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BV: On Aug 13th you tweeted ‘To GLAS- the second movie, I don’t know if you’ve seen quility, stuff like that. I like the hustle and bustle
GOW! LOTR drinking game. The day may the Twin Towers. There are a lot of arrows fired of the city but not all the time. My ideal day
come when the livers of men fail but is not in that and unfortunately one of our rules was would be… well, actually, today could have
this day. THIS DAY WE DRINK’ Who won the any time anyone shoots a bow. So yeah, we been my ideal day. We were driving back from
drinking game and what other games do were absolutely wasted that day. I don’t think Scotland this morning, I woke up, we were at
you play while traveling on tour? we got a definite winner, I think really we were the service station, I got out bleary eyed, I
TN: Basically it can get a little intimate in the all winners and losers in the same breath re- walked into this Costa Coffee and got myself a
van especially on long drives. You hit that ally. We all kind of stumbled out of the van, soy latte. I try and avoid the coffee giants when
six/seven hour mark and everyone gets a bit of and bless him, the guy that was putting us up, possible but sometimes it’s not particularly fea-
cabin fever and a bit restless. We’ve never the look on that guy’s face… we must’ve sible. So I ordered my coffee and I glanced out
ever got to the point where we’re at each looked an absolute state, because we’d all of the window and the view honestly, I can’t
other’s throats or anything like that purely be- given ourselves Lord Of The Rings characters capture how magical it was in words, it was
cause we’re aware that everyone’s a bit on as well, so the aim of the game was to stay in breathtaking. It was this massive, expansive
edge at that point. People need the toilet, character, which after half a bottle of some lake with the hills rolling in the background. The
you’re stuck in traffic or whatever. So we try nasty spirit it’s very hard to stay on that focus. sun was beaming through the clouds, leaving
and do what we can to raise spirits and keep But we try and do stuff like that all the time just rays everywhere. That was beautiful. So I think
people in good vibes. We had an absolute because a) it’s fun and it passes the time, and my ideal day would probably be in a shack
monster drive, we were going from I think it b) it’s a good bonding time for all of us as well. somewhere with my friends, some guitars, and
was Southampton to Glasgow which was just We’re all just really good mates. We’re weird just enjoying the country. I think that would be
a brutal journey, so we figured we’d put on Lord as hell. We don’t try and be cool or pretend to awesome.
Of The Rings and to make our own drinking be something we’re not, we just have a good
game for it. We laid out a set of rules and the time doing something we love doing. So yeah, BV: What’s been the best day of your life so
rules are hilarious. I can’t remember all of them being weird in the van is definitely a good way far?
but it was like anytime Gandalf says something of passing the time. TN: That’s a really hard question. There have
wise you’ve got to drink, any time anyone ref- been some awesome, awesome moments in
erences the strength of men, any time there’s BV: What would your ideal day be? my life. I know this sounds weird but about
a linear reference, any time there’s a close up TN: We’re all different in this sense. I’m a coun- seven months ago I quit time, I don’t wear a
of the ring, which happens a lot. We watched try boy at heart. I love big, open spaces, tran- watch, I don’t have any clocks in my house, I

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