amanset european tour journal

06/18 WAGENMEISTER EUROPE IS NOT AFRAID.

"Hello... is this the American Analog Set?"

"Yes. This is Kenny from the Analog Set."

"Hello. Are you coming?"

"Yes. We will be there in three hours. At 5 o'clock."

"Ok. Ahh...Ok...I hope you don't expect too much because there is...ahh...a lot of things going on in our city...ahh...and the show will be small...ahh...and if you expect very little then...yes...you will have a good time i think, but if you expect a lot then...ahh...i don't know what you say really..."

"Disappointment? We call it disappointment?"

"Yes... yes... disappoinment... so tonight will be strange. Fun and strange I think."

"Ok. I will see you tonight."

Europe is not afraid.

Europe is not afraid to ask an unknown American band to play a government arts fund subsidized show at a squatters village in an abandoned rail yard.
Europe is not afraid to call that band up hours before the show to let them know that presales have been less than promising.
Europe is not afraid to put the show on (and the band up for the night) in the old switch house at the abandoned rail yard.
Europe is not afraid to have me throw open my window in the morning and see two people taking a cold water shower in an old bathtub between the tracks adjacent to the building.
Europe is not afraid of any of this.

I joke, but in the end the promoter really liked our band. He just wanted to see us and have us play in his city. He wanted to put on a bunch of shows and the switch house of this abandoned rail yard was just where he decided to do it. And when it comes to people like this, I suppose we're not afraid either.

on the ipod: "Blonde on Blonde" Nada Surf

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