We got back from our tour on Monday night with pretty bad colds that
wont seem to go away. Somwthing that didnt help was me (Paul) getting
the third degree at Schiphol airport
...as i innocently handed my
passport to the control guys, instead of receiving it back again with
an accusing nod, i couldnt help but notice the guy who was looking my
passport calling over a couple of his friends and holding the page with
the photo at verying angles to the light. After a few minutes of this,
i got escorted to another room where a few more guys had a go at
deflecting light of the picture page of my passport where it was
explained to me that i dont look like my photo. this i can sympathise
with, as when i got my passport picture done, i was more, well, clean
cut, than i am now, but even so, its not like ive lived on a deset
island for the last 5 years. After this reserve squad of picture
spotters admitted defeat, myself (and Iona by this point who was
allowed to follow us) were escorted into the depths of the airport by 2
customs guys who did a nice good cop bad cop routine that made the
short journey fly by. Below the surface, a specialist picture
recognition squad confirmed i am who i may calim to be. I have to say i
found it comforting that these guys take such care over their job,
which these days has assumed even more importance, but why me hungover
and tired and REALLY in need of a drink at the nearest bar. Way it goes.
Our
friend Matthijs van der Ven, whom we visited in the first week of our
tour has put some pictures up of pur week in Holland. Heres a few of
them as we sort through our pics of the trip. All these photos are by
Matthijs Van der Ven
Heres our first gig of the tour in Utrecht
Our
friends Eric and Barry van Loo arrived at our gig in Mulligans in
Amsterdam which was the first time we'd seen them both in a long time
On XNoizz on radio 3FM where we had one hour to write then perform a song from a title emailed in by a listener
And Matthijs shows us how it should be done
So
thats about it for now...hopefully next week we'll have sorted some
more pictures and some of the video out, and also the stories and
newspaper reviews from the gig just outside Bremen where Iona had to
have a tooth taken out between soundcheck and the gig.
Oh yes.
