Aside from a visit from my dad in Stockholm, we spent most of the summer out in the country, so I admit that while I tried to practice enough for tour in September, my fingertips weren’t sufficiently calloused. I was looking…
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September in the Desert
Tagged with: Camper Van Beethoven, David Lowery, live shows, Los Angeles, Music, My Life, Southwest, Stratocaster, touring, Touring Musician, Victor Krummenacher, Violin
Posted in Camper Van Beethoven, Music, Touring
Posted in Camper Van Beethoven, Music, Touring
A Short Tour, part two
Returning to our lovely Vallejo Ramada Inn, we bought a six pack of Lagunitas IPA on the way, and when I went down to Chris’ room to pick one up, I ran into some 20-something kids on the stairs outside…
Tagged with: Camper Van Beethoven, concert, David Lowery, Guitar, live shows, Los Angeles, Music, touring, Victor Krummenacher
Posted in Camper Van Beethoven, Guitar, Music, Touring, Violin
Posted in Camper Van Beethoven, Guitar, Music, Touring, Violin
September, Part 2
I took the replacement van back to SFO the next day to turn it in after unloading the gear and putting in the old van’s seats. They were a little unorganized at airport van rentals, but whatever. The people in…
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Posted in Camper Van Beethoven, Music, Sweden, Touring, Uncategorized, Violin
Posted in Camper Van Beethoven, Music, Sweden, Touring, Uncategorized, Violin
September, the transitional month…Part 1
I’m repeating myself here from the previous post a bit, but so be it. I’ve been meaning to catch up on blog-writing—my monthly entry!—to describe the last bits of touring for the year and the state of things in Stockholm.…
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Posted in Camper Van Beethoven, Music, Sweden, Touring
Post-tour driving.
Camper’s last show on this Southwest tour was in Dallas, and I got to drive Victor’s car back to SF. Victor’s Ford Escape was used on the tour as a second vehicle: the primary vehicle was David’s Chevy Suburban with…
Backhanded validation, validation nonetheless.
Camper Van Beethoven is out on tour right now in the Southwest. We are supporting a new album, “La Costa Perdida” that came out earlier this year (and it is awesome, it literally inspires awe.) Also we are in our…
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Posted in Camper Van Beethoven, Music, Sparklehorse, Touring
Some Bits of Tour Diary: January 2013
Here’s a brief recap of the first couple months of 2013. 2013, how’d we get here already? This is even after Arthur C Clarke’s 2001 AND 2010. And we’re still all here on planet earth. Anyway, after Christmas and before…
photo by Ian Weintraub
Jonathan Segel 