This is a rather unusual podcast in my "Singles" series, namely podcasts that last roughly five minutes, though here it is nearer seven minutes long. Firstly, I set the scene, Monty Python-esque, as far as my weird mind is concerned, by telling a tale of the first night I met Van socially and he shot at me "daggers from his eyes."And that was only the beginning. Secondly, the podcast is based on vox-pop I was starting to do at a lig after one of Van's gigs, in Dublin, and the sound of the crowd makes a lot of it hard to make out.  But let me preface the audio confusion by saying that the "Steve" Van and I refer to is Steve Collins, whom I had interviewed, and Van described as a poet. As for the row Van had with one of his musicians, Richie Buckley, it went on for nearly fifteen minutes and seems to have started because Richie described as a "gentleman" some guy Van described in a polar opposite way, as you shall hear, I hope. And yes, everyone in the reception area in the Morrison Hotel, did fall silent as soon as the row erupted in plain view of all concerned.