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20 Jun 02 - 08:13 AM (#733542) Subject: Skipjack in the US From: Skipjack K8 I needed a copper-bottomed excuse for not attending the Peoples' Voice Furk Festival in Beverley (UK, not Hills) this weekend, so I'm jetting orf to Chicago on Saturday morning. I'm on what's derided as a 'Study Tour', so I'm sure that some of the drinking can be done in musical shebeens. So, I'm bringing me fiddle (but I'm only a deckie-learner) and this is my rough agenda:- Saturday Night (22nd) - shagged Sunday Night (23rd) - Abbey Well Pub Chicago Monday Night (24th) - Rensselaer (I've never heard of it, either) Tuesday Night (25th)- Lafayette (the Indiana one) Wednesday Night (26th) - Inianapolis Thursday Night (27th) - New Orleans airport Friday Night (28th) - O'Flaherty's, Toulouse, New Orleans Saturday Night (29th) - Flying Chicago - Heathrow. I'll also try to look in here along the road sometime If any 'Catters are in any of the above places, it'd be braw to meet up. I will be trying to keep a journal of the trip, so if it bears reading, I'll get back to y'awl with it. Skipjack/Greg |
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20 Jun 02 - 09:22 AM (#733581) Subject: RE: Skipjack in the US From: Noreen I confirm that the aforementioned Skipjack K8 (otherwise known as "Greg") is a right and proper person to represent Mudcat.UK on his current "Study Tour" of USA members would be well advised that this representative is authorised to: study local hostelries Further details available by application.NK |
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20 Jun 02 - 09:30 AM (#733590) Subject: RE: Skipjack in the US From: Les from Hull So what's your excuse for not being in Beverley on Friday then, Greg? |
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20 Jun 02 - 10:11 AM (#733631) Subject: RE: Skipjack in the US From: GUEST,Sir Roger de Beverley Les You beat me to it by a whisker R |
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20 Jun 02 - 10:15 AM (#733635) Subject: RE: Skipjack in the US From: GUEST LOL Noreen, You're funny |
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20 Jun 02 - 10:37 AM (#733643) Subject: RE: Skipjack in the US From: MMario I take it he is NOT authorized to sing or play an instrument? (since they are not activities mentioned above) *grin* |
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20 Jun 02 - 12:03 PM (#733706) Subject: RE: Skipjack in the US From: Skipjack K8 I'd say Les beat you by several whiskers, Roger! I was waiting for this one. I acquired a taste earlier this year (whilst cultural attache to Brussels) for laying about in airport lounges, watching the wee small hours drag by on the clock, so I will be domiciled in the beautiful south. Comfort poor Oakley, though, as he wanted the Purple Helmet Bicycle Display Team to do a ride-past in Beverley. Greg |
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20 Jun 02 - 01:33 PM (#733760) Subject: RE: Skipjack in the US From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull have a nice time in America gary.john |
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20 Jun 02 - 02:14 PM (#733791) Subject: RE: Skipjack in the US From: Noreen Is gary going too, John? :0) MMario, are you suggesting that Skipjack's playing and singing would not contribute to International Harmony, huh? *grin* |
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20 Jun 02 - 02:18 PM (#733792) Subject: RE: Skipjack in the US From: GUEST,Oakley Greg, who is Gary? |
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20 Jun 02 - 02:49 PM (#733823) Subject: RE: Skipjack in the US From: Susanne (skw) Enjoy yourself, Greg - and bring back a few photies to put up so we can properly admire your progress ... :-) |
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20 Jun 02 - 02:54 PM (#733826) Subject: RE: Skipjack in the US From: Noreen I too am always prepared to admire any photos of Skipjack, Susanne... |
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20 Jun 02 - 03:13 PM (#733839) Subject: RE: Skipjack in the US From: Eric the Viking Well, the USA must be desperate to allow Skip in, and the bugger won't let me hide in his violin case. As for laying about in airport lounges-snoring was the case at Stanstead! Have a great week mate, look out for dem buffalo girls!!!!! Cheers Eric |
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20 Jun 02 - 04:25 PM (#733884) Subject: RE: Skipjack in the US From: Linda Kelly Greg -will you be wearing the combat lycra this trip? Are you, or have you ever been a contortionist? (or is it communist?) Have a great trip! |
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23 Jun 02 - 02:40 PM (#735259) Subject: RE: Skipjack in the US From: Eric the Viking Well, the swine will be there now! Whilst we are at home. If you get cybering Skip, let us know. Have fun |
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23 Jun 02 - 02:47 PM (#735263) Subject: RE: Skipjack in the US From: Liz the Squeak Can I have a picture too.... rear view would be nice..... bending a little maybe...... in the lycra.....
