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Post by starlighty85 on Feb 8, 2008 17:21:06 GMT
Wednesday we met our worst Italian crowd, but our first Italian fan. Hey guys..I'm proud to be your first italian fan!! ;D I had a great night on wednesday!! hope you'll be back soon..maybe in Milan next time! Lisa xx
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Post by guest on Feb 8, 2008 19:45:52 GMT
Quote of the day: Ross “Whats the story with all this salad shit? I may as well be lying in a field with a face full of grass…” Wise man that Ross. Stupid salads
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Post by klaartje on Feb 8, 2008 21:48:21 GMT
Argh.. boys and salads
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Post by delorentos on Feb 9, 2008 10:40:14 GMT
Friday
We got up around 11 when the landlady knocked at the door. We’ve had some funny sleeping arrangements on the tour so far, for example Nial and Ross shared a double bed in Riva De Garda while Myself and Ro shared in Udine, and so this morning Ross wasn’t too happy as Nial had taken all the covers and kicked the crap out of him in his sleep. We went back up to the Castillo for breakfast, videoing the drive and the view as we went, and played some pool and video games before we headed to Rome. The drive was only 3 hours and we were determined to avoid the dreaded pasta/pizza axis of evil from another AutoGrill so we didn’t stop, and arrived at the venue at 4. There was a poster outside of a bloodied male torso holding a decapitated sheep foetus baring the slogan “queers not lambs” and the area was covered in (crap) Graffiti and dodgy looking characters so we didn’t really know what to expect. We went for a walk, stopping into an internet café to have a quick listen to a version of “basis of everything” we’d recorded in Irish, and grabbed some coffee and looked over some pictures of the tour on the Gouj’s computer. When we returned we did our soundcheck and waited for our food and to be brought to hostel. Unfortunately the fella looking after it, Manuel, was delayed and so after a fruitless search around the neighbouring streets for the hostel we ended up inhaling some kebabs (no pizza!) and getting changed in the pizzeria across the road. The staff didn’t know where to look. We legged it back in and got on stage just in time to play a full set and encore to a great crowd. During the gigs we’ve been trying to speak Italian as much as possible, a few phrases, picking up words on the way, and tonight was the first time we tried all of them, some worked, some didn’t, and we even got corrections called up to us. I think some of the audience thought it was funny. It’s a deadly venue, with mad abstract paintings and (cool) graffiti on the wall. Afterwards we sold lots of cd’s and gave away some of the broken ones squashed in the car. There are some Irish girls here who’ve travelled down from Siena so we chat to them. “Where’s the Gouj?” one said. We pointed. “That’s him? Holy shit!”. The Gouj just nodded, as is his mysterious way. When we finally found the hostel, Ross, understandably, dived into a single bed, leaving poor Ro to face the wrath of Nial’s sleep Kung Fu.
Gouj Quote of the day: “There’s no way in the WORLD I’m gonna let no FIAT pass me out!”
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Post by gowayanshite on Feb 9, 2008 11:24:06 GMT
SundayGouj quote of the day: (when the fog lifted) "does this mean we're driving above the clouds now?" Haha.. yes yes it does. What scared me more than Ghostbusters 2 was this shitty game that came out after it.. this guy just freaked me out img462.imageshack.us/img462/7679/vigo5kd.jpg
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Post by dubhwhocantloginproperly on Feb 9, 2008 12:23:02 GMT
Friday ...a version of “basis of everything” we’d recorded in Irish go h'iontach, there kids! hmmmm..... 'bun iomlåine'?? eilimint bhunúsach? sure I'm waaaay off.... and that should be a fada not a halo on that 'a' there, of course... rumpateedoo where's me focloir poca... and some peeps reading this are thinking "recorded in irish? what like with a darby o'gill lucky charms accent?"
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Post by klaartje on Feb 9, 2008 13:22:19 GMT
Wouldn't it be an idea to put Nial in the single bed?
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Post by gowayanshite on Feb 9, 2008 14:02:07 GMT
Wouldn't it be an idea to put Nial in the single bed? Spoon for comfort. Spoon for pleasure. Spoon for heat. There's nothing wrong with a bit of male on male spooning... many a time Ive shared a bed with three to four other lads.. its important to sleep head to toe or else it all gets very gay very quickly.. especially if you ve been drinking.
