20. Dirty Old Town – The Pogues

Talking about moshpits at Selina’s, these lads got everyone moving. It’s hard to credit really, given how mild a song like this is, but the crowd mostly made their own fun, I suspect. I drove there with Eyman, and it was on the way over that we started to talk around the idea of cycling around Europe: “I’ve had this idea,” “Yeah, I was going to say the same thing,” “Do you think it’s possible?” “Yeah, I don’t see why not”.

By the time we drove into Coogee, it was decided: we’d sell everything, and we’d go. A couple of months to get everything in order, and off.

It was a great night, epic, we could hardly contain ourselves with the joy of a plan, and the world was meeting us at that level of excitement. “He’s drinking from a milkshake cup”, “It’s a bottle of wine in there”, “He’s doing alright on it,” “Spoke too soon, he’s off for a rest,” “Spider looks like he’s taken over more than a few times”. And in a few months, we were on a plane to LA, en route to Europe.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s11BuatTuXk