Ooooooh nurse, the screens!!! LTS (And there really is a cycle display team called the Purple Helmets - I've seen the video!) |
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23 Jun 02 - 04:17 PM (#735313) Subject: RE: Skipjack in the US From: CarolC Have a wonderful and safe trip, Skipjack. You probably won't see this until you get back home. Still waiting here for your US Appalachian tour with a stop in Shepherdstown WV. |
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24 Jun 02 - 07:56 AM (#735642) Subject: RE: Skipjack in the US From: Big Mick Can anyone tell me where he will be in Lafayette this week? Phone number? Email me at mlane@accn.org All the best, Mick |
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24 Jun 02 - 08:13 AM (#735647) Subject: RE: Skipjack in the US From: Hollowfox Is that Rensselaer, New York? If so, that's in the Albany/Schenectady/Troy ("Capital District") area. Lots of good music, but usually on the weekends. I don't know what bars to go to anymore. You might want to invest in a phone call to the Caffe Lena (Saratoga Springs) or the Eighth Step (Cohoes) for advice. |
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24 Jun 02 - 09:44 AM (#735699) Subject: RE: Skipjack in the US From: GUEST,irishajo I think that would be Rensselaer, Indiana. It's about midway between Chicago and Lafayette, Indiana. My uncle lives there, but that's the only reason I've ever visited the place... |
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24 Jun 02 - 07:57 PM (#736129) Subject: RE: Skipjack in the US From: Skipjack K8 Avast shipmates, I'm here, in Rensselaer, Indiana, and it's as hot as hell, and all the better for that. Damn, but I like it hot. Thanks Hollowfox, it is Indiana. Irishajo, I haven't done down yet, as we're marooned in a Holiday Inn without a bar, in the middle of a flat place. Cags, we're using a roadmap with West Virginia on it, but it takes three hours to move a centimetre, so next trip, babe? Mick, I'll mail you when I've had a buthchers at the itinerary, but I think its tomorrow, Tuesday night, that I'm in Lafayette. Shoite, but I'm having fun. The flight over was about 9 hours into Chicago, featuring a trip over Skarpi's head, and frightening a few polar bears in Greenland. We hit Gibson's in Chicago for some grub, but it was bedlam, so settled for a slab of halibut in Dublins, over the road. Taught some lovely girls how to cuss in Cornish, and discovered self abuse is known as whacking off here. There was an awful episode at the hotel, when an 18 year old guy drowned in the hotel pool, having suffered an epileptic fit whilst noone else was around. Understandably, the place had a sombre mood. We did the Sears Skydeck, which, Poms, is the biggest building in the world, helped along by a couple of mega aerials they bunged on when the Malaysians started skywards. We wandered around the Lake shore, and enjoyed the benefits of warm weather on beautiful women. Then a couple of us cut loose with a fiddle and a C harp for the Abbey Pub, on West Grace and Elston. We got there at about 5, and chilled outside waiting for the promised musos to turn up. It was a long wait, but boy was it worth it? About 12 musicians, 5 fiddles, two guitars, two banjos, Irish pipes and a flute/whistle. There was a bird called Bernie, from Bedford, who played a very accomplished banjo, and a toppest flight fiddler by the name of John Daly. Sadly, as Bernie explained, there only seems to be that one session in the Chicago area, and the tune sets are peculiarly local, as I didn't recognise many at all. However, Tobin's came up, and I had rosin dust choking me by the third trip through that! We caught the Blue train home about midnight. Today was the real purpose of the trip, to visit the Chicago Board of Trade. The combination of a very hot, dry weekend, and a firm Malaysian palm oil market meant that when the beel went at 9.30am, these guys were going to go apeshit. They did, and the first five minutes was a bloodbath, with seas of traders barging, shouting, and doing that