Thank you Dear Morrissey! It's my birthday today and your concert is the best gift I could ever imagine! (November spawned a monster...)

Yesterday Morrissey “the first of the gang” was fantastic. As he always have been, of course. He was talkative, witty, energetic he didn’t stop a second making theatricals and gestures. What else could you expect from this great showman other than this? As he entered the stage he said “Yiasou” to the crowd, which means hello in Greek. After a couple of songs he looked at Julia and said, “Julia you can’t possibly be here, you can’t be here in Athens, it’s impossible! How did you make it? Do you have an identical? I can’t believe you are here all by yourself!” For the Greek fans that might have not heard of her, is the lady from Boston who issues the “True to you” fanzine. She has attended at least 180 Smiths and Morrissey gigs and she keeps going. That’s true devotion. Even if Morrissey were my brother I wouldn’t follow him in every single gig. Quite a few other things happened during the songs. A girl from the crowd (Alice) shouted “Hey Alain” and Morrissey then said, “Alain, somebody knows you” few songs later Morrissey introduced the band saying that he first met them when they were working in a …. then I shouted “in a pub” and Morrissey replied to me “I wish they were working in a pub, they were working in a Greek restaurant in Finsbury” Perhaps Morrissey have seen that area at the North part of London where is full of Greek-Cypriot restaurants. It was possibly an innuendo for the anti-vegetarian instincts that characterize our nation. Alright, I can’t lie to you but it was too tempting to wait for four hours in the queue outside the venue and smell the odor of the roasted “souvlaki” kebab just opposite the venue. That’s all for now, I’ve got to get a nap because we’re gonna have a really long night before we go to the airport to see him leaving early in the morning.