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Thread #61786 Message #997115
Posted By: GUEST,MichaelM
05-Aug-03 - 10:58 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Tiny Fish For Japan - What's it about?
Subject: RE: Origins: Tiny Fish For Japan - What's it about?
I heard a long intro to Tiny Fish during a live performance in Kingston. If I may paraphrase...
Stan talked about his trip out on a turtleback to catch smelt "fish that we aren't allowed to eat so we ship them off to foreigners. Now the one thing no-one had told me about turtlebacks is that they were totally enclosed, no deck outside to get a breath of fresh air just the smell of dead fish...old dead fish...long dead fish. So when I unpacked my limburger and onion sandwich the crew invited me to go up to the bridge and help the autopilot to steer the boat. And if the little red light should stop blinking I should come and tell them. I noticed a small t.v. set built into the bulkhead above the controls and turned it on. And there amid the stench of dead fish and the heaving boat and the horizon doing things I didn't want to think about I watched in full panoply and splendour... the wedding of Charles and Diana, also known as Chuck and Di... or in this case Upchuck and Die."