Jamie Parker won 25000 baht on the lottery. The next day he found 5000 baht in the street. Later that evening Ort told him that an Englishman had decided she was the prettiest girl in the world and retired her from INSOMNIA GENTLEMAN'S CLUB. This was good news for both of us, since Jamie had been shedding 1000s of baht on the little go-go dancer and I had been keeping my dalliance with his girlfriend secret from him.
I hadn't obeyed Yanisa's RULES OF WHO YOU SHOULDN'T DATE
Thankfully Ort was semi-discreet.More...
Jamie decided to celebrate this Trifecta of good luck with a binge at What's Up a Go-Go. He bought round of shooters and then went over to the DJ with a CD and 2000 baht. The 55 year-old returned to the couch with a laconic smile. he had pulled a swift one and I asked, "What's up?"
I gave the DJ 2000 baht to play the Doors' THE END."
The dirge to patricide and incest was over 11 minute long. "You're joking?"
It had opened APOCALYPSE NOW. I remember watching Coppola's homage to THE HEART OF DARKNESS at New York's Ziegfield Theater and hearing the helicopters waft from left to right to rear to front.
The song took the go-go girls by surprise and the old guys in the bar too, but their eyes widened with surprise and I could see their lips move wordlessly to the lyrics.
"In a desperate land."
Jamie bought more tequila for the girls on stage.
"Lost in a romance."
He ordered another round realizing their was only way to bridge to generations. The DJ was looking skeptical. Jamie flicked him another 1000 baht."
"Ride the highway west baby."
The old dudes were flipping cash too.
"The snake is long." The girls understood THE END was a cash cow.
"The snake is old."
The tequila was working its effect. The old guys ordered more. The young guys in What's Up were out of their element by 40 years. The Doors and go-go girls. Jamie was right. Our generation.
"The killer woke before dawn." The girls crawled against the steel poles like serpents with poison ivy.
The DJ still was uncertain about the choice.
Another 1000 baht brought THE END to the end.
I was a Doors fan. They had no bass player in the band, but the bassist from Clear Light ie MR BLUE supported them in the studio and on the road. I still play CYRSTAL SHIP but having the DJ play that would have been pushing out luck.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah."
Jamie disappeared into the bathroom with the go-go dancer.
I left the bar. I only have one friend.
THE END
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