![]() I put the dossiers together and Fed-ex�d them overnight to the talent agent and awaited a response. I thought he would be pleased with the candidates I came up with. Surely one of them would be perfect for the job. Much to my dismay I did hear from the talent agent the next day and he spent twenty minutes cursing me over the phone and refused to pay my fee since he said I botched the job so badly. It turns out that I misunderstood the apparently illiterate frontman of the group�s statement about wanting to find the �illist guitar player known to man�. Turns out that when he said �illist� he was using the outdated rap slang meaning best. Since I am not too familiar with rap jargon and haven�t heard that term used in years, I simply didn�t understand that he wasn�t being literal. I closed the case at the point and eventually had to sue the talent agent to receive my fee. The court did find in my favor since I had a contract and the judge found that the instructions I was given containing the �illist� guitar player requirement were misleading. As I turn this story into my friends over at antiMUSIC, that group still has not found their illist guitar player. But the apparently illiterate frontman has claimed that he didn�t really need one since he had been the mastermind behind ALL of the group�s music from day one and they proceeded to record the new album without a permanent guitarist. I don�t know about you but I doubt I will be picking up a copy of that new album when it comes out unless I wanted to experience the true meaning of "ill". Until next time this is Dirk Spenser--
Rock Detective signing off.
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