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Ah yes finally I have a new awkward conversation to post fresh off the presses. And, you might say it was a day late as I usually try to post these on fridays but I prefer almost a week early. I had a lovely afternoon out with a couple of good friends, Gina and Jose catching an instore performance of James Morrison (not quite reincarnated from the dead as I had hoped. It seems he probably wouldn’t be open to doing any heavy hearted renditions of “Riders on the Storm”) Anyhow, after the set, I talked a little bit to his keyboardist sort of randomly as he was just walking around. I think one of my friends actually may have initiated the conversation and of course when I got involved the whole thing went right downhill.

Me:So how do you like America so far?
him: Oh we just got here last night
me: Then you haven’t had a full chance to hate us yet. Give it time.
(I think at this point Gina may have asked him where else they were playing and he said Detroit. We all told him to watch out.)
me: But Detroit is the place of Iggy Pop who never ages. Did you see him on the cover of The Big Takeover not too long ago? He looks like he’s thirty.
him: yeah I love Iggy Pop.
we all made rock out gestures to indicate that they would really have to make a real effort to appease a Detroit audience and Gina blamed the caffeine from the coffee (er…speaking for myself, I act like that pretty much all the time to be honest)
him: tonight we’re playing Martyrs
me: Oh you better watch out for that crowd…bunch of people walking in intoxicated off the street ruining shows (this is true btw). I had one of the best shows ruined for me-The Concretes you know them? (I don’t think I took a breath during this entire stretch of conversation)
him: no
me: You don’t know the Concretes?
him: no…
me: do you know Peter and John Bjorn? (I was thinking if he knew them I could trace it back to the Concretes with the guest appearance of previous Concretes lead singer Victoria Bergsman)
him:no
me: Man, you really ought to know your Swedish pop music.
him: Well, I’m not from Sweden. I’m from Denmark. (I don’t really see how this relates…you should know your Swedish pop music even if you’re running from lions in the African safari. It’s just something worth knowing)
me: Oh, so then you know Lars Von Trier?
him: Well not personally. I mean, I’ve met him a couple of times but..
me: You’ve met him? wow…he seems really vicious in The Five Obstructions
him: yeah
me: I loved Breaking the Waves!
him: Breaking the Wind?
me: no no the Waves
him: kind of an awkward pause
me: I mean…just brilliant. really incredible film
him: So when you think of Denmark, you think of Lars Von Trier?
me: yeah pretty much.
him: Who do you think of when I say Germany?
me: (immediately) Hitler.
him: woah!
me: Oh no! I don’t mean that I like Hitler…I just..

oh bother.

You can view the photoset of James Morrison on flickr

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