don't think Officer Fry would allow that to happen,
01:04:23given he could find cause
01:04:25to arrest
01:04:27two convicted murderers out of
01:04:29state for a...
01:04:31Well,
01:04:33whatever he wanted to, I suppose.
01:04:35Whatever the fuck I want.
01:04:37The cash?
01:04:42Okay.
01:04:44I think that about wraps things up.
01:04:46Pleasure doing business with you gentlemen.
01:04:49Enjoy Plaquemine.
01:04:51Wait, um, Lincoln, I think you should really,
01:04:53really listen to that record.
01:04:55I mean, you gotta make sure that it's real.
01:04:57Vanessa, what the hell are you talking about?
01:04:59Where am I gonna find a record player in this mess?
01:05:01There's guaranteed to be a turntable
01:05:03among these hundred boxes.
01:05:05Yeah.
01:05:07I think I saw a couple in a box over there.
01:05:09Probably fucked up, though.
01:05:11Mr. Groom,
01:05:13if you're gonna take our money,
01:05:15at least let us hear the record.
01:05:17It's the least you could do for fucking us over.
01:05:19All right, fine.
01:05:21Officer Fry found a record player.
01:05:23Vanessa found an outlet.
01:05:25Let's make it quick.
01:05:27There's one right here.
01:05:29I don't know.
01:05:31Looks pretty real to me.
01:05:33What the hell do you know?
01:05:40Oh, Jesus, be careful.
01:05:42Shut up, asshole.
01:05:44If you...
01:05:46A good trick to...
01:05:51That thing don't work.
01:05:53It's full.
01:05:5560 cycle home, your platter's locked, too.
01:05:57Wait.
01:06:02Uh, I'd feel more comfortable
01:06:04if he wasn't holding that.
01:06:06Because I might make a run for it?
01:06:08Vanessa, could you hand me my bag?
01:06:10Yeah.
01:06:12I think the motor deck
01:06:14is secured in transit mode.
01:06:19Okay.
01:06:28See how easy that was?
01:06:34You ready, Bennis?
01:06:36Let's do it, Teach.
01:06:38Let's do it, Bennis.
01:06:40Let's do it, Bennis.
01:06:43Mmm.
01:07:05She loved me
01:07:08One day in Chicago
01:07:11A little left out Left out and died
01:07:20What's that noise?
01:07:25What's that noise?
01:07:27Mega, stop!
01:07:28Stop the fucking noise.
01:07:29Mega, stop!
01:07:30Mega, stop!
01:07:31Mega, stop!
01:07:32Mega, stop!
01:07:33Hey, hey, hey!
01:07:34No!
01:07:35Mega, stop!
01:07:36Mega, stop!
01:07:37No!
01:07:38No, Mega, stop!
01:07:39Oh!
01:07:39Oh, Megan!
01:07:40Stop!
01:07:41Megan, stop!
01:07:41Stop!
01:07:42Megan, stop!
01:07:42Stop!
01:07:43Stop!
01:07:43Stop!
01:07:44Stop!
01:07:44Stop!
01:07:45Stop!
01:07:45Stop!
01:07:46Stop!
01:07:46Stop!
01:07:47Stop!
01:07:47Stop!
01:07:48Stop!
01:07:48Stop!
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01:08:00Stop!
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01:08:07Jesus.
01:08:09Holy shit.
01:08:11This is fucked up.
01:08:15We need to call someone.
01:08:17Fuck that.
01:08:17I'm grabbing my bag and getting the fuck up out of here.
01:08:24You staying?
01:08:26Shh!
01:08:35What the fuck was that?
01:08:36What the fuck just happened?
01:08:52I'm really sorry about this, like, I don't...
01:08:58I get it.
01:08:59Come on.
01:09:00Shit.
01:09:01Hey, man, let me get a ride.
01:09:21It's open.
01:09:22You scared the shit out of me.
01:09:23Jesus, Paul.
01:09:26Just take shotgun, just get in.
01:09:29You better be on the way.
01:09:37On the way?
01:09:38Yeah.
01:09:39We're in the bumblefuck, Louisiana.
01:09:41Everything is on the goddamn way.
01:09:44Hey, which half you want?
01:09:53The bigger half, huh?
01:09:54You better believe it.
01:09:55It don't gonna stop.
01:09:56But are you relieved?
01:10:13What do you mean?
01:10:14I don't know, just the whole thing's over.
01:10:19I guess.
01:10:20If you call leaving a couple of dead guys in a storage locker and coming away with a
01:10:24half a broken vinyl after 20 years of relief.
01:10:27Yeah, but I mean, at least we got to hear it.
01:10:33And even though the shellac's busted in two, we're not chasing it anymore.
01:10:39The chase was all I had.
01:10:43Yeah, me too.
01:10:51She's good.
01:10:53If you like that kind of music.
01:10:58All right.
01:11:14Broom was a greedy fucking bastard who would smother his grandma with a pillow.
01:11:21Just for five dollars and a scrambled egg.
01:11:26You're a good person, Ellen.
01:11:29No.
01:11:30No, I really haven't been.
01:11:33Maybe now I finally can be, though, you know?
01:11:37Why?
01:11:40Why what?
01:11:41Be a good person?
01:11:42Why now?
01:11:45But while you're thinking about that, I'm going to wash this shit off my bag.
01:11:53Oh, um, can you hold on to this for me, though?
01:11:57Just so I just don't want to really get it wet while I wash my bag off.
01:12:08Oh, do you want some, like, Skittles or soda or anything?
01:12:14Yeah.
01:12:45Mm hmm.
01:12:47She said she loved me.
01:12:50Oh, and then she cried.
01:12:53She's a little lap dog, lived up and died.
01:13:04And that's happy.
01:13:06Oh, I'll miss the thing.
01:13:09The dog in town.
01:13:12That's where I stay.
01:13:20Oh, that's where I stay.
01:13:30Oh, no.
01:13:32Tell me no lie.
01:13:34No lie.
01:13:36You ain't going nowhere.
01:13:39To my true dissatisfaction.
01:13:47Oh, darling.
01:13:52Oh, where you down?
01:13:55Put you under my feet.
01:13:59Oh, that's where I stay.
01:14:04Oh, that's where I stay.
01:14:28I hear you, oh you're sneaking out late Heading down to town on this tamed ass snake
01:14:41I know, yeah you ought to know Mistreat your dog, girl, he's gonna tear your bone
01:14:57Won't erase that sting Won't erase that sting
01:15:27I hear you, oh you're sneaking out late Heading down to town on this tamed ass snake
01:15:54You see, holding my head down now Holding my head down, head down
01:16:01Now he's picking at the dreadnought Like filling up a bedpan, deadpan
01:16:06Facing three fingers on his fret hand A real live dead man who cried out for death and
01:16:12She answered back from every crack in the shellac Now he's stepping to the plate
01:16:17He's swinging and he misses He swigs from the bottle
01:16:20Now he's swinging at the misses Got one swing, two swing, three swing
01:16:25Zesting 37 strikes to the chest, ring out like
01:16:29Won't erase that sting
01:16:36Time's ticking on me Time's always ticking on me
01:16:41She's holding my head down Holding my head down, head down
01:16:49You're always sneaking out late Sealing out fate
01:16:53Screaming out loud from the resin on those 78s
01:16:57Heavenly gates, waits for no man With murder in his heart
01:17:00You must have heard her in the program Now death is the slow hand
01:17:04Pulling at your heart strings Pulling you apart quick
01:17:07Woman, you my hardship Woman, you my death stream