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Notes From Das Boot, 169

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Eindhoven, Holland 12/8/12

Speedfest and the last show of the tour. A giant clusterfuck of festival workout and end of tour packing panic. On the plus side, Graveyard and Orange Goblin are playing and it was good to see… Read more…


Notes From Das Boot, 168

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Krefeld, Germany 12/6/12

We’re here at Kulturfabrik, it’s one of those places that I couldn’t remember until we pulled up and then “pow!” , this is the place that I had what might have been the worst

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Notes From Das Boot, 167

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Krefeld, Germany 12/5/12

Well coming down to the home stretch here, three shows left. We’ve had a lot of rainy days on this tour, the best that could be said about it is “at least it ain’t fuckin’ snow”… Read more…


Notes From Das Boot, 166

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Aschaffenburg, Germany 12/3/12

Day off here and most of us went to the local Christmas Town. This is a local Christmas fair that most large towns and cities have. A bunch of small wooden buildings (although some are sizable… Read more…


Notes From Das Boot, 165

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Erfurt, Germany 12/1/12

Erfurt (pronounced either F-Word or Ear Fart) is in the former East Germany ( it’s still in the east of Germany but…). We are playing at a club that’s right off of Karl Marx Platz. The… Read more…


Notes From Das Boot, 164

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Zurich, Switzerland 11/30/12

The show at Z7 in Pratteln was pretty solid. They have a crew who know that club like the back of their hand and everything runs better than smoothly. And they have good catering and a washer/dryer… Read more…


Notes From Das Boot, 163

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Prattlen, Switzerland 11/29/12

I don’t really buy a lot of stuff out here. I already have a lot of stuff I don’t want. This tour all I bought was a giant book on the artist Neo Rauch that was… Read more…


Notes From Das Boot, 162

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Vienna, Austria 11/27/12

One more thing about the Stuttgart show. The power went out during “Nod Scene” (which if you say it really fast with a slurred voice, sounds like “nazis”). It was a regrettable speed bump in an… Read more…


Notes From Das Boot, 161

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Stuttgart, Germany 11/26/12 (Later that day)

Backstage at The Longhorn in Stuttgart there are hundreds of old posters for shows. The standard large size posters that are mass produced by the promoter for all the shows in Germany for… Read more…


Notes From Das Boot, 160

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Stuttgart, Germany 11/26/12

A twenty two hour drive from Manchester got us into Stuttgart at around midnight. We had a hotel last night and the combination of a good shower and a real bed made all the difference, so… Read more…