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G.O. Killed The Radio Star

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Chase sobbed. "Zoey, you won't believe it. I've asked my Grandad from maryland for the money for a new GO. It's the greatest mp3 player ever. And what did he send me?"

Zoey shrugged.

"This old radio from the last war! And it doesn't even work without some ancient adapter!" Chase was desperate. "Grandpa said that it's all he had got for entertainment back when he was in my age ..."

Zoey comforted Chase. "If you're so disappointed .. I'll buy it off you for a few bucks."

Chase sighed in relief. "OK, how many bucks?"

"Five bucks and a coupon over a taco?" Zoey offered.

"Deal!" Chase smiled. "You're the best!" He whistled joyfully when he received Zoey's goodies for his old radio set.

"It's always nice to make deals with you!" Zoey said when she highfived Chase.

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Zoey returned to her dorm.

Addie lay on her bed. "I hope the mutant bacteria didn't turn you into some greedy monster!"

Zoey chuckled. "Me? Greedy? Never! I've been generous enough to buy this crap off Chase. He wanted a new GO, and he got this junk ... For five bucks and a taco coupon!"

Moze and Addie took a look at the thing.

"Maybe there are even some insaners who would pay more for that ancient junk!" Addie shrugged. "You never know!"

"I might ask Quinn to look it up on the internet!" Zoey wondered.

Addie climbed back on her bed. She took her guitar, strummed it, and started singing.

They took the credit for your second symphony.Rewritten by machine and new technologyand now I understand the problems you can see.[[59]]

Zoey wonderedd what to do. "If it turned out worth a lot, should I give it back to Chase? Keeping it doesn't sound right."

Moze nodded. "It doesn't. But maybe it is as worthless as Chase believes it to be."

Addie continued singing.

G.O. killed the radio star.G.O. killed the radio star.MP3 did break your heart.Aw-a-a-a-whoah

"Where would we be without our resident news singer?" Moze wondered.

Zoey chuckled contently.

The door went open. Dustin and Freddie bounded in.

"What's this?" Dustin asked his sister.

Zoey explained the situation.

Freddie's eyes bugged out. "He wanted a G.O. and got this?" He pondered. "With a few tricks, I may turn this old piece of crap into something way better than just a G.O!"

Zoey beame brightly. "Chase will appreciate this!"

Dustin nodded. "Let's do it in our dorm!" He took the radio and bounded out, followed by Freddie,

"Moze sighed. " Now Chase gets what he wanted.

"But I'll get my five bucks back, right?" Zoey boomed.

"And the taco!" Moze added.

"True! I hope he knows that the coupon is about expiring." Zoey chuckled.

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Chase told Michael and Logan about his deal.

"Are you that stupid?" Logan told Chase. "This old thing may be worth thousands of bucks! You could buy yourself a bunch of G.O.s from that! And my grandpa had a similar radio set ..."

"Really?" Chase pondered. "I've got to get it back!"

Logan shook his head. "Oh no! You've bit it, you've bought it! If you are that stupid, you don't deserve any better than getting shortchanged by Zoey."

"Michael!" Chase cried. "That can't be right!"

"But what do you want to do?" Michael asked, shrugging with despair. "Sue Zoey? Hire a lawyer?"

Chase sighed. "Hey. thanks, pal!" He took his cellular phone and pushed the buttons.

Logan laughed hysterically. "So what are you going to do, you poorexcuse of a loser?"

Chase sneered at Logan.

A few minutes later, the door went open. A business card flew across the room and landed safely in the hand of Chase Matthews.

"Claire Sawyer, future lawyer! What can I do for you?" Claire asked Chase.

Claire explained the situation.

"Do what you want!" Logan scoffed. "I'm going to Sushi Rocks in order to have some California roll!"

"Oh, Logan, what was the name of that freak who wanted to join the Loganites?" Chase asked Logan who was already about leaving the hall.

