Vinylseason 1, episode 4.
Wilde empowers Devon with frustration.
Devon spends the episode waiting for a confrontation that never comes.
She cant hurt Richie through courts, because thats not where she wants to hit him.
She cant get no satisfaction from the music, because Richies on a losing streak.
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Zak (Ray Romano) and Scott (P.J.
Byrne) are not happy campers.
Their future is up for grabs and for what?
Some artistic visionary they are following off a cliff?
Zak is stuck dealing with DJs because hes got a nose for promos and tin cops for ears.
Maybe Vinyl is trying to say that the record industry has everyone fooled and everyone else in its pocket.
Speaking of pockets, Hannibals best moment had nothing to do with dialogue or vegetarian office spreads.
It was when Richie laid some coke on him and he pocketed one of the vials.
Everybody in the music scene comes from the street.
Goulet was from Massachusetts and raised in French Cabnada.
He was born with that hair, by the way, no greasy kid stuff for him.
He was the whole salami.
The day after Christmas is an untouched market for a reason.
The former Little Jimmy Little took himself off rotation.
It broke my heart to see those reels go up in smoke.
I kept thinking there was still time to salvage it.
All musicians know the heartbreak of lost reels or lost cassettes.
The Rolling Stones began as blues purists who marketed themselves as punks.
The Rolling Stones knew their share of music industry vultures.
The Nasty Bits will get as good a deal as Micks kid got getting the part as the singer.
Its good to have high friends in low places.
The detectives are a hoot short of a hootenanny.
Cannavales face does calisthenics several times over as he covers up all the bullshit Finestra is spewing.
This guy is hiding so many things from so many people hes in danger of becoming Nurse Jackie.
The backstory probably has to do with some kind of rock and roll versus jazz rift.
Jazz clubs have a long history of association in gangland.
Thats a lot of sonic pollution to smother Richies head.
Its a wonder he can think as straight as he does when hes straight.
His musical decisions are better when hes at least slightly curved.
The Racket was written by Debora Cahn and directed by S.J.
Rating:
4 out of 5
