“De portables in Denmark”: it’s been more than a week now. After some intense hypnosis sessions with Rasti Rostelli and a close examination of the photo’s we took, it’s all slowly coming back.
Driving 2200 kilometres for a single concert: it’s not very efficient. So we turned our “one-gig-tour” into a gastronomic/beer tasting trip. First stop: a farmer’s hole between Hamburg and Bremen. We don’t recall the name (if it even has one). But it has a camping site, a restaurant and a lot of homebrew beer. And that was enough.
The next day we placed foot on Danish soil. In Aarhus we drank some beers on the terrace of a Japanese restaurant (and went straight to a Mister Cåsh afterwards). Aarhus is a nice, trendy town. But not without its eccentric characters. While studying a text on a Viking settlement, a rather dangerous looking local interrupted me. The conversation went something like this:
Local: “Er mine øje sort?”
Me: “Euh…do you speak English”?
Local: “Does my eye look black?”
Me: “I’m sorry?”
Local: “My eye. Is it black? I’ve been hit in the face.”
Me: “Yes, it is.”
Local: “Oh, fuck. The Danish are so… You be careful, man.”
Me: “I will. I’ll be cautious.”
Local: “You do that. Be very cautious. Denmark is Denmark, man!”
Me: “Thank you.”
We soon found out the Danish aren’t dangerous or violent at all. On the contrary: they’re incredibly friendly, hospitable and helpful. Take Søren for example, who invited us to play in Aalborg. He arranged for a cabin on the picturesque Aalborg Camping. Free of charge. No neighbours. So we turned the cabin into a recording studio and started working on a new album.
The next day we had rendezvous with Søren tot set up our gear and soundcheck. When we arrived at the garden of the Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, we found him fruitlessly trying to set up the stage tent. We gave him a hand. The first time in our career we built our own stage! So afterwards an Aalborg Pilsner (not bad at all!) was well-deserved.
Another magic moment: the rainclouds, that had been our faithful companions for most of the trip, started to leave. When local artist Sofie Nielsen aka Tone began her (nice!) bluesy electronics set, it was under a clear blue sky.
Around sunset it was our turn. The crowd was great: young, enthusiastic and good-looking! So after the show we were more than happy to give away autographs (still waiting for that first boob to sign, though).
Next was an afterparty in the Aalborg Student House. Large beers. Nice people. Beautiful girls. But we left early. We had to be fit in the morning for the Great Portables Tourbus Playstation Tournament. So it happened that while we were virtually beating the crap out of Wio and killing off his Worms in the most creative ways, a few hundred miles east 94 gorgeous bikini girls were celebrating the birthday of Copenhagen’s Litlle Mermaid.
So Søren, you’ll have to invite us back next year. And we’ll be making a litlle detour then 
