Newsflash! Newsflash! Newsflash! 'Baby, baby, baby' is finished. It's
official! Some 'tings' will be worth the wait!
Anyway, nuff wit da cryptic messages, on with what happened inna Vienna
town
this week
And so many bunnies around we might have to invest in a rabbit hutch for
Bootsville! This according to DJ Nippon Nik who has taking to
reprocessing
Plutonium as it is a lot less hassle then his present girlie! Me and Nik
pick the loons! Check the next story folks
The city bike!
Yes Vienna has introduced a city bike. Deemed the Viennabike and for a
small
deposit of 2 Euro's this bike can be hired and ridden around the
wonderful
city of Wien. This actually not the first time the city bike has been
introduced. 2000 bikes made a brief appearance back in May before
finding
themselves in countries such as Russia, Poland, Bosnia and Hungary. A
few
apparently made their way to the bottom of the river Danube too. What's
2
Euros anyway! BTW, If anybody does see a pink or blue Nokia/T-Mobile
Viennabike anywhere else apart from Vienna, can we please have it back!
We miss them. Anyway another 1500 bikes made an appearance last week and
Dr Boots decided to take one of these bikes out for test ride.
Here's his report!
Bootsman and a good guy of Vienna Mr Vale Hackl decided to embark on a
two
wheeled excursion of the city of Wien. Well actually we were just going
home
after a tasty BBQ in the 19th district. Vale goes for the pink (Ooops,
can I
say that?) while the good Dr finds himself a stunning and very shiny
Blue
sponsored Nokia two wheel dream machine. This bike comes fully loaded
with
shopping basket at the front for all those pit stops at the local Billa
supermarket, three speed grip shift Shimano stylee gearing for awesome
acceleration and breathtaking top speeds, dynamo lighting for those late
night visits to your local Herbalist. It also comes with a rear luggage
rack
to help give your friends a lift home. Top spec then!
It also weighs in at a stunning 17 kilos which is not so bad as Lance
Armstrong's 'Tour de France' bike probably weighs about 8 kilos in
total.
Mind you the Viennabike frame is made of lead piping instead of the
Carbon
Fibre frame of the defending Frog touring champion.
If you check the
link http://www.wien.gv.at/english/topical-journal/014.htm you will read
that there are instructions for use of the bikes in English located at
the
terminals and stands. Yeah right, most English speakers need
instructions on
riding a bike. What next? "Place your hands on the long silver sausage
thing
in front of you" and "put the bottom of your foot of the black rubbery
thing
near the concrete and press". BTW, the guy in the Austrian hotpants in
the
photo isn't Cukipapa, Dr Boots or Alan Brown and has no connection at
all
with any of my gigs! I don't DJ at those kinda parties! I would like to
add
in defence of all my Viennese friends and peeps, that this is not the
normal
dress code in town either. We reckon the guy is a German tourist on his
way
to a fancy dress party! Evisu are yet to make Chamois leather pants we
think!
Anyway less of the idle chit chat and more of the adventure! After
making
sure Vale gets his bike and boots home for his nights Zzzzzzzzzzz's, Dr
Boots rides into the distance of a warm summery Vienna Night. On my
arriving
at Gumpendorferstrasse station I am approached by two pink T-Mobile
sponsered Viennabikes and two lost looking lovelies obviously enjoying
the
shape of the saddle (how did you know bunnies would be involved). They
say
in the slowest and clearest possible English "Do...........
you...........
know........ where..... the....... Renaissance.........
hotel...........is?"
