*Pittsburgh looks like a nice town, but we were in and out in about 15 hours, which was a bit of a pity for 3 reasons. 1. my cousin lived here for years so it would be nice to be able to tell her I saw the place next time I see her. 2. it’s Andy Warhol’s birthplace, and I’d have liked to see the Warhol Museum. 3. Cindy Sheehan was leading a bring our (their – ed.) troops home thingy in the city park, today, September 11th. But as I write this, 8 hours on the road to Boston, I didn’t get to see any of this stuff.
Instead, we saw the inside of a Carnegie Mellon canteeny place, where Corpo played. No matter - the lads rocked for around an hour, I used their wifi, sold lots of merch (student grants must be just in!) and abused the abundance of food available to us. The sandwiches still tasted mighty fine today. Our planned on-campus accommodation had fallen through, so Matt, MC, DJ, gig organiser extraordinaire offered us floor space. First he brought us to WRCT 88.3FM studios – the on campus radio station that’s been going since 1949. Read it and weep DCUFM alumni. They had a such a great library, and the rolling shelving units I’ve been trying to explain to my boss that we need – note to self, shoulda taken a photo). Seems like a great station, would have loved to had the opportunity to learn the ropes somewhere like there during my college days. Still due, to general laziness that pervades the western student world over, they don’t run 24 hours despite their great facilities cos not enough people get off their arses to volunteer. Matt has a jazz show, and is one of those people who has no filter between brain and mouth. His co-workers reckoned everything he said is worthy of recording for a later quote. Such gems as 'i'm name dropping a lot, but I don't know who any of them are' and point blank non-apologetic 'i don't know your name' several times and several hours after we'd met, to me. Guess I won't be name dropped then. Very nice chap though. We didn’t get to say goodbye to our host this morning, he had been up and about while we were readying ourselves, in fact I had had the luck to run into him in his y-fronts, but couldn’t be roused as we left despite shouting in his ear. So now we’re in pitch blackness about an hour from Boston, where we’re staying with Brian outside the city somewhere. We just don’t know quite where that somewhere is yet. Why can’t the whole world be wifi?
*not Pittsburgh
8 comments:
VG indeed. And what lies ahead for ye?
we're half hour outside boston in brian & nataly's house in new hampshire, eating like we're being fed by an irish mammy, i slept in a bed with a canopy like a princess and general relaxing before tonights gig in boston.
was her costume skimpy?
ehhh...you guys are missing the film festival, so don't go thinking you're having ALL the fun. i saw Danny Aiello (chiropractor from "Jacob's Ladder") the other day - he looked like leather...all those Hollyweird folks do.
so do you get invites to all the aftershow parties and stuff?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
i think they know that i'd get hammered and start picking on whatever star/let was unlucky enough to be within earshot.
i cannot believe i chose to sit in a car crossing kansas and ohio etc while JAKE GYLLENHAAL is prancing the streets of toronto. oh jake.
that was mark by the way.
HAHA - of course it was!
have you guys ever noticed Jake's sister Maggie is like 13 feet tall? FACT.
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