7th April - Brisbane - Normanby Hotel |
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We didn't make it to Stadbroke Island unfortunately, but instead headed for Brisbane nd stayed the night at Mark and Jo's lovely apartment (where we stayed last year too). I broke with all tradition and actually watched a soccer match on the telly between Chelsea and Barcelona. In the evening we drove the Tarago up the road to the Normanby, met up with the guys from Sekiden and Nice Wig Ted and settled down for a lovely time. Both Nice Wig Ted and Sekiden played great sets, it was good to see them both again, it has been a year since they last played with us. When we went on-stage I realised that we were about to play the penultimate gig of the tour and that made me a little sad. I didn't let it spoil my gig though and soon we emmersed ourselves in the cute, ungainly thing that is an Abdoujaparov gig. I think that we played rather well and the audience seemed to rather like the noise we were making anyway. After the gig, I was still a little lively, so along with a few friends I hit the Brisbane night life on a Cooper's Sparkling fueled mission to find a dance floor that suited my particular brand of wobbly arsed dancing. The Drum and Bass club was a little too challenging so we finally opted for Brisbane's finest gay disco where everyone was going bananas, dancing to the cheesiest eighties tunes ever. I had a lovely time! I just hope that no-one had a video camera ;-) |
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8th April - Brisbane - Ramonesathon |
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What a great concept. Get 15 bands in a bar and ask them all to play Ramones songs in front of possibly the most inebriated audience I have ever had the pleasure to witness. As you may know from earlier diaries on this tour, me and the boys have been practicing hard for this gig and have managed to play quite passable versions of three Ramones songs. That wasn't enough for an entire set, but we were allowed to slip in a few Abdou songs to make up the shortfall. We were the 9th band to play Beat On The Brat and the 5th the play KKK Took My Baby Away. All in all we couldn't have asked for a better way to end the tour, their was a real party atmosphere going on and Brisbane's Ramones fans certainly know how to drink! Thanks to everyone who came along to the two gigs. Thanks to Mark and Jo for their wonderful hospitality and thanks to Petria and Bron for supplying a crash pad after the gay disco! Well, that's the Oz tour for another year. Within a day I was bidding farewell to Jason, Richard and Pange as they got into the Tarago and headed back to Adelaide. I still miss them, thanks boys, you were lovely. I caught a plane back to Melbourne and spent some time with Nikki and the girls, before leaving for home myself. 24 hours, 30 minutes sleep, 8 airplane meals, 6 films later, I arrived in Heathrow. Fuckin Hell, it's freezing ;-)))))) |
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