ADAM Masterson

Getting ready for my last show tonight in New York Town Live at Googies Lounge. I’m on at 9.30 it’s now 6.25pm.

Lately I been having fun, fun, fun, enjoying my fill of the city before I head out. My roomy from London Miss Maybellene got in to town last week, she’d been travellin round America with her pals Nicho and Fin. They started in San Francisco headed out to L.A went to Vegas on gambling spree and joined ‘The Red 500 gang’. Then headed down to New Orleans for Voodoo fest. Hung out with McGowan and Finner. I’d been sober for six weeks living the dream, but when their party wagon rolled into town, I had to jump right on it.

We started in Westville on Avenue A… steak sandwhiches and a bottle of Malbeck red wine… I was so happy to see my pals! We then walked down avenue A and took pictures by the Joe Strummer muriel. ‘The Future is Un-written!’. We took our stools at Niagara bar.

I’d been so sick out here, and in bed for weeks I got through a ton of DVD’s one of them was ‘The Big Lebowski’. During the picture the dude had so many White Russians he had me dreaming about them between my mid-flu deliriums.

We got into Niagara and I insisted on The Red 500 gang joining me on a round of white Russians, we toasted ourselves. The bar tender had no milk so she measured it with bailies… whiskey, vodka, and kahlua, high times… I asked the bar-tender to play my favorite tune ‘Another girl Another Planet’ by The Only Ones and it was Up Up Up.

We headed out to Brooklyn to pals of Miss Maybellene then I took the gang to my favorite Bedford Avenue dive.. Rosmary’s Greenpoint Tavern where they serve ale in 2 pint paper cups called ‘Containers’. Containers all round!

We headed back in to the city to the Bowery Electric where our pal from London was deejaying. We hung out in the DJ booth where the owner Jesse Malin come by and treated us all to a round of tequilas. Nicho wisely threw his over his shoulder.

The next day followed suit, and was like so. Except this time for food we had sushi on 2nd Avenue. Afterwards I bought the whole troupe along to watch me play at Rockwood music Hall. It was my best show yet, a midnight show. I played harder than I have been playing and let off some steam, The Red 500 gang were in high spirits as were the Rockwood leftovers.

Seeing my friends from London got me excited about going home. We’re like kings of the hill in Hackney, in our Royal Oak converted party shack mansion.

London’s already been calling me up. I got a corporate party to play in Victoria on November 26th via my friends at Metropolis studios, and I’m talking with the Boogaloo in Highgate about putting on a Christmas party December 21st/22nd. I’ll tell you more about this keep in tune!

I gotta split, time to head out. Tonight’s gonna be a good one! All my mates are coming out for the Last Hurrah. I love you New York City… See you at the White Russian Afterparty.

Adam