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Post by Hazey on Feb 9, 2008 20:06:38 GMT
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Post by rojo on Feb 10, 2008 13:16:49 GMT
Friday ...a version of “basis of everything” we’d recorded in Irish go h'iontach, there kids! hmmmm..... 'bun iomlåine'?? eilimint bhunúsach? sure I'm waaaay off.... and that should be a fada not a halo on that 'a' there, of course... rumpateedoo where's me focloir poca... and some peeps reading this are thinking "recorded in irish? what like with a darby o'gill lucky charms accent?" Oh wow - Can't wait to hear this!!! Sounds deadly. Wonder what it's for? Maybe the lads are playing a gig on Aifric... Hehehe
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Post by gowayanshite on Feb 10, 2008 14:44:52 GMT
Wouldn't it be an idea to put Nial in the single bed? Sthingy for comfort. Sthingy for pleasure. Sthingy for heat. There's nothing wrong with a bit of male on male sthingying... Hmmm.. I'll show you "Sthingy"!
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Post by delorentos on Feb 10, 2008 19:32:11 GMT
Saturday
We could probably write a few guide books now, How to see Venice in one hour for example, and today we got up early for a bit more short-of-time tourist action. Rome is so littered with ancient buildings you find yourself stopping every other street to try figure out what some ruin was. We headed to a walled square from where we got a tram up to the Colosseum. After a bit of looking around we grab lunch down the street from the Arena where the "wacky" waiter serves us suspiciously microwaved food for a reasonable price. I'm going to need a pasta detox after this. Ro and the Gouj got some string beans, our first glimpse of green vegetables that weren’t on a pizza in 8 days. We payed our 11 quid and went into the Colosseum, While The Gouj quoted Gladiator and compared it to Croke Park. Its very impressive, nearly 2000 years old. Criminals used to be torn alive at the mercy of the crowd here, and their bodies dragged through the south facing exit. Something similar happened to us at punk gig a few years ago. I was just wondering if we would always try to sightsee if we visited places we’d never been, when we saw a few members of the England Rugby team, in town to play the Italians tomorrow. They pretended not to recognise us, so we did the same to them. We grabbed a coffee and strolled back to start the short drive to Froisinone. Its only an hour away on the motorway, but in Irish terms its Dublin to Tipperary. When we get there we’re slightly outside the town and we drive around industrial estates until we get through to someone on the phone who can direct us. We were pretty tired when we finally found the tiny Cantina Mediterraneaneo pub, and we kinda didn’t know what to think. We decided not to hang about and wait again like last night, so we went straight to the hotel to find out where it was. Its quite, um, grotty, and bit like the Outlook hotel from the Shining. We don’t hang about there either, and return to the venue for soundcheck. The Soundman and staff are very friendly and they put us on a great feed but we can’t help wonder if there’s gonna be anyone at this gig as its so remote. The owner, max, gets us to have shots of Grappa (bleurgh) and after a half hour kip in Hotel Eighties we head back to find a load of people inside, with scores of cars parked outside. There’s about 50 or 60 people inside and another load outside smoking while the punk support band play. Its mad how people are so willing to travel to a venue to see a band they’ve never heard of, It doesn’t seem to happen as much in Ireland, but its great and to our benefit. The venue is small and bright and it’s a little naked playing the songs, I think the tiredness of the last 8 days affects us a bit, but it still goes well and lots of people are very complimentary afterwards. Afterwards we wade through a few drinks and sometime around 2.30 head back to the Bates motel for a few hours kip before our flight. We’re all pretty shattered and as my passport is in Lost property in the airport we’re gonna go up a little early, and will leave the hotel around 8. We do a short piece to camera for Gouj’s video and we summarise the last week and a bit. Its been a great experience, lots of people have enjoyed it and lots of people now have our cd. Hopefully we get to come back…
Quote of the day: Goujons: “I’d say I could learn Italian in two days.” Kieran: “You’ve been here a week and you can’t even ask for a sandwich!”
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Post by siobhan on Feb 10, 2008 20:47:19 GMT
that sounds like a deadly tour!
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Post by guest on Feb 11, 2008 14:13:51 GMT
Cheek of those english boys
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Post by Haze on Feb 12, 2008 17:12:10 GMT
Cheek of those english boys hehehe Kier looks a iccle italian anyway so he probablly got alot people trying to speak italian to him... I can imagine the exaustion on the last night.. ive seen tiredness but that was way over that..
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