Jools and Jim’s Joyride, Reeves explained: “We went on a doomed motorcycle trip in California in 92. We got there, hired a couple of motorbikes.“I had been reading a book about the Bloods and the Crips and the gangs in Los Angeles, and we made a mistake.”He continued: “We did a wrong turn and ended up in the middle of Compton and a big van turned up next to us at the lights and a fellow pointed a gun at us through the window and said, ‘Get out of here’.“We said: ‘We are just waiting for the lights to change and we are off’.” Then addressing Mortimer, Reeves said: “You were very casual about the whole thing.
I had read this book and I was terrified.“We didn’t actually go anywhere because it started raining. It was the floods of 92.
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