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JK : Actually , they were good-natured problems , or more innocent than mistakes . I had a partner , to begin with , great guy - still is a great guy . But eventually he bailed , and he had all the local contacts . So when he bailed , it was kinda tough . I was on the road and all that , so getting people you could trust and rely on ? It was kinda scary . And also , hotels by their nature , guests come for a week or maybe two weeks for
their holidays . And that ' s a big investment , abig responsibility -- they look forward to their holidays the whole year , and you ' ve got to hope that they get what they were looking for . So I was out of my depth . But looking back on it , I don ' t think we were any more out of our depth than anyone who takes on a new venture . Even the pros get it wrong sometimes . So it was a challenge I wanted to do . And this is our 15th year , and unbelievably it ' s wiped its face , it ' s come good . So there we go . It ' s done and dusted . We have 29 rooms , and we ' re about to add another . And the view is just cosmic . I ' ve traveled the world and been some amazing places , but when you ' re looking at Mt Etna , it ' s just amazing . Plus it throws all this ash into the air , which in turn fertilizes everything . I mean , that used to be the basket of the Roman empire , so you ' ve got all that history , as well , and that ' s going back to the Greek , never mind the Romans . It ' s cosmic .
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IE : You ever talk to guests there who don ' t recognize you ? JK : Absolutely . I have an apartment not so far away , so I go over several times a week for lunch , because , why not ? And we do get a lot of people who stay at the place because of the band . So it ' s nice to see them and all that . But you ' re sitting there , and you get into a chat with people , travelers from all over the world . And I ' m more
10 • 2018 interested in their stories than they are mine . IE : If you ' re not open to listening in a conversation , you can miss some incredible stories . JK : Well , that ' s it , isn ' t it ? My life has always been about travels . Charlie and I -- before we were even Simple Minds -- we used to go hitchhiking . And there was a point in 1975 -- and by that age , we were just less than 16 --and we ' d hitchhike to London . And my friend sent me a letter saying , " You ' ve got to come to London and see this thing called punk rock -- it ' s called The Sex Pistols , and it plays in a pub in Kilburn ." And they were playing in two weeks ' time , which was a holiday from school . So by this time , Charlie and I were becoming seasoned hitchhikers - which no one does anymore - and on the way down there , the last lift was this truck driver , and we asked him where he was going on this Friday night , and he said , " I ' m going to Paris on Sunday .
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October 5
Behemoth I Loved You At Your Darkest Cat Power Wanderer Coheed and Cambria The Unheavenly Creatures Echo & the Bunnymen The Stars , The Oceans .... Fucked Up Dose Your Dreams Ghostface Killah The Lost Tapes Kristin Hersh Possible Dust Clouds KT Tunstall Wax Steve Perry Traces Twenty One Pilots Trench
October 12
Belly Immigrant Elvis Costello & The Impostors Look Now Graham Parker Cloud Symbols John Hiatt The Eclipse Sessions Kurt Vile Bottle It In Primal Scream Give Out But Don ' t Give Up .... The Bottle Rockets Bit Logic Tom Morello The Atlas Underground
October 19
Ace Frehley Spaceman Cloud Nothings Last Building Burning Disturbed Evolution Lil Yachty Nuthin ' 2 Prove Neneh Cherry Broken Politics Richard Ashcroft Natural Rebel Soulfly Ritual
October 26
Boy George And Culture Club Life Hotlips Messiah Disco Miscarriage Robyn Honey The Struts Young & Dangerous
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Hotlips Messiah
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