Tusind Tak, Danes, off to Sweden in 5 days...

Denmark.

First show was in Vordingborg; a small (14,000) town with charming inhabitants and a pleasant feel. Everybody in town was at the high school for a film festival, but we had a decent audience of about 20, 25 people... (including the peeps who worked there and the other band, the fantastic, almost-signed Vinnie Woo... check em out).

We got paid very well, but the audience was small. No matter. people were into us. We delivered, I thought. Sold one CD. Drank a few beers and chatted with an intense bald guy named Geer about Danish filmmakers and Danish politics. Learned a few Danish phrases, which I have since forgot, of course.

They treated us like gold. A filling dinner, nuts, pop, drinks of all sorts. Chatted with Vinnie Woo about Copenhagen and Pusher Street, and the gangs... interesting stuff. Christania, which is a squat I have heard about a million times... and how it has changed over the years.

Next stop was Aarhus. We played at Fairbar. The crowd was relatively sedate until 10 young peeps walked in boldly and started dancing and smiling almost instantly. They MADE the show for us. One of them looked like the Nordish version of Joey Ramone. He talked at length about us afterwards and my head swelled to gargantuan proportions, BUT at the same time, said he would never listen to us at home (he is a metal head, to boot). `You're a live band' he stated. We went to a party that night until 5 am then crashed at yet another couchsurfer's place.

Anyway, now we are in Copenhagen. Today we will go to Christania to busk and see if we can play a show there. Who knows?

I still don't have a strong feel as to what the Danes are all about. I know they once had Norway and Sweden and there is still some bitterness towards both countries since they lost their control. Those vikings, I tell ya! Perhaps in the next few days we will find out more about what makes them tick.

And in five days we head to Sweden. I'm still waiting to hear back from a couple of friends about visiting them on the way to Stockholm, or the way back. Would be nice.

Tak
Ciao
Stephen