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FADE IN:

INT. RADIO STATION STUDIO - DAY

Camera pans around the room and we see numerous posters of contemporary hard rock bands. As the camera pans, we hear JEFF REED, the lead singer of a band called GENNEX describing the band’s sound and their place in modern music culture.

JEFF REED (OS)

We’ve been at this for years,

you know. When I was a kid...

when we were all kids, things

were so much different. And now

... I mean music really has a

lot to say right now. And I think

we’re one of the best bands out

there saying it.

The camera focuses on a large microphone. A pair of hot pink lips are now talking into it. The lips belong to LUCY BRIGHT. She is an attractive disc jockey in her early thirties. Lucy has long dirty-blonde hair, lots of make up, and wears tight and revealing clothing. Lucy also sports a lot of jewelry and some tattoos that her clothing cannot begin to hide.

LUCY

(faking interest)

Wow. That’s really something.

Now, tell me more about this new

album entitled Revolution that

you’re out there promoting.

The camera shows us the four members of Gennex sitting across the control panels from Lucy. Jeff Reed is holding a microphone and doing most of the talking.

The other three members; MARK WATTERS, JASON AYRES, and CHRIS TENNEY look bored. All members of Gennex sport short hair, numerous tattoos, and plenty of body pierces. They all wear sloppy clothing. Nobody has shaved in days.

JEFF REED

Revolution is just that. Just

what the title says. Music has

changed, and it will continue

to do so. I mean, twenty years

ago... what did we have out in

L.A.?

CHRIS TENNEY

(interrupting)

Cock Rock!

The other members laugh. Jeff Reed looks annoyed by the outburst from a fellow band member.

LUCY

Well, that’s one way to look at

it, I ‘spose. This is Lucy Bright

on KLYN 106.5 Lincoln, Nebraska.

We’re talking to the guys from

Gennex, and we’ll be right back!

EXT. PARKING LOT - DAY

A bright-red Honda Civic screeches into a parking stall outside the radio station. JORDAN JANEY is late again. We see her car door open and a pair of legs in skin-tight jeans gets out.

We track her from behind as she hurries into the building; stumbling once in her high heels. From behind, we can see she is a tiny young woman with long blonde hair. Jordan is wearing numerous bracelets that clank together as she moves along.

Jordan bursts through the front door of the station, nearly spilling a box of tapes containing pre-recorded bits for her show. She notices MARTHA, the receptionist who is just about to leave for the day.

JORDAN

I’m here! Nobody panic!

MARTHA

Thank goodness! Bob was just

about to have me file a missing

person’s report with the police.

JORDAN

(hurrying past her)

He’d do that for me? What a

sweetheart!

Jordan swipes her ID card through an electronic security device and a door to the inner rooms of the station opens for her.

CAMERA FOLLOWS JORDAN INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING:

Jordan quickly moves down the hallway toward the main studio. She passes the open door of BOB GARAVAGLIA, the station manager. Bob is an ex-hippie in his mid-fifties with a long gray beard and long hair on his head which is going bald on top. He tries to be strict with his employees, but nobody is scared of him.

BOB

You’re on the air in five

minutes, Ms. Janey!

Jordan stops and sticks her head inside his office. We finally get a close-up look at her beautiful face. She is 22, petite, and full of sass and energy. She is made up heavily, but not as much as her mentor Lucy Bright. Jordan has a tattoo on her lower back that is clearly visible when she shows off her midriff as she is currently doing.

JORDAN

Really? I still have five

minutes? For a second I was

almost worried there!

BOB

You know what I mean, kiddo.

Most people in this business

use a little thing called show

prep to get themselves ready

to go on the air. Stumbling

(cont’d)

into the studio five minutes

before it’s time to go on just

won’t cut it, young lady.

JORDAN

It won’t? It always has so

far. Maybe we should sit down

and talk about this show prep

thing. I’ve never heard of it

before.

BOB

(motioning toward the studio)

Get!

