by Guest Tue Dec 25, 2007 8:12 pm
philipchevron wrote:Anonymous wrote:Thank you Mr/Mrs/Ms Moderator to move this conversation in right place.
Here is straight lone in Pogues book I read. The Lost Decade. Written in 1988.
"Blooms Hotel, proved more entertaining than the actual gig.
Dublin was the best place in the world for The Finnish Rover (a Guinness and vodka cocktail invented by MacGowan) and there was no bar where it tasted like this."
Can somebody walk in this Hotel and try to order one . If there is such a hotel anymore in Dublin. I am not sure is she (the writer) meaning that the hotel is same place as bar she meantioned.
Of course all advices are good, but I really want to know
is there bartender who can mix the drink because all Pogues history I can related with Finland is that story about drink.
Regards
Jari
Well, we played Helsinki a few times, our first visit was 1985. Maybe some other Finnish towns also. I'm pretty sure we did a big Featival in Helsinki once. Most of us got eaten to bits by mosquitoes, not something one automatically expects to occur in Finland.
Blooms is where we regularly stayed when we were in Dublin, but we haven't stayed there for many years and I'm sure the bar staff have changed several times since. Our late night parties in the bar of Blooms Hotel became quite legendary for a while. It was the only place to be when The Pogues were in town!
But I'm pretty certain that a request for a "Finnish Rover" today would be greeted with a blank or puzzled stare. Shane was always "inventing" shortlived Cocktails, based upon or influenced by places we had just been and alcoholic drinks we had experienced for the first time. Finnish Vodka would have been no exception!
Thank you Philip for clearing things. I also played rock music in late 70`s.
Enough to see how hard life that can be. Bars we played in Helsinki was free of mosquitoes, but you have probably been in northern part of Finnland.
It is good that some enjoyed your visit. That is why there where drunken mosquitoes in that time. Seriously it is pity that I miss your gigs in 80`s.
If you ever come to Finnland I`ll be there. If not, I probably have to flight
to Dublin or some near countries you are playing.What comes to that drink it is better that I do my own experiments.Like Shane.
Please all have good Christmas holidays and enjoy your life.
Jari
[quote="philipchevron"][quote="Anonymous"]Thank you Mr/Mrs/Ms Moderator to move this conversation in right place.
Here is straight lone in Pogues book I read. The Lost Decade. Written in 1988.
"Blooms Hotel, proved more entertaining than the actual gig.
Dublin was the best place in the world for The Finnish Rover (a Guinness and vodka cocktail invented by MacGowan) and there was no bar where it tasted like this."
Can somebody walk in this Hotel and try to order one . If there is such a hotel anymore in Dublin. I am not sure is she (the writer) meaning that the hotel is same place as bar she meantioned.
Of course all advices are good, but I really want to know
is there bartender who can mix the drink because all Pogues history I can related with Finland is that story about drink.
Regards
Jari[/quote]
Well, we played Helsinki a few times, our first visit was 1985. Maybe some other Finnish towns also. I'm pretty sure we did a big Featival in Helsinki once. Most of us got eaten to bits by mosquitoes, not something one automatically expects to occur in Finland.
Blooms is where we regularly stayed when we were in Dublin, but we haven't stayed there for many years and I'm sure the bar staff have changed several times since. Our late night parties in the bar of Blooms Hotel became quite legendary for a while. It was the only place to be when The Pogues were in town!
But I'm pretty certain that a request for a "Finnish Rover" today would be greeted with a blank or puzzled stare. Shane was always "inventing" shortlived Cocktails, based upon or influenced by places we had just been and alcoholic drinks we had experienced for the first time. Finnish Vodka would have been no exception![/quote]
Thank you Philip for clearing things. I also played rock music in late 70`s.
Enough to see how hard life that can be. Bars we played in Helsinki was free of mosquitoes, but you have probably been in northern part of Finnland.
It is good that some enjoyed your visit. That is why there where drunken mosquitoes in that time. Seriously it is pity that I miss your gigs in 80`s.
If you ever come to Finnland I`ll be there. If not, I probably have to flight
to Dublin or some near countries you are playing.What comes to that drink it is better that I do my own experiments.Like Shane.
Please all have good Christmas holidays and enjoy your life.
Jari
