Björk’s dressing room in the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool was the Diana Princess Of Wales suite. It is beautiful! And the Ballroom is a very nice hall, as can be seen from the after-gig photo Damian sent me.
We stayed in the Imperial Hotel in Blackpool, eerily reminescent of The Overlook in The Shining. I didn’t think too much of the town, which reminds me of another Stephen King novel, The Talisman. The story begins in a similar holiday resort somewhere in the US, a dreary place.
My only positive experience in Blackpool (besides the concert, which I thoroughly enjoyed) was having great bangers and mash! I have now developed a perverse taste for that strange dish.
Sheffield seems friendly. We arrived here yesterday and the first thing I did was to have a haircut. That brought to my mind the fact that I have now had my hair cut in many different places in the world.
Of all the hair salons I have visited, the one in Tokyo was the most interesting. I was treated like royalty, dressed in a special robe and the barber kept kowtowing - it was great!
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May 4th, 2008 at 12:11 am
Can you take a picture of the suite? Show us The Shining view. Red rum.
May 4th, 2008 at 3:41 am
^Yes, and where’s the haircut?
May 5th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Very cool Jónas! I like the idea of all the salons from all over the world, I can imagine the Japanese salon being a lot of pampered fun. I just finished the Stephen King book Nightmares & Dreamscapes a book of short stories that was a lot of fun, I always thought highly of him he may not be Faulkner but he knows his craft and has a mastery of it. Hope the road ahead if friendly and everybody feels well.