In a brief interviwe with Flo Slaughter from the local independently run cable music TV channel Snub TV,
Ratner's Star bassist
Alexei Wright had the following to say about the evening's events:
Snub TV: So, Alexei-no win's this year, but has the experience been good?
Alexei Wright: God, you've got fantastic bre-Oh, are we on? Oh right...Erm, yeah, yes, even. It was abit of a nightmare getting here and getting on stage, but its been a really cracking evening. We've all really enjoyed ourselves. This is our first awards ceremony, and I hope its not our last.
Flo, Snub TV: What was all the instrument trashing and John Frantzen's front flip off of the stage all about? We've all come to see you guys as a bit *coughs* reserved and serious, not a debauched rock band...
Alexei Wright: It was good, wasn't it? We love to surprise people. We've been hyper excited about this for days and were bursting with energy when we got on. A bottle of Johnny Walker each and a glass of champagne did the trick as well...
Flo, Snub TV: Any news on John?
Alexei Wright: Our manager went with him in the back of the ambulance to the hospital, he's just phoned me to say that John's alright, just had to get sewn up and grab a couple of painkillers. He got a nasty cut in his lower back and only just narrowly missed damaging interal organs, bless him. He'll be back getting pissed with the rest of us sooner or later.
Flo,Snub TV: We all at Snub TV wish him well, of course. I guess we'll talk a bit later at the aftershow party, hope you enjoy the rest of the awards show...
Alexei Wright: Absolutely....unless of course, Flo, you fancy coming this way with me. I was thinking of either playing cricket in the hallway outside or nipping out for a ciggie...and would love your company either way...as long as you come back with me to my hotel room. Would you like to shag an Englishman?
Flo, Snub TV: Uh... sure, oay. I've never played cricket before...and you are a real charmer.
Alexei Wright: Excellent...Hey, lads, round up as many pissed Brits as you can-we're going outside to play a few overs of cricket!!! FAST BOWLING IS IN, I REPEAT, FAST BOWLING IS IN!!!
Wright, two other members of Ratner's Star, a couple of female backing singers and dancers from an earlier performance, a couple of pissed ex-pat Brit industry types and a few curious American make their way out of the hall and into the hallway lobby outside to play cricket using two bass guitars as bats, a crowd control rope post as stumps and a melon as a ball...OOC: This isn't intended to offend, the character of Alexei is loosely based on Blur's bassist Alex James, who was a legendary debauched drinker and notorious womaniser back in the day. I think copping off with a local minor celeb from a cable TV music channel is a small consolation for not getting any awards...
Edited by user 09 September 2009 07:28:27(UTC)
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