Logan couldn't help laughing hysterically. "Eric Blonowitz? Forget it! He's the lamest spaz ever! Right next to Quinn!"

"What do you need Blonowitz for?" Michael asked.

"Drake told me that Eric collects and reassembles parts of old and new radios. If someone knows about the worth of that stuff, it's him!" Chase asked. "He's also working on the HAM Radio project. But he's a vegetarian. This doesn't make sense to me ..."

"Whatever ..." Michael shrugged. "If you want to beat Zoey, you need a technical expert."

Claire nodded. "What's his number?"

Chase looked up the directory. "Here it is ..."

Claire dialed the number. Eric was around. "Hi Craig ... OK, in ten minutes!" Claire shut her phone. "He'll be here in ten minutes. Until then, I'll prepare you a standard agreement forcing Zoey to render the radio unto you." She started typing away. The writing grew fast to some 100 pages.

The door went open, and Eric Blonowitz arrived.

"Thanks, Craig, for coming!" Chase sighed in relief.

"Eric! My name is Eric!" Blonowitz boomed.

"OK, Eric, you are an expert for old radioes?" Michael asked.

Eric nodded. "I've repaired some hundreds of them. Or maybe some thousands?"

"Great!" Chase stated. "I've found such a thing ..." He gave Eric the description of the old radio.

The freak's eyes bugged out. "That model is made of a rare material. A museum in London has recently bought one of it for 12,000 bucks!"

"12,000?" Chase squealed. "And Zoey gave me lousy five bucks and some crappy taco for it?"

Michael shook his head. "Aw man, I'm so disappointed by Zoey." He sighed. "I'd never have expected her to cheat and shortchange you. I thought she was our friend."

Chase banged his head against the wall. "And I've even trashed Rebecca in order to stick up for Zoey. What a fool I've become! I feel horribly ashamed!"

Claire chuckled. "Money is the end of friendship. I could tell you stories ..."

"Sorry, I'm not up to listening to long stories." Chase moaned.

Claire nodded. "This is too obvious. I suggest that we offer them an agreement. You give Zoey back what she gave to you, and vice versa."

"I've already eaten the taco!" Chase whimpered.

"Ouch!" Claire shrugged.

"Not a problem!" Eric answered. "Instapuke will help!" He gave Chase a few pills.

"That's sick!" Michael remarked.

"One question ... why is it called Ham radio? You're a vegetarian![[60]]" Chase asked Eric.

Eric didn't understand Chase's question and just shrugged.

"One warning ..." Claire boomed. "Don't try to commit stupid deeds like breaking into Zoey's dorm, in an attempt to steal the radio back!"

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"Claire told you not to break into Zoey's dorm!" Michael reminded Chase.

"I'm not going to break into her dorm!" Chase replied. "I'm waiting outside of it and terrorise Zoey, and I won't budge from there until I have my radio back!"

Michael shrugged helplessly. "I'm not convinved that Claire might approve of that."

"Whatever!" Chase boomed. "I'm going to get my radio back, no matter what!"

Chase and Michael were waiting outside Zoey's window.

"They are coming back from the chick flick!" Chase explained. He pushed the buttons of his mobile phone.

"Chase, I still think it's wrong what you're doing!" Michael tried to dissuade Chase.

"Then go home! I don't need you if you can't but bitch and moan!" Chase told Michael.

"No! I've promised to help you!" Michael assured.

"Zoey!" Chase thundered into his phone. "I know that you're awake! Give me my radio back, or I'll sue you. Claire Sawyer will fry your butt if ..."

Zoey was shocked. She came to the window. "You've hired Claire? Are you insane? I thought that we were friends. I'm totally disappointed!"

"I've thought the same!" Chase answered unto Zoey. "But friends don't cheat on friends."

"Are you crazy?" Zoey asked Chase. "I'm not cheating on you!"

"Oh you don't?" Chase asked sarcastically. "Why did you pay me just 5 bucks for a radio that is worth 12,000 of them? Friends don't do that to friends, do they?"

