Hello friends, foes and loved ones!
We're in Halle again! A long day of sailing/driving from Malmö (we got up at 05:00 in Malmö)
and we're finally here. Soundchecks are well under way and we're waiting for food.
Everything has been great so far except for our van. we ordered a 9-seat van but the "original" van got busted up in a car-accident before we had the chance to get it and we got another one.
This one has a DVD-player+TV in it (we already watched Edward Scissorhands and 2 episodes of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace) and that's kick-ass but there's one downer. It only has 8 seats.
It gets a bit crowded at times and we're working on a better solution as we speak and I'm sure it'll all work out great. The other thing with the van is that is has died on us two times so we've had to use all the muscles we have in this 9-people strong crew to push the goddamned van started.
We tried it a little while ago and it started again as if nothing ever happened but it's still a bit worrying. Well well...what would a tour without mishaps be? No, not a real tour at all, right Once We Were?
A funny thing is that the last time we had real trouble with a van it had the same green colour as the van we're using right now...so a word of advice, never book or use DARK-GREEN vans.
No pics yet...but soon soon!
Big BIG thank you to everyone who came out to the show in Malmö last night. We had a great great time and we're really thankful for everyone showing up and paying us and especially Mikael their respects. It means the world to us!!
And to everyone who's thinking about going to our shows on this tour and haven't decided yet. COME ON OUT! As announced before it's Mikaels last tour with us so if you want to see this amazing drummer and original member of Scraps Of Tape play with us this is your one shot!!!
He's off to thousands of other and better projects and we're honored to have had him as a member for all this time.
Fun fact: Micke started out as a bass-player in SoT, and then one day Marcus met Kenta at a left-wing-party meeting and asked him to join the band, and on the next rehearsal Micke shows up and get's the order: "Oh by the way, your the drummer now". So without ever having played the drums "for real" in a band he was suddenly our drummer. Well...he has made a GREAT fucking job...we're getting crippled here...it's like losing a limb.
Much much much love from all of us!
johan+scraps of tape
