D O E M A A R - D O R I S D A Y E N A N D E R E S T U K K E N

So, the year was 1982, I've lived in squat houses in Rotterdam for about a year by that time and most of the folks I was living with were either overdosing on heroin or going crazy over other stuff and I saw the whole punk scene turn to shit and I thought, you know what, fuck this, and I started living with my parents again, end of 1981, I got a job, spending all my money on weed, books, comics by Moebius, Tardi and Corben and records, discovering great bands like This Heat and Metabolist, Fela Kuti etc., going to great concerts, watching acts like The Birthday Party, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Einsturzende Neubauten, Han Bennink and so much more, life really was pretty incredible back then, not a care in the world really, magic mushrooms every now and then and later on sharing all the fun with my bloodbrothers Johnny, Willem and Dick, really, if I had a time machine I would be going back to that time all the time :) 1982 Is also the year that these guys came out, Dutch reggae band Doe Maar and for quiet a while they were the biggest this, you couldn't go anywhere or you would hear their hit Doris Day and I don't care who you are, if you're Dutch and in your 50's like I am, if you were a punk, a hard-rocker, a disco freak or even a skinhead, you know this song, word for word, and if you say you don't you're lying :) From what I hear (from my brothers and sisters who are all huge fans) they still give concerts every now and then and when they do they can fill up huge venues for a couple of days in a row, which, in Holland, is quiet a feat.... GET IT HERE Enjoy!