Hello everyone... ..I hope that's only temporary ... but who knows... :/ anyway - read on...
deep-z, http://deep.live.lv > I don't even know where to start about last Saturday. > > The Aphorism is a 4 man band from the south of Germany, and they have > releases coming up on Framework. > > They came up from Freiburg on Saturday to peform at Tresor. > > When we showed up at the club for the sound check, there was water > every > where. The club has low 10 ft ceilings, and they had some how set up > one of > those out door umbrellas down there. > > There was a leak. There was a table for them to set up on, and they > realized soon that there was a leak directly above this table. The > one that > they were about to put thousands of dollars of electronic equipment > on. > > So the light guy on the sound guy were working on some way to keep > the water > off of them. > > They found a large banner/tarp which had a picture of Juan Atkins, > Derrick > Carter and Kevin Saunderson (These are famous techno folk for those > of you > who don't know) and used it as a sort of umbrella with a couple of > rods > holding it up. > > The process took about an hour, and it was quite rediculous to watch. > > Eventually the guys started their live performance, at 2 am. It was > going > pretty well, until the drum machine started acting funny because it > had > gotten too much water on it. > > The word was now spreading downstairs (there are two floors in > Tresor) that > there was a bunch of police upstairs, and they were checking every > one for > drugs. > > People stayed downstairs, and kept partying. > > While I was watching them perform, a member of the crowd came up to > me and > said something in German. Eventually he asked me who I am, I said, > Bob > Brown. > > And he said... "Bob Brown, no, really? You are not Bob Brown..." > > He stepped away, and came back: "Really, you are Bob Brown? Prove > it, so I > showed him my driver's license." > > He went over and got his friend, and I heard him saying "Bob Brown is > here!!!" > > Very very crazy, quite a trip really. He wanted me to sign his > shirt, but I > didn't have a marker. > > I signed a sticker for him, and told him to sign up for the > newsletter. > > So then the cops came downstairs, and wanted identification from the > band. > While they were performing. Crazy! The best part was, that the > space > behind the table was very tight, and the police officer was trying to > squeeze through, and the band member (Markus) was dancing and rubbing > his > ass all over her, while she tried to get buy. It was very funny. > > Just after that happened, a leak let loose in the tarp above their > heads, > and all this water poured down right where he was moving his mouse. > Crazy, > they cleaned it up and put an empty glass under the leak... > > The DJ who was supposed to go on after the band hadn't show up yet, > so we > figured that he had gotten caught up in the Police mess upstairs. > > The DJ who was on earlier played again, and soon enough the police > shut down > the party downstairs. Ironically enough, he was playing a Bob Brown > record > when they told him to shut it off. I figure that was the last straw > for > them. They had heard enough crazy music, and that was beyond their > limit. > > The Police escorted every one out two by two, and gave each person a > thorough search, and then take their information down. > > When I got outside I realized that there were about 300 police > involved in > this operation. They had flood lights, and enough paddy wagons to > take all > 600 people that were at the club to jail. > > The Police ended only found 28 people with drugs. > > The whole thing was very strange. > > The club is closed for further review. Unreal! Tresor is closed. > > Let us hope that my record won't be the last one played in Tresor. > > I will be posting some pictures and video of the night on the > Framework > website. > > I am in Freiburg, with the Aphorism. I am 20 minutes from > Switzerland, and > 30 minutes from France. How about that. > > Sort of a half vacation, will be going to the black forest, and the > Largest > European theme park. > > I am cooking the guys dinner tomorrow night. Roasted Chickens, > Mashed Sweet > Potatoes and Some type of Green. I would do Collards, but I don't > think I > will find em over here. I will probably go with Swiss Chard, some > beans and > Greens.... > > I will talk to you all soon... > > I am sure I will have another story after this weekend. I am > playing here > in Freiburg on Friday, and then in Stuttgart on Saturday night. > > Bye bye. > > Bob.
