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Nov. 12, 2025

Withdrawal — Cursed Rock-Star Horror Story: Fame, Obsession, and a Deadly Encore

Withdrawal — Cursed Rock-Star Horror Story: Fame, Obsession, and a Deadly Encore
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Weekly Spooky horror podcast delivers an original cursed song and rock-star possession tale soaked in ’80s fame and occult obsession. When faded idol Sammy Scar surges back to stardom, the crowds chant in perfect unison, a buried B-side resurfaces, and a whisper won’t stop saying, “They’re here for you.”

From Sunset Strip glare to Times Square neon, this celebrity horror spirals toward a deadly encore where the ticket price is breath and blood.

Withdrawal — by John Stoney Cannon.

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The episode’s central danger remains Withdrawal, while folklore, ritual, and cursed traditions supply the atmosphere, conflict, and consequences that carry the story forward.

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The crowd outside your hotel room starts singing your old hit,

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every voice on the exact same breath. The door locks,

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the phone rings, A whisper rides the dial tone. They're

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here for you. You cover the receiver, but the chorus

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keeps going.

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What's that You want to be scared?

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He come with me. You will experience tales over over

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ghosts and.

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the dark park. It's more funny that way.

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Hello my Spookyes, it's Wednesday, and you know what that means.

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for tonight, Imagine a song you wrote when you were young,

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Louder than sleep, brighter than fame. Now picture it coming

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back on a cold night, not on the radio, but

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from a thousand open mouths beneath your window. What if

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the chorus wasn't a memory at all, but a kind

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of summoning. What if the encore didn't end until you did.

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Tonight we strike a match for a rock legend who

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learns that some hits don't fade. In fact, they feed

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withdrawal by John Stony Hannah. Some things never change, and

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even after every hot minute, the weight always seems to remain. Oh,

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the scene has been reset, that's for sure. His lone

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platinum single record, adorning a wall once covered with classic albums,

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now drenched in the images of pre pubescent teeny bopper

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divas that can barely sing their own songs staring back

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at him. But the weight, Even when Sammy was at

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the top of his game, Sid would make him stew

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So why would shit be any different? Decades later, his

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sarcastic thought, fading into an internal chuckle, just as Sammy

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heard the door open up behind him. Well be still

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my once teen hormones. If it isn't the one and

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only legendary Sammy Scar, you sure don't sound like Sid,

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responded Sammy, without a glance or a hint of interest,

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You ship him off to babysit, Vince, Neil or something.

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Last name's vain, said the middle aged woman as she

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sat on the desk and crossed her mostly bare legs.

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But I'm cool if you call me Sherry and Sid

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is off babysitting. Your newfound popularity seems that old single

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of yours has come back from the dead. No one

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really knows why, but since this past Friday, it's suddenly

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become the most streamed song of all time streamed, chuckled Sammy,

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still looking down. Didn't they piss on my music enough

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when they stopped buying my records in nineteen ninety. Well

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you know what they say, Sammy, Some scars never ever

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go away. Well, actually, miss Vain, they just become scabs

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on classic rock radio, to be picked at every once

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in a while. Well, actually missed scar, snarled Sherry as

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she leaned in dangerously close. The kind of attention you're

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suddenly getting again, Sid thinks might be a revival the

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likes of Tina Turner or Cher back in the eighties. Well,

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I don't think so, share, they both got way better

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gams than I do. Besides, I'm currently way more interested

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in a long overdue meal at one of my fave haunts.

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So for the next couple of hours, pretty sure Sid'll

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know where to find me. Spotting his driver through the

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lobby window, Sammy stepped out into the afternoon sun, just

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in time to find himself overtaken by an obnoxiously crazy

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mob it was all he could do to keep his

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new Randolph shades attached to his face. A sudden tug

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and he found himself bouncing around inside the car. What

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the Sammy hissed as he glared at the scratched sunglasses.

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These fuckers ain't cheap. They're here for you, said a

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voice next to him. Driver to d'antanna's. Now, it had

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been a good long while since Sammy had tasted the bracciola,

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each bite taking him back in time in the early eighties.

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Simply walking through the door was as good as any reservation.

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Same out of the way back table, a refuge from

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the screaming teenage girls clamoring to hear that one song,

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that one fucking song. And while it never fully disappeared

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from the airwaves over the years, for some crazy reason,

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withdrawal was all the rage once again. Who the fuck

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wants to hear that song? Now, mumbled Benny between bites

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their granddaughters nostalgia, my friend answered Sid as he sat down.

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Same chicks, just older and hanging on to the past

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for dear life. I guess woke up Friday and you

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were a friendly old radio staple, and by the end

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of the day you were the hottest thing in music

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all over again. Fuck if I know why this past Friday,

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mentioned Sammy the thirteenth. You noticed that too, Sammy, I'm

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way ahead of you, already spinning that one to new outlets.

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Just a mere mention of a possible tour actually knocked

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the ticket site offline for a while. I don't know, Sid,

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said Sammy before chewing another bite. It was fun ten

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years ago to play those five thousand seat outdoor spots,

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but these days royalties almost pay just enough for me

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to be able to just sit at home, squat my

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bare ass on the terrace and stare at the beach.

