Jed, again with the Baseball?! What about real sports?
Kiel-Beach was on fire yesterday! Because our Team Handball Club - the THW Kiel - won the European Champions League trophy. That´s like the highest trophy you can win in Team Handball in Europe - sort of the World Series of Team Handball!
Since our good friend, Team Handballer 2004, and World Champion 2007 Henning Fritz somehow forgot to get us tickets to the finals we decide to watch the whole thing on my 70inch jumbotron plasma flatscreen - luckily the whole game was on on the who-gives-a-shit channel.
After the final whistle all hell broke lose in our calm little coast town: people were dancing in the streets, drinking, and singing.
And of course we wanted to be part of this collective experience. But actually not to clebrate the team which came out to party with the crowd ...
... but to celbrate what has to be Team Handball´s greates mascot ever: HEIN DADDEL!
I mean, come on - that big nosed cross between a Zebra, Ronald MacDonnald, and Curly from the Three Stooges has to scare the living shit out of every opponent!
Here are some stats from the team´s official website. His name literally translates Dorky Dolt!
Place of birth:
Kiel
Nationality:
Schleswig-Holsatian
Weight:
200kg
Occupation:
Mascot
Hobbies:
Dancing, Parties
We sure like his hobbies - now we hope we can get our hands on one of his trading cards. Should be worth a ton.
When I walked to my car this morning this is what I found:
Pretty cool, huh? Some jerk went through the hassle of smashing the window just to steal 4 CDs! I mean, I can kind of understand the idiot - after all he took a copy of wax.on wax.off´s awesome debut "A Lecture on Geek Mythology" (a copy I purposely keep in my glove compartment to impress my fellow passengers). But honestly, if he´d just asked I probably would have given him the CD anyway - and signed it too. Or at least I would have told him to get it on iTunes or Amazon or something,
But on top of dealing with the smashed window of our band mobile I also had to spend an hour at the police station trying to explain to the otherwise nice cop that a) I actually was trying to crack a joke when I said that my Creedence tapes were also among the stolen goods and that now I wanted that part to be erased from the official report and b) that in now way I was trying to offend her and her work by asking if they already had any promising leads in the case or if the boys down at the crime lab are working in shifts to find my CDs.
Guess the cop wasn´t into movies that much.
Buuuuuutttt ... that wasn´t enough. Because when I got home from the shop where I tried to get my window fixed I accidentally knocked over my acoustic guitar:
Great! Haven´t seen such a clean crack since the x-ray of my fractured arm.
At least we´re playing on Saturday - that should cheer me up!
Awlright CRITTERS first off the ROCK N ROLL HALL OF FAME induction ceremony kicked up the fire in my soul after seeing PATTI SMITH deliver the goods.ZACK de la ROCA inducted TRICIA .Talk about a powerful moment.2 revolutionaries changing of the gaurd.PATTI came out all mousey remembering FRED SONIC SMITH and her mom.HER mom said TRICIA when you get to the hall of fame play my favorite vacuuming song.MOMMEY this ones for you.ROCK and ROLL NIGGER.FUCKING PROLIFIC.Whats with eddie VEDDER at every ceremony?Next the FLESHTONES at MAGNETIC FIELD.FUN show.MICHAEL CHANDLER and ANDY SCHERNOFF both on stage singing and morracas.Off to PORTLAND MAINE for a show with the DOWNBEAT 5 @ GENO'S ROCK CLUB .COOL place not much of a draw.J.J.from the 5 was in D.M.Z.HE was telling some stories bout' back in the day.JAYNE COUNTY,MAX'S and CBGB.WE talked about doing out of state shows.We'll see.Next weekend virginia and PLAN-9 instore.6a.m. start.CHRIST.Stopped for food in a truuck stop a few hrs. in.the waitress asked if we were partying all night BRIAN said no were in a band on tour.Get to RICHMOND pull up in front of store and there's a 5ft poster of us.COOL.TALL stage in back and our performance poters everywhere.ITs on a main strip with alot of veterinarians and launderers.Were checking out records and were all in a fog. 6a,m,WE finaly play.Good-fair crowd.Signed a bunch of disc's.Sold a shirt.A girl working the store said she usualy hates the bands but liked us.COOL.So we pretty much wrapup the gear and scavange the posters.Next show that night in NORFOLK with the CHERRY BOMBS and 3/4 SLUGGS.To ANDREAS where we arte staying the next 2 nights.Try to get a nap same clothes eat tacos to the BOOT.A fancy restaurant type. Move tables 3/4 sluggs first.BADASS hard rockin crew from the outter banks of virginia.The drummer is lightning fast without missing a beat.THE CHERRYBOMBS are up next warming up with some COOPER scoring points off the bat.JEFF's one blazing guitar player.Quite the cast of characters at this show.We go on i'm dying to play.They don't know what to make of us we let loose and they dig it.We're all shot and back to ANDREAS.Everyone at the show pretty much came back also.Partying hard and loud till 10a.m.Now i remember what playing in VA. was like.Everyone leaves we get the FISHERMANS BOUNTY at about 2 cranking G.G.and the JABBERS going to AW SCHUCKS.DELICIOUS.Get back round 4 try to tack nap.T.V. blaring gotta leave rond 9 to play with the CANDYSNATCHERS.Tonight we go on first.THANK GOD so i can partey.I was starving but the kitchen was closed .So i ate 3 slices of bread and some of SARAH'S fried rice.The bouncer PATRICK says lets burn the place down.OH-YEAH its on lets doit.Same CHARACTEWRS at show and ANDREAS last night came back this time in VA.beach.VIC-DIMISE didn't think we could top the previous night.NEVER underestimate the gumpsion of the VIZ.GREAT show and GREAT people.CANDYSNATCHERS killed.Their drummer was in question and i was asked but he showed.GREAT night in VAGINA BITCH.THANKS to ANDREA and NATE.
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