"You just wanted to get rid of the lame thing!" Zoey replied. "And don't forget the coupon over a taco from the cafeteria! "

"Oh, cool, thanks for reminding me! It was the last but one taco they had." Chase thundered. He stretched himself, doubled over, and puked on Zoey's pradas. "There's your taco! No quality meat, just some withering lettuce and some bland sauce!"

"Oh, sorry for that. But I'm not willing to take that back!" Zoey declared. "And you're going to wake up Moze and Addie with your noise! Maybe Coco, too. And hell will break lose when ..."

Chase clarified that he was not in Zoey's dorm.

Alas, Chase had already woken other girls. Upstairs, some window opened, and a torrent of ice water poured down onto Chase's head.

Chase looked up.

"Shut up!" Mindy Crenshaw screamed. "Get back to the boys' dorm!"

Suddenly, Olivary Biallo came along. "Michael! You've wanted to praise the moon with me!"

"Sorry, pal!" Michael told Chase before chanting some prayer with Olivary.

"Zoey chuckled. "I've always known that you should wash your bushy hair more often!

"None of your business!"Chase replied.

Moze woke up. "What's going on?"

"Your brother has gone insane!" Zoey remarked. "He wants his old junk radio back, in the middle of the night!"

"Chase, go back to sleep, or I'll tell dad!" Moze remarked.

"Now be a good brother and listen to your sister as Dustin does!" Zoey commanded Chase. "If you're interested, I haven't got your radio any longer. Dustin and Freddie are about repairing it."

"Repairing it?" Chase wondered.

Zoey nodded. "You wanted a G.O., you will get a G.O. Freddie may do that."

Addie woke up. "What's going on?" She yawned heartily. "Oh Chase, do you want to play a serenade for us? You're so romantic!" She took her guitar and handed it to Chase. "Moonshine, guitar music, ..."

Chase took the instrument and started strumming it, singing along:

Affaciati alla finestra bella miaT'invento una canzone e una poesia.E metti il vestito più bella, andiamo via!Un gatto, un cuore, e tu - che compagnia!Affaciati alla finestra bella miaNell'aria c'è una voglia di allegriaSerenata, amica della lunaSe la canti porterà fortunaSerenata! Serenata![[61]]

Feeling her heart melt away, Addie went back to bed.

"We've told you, the magics of the moon is going to charm you all!" Michael and Olicary boasted.

Chase decided to go home.

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Freddie and Dustin gave the reworked radio set to Zoey. "HAM-Radio, broadcast receiver, SMS, audio games, mp3, all in one!"

"See, Chase? More than you've ever wanted." Zoey beamed.

"Thanks, Zoey, you're still the best!" Chase bounced around. "And I wanted to sell the trash for stupid 12,000 bucks!"

Quinn bounded in. "Some freak offered me 12,000 bucks for my collection of toenails of my sixth toe!" She chuckled merrily.

"You won't believe it!" Freddie declared. "Sam bought the last taco from the cafeteria. She bit it and spat out a coin whose worth, according to Firewire, is 12,000 bucks!"

The kids all rolled on the floor laughing.

Addie completed her song, along with Chase.

G.O. killed the radio star.G.O. killed the radio star.In my mind and in my carWe can't rewind we've gone to far.MP3 has broken theeBlame it on AT&T.

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[[59] ]slightly modified from Video killed the Radio Star by Buggles which I don't own

[[60] ]cf. Drake & Josh : Aliens Are Coming

[[61] ]Serenata by Totò Cotugno which I don't own. Meaning: Show up at the window, my beauty, I invent some song, some poem for you. Don your most beautiful dress, let's go out, a cat, a heart, and you - what a company! Show up at the window, my beauty, there's a joyful desire in the air. Serenade, friend of the moon, if you sing it, it will bring you luck. Serenade! Serenade!