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Oh silly, Sammy, still the fucking wild man, small amphitheaters.

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Hugh kidding me. My phone's been ringing off the hook

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for you to play way bigger spots like the Bowl

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and the Garden. Maybe bigger, bigger, questioned Sammy. You're fucking nuts, Sid.

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A sudden commotion sliced through the conversation as the hostess

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nervously walked over include the two men of the growing

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congregation outside. See Sammy, this is what I'm talking about,

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Sid spit out, before barking into the phone. I need

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you to pull around back. Now, let's get mister Scar

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to the Sunset immediately. Come on, Sid, I'm not even

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done with my brock now, Sammy. Even the updated decor

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at the Sunset Marquee didn't keep Sammy from feeling at home,

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as if all the cigarette smoke and sexual tension that

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over the years seeped into the walls somehow remained the

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haunted voices of the past kiss stained into the fabric

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of each space, every single sweaty rock and roll orgy

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and manic coke binge. Being able to get a room

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overlooking the boulevard and the addition of a vintage radio

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during the stay only added to the notorious glorious vibe.

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Sammy always looked forward to soaking up the decadent aura

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and the chance to once again tune in to klos

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as station rocking the area since the early seventies, Southern

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California's rock and roll radio ninety five point five KLS

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and that was the heart of rock and roll. From

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Huey Lewis and the News, this is Geno Mitchellini feeding

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your withdrawal symptoms with a new track from Sammy Scar.

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New track, My ass grumbled, Sammy maybe a new life.

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Not even the best song I ever put out for

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fucking out loud. Sheesh weird though I thought Gino passed

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away last year. Sammy closed his eyes as the old

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tunes played on the radio, and he felt himself fade away,

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back into nineteen eighty four, just before the big bang

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of stardom, when he could walk the half a mile

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or so to the whiskey a go go without so

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much as a bother, a routine he picked back up

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that helped him deal with the bitterness of the glitter

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fading in the nineties, the end of his fifteen minutes

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of stardom, cushioned by the consolation prize of his returned privacy,

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a smile coming across his face as he slid on

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his kicks in preparation for the short, breezy track to

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the legendary venue. May I help you with anything, asked

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the hotel concierge as Sammy stepped out of the elevator.

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Restaurant reservations, Perhaps call for transportation anywhere? No thanks, replied Benny,

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just gonna walk down to the whiskey. I'm not sure

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if that's best, said the concierge, as a shriek filled

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the hotel lobby. There's a sizeable group of women trying

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to push their way past security out front. What did

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somebody tell them, Tommy Lee's cock is staying here or something.

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They're here for you, said the voice again. Well, fuck all,

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maybe I'll try to sneak out again a little bit later.

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Can you send up a nice bottle of cabernet when

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you get a chance, Very good, sir, right away. Even

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over the sound of the radio, Sammy could hear the

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hum coming from the boulevard of what he figured to

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be the sunset at night. That energy he longed to

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snatch up again, and with every slow, nervous step towards

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the window, the hum grew louder and louder. As he

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inched his face closer to the window, he could see,

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one by one the faces looking up in his direction,

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suddenly singing in unison. As he slowly shifted the curtain aside,

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wading on the corner where the street lights fade, shadows

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drape like curtains on an empty stage. Your footsteps echo,

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but they never stay, just whispers in the wild, a

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ghost of yesterday. For a brief moment, Sammy could picture

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the crowd in their the younger skin and the energy

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left his body. Closing the curtains and his eyes. He

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stumbled back against the hotel room wall as that voice

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slid through his head. They're here for you, Here for you,

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They're here for you. Sammy, who's here? Sammy mumbled as

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he shook from his sleep. Looking up from his horizontal

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spot on the shaggy hotel room floor, Sammy could only

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see a pair of bare legs coming down from the

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front of the bed, confusing him even further. Brunch time

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is here, laughed Sherry, looking down. Sid is waiting down

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stairs in Cavatina. There's plotting and scheming to be had.

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Think you can get yourself together? Or do I need

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to tell Sid? I'll be down in thirty, Miss Vain.

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Sure you don't need help in the shower, Just thirty,

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grumbled Sammy as he opened the door. Order me a

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mimosa if you don't mind, just a glass, or asked Cherry,

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holding up the empty wine bottle, drawing no response from Sammy.

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One mimosa coming up, Rockstar. As he exited the elevator

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into the lobby, it was obvious to Sammy that even

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just another day later, something was different. Not only was

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there more hotel staff than usual, but after years of

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invisible peace, as he walked through crowds this morning, he

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found himself nodding endlessly to glances and greetings from everyone

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he passed. In his twenties, Sammy would have strutted like

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a peacock, but now, at almost sixty, he felt on

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the edge of uneasy, fucking, annoyed, actually strange. Even as

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he grabbed his seat, Sammy pointed back towards the restaurant entrance.

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It's like an episode of the Twilight Zone. Out there.