I reply in my quickest and unclearest English "Do you know where your
belly
button is"? A deal is struck, I'll show them where the Renaissance hotel
is
and they both show me their belly buttons. I don't half pick em'. Two
American girls all the way from Alabama on a vacation to the coffee
capitol
of world. Frightening! They decide that I am to be their 2am tour guide
and
that I should show them the sights of old Vienna town. I understand now
why
the Viennese city transport have issued English instructions on how to
use a
bike! Bunny number 1 had her seat about 20cms too high while bunny
number 2
had been peddling around in one gear all day (the hardest one). I told
her
that this was state of the art cycling and that grip shift gearing was
cool
and that Lance Armstrong would be proud of this awesome two wheeler. She
replied that "Isn't that the guy who went to the moon". I tell her
"no, you're getting confused with the guy with the balloon cheeks and a
trumpet"! She nods in agreement "Oh OK then"! As we are cycling around
the
city, bunny number 2 asks why I always ride behind them. I reply with
"just
making sure everything is in working order". They think this is sweet
and
tell me I am the best tour guide they ever had. Bunny number 2 inquires
how
I know where the Renaissance hotel is! (she's very inquisitive) She
knows
it is not in the heart of the city and even though she has problems with
her
seat position she knows too that Vienna is bigger then just a fancy
cathedral, some Spanish horses and chocolate cake or two. I tell her I
can
see the hotel from my apartment (which I can) she thinks that this is
really
cool as she might be able to see my apartment from her hotel! From this
moment bunny number two is known as 'Bright Spark'. The adventure then
takes
a new twist as we then seek to see if this really could happen. Back to
the
15th district to test the theory that if I can see you, you can probably
see
me! And would you Adam and Eve it (believe it) I can spot Alabama bunny
number 2 'Miss Bright Spark' waving as if there is no tomorrow. Bunny
number
1 (still no name) thinks this is the coolest thing that could possible
happen to anyone and decides to shout through the window at the top of
her
voice and at 3.30am in the morning to her Alabama bunny friend who is
several hundred metres away. From this moment on, bunny number 1 is
affectionately known as 'Fog horn'. 'Bright Spark' and 'Fog Horn' are
currently on tour and you can catch them at stop offs in Budapest,
Prague
and Bratislava. They shouldn't be too hard to spot!
Maybe it was the 3 glasses of top notch Austrian red wine at the BBQ,
(does
this make me a drunk driver?) maybe it was just the fact that I live for
moments like this. But once again Dr Boots continues to find love and
life
in just about every footstep (and peddle) he takes in Vienna.
Sarajevo in da house! Cuki's house that is!
Enes, Nina and Emina all staying at Boostville last weekend. Enes is a
fella
but Nina and Emina definitely count as Class A Bosnian bunnies! In fact
Bosnian bunnies are the new lick with the Cuki. They take much pride in
their appearance spending many hours in front of mirror looking their
sharpest and dandiest and how it paid off. Wow! We luv ya Bosnian boots!
Finally happy B's to Dr R, Jurgen D and Sugar B. We luv ya boots also!
As always, it's either Schiebo or Natalie who come through with this
weeks
worthwhile web visit check http://www.petermc.de.vu/ on how to become
a
pro MC! Thanks to Natalie for this corker.
Dr Boots prescribes the following for your forthcoming aural pleasure.
*Nu Bitz to chart this week
Ooops! They all went missing!
I promise to inform all Cuki subscribers on my return from London and
Gothenburg about some great new music!
And if I ever get through this vinyl and CD mountain here at Bootsville,
it
will be one helluva chart.
Hold tight and sorry for the tease
Just a thought! Could this be the first Cuki chart without a
................. chart?
Not even a Java Joint?
Gotta go, gotta catch a plane
We gone ...........
Bussi babba
Stay lovely
Cuki out
Mail to
Alan Brown
Soul Seduction Distribution,
Gonzagagasse 19,
A-1010 Vienna,
Austria
Mob/SMS 0043 699 1260 4000
Tel 0043 (1) 533 76 1732, Fax 0043 (1) 533 76 18
alan@soulseduction.com
http://www.soulseduction.com
Those wishing to continue mailing me in London
c/o Reka Fabian
75 Salusbury Road
London NW6 6NH
UK
......... and
We luv ya boots ;)
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