IVIV (0) Video transcript
Joe Allonby
joeallonby at gmail.com
Mon Aug 17 17:57:13 CDT 2009
Nice work. Sorta thing I expect from Mr Monroe. That's a compliment.
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 4:32 AM, Tore Rye Andersen<torerye at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I hammered out a transcript of the video. Please feel free to correct
> any mistakes:
>
> If you're driving south from LA International it should take no more than
> a hit or two off of your favorite brand of cigarette before you're right
> here, in Gordita Beach, California. Well, no, actually, this used to be
> the beach. Later on, all this is gonna go highrise, high-rent, high
> intensity. But right now, back in 1970, what it is is just HIGH. An
> ounce of Mexican Commercial should run you no more than ten dollars
> – that’s with the seeds and stems, of course. The neighbors here run
> mostly to surfers and dopers and stewardesses, or, more correctly I
> guess, stewardii, who live in Gordita coz it’s close to the airport
> and tend to hang out between flights in the bars up and down the street;
> so pretty much every night here is party night.
>
> Oh, my name, uh, my name’s Doc and I’m a private gumshoe, or nowadays more
> like gumsandal. I used to work the traditional Hollywood type of PI gigs,
> setting up drug busts for parties and divorce cases, or helping the cops
> out with their many shakedown schemes and so forth, but since I moved out
> here to the beach, I’ve been more into the smaller tickets – less karmic
> hassle, less guilt-tripping. Which doesn’t bring in that much money,
> sometimes none at all. Sometimes it’s even me that ends up paying the
> tab, whether it’s in cash or something heavier; and that’s – you know,
> it’s groovy; or, I guess it WAS groovy, 'till, one night my ex-old lady
> shows up with a story about her boyfriend, or, actually, older guy-friend
> and his wife, her boyfriend. At that point it gets sorta peculiar....
>
> M-maybe you’ll just wanna read the book: I-Inherent Vice, Penguin Press.
> 27.95 – 27.95?! Really? That used to be, like, three weeks of groceries, man.
> What year is this again?
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