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Twilight Zone, replied Sid. I know it's early, but Sherry,

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how about we get this guy a cup of coffee? No, no,

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I'm good with this, Sammy mumbled, holding up the glass

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of mimosa. Guess I'm just not used to being out

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and about early enough for people to say good morning

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to me. They're here for you. What's that? Said a

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startled Sammy, almost knocking his glass over. Did you guys,

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did you hear that? The waitress asked what she could

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get for you, smirked Cherry, Yeah, yeah, sorry, stammered Sammy.

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Uh steak and eggs medium across the board. Thanks. See,

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some things never change. Sid chuckled as he looked at Cherry.

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This guy always with the medium steak and eggs. Well, Sid,

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I figured it must be a special occasion, you bringing

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a date and all funny you bring that up, mister

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Scar added Cherry a date. That is why miss Vane

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we just met. Look, Sammy, Sid spit out as he

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shook his head. For some unholy goddamn reason, you're hot

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shit again. Sherry and I are just here to make

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sure that you get a piece of this unexpected action

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before it turns back into popular culture fertilizer again. Well, Sydney,

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chuckled Sammy before taking a bite of steak. At least

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I can always count on you to shoot the shit

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straight with me. Sammy sat quietly eating his food as

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Sid and Sherry babbled on and on about the possibilities

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of the hot minute, a full mouthed smile and nod

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in response to suggestions like talk show appearances, concerts, even

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meetin greets, only nearly choking when the subject of new

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music came up. Na uugh, Sammy tried to spit out,

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Are you kidding me? New music? No one gives too

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shit about any new music for me, Well, not actually new,

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Sammy scar music per se, chuckled Sid as Sherry put

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her hand on Sammy's knee underneath the table. I was

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thinking maybe a new dance duet version of Withdrawal with

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Melaura Mahua, asked Sammy as he swatted Sherry's hand away.

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Ma Laura, teen pop singer that sings that hit song.

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Ya fussin' is bustin'. She totally slayed at the MVA's

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this year, added Sid. One of the hottest things going

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with the kids at the moment. Yeah no, Dice, snarled Sammy.

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My audience, at least what's fucking left of it. Haven't

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been kids in about four decades, but there's still kids

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at heart, with their own kids and grand That's a

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solid No, Sid, I don't care how fussin', tussin' or

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whatever kind of ussin she is. She's bustin', snapped Sherry.

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She can bust or ass somewhere else for all I care.

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Waiter another mimosa please, Well, I guess that means no

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new music, Sherry pouted. Well, wait a hot minute, pondered Sammy.

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You mentioned doing a remastered Greatest hits kind of thing.

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What if I give you guys an unheard, unreleased tune

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as a bonus track? Unreleased, asked Sid curiously, Stars and Scars,

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you know the song that the label wouldn't let me

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release as a follow up single to withdraw. They shit

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all over that one. But do you know how many

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times over the years someone has tried to get their

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hands on the master? What that nutcase you found in

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your house? Was looking for? Nutcase? Asked Cherry. Oh yeah,

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said Sammy, shaking his head. As the cops and the

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white coats were dragging her out, she just kept screaming

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over and over by Moon and Star. I claim your light.

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Pretty bizarro shit, really, questioned Cherry. Her interest now piqued, really,

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replied Sid. Think the headline in the Inquisitor read something

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like insane fan puts curse on rock Star. Last we

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ever heard from that cuckoo? Probably still locked up or dead,

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added Sammy as he glanced at Cherry. Talk about some

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throw away the fucking key, crazy ass shit. Oh how

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deliciously wicked Time turns the pages, but the stories torn on,

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painting memories on a canvas worn. Every second's a needle,

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every hour's a thorn. Withdrawal from your love leaves me

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battered and torn. Click, God if I never hear that

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song on the radio again. While the music business often

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left him feeling cold and jaded, returning to his home

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on Block Island was anything but for Sammy. Mornings spent

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sipping coffee overlooking the ocean from his terrace as the

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wind softly massaged his scalp, never once causing him to

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feel stir crazy despite his past rock and roll lifestyle.

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Fairy access only to the Rhode Island Spot kept the

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beaches quiet, with the only passer by being the occasional

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resident jogger or dog walker. Often, Sammy would lean his

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head back and close his eyes, leaving himself to only

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the sound of the ocean and the rhythm of the breeze.

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An infinite lullaby, as his Anela would call it as

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they cuddled up overlooking the waves while she was still

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of this earth. On perfect mornings like this, as Sammy

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sat with his eyes sealed, the wind could engulf him

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and make him feel like he was sitting with her

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arms around him. Still, they're here for you? Who's there?

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Spit out a startled Sammy aniela Hello, Sammy answered, Oh, hey, Sid, Yeah, sorry,

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I was just daydreaming on the terrace enough to jump

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when the phone rang. Yeah, she sure did love it

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out there. You should get your old overworked ass a

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spot like this and take a break from the rat

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race at least every once in a while. Do I

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want to be a guest on Espresso yourself with Ava

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Big Apple? Sure, said, just shoot me the info. But

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I'm telling you, man, you've got to check out this

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view hardly ever anyone down on the beach. It's about

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damn near perfect this, Sammy, Hey, Sammy, what's that humming noise? Sorry,

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said Sammy gasped as he slowly pointed his cell phone

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at the beach. It's like outside the hotel. They're all

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looking up here and singing together. They're here for you.

