11/10/09

Fran & Andy (of Travis) @ Joes Pub

a. Fran Healy & Andy Dunlop rock!

2. Travis music is really really awesome! I sometimes forget how much I really like their music. I’ll dismiss it for a little while but whenever i come back it fits like an old glove and makes me happy.

C. 12 Memories of Urban Bohemia might be the best album title ever (thanks Dandy Warhols – 13 Tales from Urban Bohemia is my favorite album ever, sorry Travis).

4. Andy is awesome! When I met him he immediately said “We’ve met before”. And he was convinced we had met, Im pretty sure we hadnt. Like he said, maybe in a past life and then he said something about a snail. Must be a Scottish thing – Im still perplexed.

d. Fran is really charming. Did I just say charming – I need to add REALLY CHARMING. He gave me a big hug upon leaving and then a huge kiss on the cheek. I think I floated out the door.

E. Fran telling me about the drunken assholes in the very front. It was just random conversation which led to him telling me how obnoxious they were. I had already wanted to throw my beer at them, but Im sad to hear they fucked up his set by singing so loudly and just being pure obnoxious.

2 dudes (if you ever read this) its fucking Fran and Andy’s show, not yours. Youre at Joe’s Pub not some huge club where he cant hear you. He can hear every single f’ing thing now be polite or get the hell out!
(sorry for my rant)

7. Me telling Fran I drank his glass of wine. yes its true- he had a glass of wine on the stage for him. And he left without ever taking a sip. Upon asking their roadie/tech guy for his setlist he also asked if I’d like Fran’s wine. Of course I said yes. And the wine was delicious; and more importantly Fran told me he was glad I drank it.

X. Fran warning Sally and I he might spit into our food. Our table was so close (thats an understatement) to him it was a bit unreal. Maybe he should have spit into my cake, it was way too dry and could have used something to make it more moist

9. Andy disappearing between songs and Fran panicking about what happened to him. This is just so not the stuff that happens at shows. Andy was in the loo and yes he was ok

Y. Sally (my new friend thanks to Craigslist) is awesome. Aside for buying my dinner as a thank you and for scoring the best table ever, is also super cool. She showed me her picture of her and Ovie and I nearly died. Wait! A hockey fan and Travis fan. For real. She was also at the Manics – Sally scored major bonus points!

Z. Walking home at 2am in Hells Kitchen was surreal The streets were beyond empty and it was eerie and I started wondering if I was in a Zombie movie. I was picturing something like 28 Days later and picturing how they were all going to appear and they werent slow zombies they were fast. Needless to say I was f-ed and got the hell home fast

and finally #12. The best memory ever was that this was easily my favorite show of this year and probably would rank easily in my top 10.

The slideshow, the pictures, the maps and the picture of his adorable boy really made them human. They were real people at that moment and not these huge rockstars. And it told the story of the music of Travis and how so much of it came about. And I just love the stories of him going to the cinema as a kid with his granddad and seeing Bad Lieutenant. Some things Ill just never forget.

And Im so making a sign next time they come here saying ‘S(w)ing’. It’d be awesome. And a few people would totally understand where it came from.

There are three more dates (woo finally I am not at the last show of a tour), left at Joe’s Pub for Fran Healy & Andy Dunlop’s US tour. Last night Fran told the stories behind the birth of Travis’ songs over the past twenty years including “Driftwood.” He had been proscrastinating, watching ‘Cheers’ and Norm overheard his boss say there would be layoffs – and getting rid of all the extra ‘driftwood.’

It’s so wonderful when an artist you love simply says thank you. Fran & Andy were signing a bootleg they made of the tour. They wanted to meet anyone who wanted to meet them! What?! I love when rock stars are that cool and mellow.

A hugely adorable highlight was Fran’s 4 year old son, Clay, was there for his first concert. Clay shouted out a request for his dad to play his current favorite song ‘Billie Jean.’ His dad was artfully negotiating more time when Clay requested several times between songs ‘Papa stop singing! I want to go home!’ because the poor bubba was tired. It made them singing ‘My Eyes’ , my personal favorite Travis song, even more special.

