The Music Never Stopped Page #5

You know, I don't think about

how old I am or what year it is.

Yeah?

Well, that's kind of an important question.

That's the thing.

Oan you tell me who the president is?

Lyndon...

the one who was shot.

Ronald...

McDonald.

What? Wrong clown?

Yeah.

Okay.

Let's try something else.

Must have it.

Will this work?

Uncle John's Band?

It's a good song.

Ah, God. No one spaces me out

like the Dead does.

What a group.

You know, I... I almost saw them once.

Oh? What happened?

Oh...

We didn't make it.

Want to tell me about it?

Well, my dad didn't want us to go.

He wanted me to go to college night.

Sorry.

Dinner is at 7:
00.

Yeah, every night

since the birth of Ohrist.

Let's just enjoy our dinner.

I said I was sorry. I'm sorry.

It's far out, Mom.

Thanks.

Something wrong with the meat?

Well, I mean, aside from the fact

that it was once

an innocent, breathing,

minding-his-own-business creature

of Mother Nature

herded into

a cramped slaughterhouse,

decapitated, eviscerated, packed

and shipped off to the A&P

so we could adorn our stroganoff,

no, there's nothing wrong

with the meat.

Lord, I can't wait

until you put that mind

to something useful in college.

Do you remember college?

It's the place that's gonna educate my boy

and pack him up and ship him back

so he can adorn his life

with a wife and family, a decentjob.

Yeah, I know what college is, Dad.

I'm just not sure it's my bag.

What is your bag, Gabriel?

I want to go to the Village

and play music.

Son, if you don't go to college,

the only village you'll see

will have thatched roofs

and no plumbing,

so you have until Wednesday

at college night

to make it your bag.

I can't go.

The Dead is playing

at Stonybrook that night.

This is not a negotiation.

You will not miss college night,

especially to see some band

called the Dead.

It's the Grateful Dead, Dad.

It's the Grateful Dead.

Oh. Well, then they'll be grateful

you're choosing a college

instead of wasting your time

at their drug convention.

The music department

offers courses which range

from music theory and history

to performance classes.

There's an emphasis on developing

each student's performance

and listening skills.

Gabriel?

Do you have any questions?

Uh, yeah.

Um, where's the Princeton booth?

The other side, next to Brown.

Groovy.

Dad, I'm gonna go explore.

Sugar magnolia...

Oome on! Get in!

Gabe, move! Move it!

Well, caught up in sunshine

Come on out singing

I'll walk you in the sunshine

Come on, honey,

and come along with me

We'll get tickets next time, man.

Don't worry about my brother.

He can handle anything.

I'm cool, man.

Nam don't worry me.

All right?

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