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Hey folks-
sorry about the silence the last few days; the website was down. Back up now, so time to update...
last night, we played The Ace Cafe in Rumst, which is sort of a neighborhood/village outside of Antwerp. You wouldn't know that, however, by looking at it. The Ace could've been in New York, Austin, San Fransisco...or anywhere else in the states for that matter. Lots of American memorabilia on the walls, old gas pumps, various vintage pop culture signs, etc. Great little rock and roll bar, felt right at home.
Friday night wins for the ultimate in really awful load-ins; two flights up narrow assed-rickety stairs with full P.A. It was kind of a jazz venue, so we had to play VERY quietly, which sucks for us, as you could guess. All in all my least favorite show thus far although Lier, Belgium is a beautiful town. The town hall there dates to 1369 AD. It was as old as our whole country when Columbus walked the earth. Put that in yer pipe and smoke it.
Today we have two shows, in Breda, Holland and Mortsel, Belgium. Mike A. has gone off to Brussels to meet his girl and then meet us in Breda. Tomorrow, Abby and I are off to Paris for a couple of days. I haven't been since I was a wee pup, and we're really looking forward to it. Hoping to catch a rock show in addition to the usual tourist attractions. I guess Springsteen is in town tomorrow, although it's sold out and I'm sure the scalped tickets will be far beyond our pedestrian means. One could hope, though. Most likely, we'll find some crappy little joint and see some french rock and roll. Should be interesting. Glen will be around, and hopefully over the next couple of days he'll blog up for y'all. We'll be back Wednesday.
Chris
sorry about the silence the last few days; the website was down. Back up now, so time to update...
last night, we played The Ace Cafe in Rumst, which is sort of a neighborhood/village outside of Antwerp. You wouldn't know that, however, by looking at it. The Ace could've been in New York, Austin, San Fransisco...or anywhere else in the states for that matter. Lots of American memorabilia on the walls, old gas pumps, various vintage pop culture signs, etc. Great little rock and roll bar, felt right at home.
Friday night wins for the ultimate in really awful load-ins; two flights up narrow assed-rickety stairs with full P.A. It was kind of a jazz venue, so we had to play VERY quietly, which sucks for us, as you could guess. All in all my least favorite show thus far although Lier, Belgium is a beautiful town. The town hall there dates to 1369 AD. It was as old as our whole country when Columbus walked the earth. Put that in yer pipe and smoke it.
Today we have two shows, in Breda, Holland and Mortsel, Belgium. Mike A. has gone off to Brussels to meet his girl and then meet us in Breda. Tomorrow, Abby and I are off to Paris for a couple of days. I haven't been since I was a wee pup, and we're really looking forward to it. Hoping to catch a rock show in addition to the usual tourist attractions. I guess Springsteen is in town tomorrow, although it's sold out and I'm sure the scalped tickets will be far beyond our pedestrian means. One could hope, though. Most likely, we'll find some crappy little joint and see some french rock and roll. Should be interesting. Glen will be around, and hopefully over the next couple of days he'll blog up for y'all. We'll be back Wednesday.
Chris
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Hey guys. If you want a random place to go in Paris to hear live rock, check out Guinness Tavern. They have lots of Guinness, and lots of whiskey, and lots of live bands (including a fair number of Parisian cover bands that play American rock favorites - and actually do it pretty damned well). The place is on the right bank, just off Sebastopol, near the Chatelet metro station. The cross street is rue des Lombards, maybe five blocks from the river. Here's their website.. http://www.chez.com/rocktavern/
It's nominally an Irish bar, so all the bartenders speak english, and they can make just about anything.
Dunno where you guys are staying in Paris, but definitely worth one night. They are open until some godawful hour, and they have live music almost till close.
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