Jordan gives him a sassy smile and continues down the hall toward the studio. From her POV, we can see Lucy still interviewing Gennex on the other side of the glass.

Jordan stops by the window and waves at Lucy. Lucy promptly scribbles something down on a cue card.

She holds it up so only Jordan can see it. The words HELP ME! are visible on the card.

Jordan smiles and enters an adjacent studio room where she will be broadcasting from.

INT. LUCY’S STUDIO - DAY

Lucy is still interviewing Gennex.

JEFF REED

So, that’s pretty much what we’re

all about. I’d like to think

of us as the embodiment of

contemporary rock music.

LUCY

And what exactly is that?

JEFF REED

We’re real. We don’t have to

hide behind a bunch of spandex

(cont’d)

and big hair. We let our music

be our image.

MARK WATTERS

(chiming in)

For sure.

LUCY

The album is Revolution, and

we’ve been talking with Gennex.

This is Lucy Bright, and I’m

just about outta here. Jordan

Janey is up next on KLYN, the

LYNX.

(to Gennex)

What’s up next for you guys?

MARK WATTERS

Headin’ west. Back home.

JEFF REED
Yeah, we’ll be in Denver this

Saturday. Salt Lake after that.

One in Reno... Truckee... Fresno

... then we’ll be winding it all

up at THE GROVE in L.A.. It’s

where we played some of our first

decent shows.

LUCY

So, I take it you won’t be making

an appearance out at DRY GULCH?

Jeff Reed looks a little confused. He has obviously no idea what Lucy is referring to.

Lucy points to a show bill on the wall for the DRY GULCH MUSIC FEST that will be taking place that upcoming weekend.

Jeff Reed scans the poster over quickly.

JEFF REED

Naw, man. I don’t think we’d

fit in there.

LUCY

Why not?

JEFF REED
Well, from the looks of some

of those bands who’ll be out

there... I don’t know. It looks

a little corporate for our

taste.

LUCY

(laughing softly)

I see. Well, good luck to you

all, and this is Lucy Bright

saying goodbye. And I hope to

see everyone else out there with

me and Jordan this weekend. We’ll

try to keep those dirty corporate

types out. Anyway, Jordan’s up

next. Adios!

Lucy hits a switch, and the next song in the rotation replaces her voice on the airwaves.

She and the members of Gennex rise to shake hands.

LUCY

Thank you all again for coming

by.

JEFF REED
Not a problem. You just keep

giving us those spins, and

we’ll be eternally grateful.

LUCY

We’ll see what we can do. You

fellas can just go out the way

you came in, okay? Thanks.

The band members say another round of thanks, and then begin to exit the studio.

Chris Tenney stops to smile at Jordan who is visible through the glass. Jordan gives him a polite nod back.

INT. JORDAN’S STUDIO - DUSK

Once Gennex has left, Lucy stops in to talk to Jordan for a moment.

LUCY

Oh, my God! Those were the

creepiest guys I have met in

forever!

JORDAN

(laughing)

The interview not go so well?

LUCY

As a matter of fact, no it

didn’t. I swear... listening

to that little shit go on and

on about how much integrity

they have...

JORDAN

Oh, I thought he was kind of

cute.

LUCY

The guy who was practically

drooling over you?

JORDAN

No. He was gross. I mean the

singer.

LUCY

Oh, please! You have got to

be kidding me.

(beat)

You are, aren’t you?

Jordan bursts out laughing.

LUCY

You bitch.

(cont’d)

You know, those guys are so

typical of rock musicians

today. Not a real man in the

bunch.

JORDAN

Can’t argue with you there.

LUCY

Where are the guitar gods of

today? Where are the drummers

with big dicks?

JORDAN

Last I checked, Tommy Lee

was still out there.

Lucy rolls her eyes.

JORDAN

And you wonder why I don’t

date musicians.

LUCY

I’ve seen you snuggle up with

one or two since you’ve worked

here.

(beat)

Who was that kid I caught you

with a couple weeks ago in the

back of the van?

