Mikhail! I see what you're saying about yourself, but I'm a little disappointed.
Yeah, and it takes a lot to disappoint this old Scotsman.
When I got an emergency gig backing up an Elvis imitator at a huge venue in Niagara Falls,
yeah, one of those American rush jobs, I learned a big, global lesson.
A Russian troupe of entertainers had been abandoned by their agent in Toronto,
a group of 18, and they were hired by this Niagara Falls venue to help them out,
while they were trying to sort out their landed status problems,
and make enough money to get back home.
When I was backstage with them, they warmed up like ballet dancers.
They took turns playing piano, each one of them sounding like a classical virtuoso.
The all danced like a ballet artist, and the Russian folk dancing looked just as difficult.
Every one of them sang like an opera star, and did Elvis better than the imitator.
They passed a violin around, everyone playing it like a symphony player.
And... and.. it's not their fault they were all so good-looking.
Sitting backstage with them the second night, I asked to talk with all of them.
I said I felt cheap, playing electric guitar, backing up this Elvis imitator with a rock band,
getting paid more than they were, when they had so much talent and ability.
I said it would be an honour for me to treat them all for supper that night,
and they all agreed, one of the nicest times I ever had.
When I told the venue owner what I was doing, he gave me a really nice price.
Unfortunately, the only Russian language I came away with was, "blatski blatski",
if that's how you spell it.
When you say Copenhagen, I'm sure you mean the one in Denmark.
You might want to watch your influences there.
I just saw the packaging for a new movie, over here by Niagara Falls,
that documents the first trans-gender operation in the world, in Denmark.
All these Boewulf and Viking movies might just be a cover.