Andy chewed gum, offered up several smiles and played both the guitar and piano, sipping red wine between songs. Fran was gave us much to laugh about and explained the “invisible man” is the A & R guy who happily encourages heart break = cha-ching for the label.

Frannie also mentioned although the invisible men say free music devalues music, he thinks $10 for an album devalues music because music is above pricing. I thought that was a very lovely stance to take and I agree with him. Music brings you back to a moment in time, to people gone or big events like marriage, birth, death, etc. It fuels the soul and it should be available to everyone. It can transform a moment or ruin one, make us laugh and dance and most of all sing….sing, sing sing.

October 12, 2009
Largo, LA

A dependable old lover

Oh Largo, you’re like a dependable old lover. Even when I try to walk away from you altogether, you lure me back in with the pull of good music and the allure of your distanced “I’m going to serve you from behind the safety of this gate” stance.  Although I successfully resisted your temptation since Butch Walker played there December 4, 2008, you sucked me in once again.

And it was even better than I remembered.

“Trust a little in Largo” was the door guy/ticket guy/MC’s response to a question I asked about seating.  I’m sure he has a name and I’d like to know it because he’s one of the reasons Largo exceeded my expectations tonight.  The other reason is, of course, Fran Healy and Andy Dunlop (Travis).

Andy Dunlop & Fran Healy

Healy explained that the concept of this tour was to play songs chronologically from the first song he wrote to the most recent song he’s written.  The idea is that they’ll write a new song every couple of days, and perform the new song as the last song of the set in the next city they play. “At the end of the tour, we hope to have written an entire new Travis album,” Healy remarked.

Whereas the model has been: make a record and then go on tour to support it, Healy and Dunlop flipped the model to: go on tour to support the making of the record.

Already, I loved them.

Then they played the songs, each preceded by Healy’s entertaining commentary.  Healy introduced “20″ as a song he wrote when he was 19, realizing the best years of his life may be coming to an end with his twentieth birthday.  “People make a big deal out of turning 21,” Healy said.  “But really, it’s 20 that’s the big deal because that’s when 17, 18, 19 come to an end.  And those are the best years because you’re doin’ everything for the first time.”  Healy also noted that this is the first song he wrote that he felt was a good song; a sign that he could make a career out of this.

If there’s one thing I like better than ice cream, it’s a funny musician.  Healy introduced “All I Want To Do Is Rock” by showing a slide show about Scotland.  He gave a humorous geography lesson and then ended the slide show with a picture of his view from the window in the building where he wrote the song.  There was a longer story about “Turn” which boiled down to being “a song about wishes.  A song full of wishes.”

“It’s an A&R man’s dream when a lead singer gets chucked,” Healy reflected. “Now he’ll write some proper songs,” said Healy, mocking the overjoyed A&R guy.  This insight set the stage for Healy and Dunlop’s performance of  “A Funny Thing.”

“Flowers In The Window” was written in a house where Travis once stayed.  The host introduced the band to the home saying, “Everybody writes a song here.”  Rebelliously, Healy thought to himself, “well, I’m not writing a song here.”  But that all changed after he received inspiration while looking at flowers in the yard, through a window (and his obstructed view the morning after).

It seemed as if the guys were playing all my favorite Travis songs.  In addition to the songs previously mentioned, they played “Good Feeling” and “As You Are”; “Writing To Reach You” and “Sing.”  Tonight was the 4th night in a row they played Largo and Healy said they’ve changed the set every night.  Although the songs themselves may change, one thing is consistent night to night – Healy and Dunlop remain true to the original concept, playing the songs chronologically during each performance.

