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He then startled scrawling a list
of the group's "rogues gallery" thus far next to some of the
sketches he had down earlier of potential group tactics. The list
was in three columns - name, demonstrated abilities, and current
status. It looked something like this as he finished and hid the
document and its cousins in the liner notes to Iron Butterfly's
"InnaGaddaDaVida" LP on his bookshelf |
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Not too much later, she's knocking
at the door to Josh's apartment in Park Place, and even before he
opens the door she can hear the stereo blaring a track from "Living
with the Law" by Chris
Whitley.
..."Yeah." The music dies on the
lyrics "I mean skin and all" as Josh turns off the stereo in the
middle of "I Forget You Every Day". He opens the door for Amanda and
turns the lights off. Pulling the door closed he takes his keys out
of his pockets and locks up the apartment.
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"Hey!" she laughs with an
unsuccessful attempt to duck. "You know full well the Official Punch
Buggy Rules say that only applies to the old ones! There's too many
of the new ones around." She disarms the alarm, gets in and reaches
across to and open the door for him. It still smells intensely new
and hasn't acquired the usual layer of car clutter -- a state that
will probably last about a week. There's a blue carnation in the bud
vase and a Yo-Yo
Ma tape in the deck, _Soul of the Tango_. When she looks around
the interior, there's a certain kid-at-Christmas light in her eyes;
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"You play for the Thoroughblades,
right? You're the 'Tequila' guy, right?" Carl grimaced with
exaggerated pain. Some bright organist got the idea to break into 'Tequila' after
particularly nice hits -- which was better than the Canadian leagues
where he got 'La Cucaracha.' The boy's mother hissed in panic. |
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"Hey,"
Jill replied, and watched the two leave. Then looked to Chase at the
table. Heard the Hank
Williams playing from the upstairs bedroom. Put it together
pretty quick. |
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"I
don't think the guys are going to make it, but Josh asked me to give
you this for him." She handed him a CD of various Canadian
Anthems.
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