RIVS TOUR, FEB 20 08: Basque recap
So, Austrian Gay TV really DOES exist, it seems...
We had the day off yesterday, after an INCREDIBLE time in Croatia. Nathan and I decided to stay in Graz, halfway between Zagreb and Linz, and he randomly chose Hotel Daniel... which turned out to be the coolest, gayest, most Scandinavian hotel in all of Austria!
Here is a recap of the rest of Spain and on to Italia!
15.02.2008 ESP, Getaria, Gaztetxe
Woke up at Rober's new place in Cáceres. Have toast and head out at like 7:30am... stop by Acuarela's office in Madrid to pick up some 'You've Got Your Own' EPs and Jesus isn't there, but we get the CDs... drive drive drive... somehow the nine hour drive turns into seven and we arrive in Getaria in time to check into a really cool old hotel on the main square and have a look around... meet Ion from the venue and Moonpalace and Saioa... cool space, Rapider Than Horsepower flyer on the wall... always nice to run into B'ton bands on the road... go wander around town... nice dinner and klada... show is good, if the PA is a bit blown... go to bed in comfy hotel...
16.02.2008 ESP, Bilbao, Antzoki 18
Relaxing day in Getaria, as Bilbao is only an hour or so away... wait at venue for two hours for Jon, because I said noon and he heard two (my fault, as I should have said twelve)... drive to Bilbao and drop off Jon for a nap while we go downtown and wander... no internet open, so have lunch while old men play poker... Bilbao is beautiful... soundcheck at venue, it sounds amazing until the pre-amp blows and the sound is rerouted to the bar's stereo... the soundguy works his ass off and comes up with a passable lo-fi mix in the end... quite impressive given the materials at hand... there is this coked out weirdo at the bar all night by the merch table freaking me out... after show, we decide to get a headstart on the 17+ hour drive from Basque to Italy... drive forever looking for a hotel, but in the end find a nice on just over the border of France...
Internet session is about to run out, so we'll have to mark this 'to be continued'...