Healy spoke about the inspiration for “Why Does It Always Rain On Me” which was written during a trip to Israel.  Somebody told him it would be sunny there (his one prerequisite for the vacation) so he journeyed to Israel.  The moment Healy arrived it began raining, and this song was written.

Healy also spoke about the lyric: “I’m being held up by an invisible man.”  “The invisible man is the A&R guy or manager who’s holding you up (supportively) so you can finish the record.  Of course, there’s a double entendre — they’re ‘holding you up’ (Healy positions his hands as if they’re guns) for the record as well.”  Healy looked at the audience and continued, “I’ve never explained that to anyone before.”   Then he looked at Dunlop, “I don’t think I even told you that. . .” Dunlop nodded in agreement.

Another lyric Healy discussed is: “pillars turn to butter” from the song, “Driftwood.”  He was looking to complete the lyric with the idea of one thing evolving into another, to follow the “Nobody”/”Everyone” dichotomy of the previous line.  “Caterpillars turn to butterflies” was the original line, but it was too long to fit the form of the song so Healy abbreviated it to “pillars turn to butter.”  “But that changes the meaning again. It’s another good visual – these strong pillars turning to butter,” Healy elaborated.

I spoke with the guys for a bit after the show.  Dunlop described how much fun these shows are and how they differ from a typical Travis tour.  “We don’t want to get comfortable during these shows.  When we’re on tour with Travis, we want to get comfortable because we’re going to be playing these songs over and over again, each night with the band.  But here – we don’t want to get comfortable.  There are some songs we may play every night, but we make the experience different.  Especially since we’re playing four shows in a row at the same venue – we don’t usually do that.  We’re aware that some people might come to more than one show and we don’t want them to think, ‘Oh. . . here we go with this again. . .”  Dunlop elaborated.

We also discussed the current state of the music business.  Healy and Dunlop are now off the major label and releasing music independently.  Dunlop reflected, “Music is getting back to what it used to be – small record shops, independent labels, the musician and the fan, spending time with our audience, more intimate shows and settings.”

I asked how they conceived of the idea to go on tour as the central creative process for writing another record.  Again, it was to do something different – to keep the tours and the music feeling fresh.  Dunlop shared his outlook, “You know, we may get nothing out of it.  Or we may get a lot out of it.  If nothing else, we get to travel all around and see some beautiful places.”

Then I shared a perspective, telling Dunlop, “We’d like it if you’d release a double-CD; one CD with all the commentary and another with the acoustic song performances.”  Dunlop mentioned that they’ve recorded everything from each show so far and that they may release it following the tour.

As of now, if you’re lucky enough to attend one of these shows, you can purchase a CD comprised of 80 minutes of live audio recorded during this tour.

Észak-Amerikai akusztikus turnéján ír új dalokat a Travis. Azaz a Travis fele, ugyanis a vicces címmel ellátott An Evening with Fran Healy and Andy Dunlop: A Chronological Acoustical Journey Through the Travis Back Catalogue: Laugh Out Loud Stories, Scottish Accents, Handsome Scottish Men, Naked Torsos turnén – ahogy annak címében is szerepel – csupán a zenekar frontember-gitárosa, Fran Healy és gitárosa, Andy Dunlop vesz részt…

„Azt remélem, hogy a buszon megírjuk a számokat Andyvel. Tetszik az ötlet, hogy Amerikán átvezető úton írjuk meg az albumot. Tulajdonképpen bárhol tudok írni, leginkább persze hotelszobákban és nyugodt helyeket, de írtam már az elképzelhető legzajosabb, leghangosabb helyeken is.” - nyilatkozta Healy, aki az október 8-án San Franciscóban induló turnéról is beszélt - „Olyan ez, mint amikor a dalaink újszülött kori képeit mutatjuk be a közönségnek.”

-mr2-

Witam stałych bywalców, jak i przelotnych czytelników. Dzisiejszy wpis otworzy listę moich ulubionych krążków, o których tutaj w sumie nie pisałem, a myślę, że warto do niektórych płyt zachęcić odbiorców. Dzisiaj na czynniki pierwsze, rozłożę: Travis – The Man Who.