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What did you say? Said hot for me all over again? Yeah?

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I don't know. This shit's kind of it's kind of creepy.

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Do you even realize all the shit it takes just

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to get out here? Anyways? Feeling a little shaky. Maybe

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maybe I made my coffee too strong. Think you can

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send me a lift so I can get out of here. Yeah, yeah,

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we'll meet up in the city. Over the years, Sammy

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had grown weary of talk show appearances, especially those that

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consisted of him sitting at what he considered the ass

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crack of dawn in a dressing room, sipping ordered up

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crap fox coffee as he waited to trade fake chitchat

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with some fly by Night host, eventually putting on a

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smile to walk out to the screaming sound of what

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Sid later in life called a high school English teacher's

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convention over middle aged women in way too short bad

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haircuts of the opinion that their online knockoff Sammy scar

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t shirts somehow fit well with mom jeans or a

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long denim skirt and white tennis shoes. But while Sid

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thought it a sad attempt to relive their teen years,

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Sammy considered it a privilege to be allowed to forever

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be a part of their lives, even if it was

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mainly for that one damn song. He even eventually well

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mostly got over the fact that they stopped buying his

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records once the nineties hit, and even if at times

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the five thousand cedars were a little more effort than

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they were worth money wise, at least over half the

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audience was made up of true fans that could even

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sing along to the deepest cuts from all of Sammy's

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eighties records. But despite all of his appreciation, the sudden

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renewed attention had Sammy feeling awkward and at times a

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bit paranoid, enough so to question appearing on the already

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scheduled talk show, not wanting to see a promotional opportunity

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get pissed down the toilet. Sid luckily had just the answer.

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Good morning, and welcome to espresso yourself with Ava this morning,

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we're going to do something a little different and inside

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the recording studio exclusive with our very special guest, Sammy

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scar Good morning, Eva said Sammy. I gotta say the

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coffee is bueno. Thank you, Thank you, Sammy. As you know,

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we usually have a live audience, and we did receive

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quite a few calls from fans that were bummed out

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that you wouldn't be in our regular studio, but they

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all perked up when it was announced that the reason

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for interviewing you in here was to catch you on

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a quick break while you're rehearsing for your upcoming new tour,

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and I, for one, sure do appreciate you taking the

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time to make it happen, Eva, the fans of the

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reason that the spotlight is pointing my way once again,

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we had to rehearse No way I was going to

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diss them by taking a half cocked show out on

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the road. Well to clue the fans in on all

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the hard work, your longtime manager Sid told me that

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you're going to not only be doing some songs that

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you've never played live before, but a song that's also

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considered to be the holy Grail of unreleased Sammy Scar songs.

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Oh yeah, diehard fans already know that Stars and Scars

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was recorded with the intention to be the follow up

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single to Withdraw. The label wasn't interested in it being

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the next single, so I refuse to put it on

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the album or any album after that. You even turned

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down the request to put it on the soundtrack to

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the horror cult classic The Corvid. So why release it now? Well, Eva,

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it was only created as a follow up single to Withdraw,

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and with that song unexpectedly becoming a hit a second time,

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Stars and Scars has a second chance to follow it.

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So you're saying that it took the fans to make

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it possible for them to get the Sammy Scar song

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that they've always wanted the most. I guess you're right, Eva,

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And not only that, it took the fans to make

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the very last Sammy Scar wish come true. But I

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gotta tell you, fans may have been chasing this song

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for years, but it's actually not the last Scar that's

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been kept under wraps. Really, Sammy, do tell, Do tell

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in due time, Eva, But would you like me to

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play you a little bit of Stars and Scars?

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Oh?

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I think everybody watching would love that. Sammy strapped on

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his acoustic guitar, playing the first verse as he slowly

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walked out of the room midnight. Whispers call my name,

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Silver shadows play their game. I got stars inside my

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veins and scars that sing in the rain. Breaking news

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on Big Apple Radio, traffic was brought to a stop

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as fans of eighties rock and roll singer Sammy Scarr

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gathered to try to catch a glimpse of the rock icon.

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Emergency personnel were brought in to attend to several people,

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including Scar, who were found dehydrated and dizzy, the singer,

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as well as TV personality Eva, who was at the

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studio for a live broadcast of Espresso Yourself were safely

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escorted out of the building. It's been reported that following

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the departure of Sammy Scarr, fans outside seemed confused and delirious.

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It was a little after noon the next day when

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Sammy checked out of the er and was wheeled out

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the employee entrance to avoid the fans lingering in the

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hospital lobby. Having proudly tossed aside the cigarettes and heavy

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liquor decades ago, the doctor's suggestion to combat his recent

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bouts of fatigue and dizziness amounted to nothing more than

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Sammy upping his water intake and maybe cutting back on

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sugar and caffeine. Sammy regularly walked or jogged on the beach,

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and the doctors actually appreciated his occasional glass of wine.

