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Deep in the Heart of Madison, Wisconsin
written: 3rd September 2004, By Clay

hello everyone
on this sunny morning i am standing the front room of the University of
Wisconsin Library
which is about two hours west of Chicago and Lake Michigan
and deep in the heart of Madison, Wisconsin

some kids here told me that Madison, Wisconsin is last years runner up in
the nation wide college town competition of "who parties hardest"
they came second to Boulder, Colorado
and if thats true then i am stinging to see what goes on in Boulder because
from what ive seen here
i can vouch for the fact that they would go fucking bananas up there
this place is off the hook
we`ve come here in the middle of orientation week (or disorientation week if
you like)
theres parties everywhere
in frat houses, peoples houses, in the bars and in the streets
its an exciting time in downtown Madison
and these guys are lucky enough to have there college back right on to the
most beautiful big old lake (i forgot the name)
ive been told its actually quite dirty but damn it looks nice
and it sets the scene you know?
theres this one beer garden on the edge of the Uni that rolls down to the
water
having a drink out there of an afternoon as the suns sets down
you could almost forget about the fact that you were studying political
science with a major in philosophy
its an awesome place to relax
we were lucky enough to play a gig there the other nite just a half an hour
after sunset
we played with this killer live hip hop band called Black Elephant
fuck they were good
and the crowd we had for both of us were so cool
people were dancing and being attacked by mosquitoes
heaps of kids were smoking pot down behind the stage by the water (in
preperation for their studies of course)
and everyone was stoked that we came all the way out from Oz to play in
Madison, Wisconsin
and so were we

afterwards we partied with all these rare crew in this mad hip hop party
thingo in someones house
god knows who`s it was
but it was good
Matty Wu and i were the only white boys in there (actually Matty`s Mexican)
but we did it up
busting out our best b-boy shit
we had em baffled
and when some crew asked where we were from and we said "Australia mate,
g`day"
they lost it
they were stoked
we`re a rare commodity in this part of the world
so basically
if youve got no friends
come here
you`ll make friends in no time

we`re coming back here anyway
maybe you could come with us

oh yeah
and fellas
theres about 10 million insane chicks walking around the place here
im off to tell one of em that im here on exchange having defered my croc.
hunting studies in Northern Australia
im here to sudy the psycological effects of a stupid man staring directly
and brainlessly at an intelligent womans breasts
of course

bonza
see youze
Clay