Title: Off the Record

Author: Samara McDowell

In: Sport 32: Summer 2004

Publication details: Fergus Barrowman, December 2004

Part of: Sport

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Sport 32: Summer 2004

Hiatus

Hiatus

Jonathan's daughter has cut his hair brutally short. Something about this, and the cap he wears over it, makes him look like the Disney Pinocchio. Momentarily red wine and weariness have you confused. What was it that Pinocchio wanted—was it to be a real boy, or was it never to grow up?

There's a moment's hiatus between songs. Riki slumps forward over the drumset as if in despair. Jonathan takes a draught of the nasty milk-and-rum cocktail on the top of the organ. Rio's bent to his right over the congas, as if looking for something.

They begin playing again.