[acid-jazz] Dr boots on a bike, inna Vienna town

From: Velanche Stewart (vstewart@calpoly.edu)
Date: Wed Jul 24 2002 - 10:29:34 CEST

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    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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