#12

The weather is always hot nowadays. The best place to be would be somewhere...air-conditioned. They arrived at this place. It's meant to be a paid co-working space. It's also new. Could be the next hip thing in his town.

The place put up a gig recently for a bluesy cover band. The singer/guitarist looks like John Mayer by the way. He plays the guitar like Mayer too. He knew that guy. Not John Mayer. His rockstar friend also played a two-song set that night. Because John Mayer look alike asked him to. The gig was okay.

As they entered the premise, the owner welcome them and immediately recognised his rockstar friend. The owner loves the rockstar's songs. He even got his CD signed by the rockstar. While making the payment he asked the owner about the lightning bolt signs he noticed around the place, whether they're meant for AC/DC. No! They're meant for David Bowie. The owner is a huge fan. Ziggy Stardust. Okay. The owner knows his stuff.

They head upstairs where the tables are. When they are about two discuss about the rockstar's band, the owner came and sat with them. Instead of having a discussion and some plannings for the rockstar's band, the conversation now tilted to stuff about doings shows and events. Once in a while discussing about favorite bands and what they normally listened to. The owner and him talk more about this stuff while not-really-Bruce Wayne and rockstar just listen. When it comes to music he can sometimes be unstoppable. He knows his stuff.

Music is something that he really enjoys. Not any kind of music. Specifically something that is quite obscure. Obscure in the sense of not being popular in his country. You know. The type of bands that when you ask the majority, they won't have a clue. He has been digging this kind of music and bands for more than a quarter century. For instance, in the States, if you mentioned The Ramones, it's quite a pop culture there. Even school kids dig them (not sure now). But here, only few knows about The Ramones' existence. The Ramones is the greatest Rock N Roll band in the world. Period! But too bad, here it's Michael Learns To Rock. Shit. They don't even have a rock song to boot!

After about an hour, the owner had to leave because of having a lunch date with his girlfriend. The owner insisted that they come and visit him again as he got a lot of things to discuss. They nodded as an agreement for another meeting soon. But maybe not very soon. Once the owner left, they went outside to have a cigarette and discussing on where should they be heading next. Rockstar says that they should go to the famous beach to check out a space for their upcoming show.

So they're heading there next. But before that, they need to fetch another guy. A surfer. He calls the surfer guy on his mobile and they agreed to meet at this one well-known food court in town.

Again. To the Batmobile!...