giussago - ortosonico
favorite venue in the world
small artist coop in a 200 yr old farmhouse surrounded by rice patties
GPS is freaking out - says we're in a lake
how people make it out to these shows is baffling but they do
i think they live in hobbit holes nearby
bolzano is in the mountains
no wonder these dudes made up Zeus
crazily old shit they got up in here, including a 5k yr old homosapien preserved in ice named Otsi
his digitally reconstructed face looks like David Duchovny (sp?)
we are walking in the clouds
or is that just Italian smog?
Otsi's ice-mummified flesh is well preserved, looking like a cured meet with slime on it
he's on the cover of 8 post-cards I am sending out to friends and family
if you are reading this it seems probable that you'll also get the post card
Jason
we played a tiny german town called rosenheim a few days ago
they cooked us vegan chili exploding out of nice homemade bread in the shape of a cone sort of
get it? volcano!
very clever chefs and the funnest crowd we've played for yet
bridging the gap between city slickers and small townies
kind of like the first thanksgiving