Sinister: tour diary part 5

[Andrew Dean]

Hi. It's Richard. The best thing I like about New York is
the taxis. They're great. And every time you jump into one
you put your life in their hands. And none of the drivers
speak English, which is great - so you don't have that
boring shitty chat that you have with taxi drivers at home.
It's magic. And they just drive like utter, utter, utter
c***s which is great.
The other thing i like is the food. Howard Johnsons's
especially. What a place. Tremendous. Cheap as well. And you
can drink cocktails while having breakfast which is...
pretty much always a bonus.
The city smells like shit, obviously. Not very nice at
all. Probably better in the summer. But it's always good
when you pass a nut stall, cause you always get a free
smell, and three seconds later it smells of shit again.
Some of the shops are nice, but it seems like every second
shop is either an electrical store or diner, and I don't
know what else you can do apart from buy watches and cameras
and eat. I think the highlight for me is Howard Johnson's.
And I'd like to come back here again in a little while cause
I've met a lot of nice people.
I'm not really into flying here or flying back though. But
I suppose it's the only way. If someone could explain to me
how planes stay up I'd be most grateful.

Melody Maker, 18th October 1997

andy
sigh.
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