Płyta, o której powiedziano już wszystko, ale ja powiem więcej. Franek Healy to dla mnie mistrz tworzenia chwytliwych piosenek, no może nieco mniejszy od Noela Gallaghera.

Kawałków – wymiataczy jest tu pełno, każdy znajdzie coś dla siebie. Travis miał być ostatnio pierwszy raz w Polsce na Cracov Screen Festiwal, ale miasto zrezygnowało z tego przedsięwzięcia, a szkoda, bo Szkoci mają bardzo dobrą muzykę.

„Writing to reach you” – singiel, o którym nie da się nic powiedzieć, po prostu trzeba to przesłuchać i znać, tak jak zdrowaśkę, bo od tego on jest, od tego jest on, od tego jest.

„The Fear”- przygnębiająca próba rozprawienia się z odbiorcą. Nawiązując do tytułu to strasznie szybko wpada w ucho. Dla mnie mistrzowski jest moment; „But here, Closer every year, So near”, mogę tego słuchać z tysiąc razy i dalej będzie mnie to zachwycać. Może kiedyś osiągnę jakiś stan nirwany.

„As you are” – można narzekać, że Franek znowu przymula – nic bardziej mylnego on tu jeszcze pokaże pazur. Bardzo dobre partie gitary i melodyjność. Co prawda tekściarzem na miarę Morissey’a to Healy nigdy nie będzie, lecz nie o to chodzi w muzyce Travis. Solówka niczym u Slasha, – czyli jest dobrze.

“Driftwood” – kolejny singlowy kawałek, jeden z pierwszych numerów Szkotów, jaki poznałem. Od razu mi się spodobał i zostało tak do dzisiaj, no może czasem denerwuje mnie refren.

“The Last Laugh Of The Laughter” – nie sugerujcie się tytułem, tutaj nie znajdziecie ani krzty humoru. Melancholia zbudowana na pianinie i akustycznej gitarze. Mniej wytrwali, zasną. Ja tam się nie zachwycam, ale też nie usypiam.

“Turn” – kiedy zobaczyłem teledysk(jakieś 2 lata temu) to się nieźle uśmiałem. Najpierw członkowie zespołu nawijają o dupie marynie, a potem wokalista robi pompki. Pewnie dostał jakiś omnadren w poślady przed kręceniem teledysku, bo nieźle mu to idzie. Przychodzi do niego jakaś fajna laska, gadają, potem robi miny jakby siedział na klopie. Późnym wieczorem kilka dresów z blokowiska biegnie za prawowitym obywatelem i zapewne skończy się na obiciu pyska. Jednym słowem jest zabawnie, chociaż Re-Offender nie pobiją, tam to dopiero lecą ciosy. Istny Fighting Force.

“Why Does It Always Rain On Me?” – klasyk, każdy skądś kojarzy. Często leci w radiu, dupom się podoba, no i mi się podoba, a więc gitara gra.

“Luv” – tak naprawdę jedyny słaby moment tego krążka. Od 3 minuty zaczyna się piękne granie, ale to trochę za późno. Na plus również to, że nie ma tu typowego refrenu i utwór jest trochę niekonwencjonalnie złożony.

“She’s So Strange” – każde wejście wokalu Francisa to majstersztyk. Muzycznie dosyć rozbudowana kompozycja, chociaż trochę mało w niej ostrości, tylko początek w nią obfituje. W ten kawałek trzeba się po prostu wkręcić.

“Slide Show” – najlepszy akustyczny kawałek Travisa. W tle wiolonczela, a potem prościutka solówka. „But there is a slideshow and it’s so slow, flashing through my mind”, strasznie ściska w klacie.

“The Blue Flashing Light” (ghost track) – dziwie się, że tak dobry utwór został schowany na końcu. Myślę, że mógłby spokojnie zastąpić Luv.

