Buzz had been covering music for the last few months at the paper, writing lengthy articles about whatever bands his publisher sent him to see that night. Tonight’s act had been particularly atrocious, the singer's voice like a wailing cat in heat or nails against the chalkboard. Hanging back by the bar he nursed a cold beer and took a drag off his cigarette. “Bloody hell,” his eyes rolled back in relief as the act left the stage. “That was just the opening act. I’m gonna need something stronger to drink.”












