In time, all shall be revealed...

Cool. A longtime mystery was unexpectedly solved today. Like 10
minutes ago. I was reading an article on the Rolling Stone website
about the re-release of the 101'ers record. The 101'ers were the late
Joe Strummer's first band. It got me thinking about what Joe's partner,
Mick Jones was up to, so I Googled "Big Audio Dynamite" and found
a fan site. On the site, was an extensive section with attributions of
the myriad samples used throughout the BAD canon.

One of my favorite songs from B.A.D. is a little number called
"Dial-A-Hitman", which features a great telephone conversation
over a whacking gone wrong. It sounds as if it was taken from a film,
and is falsely credited on the sleeve as being from "Lafayette Zero-6",
directed by a "Jan Jarmusch", which is of course, a nod to filmmaker
Jim Jarmusch. The thing that drove me nuts was the familiarity of the
two voices heard in the conversation. Finally, I have the answer.
The dialog was scripted by the band specifically for the song, and the
voices belong to none other than Matt Dillon and Laurence Fishburne.
How cool is that?

I've got nothing better to do, so here's the "scene". The caller is Matt
Dillon. Fishburne is Carson King.

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(Sound of dial tone and then a rapid burst of touch tones)

Operator: May I help you?....May I help you?

Caller: Yes, is this the operator?

Operator: Yes sir.

Caller (impatiently): Give me Lafayette Zero-6, person-to-person with
Mr. Carson King. That's King with a "K".

Operator: Oh I got it. (?) Thank you, one moment...

(ringing)

King (answers): Wrong number!

Operator: Carson King, please. Long distance calling...

Caller (interrupting, angrily): Is this Mr. King? Is this Mr. Carson King??

King: Yeah, that's me. Who's this?

Caller: You dirty little shitheel!! I paid you 5 C's of my hard-earned cash
and now look what you did!!

King: Who is this??

Caller: I paid you to bump off my wife, and then, then you...

King: Look man, I gotta check the file.

Caller: Check the file.

King: Yeah, target address?

Caller: 4275 South Brooklyn Avenue, Apartment 42-C.

King (checking file):4275.....Uhhh...okay, okay....I got it. Uh, let's see.
Target was attractive caucasian woman, early thirties. Name:
Mar-tha Lee.

Caller (very angry): Yeah, but you got the WRONG GIRL!!!

King: Hey, wait a minute, wait a minute. Payment was made on our
easy-pay credit plan, monthly installments...

Caller: Yeah, yeah, never mind all that! Look...

King: And we have...

Caller: Look, you motherf...

King: We have a completion report on this file, target was hit 7:15 PM,
4275 South Brooklyn Ave, Apartment 42-B.

Caller: NOT "B" YOU FOOL!!! IT WAS "C"!!! "C"!!! 42-C!! SO MY WIFE
SCREWS AROUND WITH THIS GUY NEXT DOOR AND THEN THE
MONKEYS COME DOWN AND SHOVE *HIS* WIFE OUT THE
WINDOW!!! HOW'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MAKE ME FEEL?!?!

King (calmly): Lookit man, it says 42-B on the report. It not our fault.

Caller (sarcastically): It's not your fault! Well I ain't paying!! HA!
So go ahead, sue me, hahaha!!!

King(still calm): So you're not gonna pay, huh?

Caller: I'm not paying!

King: Okay...uhhh. 42-C?

Caller: 42-C, yeah, that's it, you got it...

King: Yeah, well we'll be calling.... (click)

(dial tone)

Caller: Operator!! Hey, come on now! Operator!.....

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http://home.comcast.net/~spiritditch/hitman.mp3