People I've met in Toronto - Zach and Fernando

Some people may have been offended by my last post. And i agree, it could be seen as a slur on the good people of the Ukraine, and for that i apologise. In that regard, i would like to publish a list of ALL the countries in which i have had problems with. After all it's definitely not fair to pick on just one, as we all know... f*ckin c*nts can can from anywhere. With no further adieu, i give you a list of countries (and their people) who have given me the shits over the last 28 years...

Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua & Deps Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Rep Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Congo {Democratic Rep} Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland {Republic} Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea North Korea South Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar, {Burma} Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russian Federation Rwanda St Kitts & Nevis St Lucia Saint Vincent & the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome & Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe 

Their names are Zach (19) and Fernando (36) a couple of musos who are chasing someone to take charge of Fernando's vocals and be the frontman of their electronica band (think Presets but let's not get our hopes up).

Enter El Devine from stage left swigging an 'Old Milwaukee' and talking more Aussie than Ernie Dingo riding a kangaroo on his birthday bender.

After a get-to-know-you beer which i supplied via my backpack (I'd brought an icepack as well - who turns up with warm beers?) we has a chinwag and i realised these cats were down like James Brown in wife beating town. Fernando was actually Zach's Spanish teacher a few years back. When Zach decided to skip Level 1 Spanish because he already had a good grasp of French, he enlisted Fernando to help him pass the Level 2 exam with only 3 days notice. He got 75%, both a credit to Zach's go-get-em attitude and Fernando's (Mexicano Extraordinario) skills to pay the bills.

Fast forward a few years and now these cats are jamming and that's where i come in. I've re-written some of Fernando's lyrics to his song which he sent me earlier, and to my surprise, he dug it like he was looking for Stuart Diver.

Fernando's last album with his Mexican band was produced by someone from Pink Floyd.

What the fuck am i doing here?

Our next jam is on Monday, and as i told them before i left...

'There'd be no point doing this if we can't get along as mates"

The good news is, we get along and laughed and joked our way through a 3 hour session, and as an extra bonus... i really dig their tunes.

Stay tuned!

4 Stars*

*Rating will increase if they dig my new songs on Monday