It was a dark and stormy night…

The singer/songwriter and the record company executive were scheduled to meet
in a dark alley at the appointed place and time…

From the get-go, the songwriter felt things were not kosher,
but it was an opportunity he could not pass up, so he went anyway…

Early in the negotiations, the talks broke down, and things went terribly, terribly wrong…

The next morning, both the local sheriff’s office and the FBI
found the songwriter face down in the dirt…

Riddled with clichés!