Scandinavia.

It fucking rules up here.  It's a lot like Canada, but more Ikea.  The weather is gorgeous (currently 80F in Gotenborg, Sweden today).  I've always loved it up here, but visiting in the summer is a whole lot nicer.  Just a little over a week left of tour.  It will be cool to be back home for a bit - I plan on buying a car.  That means I'll probably venture out of town a lot more too.  Summer time in Ontario is amazing, and I just want to drive with the windows down and listening to really loud music.  Speaking of music, I picked up some new albums - No Age, Nouns (great record, does Sub Pop put out anything that isn't great?  I don't think so), Cut Copy (competing for my favorite record of the year), Animal Collective EP (amazing), Santogold (giving this a try), new Bonnie Prince Billy, etc. etc.  I buy a lot of music, so what.  I think it's going to be a good summer, but time will only tell.  I've had a lot of veggie street meat in the last 24 hours, but I think I might go back for more.  Over and out.

Not homesick.

Vienna is beautiful.  Such a wonderful day in the city.

Berlin was on fire the other day, across the street from the venue!

Germaniacs.

Shorts+Sandals in Europe is one of the greatest feelings.  The weather has been absolutely gorgeous over here since landing in Frankfurt on Thursday morning.  After staying up all day to adjust to the time-zone, I crashed hard in the evening and slept a total of 14 hours (a new record for myself).  Now I feel great and I'm ready to party, kind of.

Rocking out in the famous Earls Court today, pretty excited about that.  These festivals have been overwhelmingly great for us.  Walked around London today, had some Starbucks upon waking up and now I'm feeling pretty energized.  Time to get ready to rock out, hopefully I can stay healthy this time around.

You_are_so_analog.

Leaving tomorrow for Europe, big flight overseas and probably a restless evening of very little sleep.  I find it hard to sleep on planes, especially when I should be.  Hopefully I'm not sick on this tour as I'm just getting over yet another cold.  I miss playing shows, so it will be fun to get back into it again.  Overall, time at home was good, but still confused as ever about a few things.  As it all starts to become a little more clear, there are more distractions that prevent from true understanding.  Solitude overseas will be much enjoyed.  Hopefully I can do more writing to vent my thoughts and ideas.   I'm ready to enter the bubble and sequester my mind. I've come to realize I often fear normality and conventional routine.  Future exists as an abstract idea right now.. I need to build what I cannot see, before imagining the plans.  Time to sleep?  Possibly.  I'll let the Brian Eno ambient collection drift me to off to Dreamland and hopefully feel better in the morning.  About Everything.  Analog/Digital, it doesn't matter who you are.  Dreams = escape.

14 Countries Next Month.

I am growing increasingly excited for Europe next month.  Hitting a total of 14 countries in 30 days which is the most I will have ever seen at one time.  It will be late spring so it should be pretty nice over there.  Looking forward to a change of pace.  All of the dates are as follows:

May 9, 2008 Meerhout, Belgium @ Groezrock Festival
May 10, 2008 Sheffield, U.K. @ Give It A Name Festival
May 11, 2008 London, U.K. @ Give It A Name Festival
May 13, 2008 Hamburg, Germany @ Grosse Freiheit
May 14, 2008 Berlin, Germany @ Huxley's
May 15, 2008 Munich, Germany @ Elserhalle club
May 16, 2008 Vienna, Austria @ Arena
May 17, 2008 Milan, Italy @ Live Club
May 18, 2008 Zurich, Switzerland @ Volkhaus
May 20, 2008 Lyon, France @ CCO de V
May 21, 2008 Toulouse, France @ Havana
May 22, 2008 Barcelona, Spain @ Razzmatazz 3
May 23, 2008 Madrid, Spain @ Sala Live
May 25, 2008 Paris, France @ Boule Noire
May 26, 2008 Amsterdam, Holland @ Melkweg
May 27, 2008 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Vega
May 28, 2008 Oslo, Norway @ John Dee
May 30, 2008 Gothenburg, Sweden @ Sticky Fingers
May 31, 2008 Stockholm, Sweden @ Tyrol
June 2, 2008 Helsinki, Finland @ Nosturi
June 4, 2008 Lund, Sweden @ Meijeret
Jun 6, 2008 Nurburgring, Germany @ Rock Am Ring
Jun 7, 2008 Nuremburg, Germany @ Rock Im Park
Jun 8, 2008 Prague, CZ Republic @ Lucerna Music Bar