It was with great joy that Gabriel decided that a call to their friend, Hooper was in order. At 3 am, you'd expect a hangup, but Hooper is a true masochist, who apparently listened in a dream state to Gabriel describing the evolution of the new music group called "Manpon", who's new CD was tentatively titled "Sargeant Stroker and The Wild Fetal Pleasure" and included such songs as "Eeeee", "Oooooh" and of course, that time honored favorite, "The Ballistic Mullet."
Hooper knew he wasn't at the Mardi Gras. Gabriel and Drew let him know that with that phone call.
And somehow, I think Hooper was very happy about that at the moment.