dEUS on tour Official Podcast

When I was about 11, and coming from quite a religious family, I always thought I would do one of those « cathedral »  tours. You know, Reims, Mount St Michel, Amiens, Vatican, etc…And Compostela. By train. Hitch-hike. Or bike. But never by foot. Never as a pilgrim. Now, 26 years after, faith is gone (at least in the deep religious sense of it), I can only realize one thing. And it’s the first time I notice it actually. I keep doing this tour for years… and years…but the rock n’roll way, I guess. With bands. With parties. Including never ending nights. And days.
Strangely of all the discussions I had with musicians, I don’t remember any about… religion.
Politics. Affairs. Feelings and jokes were all on the map. But Christ ?
This time wasn’t different. Even though we were in Santiago de Compostela. Beautiful town indeed. And cool people. Have seen many of the pilgrims, but they don’t talk to you if you’re not one of them. If you don’t go for the « certificate ».
Galice, some kind of Heaven. A fact. But on earth…please.
Madrid. La Movida. Pedro Almodovar didn’t show up. Thought it was his favorite venue. Always coming down with famous chicks…and actresses I ‘ve been told. Oh well, next time Almo, you’ll be on the list. And talk with Tomy about movie history. And future. Maybe..
Madrid is still so sexy…and ugly ! Just like the gig we played to be honest. Good, but there was something…weird about it. The acoustic ? A wacko spirit on stage ? The set list ? Don’t know, and remembering the audience reaction, don’t think they noticed. Good, sometimes it must stay between us, band…and crew members. Nice memories it will be
Then Barcelona. Or is it Barça ? Nou Camp.  Unbelievable pitch. But what a quiet audience, strange… Too many foreigners, maybe ?
Jesus knows I love this town. Historically. Architecturally. Almost mentally. But it has become soooo touristy. You’re lucky if you can talk…Spanish to someone. Keep looking, you’ll still find great Miro impressions. And Gaudi’s views. And …and…and… So nice, if you stay far from the Ramblas etc…
Last time I was at the Razzmatazz 2 was with QOTSA, taking care of their great support band. Yes, the unique Millionaire. A bottle was thrown in the audience. By Nick. And we all came back home. Early. Tim, our present dEUS Tour Manager, was there too. Taking care of Josh and his friends.
Only superb memories remains of this tour. A true gang. Almost a family. Still so strong, years after , when we meet each other.
The same can be said about dEUS. As you know.
And it’s a fact, I still do observe …and preserve.

Please, have a look at podcast , hum, 15 I think.
Hope u like it, as much as we do enjoy your country…and company.

Tapas are on their way… buckle up, a nice glass of  Chianti ( yes, I’m already in…Italy, as I write this down…18 hours on the tour bus later ! ) and some strawberries will do just fine.
Laptop mon amour is needed, though.
Hope you like it !
And Thanks again. And again…
Gracias.

Love,

VP.

 

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Portugal, we love you. Nothing more to say.
You were there. You made it happen.

Obrigado. Multo.

dEUS… & vp.

 

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I’m pretty sure the great city of Baile Átha Cliath must mean something to you. The spirit of Sir Joyce still spinning around. The black beauty aka Guinness dropping gently down your sweet and tender soul. The legendary Irish kindness.
And weather.
And Bars.

The Tripod is a great venue. And I’ve done it a few times. But this time I wasn’t too happy. Don’t know why exactly. Not enough beauty in my mix. Poetry, even, maybe. I thought it was too…much, simply. But you, lovely folks, didn’t seem to care (or notice) and gave us a hell of a great time.
It’s still something to see smiling faces after a gig.
It adds value to your job. And art form.

London, on the other end, is…London.
Massive and delicate, huge and simple, cute and ugly, smart and dirty, cool and stressful, weird … and so predictable at the same time.
Just like the venue we played. The Koko. How demented were our grand fathers to imagine such places…and actually physically build them. Scary architecture. Stairs that never lead you to where you wanna go, countless rooms and rumors are still spitting off the walls. You never know who did what in venues like this…in this city.

Countless pictures of rock stars (do they truly exist, actually ?) are re-dressing the lovely green room. You have a good old PacMan there, if you’re bored. Or a Kicker. Or a huge screen with a play station hooked up for the Nintendo generation. And, eventually, a stage in the middle of the place.
I dare to say that dEUS took it…by storm. I think it was their best London performance in a while. And I hope you will agree.
And, ho, what a pleasure to meet familiar faces after a gig. Even though we had to jump on the bus right after the gig, those little chats and moments are…priceless.
So, will dEUS have their picture on the walls ? I don’t know, and I honestly don’t care, because I don’t believe in the music hypes and venerations… but, between us, they deserve it. Damn right.

Please have a Guinness, or a cup of tea, or a sandwich, or a fag…take your seat away from the day light, throw the cats away for a few minutes, forget about your bills, open your laptops…relax…and enjoy dEUS pod 13.

