Tour Q&A Part 1

I just returned from an Eastern European tour with saxophonist Igor Lumpert and Drummer Tommy Crane, didnt have internet access for about a week so this post is alil late, but here is a synopsis of the tour in Q&A form, originally sent from my blackberry while driving across Austria at 4AM

Did I play a gig yesterday at world cancer day at the EU parliament building in strassbourg France? Yes

Did we drive through the night for 9 hours immediately after a gig in the capital of slovenia, ljubljana? Yes.

Does our van driver look like an eastern European version of the narrator from "the big lebowski?" Yes.

Is he wearing an off white denim jacket that says "hot gossip?" yes.

Upon arriving at 1030am, did I smoke a cigar outside of the EU parliament building, on world cancer day? Yes.

Was the irony lost on me? No.

Was the band introduced by the former slovenian prime minister, who is now an MeP (member of europes parliament)?

Is he a member of the main conservative party in EU parliament? Yes.

Is he also a big environmental activist? Yes.

Why do conservatives in the USA hate environmental activism? I wish I knew.

Were there 20 people watching our performance? Maybe.

Was mahmoud abbas speaking at the same time as our show? Yes.

Did his speech chafe some people away from our potential audience? Maybe, though our performance styles are likely a bit different.

After the gig, did we get a tour of the 2 parliament floors, where europes laws are written and voted on? Yes.

Did I beat box on the microphone of one of the parliament members' seats? Yes.

Was it broadcast throughout the entire voting hall? Yes.

Was I booted off the mic immediately? Yes.

Was I booted off before I was able to capture video of the event? No, I copped a video of it.

Did we go back to a 2 star hotel and sleep from 7 pm till 2 am? Yes.

Did we have our own rooms? No.

Was Tommy's (the drummer) bed 3 inches away from mine? Yes.

Was it resting on a stationary i.e. Unmovable bed frame? Yes.

Did this proximity inhibit me from engaging in natures #1 stress relieving activity? Yes.

Was there 30 seconds worth of respectably hot water in the shower? Maybe 40.

Are we now at the beginning stages of a 13 hour driving day that will terminate at a gig in a small town in Croatia? God willing.

Is the fog thicker than Santa's beard? Santa doesn't exist but if he did yes.

Am I alternating swiggs of homemade schnapps out of a plastic bottle with gulps of eastern European spring water? Yes.

Will there be another tour Q&A later? Probably.