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So the best that could be figured is that due

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to nearing sixty, Sammy just needed to take a little

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better care of himself. Thank you Sid for the lift,

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laughed Sammy as he slid into the limo. I'm so

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over all the poking and prodding, sid cooed Sherry as

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she pressed against Sammy. Kind of weird, but I can

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work with weird. Maybe you'd rather be the one doing

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the poking and prodding. I appreciate the offer, but I

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think I'll just go back in and call a cab.

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I don't think that's going to happen, teased Sherry as

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she pointed to the faces pressed against the window. But

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don't mind them. They can't see us, and there's not

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going to be anything to see, sneered Sammy. Hey driver,

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get us out of here. They're here for you. That's

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what I keep hearing, mumbled Sammy as he stared out

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the window. That's what I keep hearing. Sherry playfully pouted

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as she scooted away and fixed her skirt while Sammy

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twisted the radio dial. He wasn't totally oblivious that, even

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at almost fifty, Sherry was a gorgeous woman with legs

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for miles. He just didn't have any use for the

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drama that even a quick hand job on the rock

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and roll clock might create, no use for anything short

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of what he shared with Aniela, a love of a

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lifetime that he deemed impossible to find ever again. Now

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all that was left was for him to give himself

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back to rock and roll. Hey, hey, this is roxy

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roller on the big A coming at you. Live with

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the huge announcement. The world has been waiting for this

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Saturday Times Square nine pm in super huge, loud, live

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in color, never before heard just before its release, the

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world premiere of long sought out nineteen eighty five Sammy

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scar song Stars and Scars, and not just the song kitties.

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Are you ready for this? Turns out that forty years

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ago Sammy and his band secretly filmed a video to

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promote the tune Stars and Scars, a video buried so

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deep that no one, including the big wigs at the

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record label, knew it even existed until till now. Times

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Square will be blocked off. So join Big Apple Radio

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right there see Sammy, Crash DC and the late BP

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men's together again thanks to never before seen footage. And

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if you can't make it out, don't whine and pout.

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Check your cable provider or streaming service to find out

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how you can watch this very special live event. And now, hey, hey,

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back to rock and roll on the big A. So

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I take it you and Sid worked out some outlandish

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plan for us to watch this whole fucking spectacle right

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oh you know it. Spit out Sherry a private rooftop

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bash overlooking Time Square from where we'll be. You won't

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miss a thing, might even be able to see the moon,

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every star and all the lights. Nice, mumbled Sammy, turning

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back towards the window. Forty years Huh, guess better late

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00:37:02.079 --> 00:37:08.000
than fucking never. Clockhands move, but the moments repeat like

453
00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:12.639
a broken record stuck on defeat. I trace the outline

454
00:37:12.639 --> 00:37:16.760
where your lips used to meet. Now it's just the

455
00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:25.119
cold and the pulse in my feet. Time Square rocked

456
00:37:25.159 --> 00:37:28.880
with the sound of Big Apple Radio, bolstered by the

457
00:37:28.920 --> 00:37:34.039
addition of an on screen presentation courtesy of Sammy himself.

458
00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:39.360
From high above. Sammy, Sid and Sherry, along with a

459
00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:43.519
cast of label heads and celebs, watched as the energy

460
00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:49.480
of the crowd below intensified until minutes before nine, when

461
00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:54.199
a video package detailing Sammy's rise caused the whole of

462
00:37:54.280 --> 00:38:01.119
Time Square to literally go fucking nuts to a deep

463
00:38:01.239 --> 00:38:06.239
hum as from his perch, Sammy watched his much older

464
00:38:06.400 --> 00:38:12.199
self on the screen the size of a skyscraper. Tonight, Friends,

465
00:38:12.719 --> 00:38:16.719
because of each other, we come clean. Scars that have

466
00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:22.679
been waiting decades to heal. We are ready. Yes. The

467
00:38:22.800 --> 00:38:28.880
crowd roared a yes in response. Stars and scars, they

468
00:38:28.920 --> 00:38:33.239
write My tale light the sky, or burn the sail.

469
00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:39.280
Every wound just shines so bright, like constellations in the night.

470
00:38:40.239 --> 00:38:45.840
I give you now the video premiere of Stars and Scars.

471
00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:50.159
It was all Sammy could do to hold back tears

472
00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:56.679
as times square became eerily silent, broken by the cheers

473
00:38:56.719 --> 00:39:02.639
applauding the image of a young Sammy, a troubadour's risen

474
00:39:02.840 --> 00:39:10.880
serenade falling from his bloody lips. Midnight whispers call my name,

475
00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:17.519
silver shadows play their game. I got stars inside my

476
00:39:17.719 --> 00:39:24.079
veins and scars that sing in the rain, Highway lines

477
00:39:24.360 --> 00:39:31.840
and rusted dreams, broken guitars and kerosene. I danced with fire,

478
00:39:32.480 --> 00:39:39.199
stole the moon. Now I hum a wounded tune. It

479
00:39:39.320 --> 00:39:43.239
was almost as if Sammy blinked once and the moment

480
00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:48.800
was gone, the entirety of the square below erupting as one,

481
00:39:49.320 --> 00:39:53.519
an eruption that felt longer than the video itself, and

482
00:39:53.639 --> 00:39:59.719
as the party above exchanged congratulations, the gathering slowly settled

483
00:39:59.760 --> 00:40:06.559
into yet another hum. Sammy suddenly froze as he looked

484
00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:12.480
down into the square. Hey, Sid called Sammy, without looking

485
00:40:12.559 --> 00:40:16.960
away from the street beneath his sight. Didn't you say that,

486
00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:20.840
my appearance at this whole shindig would be kept secret.

