Volume XI
Issue 5
May 2008
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DATE: February
14, 2007
TIME: 8:30 a.m.
LOCATION: Tokyo, Japan
SPOTTER: Lt. Col. Dick
At the request of musical legends The Starland Vocal Band, I traded a week of well earned rest at my chalet at the base of The Matterhorn in the bucolic village of Zermatt Switzerland, for a weekend of what promised to be unbridled debauchery in Tokyo. When The SVB speaks, Dick listens. When The SVB speaks of librations gratis, Dick hightails it to wherever they are…I’m kind of Neanderthal that way.
At a recording studio, arguably Tokyo Japan’s best kept secret, located behind a non-descript red wood door on the west side of the alley off Ginza Mihara-Dori Street and about 25 meters east of Matsuya-Dori Street, I laid down my personal interpretation of the “Mama Mia…Mama Mia…Mama Mia…Figaro” portion of Bohemian Rhapsody for much anticipated SVB Queen tribute disc.
After seventeen hours of falsetto singing and consumption of countless Eager Ninjas (sake cocktails) from bamboo themed sake cups the size of my head, my synapses were spiraling like a dead goldfish being guzzled by an angry toilet.
After the session The SVB headed to the Namja Town Arcade to blow off a little steam playing pinball before the first of there three sold out shows at The Budokan. I declined to join them as I desperately needed to see my one-time best friend Kobiyashi to address the fall-out from the rubber hose and chop-stick affair at the French embassy last month.
On the way to Kobiyashi’s apartment I took note of what appeared to be a depression era K-Class non rigid blimp clandestinely mirroring my every move – was it actually following me I wondered, or was it just my alcohol fueled paranoia rearing it’s ugly head again? I dashed through alleys and hid under overpasses; I retraced my steps and dissolved into crowds, to no avail. The single-minded blimp could not be diverted from its devious mission, until…
…While looking up to see if the blimp was still following, I was struck by a Cherry Red 1986 Honda Spree scooter driven by former Japanese child star Yumi Adachi. I awoke days later sporting a Brazilian Wax and a heart shaped hickey on my inner thigh - The blimp was nowhere in sight.
DATE: May 19, 2005
TIME: 9 a.m.
LOCATION: Dongguan, China
SPOTTER: Airship Spotter Basic Xie Li
It was huge, blocked daylight. Do not normally see vehicle of floating type in this part of the world. No advertisement of writing, but look to eat much. Hope it it helps. I do need a pocket change.