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Titolo: Nuova cartolina di Bertis...

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02.04.05
POSTCARD FROM OBERHAUSEN
 We are in Oberhausen Arena, where we last played the night after the
1999 Glastonbury appearance (leading to the No Shows the Night After
Glastonbury Rule in effect ever since...); the Cologne area is a
favorite of all of ours, with the amazing 2001 cathedral plaza free
show still fresh, and a lot of TV/promo-tour stops here in Germany’s
media center. Today is a bracing not-so-cold day, a nice switch from
recent forays in the northern reaches of Europe. 
The Scandinavian part of the tour went great, with fine shows in
Helsinki, Stockholm and Oslo, and there are more to come this summer,
where the outdoor concerts are highly anticipated and mostly sold out;
those are such wonderful Nordic cities, with awesome public
transportation, well-designed arenas, beautiful parks, lively street
life...we enjoyed the days and nights there as usual (and of course it
didn’t hurt that we were there for some picture-perfect snowstorms,
none of which affected the shows...). Then last Thursday’s show in
Rotterdam was one of the best of the tour...cool to hear At My Most
Beautiful and Maps and Legends back in the mix after a lengthy
absence, and I really liked the colorful part of the set where
Electron Blue gives way to a rocking Orange Crush, with the lights and
screens vividly reinforcing those songs’ imagery...very energetic sets
lately and the guys have never sounded better, or with the video,
looked better. (put weber’s setlist here) 
This part of the tour has support from Dublin’s The Thrills. They are
a terrific young band with two terrific records out (Peter plays on
the most recent one, Let’s Bottle Bohemia and joined in on mandolin
during their set last night and in Oslo). Last night, their singer
Conor Deasy spoke of the first time any of The Thrills had been to a
concert, and it was 1995 when R.E.M. played Slane Castle in
Ireland--and now they are playing rousing opening sets for
appreciative crowds here in Europe.
Another good aspect out here on the road is the arrival of the warm
and elegant new tour program, featuring some terrific photographs by
David Belisle and notes and observations by Michael; we will soon have
a way for these to be ordered here on 
remhq.com
, as they will make
excellent souvenirs of the tour this year. Watch this space for
details.
We will have a video for Electron Blue in the next week or two; as you
might imagine, it will have a real live edge to it...and that is all I
will say for now. The only place Electron Blue is out as a single to
radio, the United Kingdom, is showing nice airplay already in stations
programmed out of London, England, and who knows, perhaps it will
catch on all over that mortal coil...the single comes out there just
after we play the UK shows at the end of the month.
So anyway, everybody is doing fine, the shows are energetic and
dynamic, it is a good time to be in Europe, and soon enough, we will
be enjoying the sun and fun and new adventures of the southern
hemisphere.
onward
-Bertis
PS: the band just played I took your name ; first time since
‘1995…sounds loud 
 
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I TOOK YOUR NAMEEEE!!! :) Monster-ish :))
Ciao!
Vero - 
High Speed Train Jumpers #2
"The ascent of cactus" club #3
--
"Sometimes i feel like giving up 
Giving in to the dark 
Sometimes i feel like crying out 
Trying to speak from my heart 
I wish you could hold me here 
Give a reason whats it's for 
I would try to become pure 
Tiny echo of the lord..." 
(J.A.)

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