Amanda Palmer- Europe Oct/ Nov 08
well, months have passed and i still haven't written any actual tour related stuff. i decided (in a kennewick, WA taco bell, none the less) that i would just write my memories city by city. and here that goes....
Oct 10 2008 London @ Koko-- I flew in this day to replace the former TM...there had been 1 other TM since i left the organization in february. i was happy to be back, and very happy to be in europe. i arrived at koko just as the danger ensemble entered for "guitar hero"-- i was a bit confused, tired from a 11 hour plane ride. 40 minutes later the bus pulled up and off we went. In the chaos of a big show my blackberry and hoodie got swiped from our dressing room during load-out.
Oct.11.2008 Essen, Germany-- We had a day off. I was excited to "move-in" to the new macbook I bought on the way to the airport the day before. All I remember is eating good food with zoe, laura and amanda.
Oct.12.2008 Berlin @ Knaack Klub-- This club was neat. The show was really, really packed.
Oct.13.2008 Dresden, Germany @ Star Club-- Dresden was really desolate. It was really cold that day. The dinner spread was epic:
Oct.14.2008 Heidelberg, Germany @ Karlstorbahnhof-- This venue was on the river and really nice. This was the first time I got to go out, to this amazing underground cave turned bar, called cave something. The music was awesome and we danced until the kicked us out...I walked around during the day searching for a place to top up my UK phone and ended up seeing alot of beautiful sites around the city.
Oct.16.2008 Zurich @ Abart-- This club ruled. That's all i remember. Oh, and it rained all day.
Oct.17.2008 Milan, Italy @ Music Drome (fka Transilvania)-- This day sucked. Laura got really sick and had to go to the hospital and it was free, which was neat. I got into a huge fight with traffic cops about bus parking and they spoke zero english which was really rough, it's pretty rare in other parts of europe, but it seems the Italians aren't too into english.
Oct.18.2008 Wörgl, Austria @ Komma-- Weirdest city to play ever, ever. It was a little ski town with no snow and no people. We ate traditional austrian dinner and stayed in a tiny hotel above the restaurant.
Oct.19.2008 Day off in Worgl-- Took the train to Innesburg with Dave and Jeff. Ate pizza on the river and watched kids skateboard in the town square. It made me miss Patrick and I spent all of lunch wondering if he had ever skated here and watched people eating pizza at this restaurant. It was cold and I drank good green tea.
Oct.20.2008 Vienna, Austria @ Szene-- It was my birthday. Amanda called me onto stage and 500 Austrians sang to me. Steven wrote "birthday girl kiss here ----->" on my cheek and tons of them took me up on the offer. After load-out all 14 of us smashed into the upstairs lounge on the bus and shared a bottle of jack as we drove into germany. Zoe and I stuck out heads out the back sunroof and screamed. Dave gave me a backrub and I got birthday drunk.
Oct.21.2008 Munich, Germany @ 59:1-- All I remember is Jeff and I went thrifting and I bought suspenders with fox-hunting horses on them. The thrit store had all kinds of traditional german garb, but none of it was worth buying. Jeff proved he was an excellent shopping buddy once again.
Oct.22.2008 Day off in Paris-- Spent most of today doing press with Amanda. A cab driver hit my foot for setting it on the seat for a second and my bad-american manners showed. We ate great sushi. Twice. Spent the evening shooting in front of the Mouline Rouge for Blogotheque.
Then had an EPIC night out with the Danger Ensemble and crew. We had our mouths filled with sambuca and lit on fire bent backwards over the bar...and then moved to the next bar where we drank flaming drinks. Then to a crappy dance club, then to some password only afterhours place-- this is where it gets foggy.
We proceeded to a very late night place, where I remember dancing with Tora while 2 guys tried to cut in. One of them spoke no english but kept showing me pictures of what looked like homemade bombs on his mobile. Jeff ended up telling him to leave me alone, i think. Both Jeff and Tora deserve thank-yous for helping me deal with weirdos that night...
Oct.23.2008 Paris @ La Boule Noire-- Sold-out show. Got yelled at for sneaking in additional friend-guests.
Oct.24.2008 Ghent, Belgium @ Handelsbeurs-- This place was high-tech and neat. The entire stage was on hydrolics. The dressing rooms ruled. Jason and I went on a walk to a castle.
Oct.25.2008 Day off in Utrecht-- Spent the morning with Amanda and Jason. Then Dave, Laura, Jeff and I took the train into amsterdam. We met up with the DE and had a really fun night. The details are fuzzy.
Oct.26.2008 Day off in Utrecht-- Went to breakfast with Jeff. Spent most of the day recovering...
Oct.27.2008 Utrecht, Netherlands @ Tivoli de Helling-- We had dinner in-house. We did laundry. The end. I was really tired by this point.
Oct.28.2008 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg-- Super-rainy. Ate waffles and Maos falafel. Tried to get clog slippers but they didn't have my size...
Oct 29 2008 Tilburg, Netherlands @ Amanda Palmer at 13--- This place was an entertainment complex and really neat. 3 venues. After the show we drove an hour back to amsterdam.
I slept from 545-7AM and went to the airport. Bummed, but really happy to be headed home.
somehow we still managed to do a beautiful show everynight...
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