487
00:40:21.519 --> 00:40:25.880
Yeah yeah, Sammy, Sid replied, No one knows we're up here,

488
00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:33.800
No press, paparazzi, nobody. Then what's this? What's what Sammy? That?

489
00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:38.599
Sammy pointed down to a large group turned away from

490
00:40:38.679 --> 00:40:43.800
the video screen and staring up Sammy's way. Why the

491
00:40:43.920 --> 00:40:47.480
fuck are they looking up here? Fuck if I know,

492
00:40:47.639 --> 00:40:54.440
Sammy sneered Sid. They're your fans, They're here for you.

493
00:40:55.840 --> 00:41:00.000
What did you say, Sammy hollered, nearly knocking over cher.

494
00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:06.280
I said, what's wrong with you? Sammy? You look pale.

495
00:41:06.559 --> 00:41:09.559
I don't know. I feel like someone might have put

496
00:41:09.599 --> 00:41:21.079
something in my in my drink. In the two months

497
00:41:21.119 --> 00:41:25.079
since the Times Square video premiere of Stars and Scars,

498
00:41:25.840 --> 00:41:29.960
Sammy was able to rest and rehearse in preparation for

499
00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:34.239
the first night of the tour thanks to SID. Within

500
00:41:34.360 --> 00:41:39.559
a virtual guarded compound in the Canadian countryside, Sammy and

501
00:41:39.639 --> 00:41:44.599
the band began razor tight as the world outside exploded

502
00:41:44.639 --> 00:41:49.079
in the second coming of Sammy Mania, a mania that

503
00:41:49.199 --> 00:41:53.360
prompted SID to cancel all public appearances in order to

504
00:41:53.480 --> 00:41:58.199
keep Sammy safe for the tour, Setting the stage for

505
00:41:58.320 --> 00:42:01.840
the first of thirteen st sold out nights at the

506
00:42:01.880 --> 00:42:07.400
Hollywood Bowl, easily smashing the record of four consecutive sold

507
00:42:07.400 --> 00:42:12.239
out nights set in twenty seventeen. The possibility of even

508
00:42:12.280 --> 00:42:16.559
a single sold out night anywhere for Sammy had long

509
00:42:16.639 --> 00:42:21.880
been considered impossible to ever achieve again. Just the thought

510
00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:26.559
created so much tension within Sammy that he could hardly

511
00:42:26.639 --> 00:42:33.119
sit still backstage. Sammy shouted, Sid, your insane pacing is

512
00:42:33.159 --> 00:42:35.960
going to cause me to have an anxiety attack. Sit

513
00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:41.440
the fuck down already. Oh, leave him alone, Sherry teased.

514
00:42:42.039 --> 00:42:45.000
You should be ecstatic. You locked up a tiger in

515
00:42:45.039 --> 00:42:50.440
its cage for two months and now he's ready to pounce. Well,

516
00:42:50.480 --> 00:42:54.000
can't he pounce once he gets on stage? Sammy, You're

517
00:42:54.039 --> 00:42:58.960
gonna drive me to drink even more. Hush now, chirped

518
00:42:59.039 --> 00:43:05.199
Sherry as she cornered Sammy. He's gonna chew this audience up, right,

519
00:43:05.320 --> 00:43:12.360
tiger er yeah right, mumbled Sammy as he pushed past.

520
00:43:12.800 --> 00:43:18.440
If you don't chew him up first, If only you knew, Sammy, Hey,

521
00:43:18.760 --> 00:43:24.119
what gives? Sherry asked when she spotted Melaura steadily walking

522
00:43:24.320 --> 00:43:29.599
in her direction. Shouldn't you still be on stage? Those

523
00:43:29.679 --> 00:43:33.199
crazy bitches, through just about everything at me, but their

524
00:43:33.239 --> 00:43:38.119
old lady Bras fumed, Melaura, fuck this, Sammy, you can

525
00:43:38.159 --> 00:43:41.480
have that fucking stage. I'm out. Will you take care

526
00:43:41.519 --> 00:43:43.719
of Sammy while I go try to calm her down?

527
00:43:44.480 --> 00:43:49.480
Sid pleaded with Sherry fucking nutcases. If it's not one thing,

528
00:43:49.519 --> 00:43:55.400
it's another, Sure, Sure, okay, Tiger, you ready to meet

529
00:43:55.440 --> 00:44:02.960
your fanatical audience? Fanatical? Like a boxer being led to

530
00:44:03.039 --> 00:44:08.119
the ring, Sammy stalked toward the stage, head down, toward

531
00:44:08.199 --> 00:44:11.920
a moment he never would have imagined in a million years.

