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well we’ve been to amsterdam and france to do a little tour. it was really great and then here are some photos from our excursion…the ferry from dover. and then we arrived in amsterdam! we played the show for the “London Calling” Festival. which was cool because we’re from London. then we went to Lille… here are some photographs of backstage…  ”Spike” was doing sound for us again, after missing the UK dates, and well here he is with “T” (our back-line technician) Alex (tour manager) and SPikebefore every show, robbie warms up for 2 hours. max tries to join in sometimes… but he’s always too LOUD before every show, will sleeps for 2 hours, and then we went to paris, and played the best venue in the world, La Cigale.   we tried out some real-life TOURISM In Nantes, they had the best microwaves ever.  P.S. in the 1999 les inrocks tour the line up there was Pavement + Flaming Lips + Muse + Guests . robbie and me said “wow! ” ps. we were touring with the ting tings and black kids and late of the pier. Now as much as i love “shut up and let me go” … the whole thing was a massive headfuck…  We drove to the last venue of the tourwe had the day off so i walked...

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well we’ve been to amsterdam and france to do a little tour. it was really great and then here are some photos from our excursion…the ferry from dover. and then we arrived in amsterdam! we played the show for the “London Calling” Festival. which was cool because we’re from London. then we went to Lille… here are some photographs of backstage…  ”Spike” was doing sound for us again, after missing the UK dates, and well here he is with “T” (our back-line technician) Alex (tour manager) and SPikebefore every show, robbie warms up for 2 hours. max tries to join in sometimes… but he’s always too LOUD before every show, will sleeps for 2 hours, and then we went to paris, and played the best venue in the world, La Cigale.   we tried out some real-life TOURISM In Nantes, they had the best microwaves ever.  P.S. in the 1999 les inrocks tour the line up there was Pavement + Flaming Lips + Muse + Guests . robbie and me said “wow! ” ps. we were touring with the ting tings and black kids and late of the pier. Now as much as i love “shut up and let me go” … the whole thing was a massive headfuck…  We drove to the last venue of the tourwe had the day off so i walked...

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i;ve just put PHOTO​S from our europ​ean tourON OUR WEBSI​TE BLOGhttp:​/​/​www.​ cajun​dance​party​.​ com/​blog/​xd...

yeessss! we’re off to Amsterdam and then some french settlements. 

yeessss! we’re off to Amsterdam and then some french settlements. 

we’ve been bloody recording and writing lots. it’s been so bloody GOOD. here are some bloody family flicks from our hols… xxx   max’s masterpiece: 
daniel’s masterpiece
      
  

we’ve been bloody recording and writing lots. it’s been so bloody GOOD. here are some bloody family flicks from our hols… xxx   max’s masterpiece: daniel’s masterpiece
      
  

Although we had perhaps found our feet, and the sets were possibly tighter, the "homecoming" leg of tour was somewhat more gruelling than the outward journey. There's a tricky balance to strike, because lapsing into routine bodes well for 'slick' performances but not necessarily for excitement and spontaneity. That's not to say the gigs weren't enjoyable â€' I found the Leeds show particularly atmospheric. The robbing of Luke by another band on the Birmingham date forced us to change set and throw in "Buttercups" at the last minute, which was not played at any other venue. The Oxford gig saw an embarrassing guitar-strap "malfunction", followed by my first ever onstage string-breakage (a trick deftly repeated in the same song at the ULU show). So hopefully, the shows retained some individual character.

Nevertheless it was with some degree of relief that we returned home and began to prepare for the ULU show. The decision to play with strings at that gig necessitated a fair a bit of planning â€' I wanted to involve the players we had used for acoustic shows in the past, all friends of mine, some of whom now study at music conservatories across the country. A whole morning of setting up was needed for only two hours of rehearsal, which given travel arrangements was all we had to put the show together. I was still frantically trying to slot scores into folders on the tube on my way to the studio!

Despite the frenetic nature of that Wednesday, hard...

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