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  1. THE YOUNG TEAM
  2. Contents
  3. PART I
  4. Crucible
  5. Urban Legends
  6. Billy the Kid and the KO at the Coral
  7. The Boldness Inside
  8. Yankee Doodle Dandy
  9. The Ghosts of Christmas Past
  10. Live and Kicking
  11. Trials and Retribution
  12. Bandit Country
  13. A Shite Christmas
  14. Blue Crowns and Jackie the Bird
  15. Dead or Alive
  16. Lessons
  17. The First Day of Marching Season
  18. The Easter Holidayz
  19. Helicopter Sunday
  20. PART II
  21. Galvanised
  22. A Strathclyde Safari
  23. The Nature of the Beast
  24. Raving in the Bedroom
  25. Anthems for Doomed Youth
  26. PART III
  27. Hardened
  28. Gardening Leave
  29. Arabian Nights
  30. Gentle Sins
  31. Fantasylands
  32. PART IV
  33. Corroded
  34. Chemical Unhappiness
  35. The Dark Leaves of Mint
  36. A Bridge Too Far
  37. Any Port in a Storm
  38. PART V
  39. Slab
  40. The Blue Light in the Toilet
  41. Toffey and Other Suites
  42. Last of the Mohicans
  43. The Lost Boys
  44. PART VI
  45. Collapse
  46. Language
  47. Persona Non Grata
  48. Old Friends
  49. Time and Wounds
  50. Different Paths
  51. The Toi Boiz
  52. A Match Made in Heaven
  53. Supply and Demands
  54. The Fundamental Difference Between Uz
  55. The Crooked Branch Above the Burn
  56. Trafficking Jams
  57. PART VII
  58. Scrap
  59. Favours, Debts and Faust
  60. What Was Once a Game
  61. The Side Effects of Fun
  62. Survival of the Fittest
  63. An Ancient Ritual
  64. Changes
  65. PART VIII
  66. Reformed
  67. Postcode Warriors
  68. The Supernatural Force of the Friday Feeling
  69. The Philosophical Difference Between Running and Walking
  70. Airdrie Boys
  71. THE YOUNG TEAM

The YTP troops ir here givin it some. Patricia is floatin aboot somewhere anaw. A lost everycunt ages ago. Look away fur a second n the surgin n swellin crowd swallows them up n casts them adrift somewhere else. A’m floatin aboot no givin a fuck who A meet, ridin the wave. Everycunt is yir pal in here. Maybe it’s cos we’re aw fuckin oot our nuts on pills that we’re feelin the love. The ecktoplasmic euphoria n fellowship wae our common man. Harmony wae aw humanity. A love the strangers next tae me n they love me back. Peace n love tae aw mankind. Utopian society.

A’ve git a white paintin overall tied at the waist n a light blue tracky top on. It’s November n fuckin freezin ootside. The contrast in temperature is unbelievable. Yi walk intae the main arena n it’s like a wall ae heat. You’ve git aboot eight thousand sweatin, dancin n ecstasy-heated bodies in the wan room. Yir peelin yir layers aff doon tae yir bare back. There’s big curtains at the back ae the hall. Yi walk through them n yi see the event in its entirety. The name wisnae sellin it short. No a sea, but a fuckin ocean ae people aw bobbin n weavin, knitted together by sound, ecstasy n passion fur the tunes. It sways to n fro tae its ain motion n seems tae take on a form ae unity, everycunt connected in a rhythmic state. The crowd is a single entity, a cult, n our deity behind the decks. There’s three big screens at the front wae alternatin images, like a wean’s kaleidoscope. The big screen in the middle hus the DJ’s name on it in big white letters, n the line-up list flashes occasionally tae let yi know wit’s on later. Everycunt is dressed in mad shit, masks, tutus n furry boots, hotpants, white boiler suits, breathin masks, wigs n multicoloured motherfuckin dreamcoats. Lassies huv git big eyelashes on aboot three inches fae their face. They remind me ae spiders n freak us oot fur a second but A’m Johnny Bravo, fuckin surfin that wave n the ecstasy inside me is calmin ma soul, huh! It’s mucky n muddy wae a thousand trainers tramplin n shoes stampin, bouncin tae the fuckin beat.

It’s a sensual experience aw this. Yir walkin wan minute n a lassie grabs yi n starts kissin yi. Yi kin feel the net vest she’s git on when yi put yir hands on hur hips. Yi kin taste the Blue WKD she’s been drinkin n yi kin feel yir own sweat runnin doon yir neck but yi don’t care. Basic instincts ir firin on aw cylinders. Yir reachin fur the ceilin cos it’s an anthem then the annihilating rhythm drops n yir bouncin. It’s a shift but nae pain, nae gain. The lasers above yi look alien n otherworldly, a green tartan in the sky. Kin yi see them? It’s beautiful. The tunes ir trance, then drifting. ‘Drifting Away’, Lange feat. Skye. Yi feel warm, irritable but orgasmic. Every touch n sensation heightened. Yi choke fur a smoke but yi barely taste it goin doon n it’s smoother than smooth, too smooth maybe. Yir body is wet wae that eckto sweat n yir just dancin. Yi git loadsa wee thoughts n yi think Did A just think that?! Yir mind’s goin too fast fur yi tae keep up. Confusion in the membrane. Yi forget where yi ir, who yir wae n who the fuck yi ir. A’m Azzy W – dancin machine, WKD n Coors tanner, glowstick raver, eckto muncher, renegade master.