532
00:44:12.880 --> 00:44:16.639
He wondered, just like he did that night in Times Square,

533
00:44:17.519 --> 00:44:21.679
what his Anela would think of all of this, kissing

534
00:44:21.719 --> 00:44:25.079
the cross around his neck that she had gifted him

535
00:44:25.079 --> 00:44:28.639
on their wedding night. As he reached for his guitar,

536
00:44:33.599 --> 00:44:40.440
Everyone good, Sammy asked the band heads down, Go get him, Tiger,

537
00:44:41.000 --> 00:44:45.440
snarled Sherry as Sammy started his rock and roll prep talk,

538
00:44:45.920 --> 00:44:49.920
Go get him. Never thought we'd be here again, and

539
00:44:50.000 --> 00:44:52.360
I'm grateful for those of you who stuck around to

540
00:44:52.400 --> 00:44:55.519
see it, and excited for those of you who only

541
00:44:55.559 --> 00:44:59.599
heard the stories and now get to experience it. We're

542
00:44:59.639 --> 00:45:02.840
here to because of the people right out there that

543
00:45:02.920 --> 00:45:06.280
we're about to come face to face with Let's show

544
00:45:06.320 --> 00:45:08.480
them our thanks, with all that we have to give.

545
00:45:09.400 --> 00:45:14.239
Let's leave every ounce of blood, sweat and tears on

546
00:45:14.360 --> 00:45:24.119
the stage tonight, every ounce. Sherry whispered, every fucking ounce,

547
00:45:25.199 --> 00:45:30.239
And with that, Sammy scar and his band hit the stage,

548
00:45:30.280 --> 00:45:33.960
partly to keep his fans from waiting, partly to get

549
00:45:33.960 --> 00:45:37.280
it out of the way. Sammy kicked straight into his

550
00:45:37.400 --> 00:45:41.719
signature song, caught up in emotion until it was time

551
00:45:41.840 --> 00:45:45.400
to call on his faithful fans to sing the chorus

552
00:45:45.519 --> 00:45:49.119
back to him, And just as the crowd was about

553
00:45:49.159 --> 00:45:54.280
to lose their collective minds, Sammy closed his eyes and

554
00:45:54.480 --> 00:46:00.239
led the way Withdrawal. The ache in my veins, a

555
00:46:00.360 --> 00:46:04.480
hunger so deep, but it's you. I can't tame. The

556
00:46:04.639 --> 00:46:11.760
silence screams louder than thunderous rain, Withdrawal, I'm drowning in

557
00:46:11.880 --> 00:46:16.599
your name, over and over and over in time to

558
00:46:16.679 --> 00:46:22.920
the drums, until Sammy finally opened his eyes. Suddenly, the

559
00:46:23.000 --> 00:46:29.719
audience looked revived and young again as they continued to chant. Shaken,

560
00:46:30.199 --> 00:46:34.199
Sammy caught a glance of his bloody fingers, but as

561
00:46:34.239 --> 00:46:38.480
he stopped playing, a pain shot through his arm, pushing

562
00:46:38.559 --> 00:46:43.239
him to strike back at his guitar, the pain only

563
00:46:43.320 --> 00:46:47.679
returning when he forced himself to try and stop again,

564
00:46:48.760 --> 00:46:52.239
reappearing as he ran towards the side of the stage

565
00:46:52.760 --> 00:46:58.239
and yelled at Sherry. There's something wrong. You eat him up, Tiger,

566
00:46:58.920 --> 00:47:04.360
laughed Sherry as she sang along. No, you don't understand,

567
00:47:05.039 --> 00:47:08.679
Sammy cried as he pointed his head at the rabid audience.

568
00:47:09.840 --> 00:47:13.519
I think they're doing something to me, Sherry. But they're

569
00:47:13.519 --> 00:47:18.360
here for you, Sammy laughed Sherry, causing him to stop

570
00:47:18.480 --> 00:47:23.599
dead in his tracks. Make them feel young again. They're

571
00:47:23.719 --> 00:47:29.519
here for you, And on and on. The endless dance

572
00:47:29.599 --> 00:47:35.840
between Sammy and his faithful followers continued, Sammy's face showing

573
00:47:36.000 --> 00:47:42.519
further defeat with each pass made to seek relief from Sherry. Please, Sherry,

574
00:47:42.599 --> 00:47:46.480
please get me out of this hell. And as it

575
00:47:46.519 --> 00:47:51.000
approached midnight, the audience found itself back in the heart

576
00:47:51.440 --> 00:47:56.760
of time. Sherry looked at Sammy, pointed to the sky

577
00:47:57.599 --> 00:48:01.880
and laughed out loud. They may be here for you,

578
00:48:02.519 --> 00:48:07.199
but by moon and star, I claim your light.

579
00:48:25.679 --> 00:48:30.960
Wearing on the corner where the street lights feed.

580
00:48:32.639 --> 00:48:40.079
Shadows dry black curtains on an empty stage, your footstep circle,

581
00:48:41.480 --> 00:48:42.119
but they.

582
00:48:42.119 --> 00:48:50.239
Never stay, just whispers in the wind, a ghost of yesterday,

583
00:48:51.559 --> 00:48:55.199
sometimes the vags, But the story start. I'll be the

584
00:48:55.320 --> 00:48:58.519
memories on the canls on every second, and he a

585
00:48:58.960 --> 00:49:02.760
very on the wind from your love leads be bad

586
00:49:02.760 --> 00:49:09.159
into wait troll, be aching my.