Zdecydowanie najbardziej spójna i ciekawa płyta szkockiej grupy. Szkoda, że to nie tutaj były „All I Want To Do Is Rock” i „U16 Girls”, wtedy wszystko współgrałoby maksymalnie.
Może nie najważniejsza, ale z pewnością najbardziej chwytliwa płyta w moim mniemaniu(nie licząc Oasis). Troszkę zabrakło jaj na coś w stylu, „U16…”, lecz można to wybaczyć. Polecam.

It’s the summer of 1999. The flame of Britpop which flared so brightly and arrogantly has long been extinguished; leaving the majority of its former leaders burnt out and charred. Rising out of the ashes, Travis take to the stage at the Glastonbury Festival and play Why Does it Always Rain on Me from their album The Man Who. The heavens duly open along with the floodgates of fame and success. The deluge of plaudits and accolades which follows sweeps them along on a wave of popularity, leading to them being crowned the Biggest Band in Britain™. Then, with the stadiums of the world at their mercy, Travis come crashing down.

 “It’s really hard not to implode and unravel when fame like that hits you because you’re really stretched very thinly,” says guitarist Andy Dunlop. “We were trying to play these massive UK gigs while attempting to break the US and keep the momentum going in Europe all at the same time. It kind of all caught up with us. After all the hype and the hysteria, we just had to put the brakes on and disappear for a while. When we came back, we had to want it. Luckily, we did.”

When the Scottish four-piece resurfaced, the musical landscape was very different. Melodic, melancholic stadium rock was now de rigueur and bands like Coldplay and Starsailor had taken up the baton. Travis responded with The Invisible Band, an album reflecting the group’s belief that the music should always be more important than the image.

“With The Invisible Band, it was all about the reaction to that mad fame,” Dunlop says. “We wanted the music to be out there and for it to be less about this image of being a big band. That whole crazy period taught us that fame is cheap and it’s not worth chasing. So that album was all about our reaction to hollow fame.”

Perversely, the album brought more adulation and lead to the more organic, moody and political sounds of 12 Memories, an album which exposed Travis to what could be described as their first media backlash.

“After 12 Memories, which was an extremely cathartic album, we were a bit bruised by the negative response to that,” Dunlop admits. “We’d put ourselves out there and got shot down to a certain extent. But with the follow-up, The Boy with No Name, we started to rebuild and stretch ourselves. We tried a lot of different things to try and find out who we were at that point. We rediscovered our self confidence through that whole experience.”

The band’s rediscovered confidence is evident throughout their new album, Ode to J. Smith. The first not to be based on personal experiences, Ode to J. Smith features a series of characters which appear throughout the last day of protagonist J. Smith’s life. It’s typical Travis in many ways, with delicate harmonies and hooks, but there is an unsettling, brooding darkness throughout. The combination has led to many critics calling it the band’s best album ever.

“The new album’s written from a totally different perspective and angle from the others,” Dunlop explains. “It’s the first not to have that autobiographical theme to it. It’s more novelistic and thematic with its cast of characters and its journey.

“We really enjoyed making this record and I for one love listening to it,” he adds. “As a whole piece of work, it’s our most complete record since The Man Who and I’m really proud of how it works. It’s a collection of songs which tells the story of the central character, J. Smith’s last day of life. He dies, goes to heaven and is then turned away, ending up in hell. It poses a lot of questions, like why he didn’t get into heaven and why hell turns out to be enough for him. Ultimately, it’s about redemption.”

Pensé que cuando volviera a escribir algo sobre Travis, y su nuevo album Ode To J. Smith, sería sobre la filtración del disco a la red. Sin embargo no fue así, a pesar de que ya se encuentra circulando en Internet es muy difícil encontrarlo debido a que por el momento solo está en algunos blogs o sitios orientales ya que fue en algunos países del continente Asíatico donde salió a la venta primero.