impenetrable tiktak that means how many million dollars is being chucked about. I have worked in commodities for 21 years, and this was the first time I had witnessed the hub of the world. We were on the trading floor a few seconds before the bell went, and the tension was palpable. The markets opened well up, and the action was frenetic. After that, we piled back out to O'Hare airport and picked up two cars, and poled up in Rensselaer to visit a corn seed plant, which again, was fascinating. Now we're being junketed by the Indiana Corn Growers Association, so I will bring up the issue of corn relish, Spaw! Anyroadup, that's it for the moment, other than to say that this is my kind of country. Greg |
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24 Jun 02 - 08:20 PM (#736147) Subject: RE: Skipjack in the US From: CarolC See, this is why you're one of my favorite writers in the Mudcat Skipjack. You can even make being "marooned in a Holiday Inn without a bar, in the middle of a flat place", and the Chicago Board of Trade sound interesting. Glad you're having such a great time. |
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25 Jun 02 - 01:37 PM (#736636) Subject: RE: Skipjack in the US From: Eric the Viking Whacking off-see Portonoy's (can't remember spelling)complaint! (Philip Roth) that'l keep ya busy. Glad you are having a brilliant time. Waxing lyrical about the joys of foreign travel suits you my friend. Cheers |
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25 Jun 02 - 03:50 PM (#736729) Subject: RE: Skipjack in the US From: Linda Kelly But Greg -it doesn't rhyme with Barclays! |
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25 Jun 02 - 03:58 PM (#736733) Subject: RE: Skipjack in the US From: Eric the Viking You'd better not explain how you got round to self abuse!! What no sheep out there? |
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25 Jun 02 - 05:50 PM (#736857) Subject: RE: Skipjack in the US From: mooman Quite right CarolC! And all that wonderful prose while wearing frillies over skintight lycra! You can see why he makes an impression wherever he goes! Best regards, mooman |
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25 Jun 02 - 11:12 PM (#737059) Subject: RE: Skipjack in the US From: Big Mick Talked to the lad for a bit tonight on the telephone. He is having entirely too damn much fun. The thought of this man, unsupervised, in the French Quarter is truly frightening. Perhaps I had better, purely in the interest of taking care of a Mudcatter loose in a strange (take that anyway you want) country, jump in a jet and go down and supervise the dear chap........................Nah! One thing is for sure, either Skipjack or New Orleans will never recover. I am not going to bet on which one it is likely to be. Have fun, Skipjack. See you next time. Mick |
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26 Jun 02 - 07:20 PM (#737786) Subject: RE: Skipjack in the US From: Skipjack K8 Thanks for the call, Mick. Still domiciled in Lafayette tonight, done Staley's corn plant and Purdue today, and anticipating flying south tomorrow night. I sure love this lard and sugar, have lycra, will expand. Skipjack |
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29 Jun 02 - 07:17 AM (#739344) Subject: RE: Skipjack in the US From: Eric the Viking Well, soon be home-hope you've had a great trip.Wonder if they'll let you back in? |
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30 Jun 02 - 06:21 PM (#739922) Subject: RE: Skipjack in the US From: GUEST,Skipjack K8 I'm back, haven't slept for the small end of a week, and am just about to crash out, but I wanted to thank Bonnie and Stephen for letting me sit in with the band at O'Flaherty's, in New Orleans. It was one great night, and I hope you guys like the Mudcat. Greg |
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01 Jul 02 - 01:31 PM (#740169) Subject: RE: Skipjack in the US From: Linda Kelly is that a soft sweet cajun sound I hear, drifting over the Humber? Or is it Greg snoring? Welcome back mon cher! |
