Can't Be Saved
(Nov 2003) A short (1:22) mix created to get my feet wet with Acid looping software, starting with the free version, Acid Xpress. The free version is limited to 10 samples, so this is pretty minimal, but I'm reasonably pleased with how it came out all things considered. 10 samples! It's so few! 4 music and 6 dialogue snippets. Dialogue samples are from episode 4 of season 5 Angel the Series, "Hellbound". Speaker is naturally Angel himself. The music samples are freebie downloads scrounged from acidplanet.com (where the free mixer is available for download).
Format linked above is MP3.
FRED: And the hair and the cheeks and—- What do you think I am, stupid? I know he's been playing me with the looks and the smiles. I'm not some idiot schoolgirl with a crush.
ANGEL: Then what is it?
FRED: It's about doing what's right. Remember?
ANGEL: Your department. Your call. Just don't be disappointed if it doesn't work. Some people can't be saved.
ANGEL: You're starting to feel it, aren't you? How close you are now... to hell?
SPIKE: What if I am? Not like it's such a big, bleeding deal, is it? If a ponce like you could break out—
ANGEL: I never escaped from hell. All I got was a short reprieve. Not even sure how I managed that.
SPIKE: Oh, put your martyr away, Mahatma. Fred told me all about your great, shining prophecy. Pile up all your good deeds and get the big brass ring handed to you like everything else.
ANGEL: Except for one small catch. The prophecy's a bunch of bull. They all are. Nothing's written in stone or fated to happen, Spike. You save the world, you end up running an evil law firm.
SPIKE: Or playin' Casper with one foot in the fryer.
ANGEL: You think any of it matters? The things we did? The lives we destroyed. That's all that's ever gonna count. So, yeah, surprise. You're going to hell. We both are.
SPIKE: Then why even bother? Try to do the right thing, make a difference...
ANGEL: What else are we gonna do?
SPIKE: So that's it, then. I really am going to burn.
ANGEL: Welcome to the club.
