C:Yes. No shit. Which, we were very contained in Naples. JT: Yes. C: Which was nice. But I went, um, before y’alls wedding, I had been there before for one night with Thomas and Silky, and we, you could feel the danger and the madness there. JT: Yeah, breeding. C: I liked the, it feels, well they told us, my friends in Rome, kept saying we had to go to Naples, we had to go to Naples, and I was like, ‘Why? We’re on tour, like what the fuck?’ And they were like “Imagine if the air was full of cocaine.” They’re like “That’s Naples. Like the people are so different, the ener- gy is fucking weird.” And it’s true. JT: And they talk, they have a different language. C: A different dialect, right? Or is it different? JT: It’s even a different…they use different words and differ- ent things. It’s not just a dialect. C: It’d be like Cajun French. Instead of ‘Tres Bon,’ they say ‘Bon Bon.’ JT: Okay. Right, right, right. C: Like weird little things. It’s like straight French, I don’t know. So it’s probably like that. But yeah, Naples is like, fucking…my favourite thing, it reminded me of like, if I could go back in time to like New Orleans when Tennessee Williams was there. JT: Yes. C: And those stories he wrote about the old theatres where he’d go up on the balcony and suck dick and stuff, it’s like the Vieux Carré, like really old, dirty Tennessee Williams New Orleans, that’s kind of like why I love Naples, because it kind of makes me feel like I’m going back in time, to a place that inspired a writer like that, to create the stories he did. It’s got that dirty, dirty underbelly. Or not even an underbelly, it’s all over the place. JT: It’s all over the place, yeah. C: It’s in your face. The graffiti is amazing. It’s good. ON THE THUNDER OF LIVE MUSIC JT: And then also when I was a teenager, one of my first rock concerts was Thin Lizzy—“The Boys Are Back in Town.” C: Oh my God. JT: And I was with tons of people, and I was one of the younger people there, and there were these people and then on the shoulders was a woman, and then she lifted up her t-shirt, and showing the tits, you know, and you’re like 13 or 14 or 15, and you’re like, ‘Oh my God, this is just crazy here.’ C: Which I see in your photographs today. Like hello, like branded your fucking brain! DD: That left, you know, it’s like a mark on him! C: Fuck it, I can name, I’ve run out of fingers for how many times I’ve seen titties in your fucking pictures. DD: Now that explains a lot, it all comes from the child- hood, no? C: My first concert, this explains nothing, was Starship— ‘We built this city on Rock and Roll,’ that fucking shit, like that was the first concert I remember seeing. And then I remember seeing Cats , the Musical. *JT + DD Laugh JT: Right. C: So if you want to mix those two ingredients together, this is what happens! And throw in a little Catholic shit. JT: Oh fuck. C: So it’s like, hello. JT: Are you, are you Catholic? C: I, I was, yes I had the faith in me. Forced into me. JT: All three of us. C: Yeah, well look at us know, we’re fucking heathens, and we do terrible things. So, thanks Jesus. Please.
in your head at the minute. JT: Yes, yes. C: Like you lying naked on a donkey does not mean you like to fuck donkeys. JT: Yes, yes. C:You almost got screwed on that! JT: *Laughing Yes. C: I read that, I have your book. I keep your book above my toilet, because my favorite things are above the toilet. Because that’s where you can relax and read. JT: Yes, of course, yes. C: But if you relax too long, you’ll get a hemorrhoid. But um, I read the whole story of you getting on that fucking mule and that man tried to fuck you, and I was like, ‘God, you poor thing!’ *JT laughs. C: That is not the way to get introduced to the joy of butt sex. JT: No. JT: And then do you remember, then Andreas and Vivienne, they were so excited about you two, you three, and then we asked you three to come to Hydra, to Greece, and then that didn’t happen because of Michéle and Rick! C: No, well. No, because of Michéle and Rick? Like not want- ing me to? JT: Because you did a video for them, right? C:Yes, oh yeah… And then y’all got Pamela Anderson to replace me. JT: Yes! C: Which I thought, I’m glad it all happened! I’m so fucking glad I said no, just to know that I was replaced by Pamela fucking Anderson, wearing a bale of hay, or some shit. JT: Yes, yes. C: It was really good, so I think that alone made up for every- thing. JT: And you could not believe it right, there’s this island in Greece, there’s like these Greek people, and there’s some donkeys, and the Greek men, completely lost the plot when Pamela Anderson walked in. C: Oh! JT: On that island. They became, you know, all these hairy men, they became…and they were like, they could not believe it that Pamela Anderson is on that island. They became like little boys, like [suction noise] C: Yeah, yeah, yeah. JT: You know, completely. C: Well I mean that’s like um, shit they’ve been looking at that woman forever. JT: Yes, on the TV. On that little island! C: It’s fucking scary. JT: It is scary, yeah. C: I was concerned for you. C: And imagining…it’s like if Barbie walked on that fuck- ing island. Or it’s like Australians, who are trapped on their island, when anything goes over there, they go ape shit! JT: Yeah. C: But they’re very normal over there. Do you ever notice that? Like, Australians, when they’re here, like say they’re in New York, they’re like this magical unicorn ‘let’s do every- thing’ creatures, and they’ll get you into lots of trouble. JT: Right. C: But when you go there, they’re just boring, like everybody else. JT: Right. ON TRAVELING THE UNBEATEN PATH C:You get into trouble, because you have a curious nature and exploring things you don’t know. I feel that way knowing you. JT: Yes, you can get into trouble in Naples. In Napoli.
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