yeah – a crazy couple of weeks – before me and Guy trundled off to the
other side of the world we gathered in Poland for the Off Centre
Festival….playing in a railway station with our good friend Bonobo
dj’ing in another part of it…again – the lovely Anna was an
exceptional host, and the crowd were excellent – the Train announcers
though – well – let’s just say the ambience of the moody opening
acoustic version of Biscuits was ‘enhanced’ by sporadic bursts of
Polish train announcements ….it was a great gig though, and the vodka
flowed – and some even made it back in the kit bag too….gotta love
the Polish Rider….then – a breakneck set of rehearsals before 12hours
to Jo-burg flight, a gig in a theatre, a pimped out apartment…..South
Africa….its very far away, and Africa is a big place – after all the
trans Atlantic flights over the sea to spend basically 10 hours flying
over Africa was immense – i spent most of the flight checking the map
and looking out of the window….awesome….the hospitality – was
incredible…..admittedly i’m on the lucky side when i’m down there,
and the escape from the politics is almost total when you’re behind big
locked gates….so jo-burg kinda freaked me out a little….but the gig
was a delight – a light installation kinda happened on the stage -
loads of lampshades by this girl Anthea – really cool – the stage kinda
looked like a bizarre TV from the theatre, and Capetown was just
beautiful – definitely one of the most beautiful places i’ve hung
out….it definitely contributed that we had a jacuzzi and a sun deck
and were basically forbidden to spend any money – an avalanche of great
weed, pizza, free beer, sun, great people and lovely gigs – and the
best burgers are to be had at Royale – it was the Daddy – thanks
sasha…..my grandfather said before he died that it was one of the
most beautiful places he’d ever been….so right….come join us in
Germany this weekend for the last few gigs for a while…..hamburg solo
on friday, berlin full monty on saturday…
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