Just came back from Bahrain

A fascinating place I must say. I always like going there – it seems like a totally detached island…nothing to do with reality and everything there is so surreal.
For example…I came across this really funky group of Filipinos who set up this rock band. The men all had mullets and wore leather waistcoats and the women had massive shoulder pads with cheap studs stuck to them! They called themselves Icy Idaho (I have no idea why) and they knew almost every single 60’s, 70’s and 80’s rock song that came out of America.
They’ve been on the island for about 13 years and every Thursday they participate in a battle of the bands competition in a large Bahraini hotel. They have almost always faced the same band in the competition that has almost always consisted of two competing bands and a group of drunk and depressed US navy officers, Gulfies and women of the night.
Wow!