On the 'Mad Magazine' board game (it plays like Monopoly) when you land on the unluckiest square on the board, it tells you to "lose $200 and jump 12 places to nowhere". When you count out the 12 places the square you land on reads: "WELCOME TO NOWHERE, TOLEDO OHIO". . .
Pitchshifter played in cleveland, in Ohio, in Peabody's Downunder, four years ago with Carcass. Then the surrounding area was virtually waste ground and the club stood alone for music with only a Hooters for company - oh the class. Now there are a host of clubs and things down there and it's turned into a college boy's night out.
Mad Magazine was wrong about Ohio. The gig was a stormer. We booted out the tunes and the crowd got rolling. I managed to get a couple of dives in yet again (to further my quest across the USA).
Four years absence has definitely made the Cleveland Hearts grow fonder. Thanks.
After the show a plague of mosquitoes invaded the water front. Hundreds of thousands of the little bleeders swarmed all over the street and the club. The tour bus was covered in them. We had to stick the windscreen wipers on to see out. Freaky. Real life Hitchcock. Ohio disaster movie.
In the bar above the venue Johnny and I had a game of pool on an 'L' shaped pool table (take a look at the picture).
It had 8 pockets and 6 cushions and you could break from either end. A whole new set of angles. Must have had that thing specially made.
Are there any 'L' >shaped pool table hustlers?
"Eight ball into the sixth pocket on the left wing"
"What?"
Goodnight Cleveland. Four year itch.
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