En fin, tienen dos opciones para escuchar el disco, la primera es ir directo al MySpace de Travis donde subieron algunas canciones pero no todo el disco ya que están altanto de  que se puede extraer el audio de ahí, sin embargo pronto pondrán disponible el resto. La otra opción es ir al sitio de The Sun donde hay una nota y un stream del album.

Por el momento la banda se encuentra dando algunos conciertos, donde por cierto en el show del dia de ayer el grupo abridor tuvo un problema de papeleo y no pudo llegar, por lo que Travis fue su propio telonero; estaría excelente que todas las bandas fueran sus mismos abridores cada vez que sucede algo así, o aunque no pasara algo similar también,

First thought: WHY? But then Travis has supposedly covered pop songs before, including Britney’s “One More Time,” and given them a humorous spin.

At a gig in Oslo, Travis made the Katy Perry song “I Kissed A Girl” more of a gay anthem. A fan at the show told the Daily Record that:

“Fran (Francis Healy, singer) and Andy Andy Dunlop, guitarist) did a brilliantly funny cover of the Katy Perry song. Fran said that he thought the song was actually about a man uncertain about his sexuality.”

Por fin comenzaron esos conciertos de Travis donde estarían tocando canciones nuevas para probarlas frente al público. Ayer fue el primero de esta pequeña sería de shows en lugares muy pequeños y ,contrario a lo que yo pensaba, tocaron 11 canciones que podrían aparecer en su siguiente producción; yo esperaba que tocaran unas 4 ó 5 pero prácitamente la mitad del concierto fue dedicado para esas canciones.

Las canciones parecen tener un sonido mucho más pesado que The Boy With No Name (cosa que tampoco debería de ser muy difícil de hacer); a diferencia de un típico concierto de Travis, no hubo ningúna plática de parte de Fran Healy entre canción y canción, tal parece que no quisieran decir cosas de más y mantener un poco de sorpresa para cuando el siguiente disco saliera.

Otra característica recurrente en las canciones fue la aparición y notable participación de Andy con respecto a varios solos que formaban parte de las canciones así como una participación sobresaliente de la batería. En resumen el sonido de los nuevo resulta ser una combinación de esa frescura del Good Feeling con el ya carácterístico sonido del 12 Memories; y para quienes conozcan más a la banda cabe mencionar que a su vez también tiene ese sonido similar a canciones como The Fear y Blue Flashing Light.

Después de todo eso ya volvieron las canciones conocidas aunque sorpresivamente faltaron algunas como Turn o hasta Why Does It Always Rain On Me?; también tocaron un cover y canciones que no suelen tocar comunmente. Aca les dejo el setlist y en el transcurso del día veré si aparece algún audio o video.

Por cierto Andy Dunlop, guitarrista, tuvo un pequeño accidente durante el concierto; al parecer resbaló durante una canción lastimándose el tobillo y a pesar de haber tenido que salir en ambulancia no se fue hasta que el show terminó. El mismo vocalista de la banda dejó en claro que todo estaba bien, que lo habían llevado al hospital y los rayos X no mostraban nada delicado;y el mismo Andy hace solo unos minutos acaba de escribir lo siguiente a los fans del grupo:

Thankyou one and all for your concern and good wishes, all is fine, it’s just a bad sprain and after a couple of days of going easy on it, I should be fighting fit again. Might be a bit static for the next few shows, but rest assured I’m jumping up and down inside.
Lotsa love,
Andy x

Ahora, si dan click aquí pueden bajar un mp3 de Friends, pero de la versión que tocaron ayer, no la misma acústica de hace unos días. El audio lo tomé de laurencemale1 y las fotos son de Kim y Bob.

Encontré este ahora, es un mp3 de Falling Down y el cover de Lola (canción deThe Kink). El audio de esto lo tomé de Michellejohnsto.