JORDAN

Nobody. He’s nobody, okay?

LUCY

So you and nobody just decided

to jump into the KLYN van and

explore each other’s mouths

with your tongues. I got you.

Jordan just shakes her head.

The song on the air is coming to an end. It’s time for her own show to begin.

Lucy watches her protégé get started.

JORDAN

(into the mic)

Lincoln, Nebraska is it time to

rock?! It better be ‘cause if

I’m here, and you’re out there,

it’s time for me to rock your

world. This is Jordan Janey;

your sure thing on KLYN 106.5!

Jordan uses the control panel to switch on the next song in the endless rotation, and then gets back to her conversation with Lucy.

JORDAN

Look, I was drunk. He was, too.

These things just happen.

LUCY

What kind of things? Just how

far did he get?

JORDAN

That’s none of your business.

LUCY

Seriously. Who was he, again?

JORDAN

Chris somebody. He plays guitar

for one of those bands we saw

that night.

LUCY

Chris somebody? A minute ago he

was nobody, and now he’s

graduated to being a somebody.

JORDAN

And you’ve been with how many

band guys over the years?

LUCY

Too many. I’ll admit it.

JORDAN

And I make out with one guy

and it’s like it’s a big

scandal or something? What

the hell?

LUCY

You fucked him, didn’t you?

Jordan gives her the finger.

Bob joins Lucy in the doorway.

BOB

It’s about that time, I guess.

(to Lucy)

You leaving, too?

LUCY

Yepper.

BOB

You two both heading out to

Dry Gulch this weekend?

JORDAN

That’s the plan, anyway. How

about you?

BOB

I’m not sure that’s my crowd

out there.

LUCY

Your crowd is still stuck in

the mud back at Woodstock!

BOB

Hey! For your information I

was at Woodstock, young lady.

It was real. It was an event.

It was a hell of a lot more

(cont’d)

than a bunch of aging has-beens

and up-and-coming nobodys

playing to a bunch of hicks

drunk on keg beer. The least

you ladies could do for me

is get an interview or two

from somebody there who has

sold a thousand albums this

decade... if there is such

an act on that bill.

JORDAN

Well, if you’re going to ask

us that way, then forget it.

LUCY

I already told you. Jordan and

I are not on official station

business this weekend. We’re

just going out there to have

fun.

BOB

Isn’t that what I pay you for?

Isn’t all of this fun?

Jordan and Lucy just look at each other and roll their eyes.

BOB

Lucy, you know probably half

the guys who’ll be playing

in this thing. What about

Clark Stokley? I know you

could get me something in

depth with him.

LUCY

I may get something in depth

from Clark, but it won’t be

something we can use on the

air!

BOB

(after a pause)

Oh, I get it.

Jordan and Lucy share a giggle.

BOB

(to Jordan)

Well, you all set, kiddo?

JORDAN

I think so.

BOB

For some reason I’m just

always afraid the roof is

going to cave in here as

soon as we leave.

JORDAN

I’ve been flying solo for

months now. Seriously, have

I messed anything up that

we couldn’t fix? Have I got

us fined or said fuck or

shit on the air?

LUCY

She’s right. This one’s a

regular Mother Theresa when

she’s on the air. Thanks to

my training, of course.

BOB

Of course. Well, I’m locking

up. We’ll see you tomorrow,

Jordan.

LUCY

(to Jordan)

Call me later if you get bored.

JORDAN

Will do. Take care.

Jordan watches Bob and Lucy leave the studio and she is suddenly alone within the facility.

JORDAN

(to herself)

Well, I guess it’s just me

and the rest of Lincoln.

INT. JORDAN’S STUDIO - NIGHT

We cut to a few hours later. Jordan is in the middle of her show. The building is dark, save for a few security lights and the lights in her studio room.

A song is just coming to the end.

JORDAN

(with a sexy tone)

You’re listening to KLYN 106.5

Lincoln, Nebraska. And this is