Det framgår mycket mer i boken att det även är en satir av yuppierörelsen. Humorn är rätt subtil kanske också, tror inte de flesta snappar upp det. Man måste nog ha en liten böjelse för svart humor för att uppskatta det också. Det mörka temat gör blandningen genialisk.
- Do you like Huey Lewis and the news?
- They're OK.
- Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercial and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far much more bitter, cynical sense of humour.
- Hey Halberstram.
- Yes, Allen?
- Why are their copies of the style section all over the place, d-do you have a dog? A little chow or something?
- No, Allen.
- Is that a rain coat?
- Yes it is! In '87, Huey released this, Fore, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to be Square", a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself.
[raises axe above head]
- Hey Paul!
[he bashes Allen in the head with the axe, and blood splatters over him]
- TRY GETTING A RESERVATION AT DORSIA NOW YOU FUCKING STUPID BASTARD! YOU, FUCKING BASTARD!