Was war das für ein geiles konzert! Ich kann mich kaum erholen! Als Travis-Fan ist’s natürlich nicht überraschend, dass mir das konzert heute im x-tra in Zürich gefiel. Aber dass es so hypergeil wird, wie es dann eben geworden ist, hätte ich nicht gedacht.

… und coolerweise fand ich während dem Konzert noch raus, dass ich offenbar genau so aussehe, wie Andy Dunlop’s (Der Leadguitarrist der Band Travis) Bruder.

mehr dazu, beim Weiterlesen

Angefangen hat das ganze sehr cool. Wir kamen beim x-tra an und tranken noch ein cola bzw. Cappuccino. Wir standen kurz an, betraten die Halle und setzten uns relativ nahe an die bühne. Als es dann dunkel wurde, und die echt coole Band the taste zu spielen begann, war ich mir sicher: das wird ein cooler abend.

… dieser Gedanke wurde jedoch jäh getrübt, als dann Travis auf die Bühne trat und ich meine Videocam zückte. Ich dachte, der eben genannte Andy hätte die cam gesehen, sie an einen staffmember verpetzt, welcher mir dann optisch klar machte, dass ich die kamera abstellen soll. Irgendwie hatte mich das genervt und war dann auch ein bisschen betrübt…

… der sound hat mich aber dann natürlich nach und nach wieder aufgemuntert. Es war echt zu geil, sie spielten ihre geilen neuen songs und viele alte geile Songs also geil geil geil…

ABER DANN… geschah was schräges…
Auf einmal steht der bereits bekannte security mann an den absperrungen und winkt mich an – ich hab natürlich voll die panik, weil ich denk, der dreht gleich durch wegen der cam… er fragt mich aber dann, ob ich englisch spreche. ich sage: “yeah, sure!”
Er sagt, ich solle nach dem Konzert schnell warten, andy möchte mit mir sprechen.
und ich denke: WAAASSSSS??????
Also selbst wenn der mich jetzt in grund und boden labert wegen den videos, die ich aufgenommen hab, ist das ja wohl das geilste was mir je passiert ist, oder?

… also warte ich mit meinem kollegen, bis das konzert vorüber ist… weitere 10 minuten später kommt der security typ wieder und bittet uns, ihm zu folgen……

wir folgen ihm auf die bühne – hinter die bühne – zu ANDY!

und was sagt er: “hey wow cool you guy look exactly like my brother! that is so cool!!!” – ich bin natürlich voll überdreht und denk mir WAASSSS??? das ist ja wohl das GEILSTE, was mir je jemand gesagt hat…

… wir labern kurz, ich frag ihn, ob er für ne freundin von mir ne videomessage auf meine cam spricht und er tut’s (natürlich) auch. aber jetzt kommt’s noch, bevor wir uns verabschieden, fragt ER mich, ob wir noch schnell ein foto machen würde, damit er das seinem Bruder zeigen kann… ist das nicht einfach… zu geil? … Es hat’s also doch gebracht, ein loyaler Fan zu sein …

ich hatte noch mein selber gemaltes “Peace the fuck out” t-shirt an und er sagte, es sähe cooler aus, als die, die sie verkauft hätten hehe…

Das war das wichtigste Konzert ever, denn mein Travis-Fan-tum war ein bisschen angeschlagen, doch dank diesem (viel zu) glücklich Zufall – welchen ich noch nicht wirklich in meinem kopf verarbeitet habe – bin ich wieder ein eifriger über-fan, der sich schon wie ein kleines Kind auf das nächste Konzert freut.

ein kleiner Wermutstropfen bleibt jedoch, in meiner Aufregung und gedankenlosigkeit habe ich vergessen zu fragen, ob ich von uns noch ein foto mit meinem Handy machen kann… aber tja, ich muss nun schauen, ob’s irgend ne möglichkeit gibt, sie zu kontakten und das andere foto zu kriegen

ich komm kaum wieder zu normalem atem… aaahhhhhhh

grüüsssseee euer pfoffieeeeeeeee