We’re in the community room of the island where
Brian Epstein, once manager of the world famous
Beatles, has called for a meeting. He has information
for all these superstar zombies.
It seems he has a plan for doing some business on
the internet and, this way, make their afterlife
experience a bit more exciting. But we better
listen to what he has to tell us himself…
BRIAN: Everbody!!! Can I have your attention, please? Look, I know
you’re all above me with your talent as superstar entertainers, once,
when we were all still in the world of the living, but remember: I too,
in those days, had my talent: managing all of you, well most of you.
So show your respect, and hear what I have to say.
ELVIS: I got my own manager. You cannot speak for me,
whatever you say – Sir!
BRIAN: I know that, mister Presley, but somehow your
Colonel Parker is not on this island of once famous people,
so you have to do with me to take care of business, all
businesses, including yours.
ELVIS: O well, whatever. Prefer playing golf anyway. Continue
your speech, money man.
BRIAN: Okay then. Listen. I already arranged an internet afterlife
for all of you boys and girls, which gonna make sure people in the
real world can still hear your voices, not singing and listening to your
music, or watching old interviews online, but with new material coming
from this place, that is now our home, this island of Superstar Zombies.
BOWIE: I don’t like the name of this afterlife island.
Zombies, nah, sounds way too negative. We need
another name for it.
AMY: Says who? Ziggi Stardust.
BRIAN: That’s too late now. The name cannot be
changed. We’re already online and for the whole world to see.
We are now the Superstar Zombies, whether you like it or not.
JIMI: Can we still do some singing and guitar playing,
and release new, original music? Still got some songs
I never got the chance to record properly.
BRIAN: I can’t promise that, not yet. But who knows,
in the future, one day. But for now, all you have to do,
is do voice recordings, and then I, your manager, will
see to it, it will be on the internet for all people alive to
hear, as if you were still alive yourself. I did arrange a contract already:
we will all lend our voices to a project called Aesopus Fables, a 2000 years
old series of animal stories. That way people might get more familiar
with us, Superstar Zombies.
AMY: What’s in it for us then? Free drinks only?
BRIAN: Ah, come on! We can’t be just hanging around
here, doing nothing, and waiting for people to forget all
about us. Let’s just do this. I’ve set up a recording studio
– with George Martin ofcourse – and now and then we
will just ask you to come over and do some voice recordings.
And yes, Amy, if you want so: there will be drinks also.
BOWIE: I may wanna do some poetry readings…
LENNON: I’ve already did my voice to some of my writings
BRIAN: Yeah, I know. We already made a start with some
of you. But I want the others also to come up with ideas for
their voice. There must be poems you wrote, short stories
you can tell, anything that can be put online as audio, with
you doing the voice performing yourself. Anyway, that’s it
for this meeting. Let me know your questions and suggestions,
anytime you feel like. Don’t worry about a thing, I will make sure it’s gonna be
a success. Enjoy your afterlife, and let me worry about the business . Thank you.