dEUS Official Podcast

Vienna, pourquoi pas ?

21 10 2008

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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