High Fidelity Page #3

I was sure Id be discovered

at any second.

And I worried about

my abilities as a lover.

And I was intimidated by other men

in her design department...

and became convinced she was

gonna leave me for one of them.

Then she left me for one of them.

The dreaded Marco.

Charlie, you f***ing b*tch!

Lets work it out!

Just open the f***ing door!

Charlie!

Look, lets talk it- Char-

And then I lost it.

Kinda lost it all, you know?

Faith, dignity, about 15 pounds.

When I came to a few months later...

I found, to my surprise,

I had flunked out of school.

I started working in a record shop.

Some people never got over Nam or

the night their band opened for Nirvana.

I guess I never really

got over Charlie.

But the thing I learned from the whole Charlie

debacle is that you gotta punch your weight.

See, Charlie, shes out of my class.

Shes too pretty, too smart,

too witty, too much.

I mean, what am I?

I'm a middleweight.

Hey, I'm not the smartest guy in the

world, but I'm certainly not the dumbest.

I mean, Ive read books like

The Unbearable Lightness of Being...

and Love in the Time of Cholera and,

uh- and I think Ive understood them.

I mean, theyre about girls, right?

Just kidding.

But I have to say...

my all-time favorite book is Johnny

Cashs autobiography, Cash by Johnny Cash.

- Championship.

- Hi.

Hi.

Um, I was thinking...

I could come by the house and pick up

some stuff while youre at work tomorrow.

While I'm at work.

While I'm at work.

- Oh, boy, oh, boy.

- Thats what you got to say is, "Oh, boy"?

I mean, bravo.

Thats-

- Laura, this is just so dumb.

I mean, you should- - Look, Rob.

I gotta go.

Um, I'm looking for a record

for my daughter for her birthday.

"I Just Called to Say I Love You. "

Do you have it?

- Yeah. - Great. -

We have it. - Great.

- Can I have it then?

- No. No, you cant.

- Why not?

- Well, its sentimental, tacky crap, thats why not.

Do we look like the kind of store that

sells "I Just Called to Say I Love You"?

Go to the mall.

- Whats your problem?

- Do you even know your daughter?

Theres no way she likes that song.

Oh- Uh, oh, is she in a coma?

Oh, okay, buddy. I didnt know it was

Pick On The Middle-Aged Square Guy Day.

My apologies.

Ill be on my way.

Bye-bye.

F*** you.

Nice, Barry. Really, really nice.

That was just top class.

Rob. Top Five Musical Crimes Perpetrated

by Stevie Wonder in the80s and90s. Go.

Sub-question:
Is it, in fact, unfair to criticize

a formerly great artist for his latter-day sins?

Is it better to burn out

than to fade away?

- Barry, I'm f***ing broke, man!

- Jesus! He was gonna buy one record, which we didnt even have, and then leave and never come back again anyway.

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