Fan Forum - View Single Post - LP OTH S&S #118: Because No Matter the Impediments, It Always Comes Back To Them

a*shot*of*whiskey · 07-11-2007, 07:05 PM

I actually have two sides and in both sides she's struggling to make an impact at her job which I fkin love. Gaaah. She's still the assistant to the assistant of the label president. They shoot her down when she recommends a band, and they tell her to go get them lunch

Basically her bosses are about the money, and Peyton is about finding an artist who can change the lives of those who listen to them just as how her life was changed by the artists she listened to. During her first encounter with Dave, she was sitting on his desk doing boring stuff..updating online downloads reports and call sheets. She recommends unsigned bands the label should sign and Dave turns her down and wasn't interested. As she was leaving his office, Dave calls her back and tells her she looks nice and to "drop a button on that top" and he will let her sit on the next day's new music session. Peyton obliges. <Don't freak out about that!> He says "one button, one song..go get me aspirin." That was during the morning. They meet again in the evening (geez she's working late...)

They signed some artist and Peyton said she's horrible and asked why she was signed. Dave gives this lame explanation about making an artist "look hot." And Peyton responds by saying how we're making the world a dumber place. They talk about how long Peyton's been in LA. She said 4 years and she came because she wanted to "discover and sign bands that could change someone's life. Like the artists changed my life." Dave tells her that their job is to make money and tells Peyton that Rock and Roll can't save the world. She disagrees with that statement. She believes kids are looking for something to believe in and music can save their world. Dave responds by pointing out that she's been in LA for a couple of years and basically questions where her thinking got her..yeah she's still the struggling assistant to the assistant. Dave tells her the sooner she figures out how to "play the game" the sooner she'll get what she wants.

But Peyton doesn't want to play the game ... Dave said she already did by dropping a button for him. If she drops a few more, she'll get his job. Peyton declines and says she'll have his job one day but not that way.