Day off NYC and we meet Pat and Jon for a laugh and a drink in Fiddlestix in the afternoon, and Germany beat the US and there's three young Sligo women on a day off from their summer jobs on Long Island, and we end up going down to the "Bar With No Name" for an Irish music showcase do, and there's a re-union of the Wild Turkeys from Donegal with our Derek on guitar and Kevin Lynch and Aidan Mallon, resident New Yorkers, and Pearse is playing a snare drum and the Saw Doctors get invited to sing a few songs, joined by Jackie Kealy, Tuam emigrant and ex-Marvelette, and I sing "I ain't got no home" in honour of meeting Cole.  Bus leaves 2 a.m.

The Irish Hot Press Sept. 3rd.