could get a temporary passport from the post
office. So Charlie and I went to Paris, missed
The Sex Pistols, and then from Paris went all
through Europe. And we still use that trip as
a leitmotif for the rest of our life. You put out
your thumb, and who knows what's going to
happen. It could be terrible, or it could be
great. But that was our version of Kerouac's
"On The Road," that was our version of Tom
Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. And it's still
that sense of movement and that sense of
who knows what tomorrow's gonna bring.
IE: Ever get chuckleheads at your hotel that
are just too stupid to stay there?
JK: Well, we had one guy -- and this is the
IE: But you and Charlie felt a huge momen-
tum behind this new album, right?
JK: We did. There had been a great momen-
tum building up, bit by bit, from the last
decade. Playing, getting our confidence back,
and from that getting our mojo back. And we
started making the band the most important
thing in life again, which is not easy to do. I
mean, you do that when you're 18 because
that's the only thing IN your life. But when
you're older, and you've been around the
block, and nobody buys records anymore
anyway, so who cares? But we were like, no,
no -- if we're gonna do it, we've really gotta
give it our best shot and roll up our sleeves
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iron, he's a professor from Dublin, and the
one thing our place has is the best view of Mt.
Etna you could ever see. So I go up to him,
and he says to me, "Now there's one thing I
want to ask you - where would we find Mt.
Etna?" And I said, "See that big witch's hat
thing right there in front of you? Uhh, that's
it." I mean, where the fuck did you think it
was? It's not like we've got twelve of them!
Should we put a sign on it like in Hollywood
saying 'Mt. Etna'?
and really play out, and suddenly it feels
like the world's more on your side again. A
new generation comes along, and there are
reappraisals and all that stuff. So yeah -- the
momentum was really good going in."
Simple Minds appear at the Chicago
Theater on Monday, October 15.
Tom Lanham
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