587
00:49:09.360 --> 00:49:11.199
Bases on the soul deep.

588
00:49:11.280 --> 00:49:16.119
But you I can't say the silent screamstowner, then thunderous.

589
00:49:15.559 --> 00:49:26.079
Main way troll. I'm dropping in your I'm driving in yarney.

590
00:49:31.880 --> 00:49:33.000
Clock hands more.

591
00:49:33.119 --> 00:49:36.960
But the moment's repet like a broken record. Stuff going

592
00:49:37.039 --> 00:49:40.159
to feet. I trace the yeutline where you look used

593
00:49:40.199 --> 00:49:42.960
to me. Now it's just the code and the pulse

594
00:49:43.079 --> 00:49:47.119
in my feet. So the pes not the story is told.

595
00:49:47.679 --> 00:49:51.119
I'm breeding memories on my canns born every seconds, a

596
00:49:51.239 --> 00:49:54.760
needle every hours of thought, a wedrawing.

597
00:49:54.119 --> 00:50:01.800
From your d Lea's be bad when oh be aching

598
00:50:01.960 --> 00:50:04.199
my Vea's a hung of salt deep.

599
00:50:04.239 --> 00:50:07.320
But if you I can't take the style of screams ouder,

600
00:50:07.440 --> 00:50:11.880
then under the rainway t I'm trouting.

601
00:50:11.559 --> 00:50:27.360
In short whack spills through the cracks in the door,

602
00:50:28.039 --> 00:50:31.079
riding your name on the dust of the floor. If

603
00:50:31.159 --> 00:50:34.679
lo is the true, then I'll pour soap ball beggings

604
00:50:34.679 --> 00:50:42.360
over the doors. But your card right so me aching

605
00:50:42.519 --> 00:50:44.719
my base off the salteeth.

606
00:50:44.760 --> 00:50:47.880
But if you I can't say the stop screams louder

607
00:50:47.960 --> 00:50:49.679
then sounder roust rainway.

608
00:50:51.039 --> 00:50:52.320
I'm drafted.

609
00:51:03.480 --> 00:52:16.519
Round round order, midnight of whispers called my name, silver shadows,

610
00:52:16.599 --> 00:52:26.280
please there again. I got stars inside my vain the

611
00:52:26.400 --> 00:52:29.239
scars it sings in the.

612
00:52:29.440 --> 00:52:47.159
Rain, how it lies in rustic dreams. Rule can get

613
00:52:47.320 --> 00:52:48.840
tars and cares sing.

614
00:52:50.960 --> 00:52:55.159
I danced with fire, stole the moon.

615
00:52:55.800 --> 00:53:08.400
Now stars and scar they ride my tail, slide the sky,

616
00:53:08.800 --> 00:53:09.840
burn the seil.

617
00:53:12.559 --> 00:53:16.119
Everyone just shine right.

618
00:53:17.800 --> 00:53:19.360
Like a s.

619
00:53:21.559 --> 00:53:22.760
The night.

620
00:53:33.920 --> 00:53:40.239
O the clock could take so slow, dusty records play

621
00:53:40.320 --> 00:53:49.920
the show all the ghost They come and go, leaving

622
00:53:50.000 --> 00:54:11.159
marks with roses, groove, cigarette smooth fills in old regrets

623
00:54:11.199 --> 00:54:12.320
and threats to wear.

624
00:54:15.119 --> 00:54:18.639
I traded love for a lonesome run.

625
00:54:20.880 --> 00:54:22.360
Now the stars.

626
00:54:21.960 --> 00:54:28.159
Keep still in time, footsteps inch down a hall.

627
00:54:30.760 --> 00:54:33.639
Fall, don't grasp begin to fall.

628
00:54:36.039 --> 00:54:44.079
Every frame of chap too longs they the price for still.

629
00:54:44.079 --> 00:54:52.360
Look Stars and scars It ride my tail line the

630
00:54:52.480 --> 00:54:54.519
sky burned the sail.

631
00:54:57.000 --> 00:54:57.760
Very long.

632
00:54:58.239 --> 00:55:09.280
Just shine sou blacky stars SCOI.

633
00:55:09.199 --> 00:55:21.000
My tale live, the scour and the seal. He just shoo.

634
00:55:22.840 --> 00:55:46.840
Black and that My Spookies was withdrawn. Huge thanks to

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John Stony Cannon for his first tale on Weekly Spooky.

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Welcome to the club, John, and if you listening have

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And if you dug Tonight's Cursed Encore, share the show

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Also My Spookies. This Friday, we switch gears on cutting

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deep into horror as Rachel and I carve into Bitter

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Feast from twenty ten, perfectly timed for Thanksgiving. It's a

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sharp food fueled thriller with revenge on the menu. We'll

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talk all about culinary carnage, kitchen nightmares and whether it

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pairs best with leftovers or takeout. So subscribe so you

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But now it's time for me to get out of

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talk at you next time.

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Thank you for listening.

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Make sure to find your way back next week, but

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You are safe, trust me.