24th
April 2012, Tuesday, Budapest
We were met in Budapest by Luigi carrying a bottle of Polinka (the local
home made toxic brew) and the keys to our apartment. Thank God at last clean
sheets, soft beds, big bathroom and a washing machine!!! This was going to be
our base for the next couple of weeks. Krisztina had sorted this out for us
which was a big relief (Cheers.) The guys got a bit over excited by the size of
the bath and of course Terry, Craig and Kai all jumped in it together! Looking
back through some of the tour photos I think Plan B maybe to go down the
homoerotic Calendar path, we may do a 2013 boys only Calendar (what do you
think Plum, want to be the stylist?)
After we were all
squeaky clean we all went to bed and had a great sleep…
Bonanza Xx
25th
April 2012, Wednesday, Budapest
The
guys had a photo shoot with a Hungarian photographer Almos Eory Which was in an
eerie old decrepit building, with beautiful old features and streams of light
pouring through into an old courtyard at the back. It’s currently being turned
into a studio space and some local artists had already moved in and were working
on some pretty extraordinary sculptures.
Jazz, Daniel and my self went to see William Turner an opera singer do a private concert in Brody House. The three off us were really moved by how powerful William's voice was. Daniel got talking to him after the concert and he is coming to Scotland to give the band singing lessons and he's going to perform at the EP Launch which is at The Masonic Lodge on Hill Street on the 16th June, the theme is Mysterious Masquerade. William was there with his two very charming extremely talented French daughters and after the concert Daniel had a jam with them and we invited them all to The Stagger Rats gig tomorrow night.
That
night after the opera we hit the bright lights of Budapest and for any of you who have never
been to Budapest I would highly recommend it. It’s a labyrinth of interesting
spaces turned into bars and clubs with a relaxed atmosphere and little or no
sign of the over cautious health and
safety restrictions that seem to have crept into every nook and cranie at
home. The other noticeable thing was that there are no bouncers, can you
imagine the Cowgate on a Saturday night with no bouncers it would be absolute carnage?!
We did find ourselves wondering what the difference was between the young
drinkers of Hungary and those of Scotland, why do we have to have extensive
security on every door of every club an bar in one country and not the other,
what was so different about the drinking cultures?
The first bar we went
to was this tiny wee tequila bar in a curiosity shop. Loads of old trinkets
hanging from the rafters and shelves stacked from the floor to the ceiling with
all sorts from typewriters to manikins to old teddy bears and baker light
phones. Jazz couldn’t resist purchasing a camel to join his Gloss Ark, his
recent art project and Daniel a quaint wee emerald green clock for May (who was
being very much missed from the tour.) The next stop was Szimpla a big rustic warehouse where you
have to walk through a doorway of plastic sheets (the sort you get at the back
of a butchers shop) it had a big open-air court yard. The rest of the night was
a bit hazy, the guys stayed out I went to bed and the rest is history.
Bonanza Xx
26th April, Thursday, Budapest
We had a big
meeting in the afternoon with the Brody House team. Everyone one was feeling positive
with the direction things are moving in and the feed back from the tour so far
has been massively positive.
The gig was great and the venue was packed it was good to see everyone there especially Viktor who was the sound engineer who worked closely with the band and Owen Morris during the recording of their soon to be released album Scorpio Leisure.
Bonanza Xx
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