This blog was written on our tour in 2006, uh, really.

SEPT 22 - CASEY & DAOUD ARRIVED IN PARIS - WENT OUT TO DINNER WITH MY MOM

SEPT 23 - MOM LEFT, DID LAUNDRY. AFTER BRINGING CROISSANTS TO THE BOYS TOOK METRO TO GROUND ZERO RECORD STORE - TOOK TRAIN TO BORDEAUX FROM GARE MONTPARNASSE - MET CLEMENTINE & FAM - WENT TO EL INCA, PLAYED AWESOME SHOW, MADE SOME MONEY, STAYED AT CLEMENTINE'S

SEPT 24 - CHANGED OUR TICKETS TO THE NEXT DAY - HUNG AROUND AT CLEMENTINE'S ALL DAY - GOT FED BY HER FAMILY - WENT AND PLAYED ANOTHER SHOW - STAYED AT JIMMY'S, CAPUCINE'S BOYFRIEND

SEPT 25 - TOOK THE BUS TO THE TRAIN BACK TO PARIS - WENT TO THE FRICKING EIFFEL TOWER - WENT TO ST MICHEL & SHAKESPEARE & CO - GOT FALAFEL AND LEMON FANTA AND SAT ON THE SEINE - WENT TO GARE DU NORD, GOT ON TRAIN

SEPT 26 - WOKE UP IN BERLIN - GOT OFF TRAIN - WENT TO DUNKIN' DONUTS AND USED THE INTERNET - TOOK U-BAHN TO DOM'S - WENT AND MET SIBSI & ILSKA(sp?) AT A CAFE - GOT THE TOUR OF KREUZBERG FROM SIBSI - WENT TO AWESOME CAFE RESTAURANT BY-THE-CANAL (FREESWIMMER) AND GOT INTRODUCED TO ALSTER - WHICH IS A DELICIOUS BEVERAGE - WENT TO THE JUDISCHES MUSEUM - WENT TO OUR SHOW - FROM DOM'S TO MITTE ON THE TRAIN - MET CASEY'S FRIEND MELISSA AND CHRIS - PLAYED A FUN SHOW OF SOLO AND BAND SONGS - STAYED AT MELISSA'S

SEPT 27 - WOKE UP FUCKING LATE - WALKED FROM FRIEDRICHSHAIN TO KREUZBERG, STOPPING TO VIEW THE EAST SIDE GALLERY - WALKED AROUND SOME MORE - GOT COFFEE - WENT BACK TO DOM'S - USED THE INTERNET - WENT OUT TO INDIAN FOOD - SAW TURNER & CHRISTINE & ANDRE & CLEMENCE FOR A SECOND - WENT TO WEST GERMANY (VENUE) TO SEE JAPANTHER AND THE GOOD GOOD. WOW! STAYED AT DOM'S.

SEPT 28 - WOKE UP AT DOM'S - WENT TO FRIEDRICHSHAIN TO GET OUR STUFF FROM MELISSA'S - STOPPING AT A TOY STORE ON THE WAY - RAN INTO MELISSA AT A CAFE - TOOK OUR STUFF BACK TO DOM'S - WENT TO SIBSI'S HOUSE AND SAW NAKED PHOTOS OF NEIL - WENT TO LUNCH AT A VEGETARIAN BURGER JOINT - WALKED AROUND KREUZBERG FOR THE ZILLIONTH TIME - BACK TO DOM'S FOR A LETHARGIC NAP - GOT READY AND WENT TO SCHOKOLADEN FOR A SOUND CHECK - ATE SALAD, DRANK GIN & TONICS - MADE A SET LIST AFTER REVIEWING GLOCKENSPIEL PARTS - PLAYED THE SET WHEN EVERYONE SHOWED UP - DANCING TO THE WOOG RIOTS - DID SOME JAGER SHOTS (EVEN DAOUD DID ONE!) HUNG OUT LATE WITH HEIKO, DOM, SIBSI, & THE GERMAN/FRENCH FOLK ROCK ALLIANCE - LEFT OUR SHIT AT MELISSA FROM SCHOKOLADEN'S - TOOK THE BUS HOME (TO DOM'S - I ATE A WEIRD LATE-NIGHT ASIAN WRAP).

SEPT 29 - WOKE UP AROUND 10 - WROTE A JOURNAL ENTRY BECAUSE DAOUD WAS WRITING ONE - WROTE ENTRIES FOR SEPT 23-28 - TOOK A SHOWER WHILE C & D WENT TO GET COFFEE - MET C & D, WENT TO AN INTERNET CAFE - WENT TO COMIC STORE AGAIN (I ACTUALLY WROTE TWO POSTCARDS, TO NELL AND MOM) - MET HEIKO AT THE TRAIN - WENT TO THE HOUSE FOR A MINUTE TO SEE DOM - WENT WITH SIBSI & HEIKO ON THE TRAIN & WALKED TO TREPTOWER PARK - SAW THE SOVIET WAR MEMORIAL - WENT TO MITTE TO GET OUR STUFF FROM MELISSA - MET ELVIS - WENT TO OUR SHOW - DRANK THREE COKES, ATE DINNER - LOTS OF FUN - PLAYED A SHOW - HUNG OUT LATE - MET HEIKO'S SISTER - SAID BYES

SEPT 30 - WOKE UP AT 7 - PACKED AGAIN - CALLED HEIKO - HEIKO SHOWED UP - TOOK THE U-BAHN TO THE BUS TO THE AIRPORT, FEELING VERY ENTERTAINED.

I'm almost kidding when I say this. But if you've got a venue, a garage, a basement or a living room, we will most likely be glad to rock out therein. The one show we landed in Paris was a logistical mess that we ended up having to cancel. So... you know. Speak up.

love
Daoud