[/caption]Sunday, 23 Jan. 2000 (from an e-mail to Lee Self, fellow Elvisian ambassador)Yo lee, in the wind, bro,
Yeah, I am a biker now. I am an easy rider. Gots muh motorcyle helment, muh motorcycle gloves, muh peed pants to testify to the fear. It is quick though, we get back here in about 15 minutes after work and there in a half hour as opposed to the 2 hour hellride back on the bus or smelly bouzouki infested apeman taxi rides. We are talking about a real motorcy---kuhl. (remember arlo gurthrie song, dumb one
i don' wanna die jus' wann ride my motor sigh........ kuhl.
I am in the wind with Panos the keyboard player from the show. He is a good guy, a bit serious. His pose can be bypassed by careful applications of guido humor. Dresses in black. So do I for that matter. The motorcy in question is fairly dangerous looking. It ain't all that powerful but it's designed to look like Satan's own ride, Jap model called "THE ELIMINATOR" BLACK, of course. A goth bike. Makes me feel so relaxed. He is also a good and inventive keyboard player. We have jammed a couple of times. He has a Trinity...he po like me. One guy who looks at my gear and drools with envy. Wow. Most tecchie guys, as you know, turn up the nose at my old fussy cranky stuff. The sound system for the show consists of two guitar amps, one for the keyboards, one for my fiddle and voice. I have the microphone gated all to hell and back because the room is as live as Milano central station and feedback is my enemy. I am using my gear fussy, cranky etc., and getting a good sound is no small task. Gots my old compressor limiter, an Akai mini rack thing and my Roland mini rack echo pitch shifter and my BOSS pedal reverb for the voice. I admit there is a pride in doing good sound working against the limitations of cheap gear. A garage prole reverse snob pride. "WE DON' NEED NO STEENKING PA SYSTEM, MOTHAFUCKAH!!!!"
Last night was Saturday night, a big big deal in this town. I went out with Panagiotis (whom I call 'the motorcyle boy' or Sri Guru Easy Rider since he teaches me how to sit on a bike without falling off). We went to a bar called 'Dark Sun" frequented by people who wear black. People with many body piercings, where they play 'dark wave' music. It was most amusing. I actually felt I belonged there. I am looked upon here as a sort of elder statesman by these people anyway. The women are amazing young gorgeous things dressed in skintight black SM gear and dog collars and all of that, trying to look hazardous. As I have told you, this country is blessed with copious quantities of gorgeous young females all tight and fresh and capable of inducing seizures of lust in an old git like me. I was always a sucker for vampire looking women, even back in the punk days, hell especially in the punk days. Lest we forget, JJ's original image was pretty punky when we met. But Morticia lookalikes always got me going. Of course this is morticia after she's been to Frederick's of Hollywood. I went there thinking how tired I was of sexual overindulgence and I was too fried to look on women with lust then we got there. Jesus. These women just dance standing in place all skin tight and blacksheathed and gorgeously aloof...
drool, slobber pant pant pant..........
Great free entertainment. Why pay stripper club prices when they's little goth women a' dancin' fer free, jus a wigglin' and a twisting and writhing all leather and etc.....calm down big boy. Ain't yore wang done landed you in enough mess awreddy? This is where Panos the motorcycle boy likes to hang. His money is no good there, drinks are on the house. Since I only ever drink club soda at bars (no diet coke ever, I'm a cheap date. Got to know the bartendress who is also gorgeous, was wearing a Pink wig, glitter eyes, rubber teddy over long black dress. Arggh.......
'Saturday night's all right all right all right woo ooo ooo ooo ooo....' reg. dwight