Thanks again UK, it was needed after the medium shitty summer we had on your island.
Still a great country if you ask me. Both of them.
Sherlock ?
Vp.

 

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So, what’s sexy about Austria you may ask yourself ?

Vox Populi Haider, who died the way he supposedly lived ? Surely not.
The food ? Hum hum.
The beautiful remains of the Austro-Hungarian Empire ? Sure.
The mountains, the skiing and Vienna itself are world class destinations.
But mostly the people, strangely. Thanks guys. You made it worth the day.

Where were we before that ?
Gosh, of course, in Kafka land. And a revolution-evolution land. Franz is simply my all time favorite writer. Not that you should care, but I’m writing this, so do you mind if I share my love for this unique writer ? His « museum » is not worth it though. What a shame. Top 5 on the « not to do »  list as a traveler. Just go all the way down the unique old streets to the river, get a coffee…and open a book. The book you may call it. Life will find its way versus time. Promised.

Anyway. Prague was, personally, one of my favorite gigs so far. Musically speaking, and in Tom’s voice, it had something. Truly. Wish you had been there. And a day off in one of Europe’s most important cultural cities is always welcome when you tour about 8 months a year. Even the food was great this time. I had such bad memories of it. Last time I was there was with CocoRosie, we ate in a joint in front of the venue we played. Don’t ask me the name, but please let the dogs in. They won’t even look at your plates. Thanks to my lovely girlfriend instinct (and smiles, yes, she was there, but that you truly don’t care about), this time we went accidentally local, opened warm doors and found…great smiles and smells. No absinth craziness this time tho. Two years ago we had a blast in a small bar somewhere in the old town. Came in as enemies, but ended up best mates with the locals. What a great memory of time sharing with a band…that you might also call friends. It’s not that usual in this business, trust me.
Anyway, guess I’m getting a bit old. The band isn’t, trust me. Always there when it comes to parties. Ohhh Artists.

After that we went to Switzerland, Lausanne. Chaplin, Simenon, Franklin and countless other celebrities made it their home. It’s lake, it’s stylish millionaires (one in 39 Swiss is..a millionaire I read in the news – can you believe it – I did the trick of counting the people on a square and guessing which of them might be the lucky one – funny game if you ask me)…and it’s damn mountainous streets. Alan, Stef and Klaas rented bikes and went for it. You should have seen their faces when they came back, ha ha ha. Also a good gig, by the way.

The city of Basel has more appeal to me. Less money, maybe. But much more « spirit » I think.
And finally we went back to Germany, Cologne. But that you’ll get (briefly) in the next one.
In the mean time please have a look at…hum, let’s call it…humm…no idea.
Vienna, I guess.
If you got one please mail it to me …and I’ll re-name it.

Love love love, as 4 cool guys used to say.
And take care, as I always say.

Vp.

Oh, by the way, Thanks Sennen, you are a nice bunch of folks, and a great band to tour with. Always welcome. And good luck for the future. This one’s for you.

 

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dEUS : Autumn fiesta has started

…and should lead us to, well, Christmas I guess. Luckily enough, for the believers between us or proud parents as they call it on my space, we’ll enjoy a day off home when the lovely (and expensive) Sint Nicholas will be finding his way to your chimney. By the way, and between us, one of the Antwerp Fab 5 will become … one proud parent for the first time, somewhere in November. Let the « stork » be nice to them three, yo.
15 European countries will be visited on this last Vantage Point lap. About 40 gigs. From huge ones ( home grown Forest National ) to smaller and never visited before countries (Finland). A lot of blue skies and some snow would be nice, to compensate the never ending hours spent in dark, but less and less smoky venues. Even in India and Thailand we can’t smoke in parks nowadays. Are we all becoming Californians ? com’on, wake up people !
Anyway, September was nice. Back to school and all that. Some kind of holiday. But not for them. Not for dEUS. They were hooked-up in their studio most of the time. Working on new material. Jamming, as they say. You will hear and enjoy one or two of their new ideas if you come down to the gigs. « Dark sets in » has already found its way on the net. Keep looking. So much better in true live conditions then via a phone lens though. If you ask me.
We are now sitting in lovely and sunny Vienna. Austrian Indian summer is not a myth, apparently. Helsinki, Copenhagen, Berlin, Hamburg and Prague were good gigs. Good crowds too. And cool cities to keep coming back to.
The set list, is, I think, their best one so far on this tour. It’s powerful, delicate, impressive, tender, sweet, sexy, groovy and above all… smart. It combines the best of their musical history… and the future one. And we all know how rich it can be.
So, after about 30 audio podcast about this unique band, it looks like more and more that I’m turning the adventure into…a vodcast one. Hope you don’t mind. And still not sure what the future will bring us on this matter. Didn’t I hear a while ago something like « video killed the radio stars ».
Hum…We’ll see. For now please enjoy « 39 hours in the life of a dEUS, aka Mauro Pawlowski » , And hope you get the inside story.

See you in one of your lively cities.
Respect.

Vp.

 

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