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official blog site for Jason Carter. Currently on tour with Black Francis in Europe.
skippyondrums.com
official blog site for Jason Carter. Currently on tour with Black Francis in Europe.
Copenhagen was not what I expected. I guess I fantasized about being greeted by Hans Christian Andersen with a fresh latte’ and an autographed copy of “The Little Mermaid”, but instead I got out of the bus, made my way upstairs to a room that resembled a dark padded cell in a mental hospital and got locked inside with no coffee or a bathroom. I did however hack some WiFi from somewhere else in the building which passed my hour of solitude rather quickly. There wasn’t a lot to see nearby the venue, so I stayed inside until B.F.’s precore. The precore was held at Amager Beach State Park, bungalow #1....where’s that you ask? We still don’t really know. You can find it on a map, you can see it from the air, but our taxi driver had a twisted way of finding it which ended up costing an arm and a leg. Well, we made it on time, and it turned out to be a stunning location with a great turnout of fans. I’m really getting into this precore thing...It’s a nice little social break from the monotony of tour life.
Unfortunatley Bobby Peru didn’t open this show so the local Vega crew put together a string band with cello and violin which was pretty interesting. Our show was a lot of fun and had some good energy. I got a chance to visit with the crowd a little bit afterward and I’d like to give a shout out to Kogi and friends for being very cool.....literally they needed heavier jackets, it was freezing outside:)
Day 17 - Copenhagen, Denmark
2/20/08
Copenhagen, Denmark - A candid photo of B.F. in his ritualistic pre-show stature doing his vocal warmups.
-Skippy
Bobby practicing how to fit in with the local Danish people.
For Francis, my Rover mechanic, back home in Oregon.
Precore at Amager Beach Park.....bungalow 1, of course.
More from bungalow 1.
This is how the precore looked if you were curious and Danish.
Precore adventure part 1.
Precore adventure part 2.
Backstage at Vega.
A beautiful sunset closed the precore at Amager Beach park.
The crowd at Vega.