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INT –POWER RECORDS – DAY

TITLE: Wednesday, August 23, 2000.  1:45PM

JEFF is back at work filing CD singles.  

JEFF grabs one from the cart and looks at it.

Len’s ‘Steal My Sunshine’ plays overhead.

JEFF (V.O.)

Oh God.  Elton John with Leann Rimes?   Written in the Stars?  More like written in the sewer!  

JEFF looks up, and to his amazement, sees JOHN.

JEFF (V.O)(CONT’D)

John, hardly ever comes into the store, but there he is.  What the hell?

JOHN

Hey dude!  So do you have that new Lords of Acid song?

JEFF

Hey John.

JEFF (V.O)(CONT’D)

This is too weird!

JOHN

No, really, I want that ‘Pussy’ song.

JEFF

Well that’s not the new single.  The new song is ‘Am I Sexy.’  

JOHN

Oh.

JEFF

Of course I have ‘Pussy’ it’s one of my best sellers.  I’m like the only store in Oregon that carries it as a single.

JOHN

Well, can I get your discount?

JEFF

Sure, but when are you going to pay me back my twenty bucks?

JOHN

C’mon, Cheyanne really needs that song for her routine.

JEFF

So you’re buying music for strippers now?

JOHN

Hell yeah, She even went out to breakfast with me!  Listen, I’m going to buy it with or without your discount, so if you let me use your discount I will be able to pay you back that much sooner.

JEFF

Alright, just tell Lori to ring you up using my number: two-one-eight-one-seven.

JOHN

How am I supposed to remember that?

JEFF grabs a White Zombie CD single from stock.

JEFF

It’s the same number as this CD single.

JOHN

What?  How did you know that?

JEFF

White Zombie: My CD soul mate.

JOHN

What do you mean by CD soul mate?

JEFF

It’s the order number.  

JEFF reads the order number from the CD spine.

JEFF (CONT’D)

Two-one-eight-one-seven

JOHN gives a curious look.

JEFF (CONT’D)

Whenever we’re bored, we look up our employee numbers in the database to see which CDs correspond.  Whichever CD comes up after typing your number in becomes your CD soul mate.

JOHN

Weird.  Well, thanks.

JOHN turns and approaches the counter with the Lords of Acid CD in one hand and the White Zombie CD in the other and gets in line.

‘Steal My Sunshine’ continues playing while we view a panorama of the store’s artwork, circa 2000.

JOHN is now at the counter and ready to be helped.  

LORI

May I help you?

JOHN

Hey!

LORI

You’re Jeff’s friend, right?

JOHN

Yeah, he said I could use his discount.

LORI

Okay, what’s his number?

JOHN looks down and accidentally reads the number from the Lords of Acid CD.

JOHN

One-zero-three-one

LORI

Do you mean zero-one-zero-three-one? —they’re five digits.

JOHN looks at the CD.

JOHN

Yeah, okay, I guess.