So far on tour I have been punched in my back on a bike path in Berlin, told that I was expecting a baby next year, my shower coin ran out whilst I still had conditioner in my hair and I sprained my ankle in Amsterdam and again in Norderstedt.
In Berlin we filmed a video clip for our brand new spankin’ track titled ‘The Portrait of your Life’. For this film clip we were lucky enough to work with a very talented director and all round amazing chick Michalina Mrozek. It was our first day off in over 2 weeks and we ran around filming in Mauer Park, a slice of Newcastle beach in Berlin beside the Eastside Gallery with the famous Oberbaum Bridge as a backdrop, made noise on a tram (we got some very strange looks) and pretty much acted like complete idiots for the day! Good times! Gareth and I insisted we had to go to our old stomping ground of Neukölln to eat City Chicken. It is the best chicken in the world – completely shits all over KFC. You get half a chicken, pita bread, chips and salad for 6 euros. In hindsight taking a vegetarian i.e. Jamie to a chicken place with literally a hundred chickens cooking in front of your eyes was probably NOT the best idea. But damn it’s good! On our walk to the chicken place I was slightly in the bike path and a psycho bike rider decided to punch me in my back. Luckily, I had my violin case on my back and it was quite hard. All I kept thinking was, “I hope he hurt his knuckles on my carbon-fibre Bam case”. I had never experienced anything like it while we were living in Berlin, so I was a bit shocked to say the least.
Speaking of crazy bike riders I think Amsterdam surpasses all other countries on the crazy-o-meter. We were all walking over a bridge, very close to the rail and got beeped at and yelled at constantly. We had to ask the guy at the caravan park if we were actually allowed to walk over the bridge. Seriously, bike riders rule Amsterdam. No one cares about pedestrians. In fact, you are a weirdo if you aren’t riding a bike. So on our last day in Amsterdam we rented bikes and rode around the country side – SOOOOO beautiful. My legs and butt are still extremely sore from the experience.
Last night I was approached by a man who said that when we come next year I will have a baby. EXCUSE ME? Seriously, if you are not 100% sure someone is pregnant would you really say that? Maybe I need to stop wearing that particular loose shirt. Anyway, the conversation became very awkward after that to say the least!
Now to talk about the rest of the band. Rach has only managed to step in dog shit once this entire trip, as well as stacked it in Amsterdam. Jamie got screamed at in a pub for taking a picture of the wrong thing. She was supposed to capture the fossil of a rat in a pub, funnily enough called DeRat and whilst she was taking a picture of the print of the fossil, a man who was very lovely and helpful the entire gig yelled at her for not getting the fossil!!!
Last but not least Gareth wants me to let you all know that his maximum speed on the autobahn was 185km/h. Good for you babe. You happy now?
Until next time,
Tad
In Berlin we filmed a video clip for our brand new spankin’ track titled ‘The Portrait of your Life’. For this film clip we were lucky enough to work with a very talented director and all round amazing chick Michalina Mrozek. It was our first day off in over 2 weeks and we ran around filming in Mauer Park, a slice of Newcastle beach in Berlin beside the Eastside Gallery with the famous Oberbaum Bridge as a backdrop, made noise on a tram (we got some very strange looks) and pretty much acted like complete idiots for the day! Good times! Gareth and I insisted we had to go to our old stomping ground of Neukölln to eat City Chicken. It is the best chicken in the world – completely shits all over KFC. You get half a chicken, pita bread, chips and salad for 6 euros. In hindsight taking a vegetarian i.e. Jamie to a chicken place with literally a hundred chickens cooking in front of your eyes was probably NOT the best idea. But damn it’s good! On our walk to the chicken place I was slightly in the bike path and a psycho bike rider decided to punch me in my back. Luckily, I had my violin case on my back and it was quite hard. All I kept thinking was, “I hope he hurt his knuckles on my carbon-fibre Bam case”. I had never experienced anything like it while we were living in Berlin, so I was a bit shocked to say the least.
Speaking of crazy bike riders I think Amsterdam surpasses all other countries on the crazy-o-meter. We were all walking over a bridge, very close to the rail and got beeped at and yelled at constantly. We had to ask the guy at the caravan park if we were actually allowed to walk over the bridge. Seriously, bike riders rule Amsterdam. No one cares about pedestrians. In fact, you are a weirdo if you aren’t riding a bike. So on our last day in Amsterdam we rented bikes and rode around the country side – SOOOOO beautiful. My legs and butt are still extremely sore from the experience.
Last night I was approached by a man who said that when we come next year I will have a baby. EXCUSE ME? Seriously, if you are not 100% sure someone is pregnant would you really say that? Maybe I need to stop wearing that particular loose shirt. Anyway, the conversation became very awkward after that to say the least!
Now to talk about the rest of the band. Rach has only managed to step in dog shit once this entire trip, as well as stacked it in Amsterdam. Jamie got screamed at in a pub for taking a picture of the wrong thing. She was supposed to capture the fossil of a rat in a pub, funnily enough called DeRat and whilst she was taking a picture of the print of the fossil, a man who was very lovely and helpful the entire gig yelled at her for not getting the fossil!!!
Last but not least Gareth wants me to let you all know that his maximum speed on the autobahn was 185km/h. Good for you babe. You happy now?
Until next time,
Tad
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