Le due dame di Chobunsai e Alessandro
5 years ago
This is Billie and This is Billie and This is Billie
Per tutti coloro che hanno combattuto
(Non solo nel '56. Non solo in Ungheria)
"Non puoi spegnermi," disse.
"Scusa?"
"Dico che non puoi spegnermi."
Fece cenno alle mie mani. Mi ero riseduto nella poltrona di fronte a lei e, senza rendermene conto, avevo raccolto il telecomando del videoregistratore. Che ora era puntato verso di lei e il mio dito era andato alla cieca verso il tasto "pause".
It was months since he'd been to a gig. Months. He used to go to gigs all the time. He used to make gigs. He'd managed bands, some great ones. There was The Commitments. ('The best Irish band never recorded' - d'side. 'Shite' - Northside News.) There was The Brassers. ('Sex and guitars' - In Dublin. 'Shite' - Northside News.) Great days, when twenty-four hours weren't enough, when sleeping was a waste of time.Ma non posso non citare il ritorno di uno dei miei personaggi preferiti mai creati da Roddy Doyle, Mickah Wallace, ex-batterista e buttafuori dei Commitments, riassunto da Jimmy Rabbitte in seguito alle telefonate di un maniaco sul numero messo negli annunci per formare la band:
And he delivered for Celtic Tandoori, the local takeaway. Fat Gandhi, the owner - real name, Eric Murphy - gave Mickah three nights a week.
- We go to the same church, said Mickah. - He's sound.
Mickah was a born-again Christian.
- It's been the makin' of me, m'n. I owe it all to the Lord.
Jimmy told him about The Deportees, and about the late-night/early-morning phone caller.
- What would the Lord do about it, Mickah? said Jimmy.
- Hammer the shite out of him, said Mickah.