What’s the ideal drink to fuel a nice soccer riot?
Whiskey, single malt. Or this fortified tonic wine, it’s made by monks near Glastonbury, Scotland, and it makes you violent. You drink it like you would a Diet Coke but it’s cheap, nasty, horrible wine. If you drink it from the bottle, it will leave a big purple ring around your lips it’s so damn concentrated. The sensation that it gives you isn’t really one I want. Do girls drink it too? Girls from Paisley, my hometown, are different—they’re drinkers. My girlfriend is a Paisley girl and she can really hold her liquor. How much can she drink? If we drink rum I tend to win. I don’t think rum agrees with her too well. But if we’re drinking vodka, she gets me every time because I can’t really drink that stuff. Usually, she can at least go drink-for-drink with me. What do you think about other young U.K. rockers like Arctic Monkeys? They’re a great band. I like the way they stuck to their guns. They always had a hang-up about becoming tremendously successful and I think we all have a littl
