Thursday, April 10, 2008

Albi (F) @ Campus fest


We were in Paris yesterday morning to shoot a TV show and we took advantage of the afternoon off to drive and get closer to Albi ( south west of France). That's why, we only only have a 100 km to drive this morning.
We arrived at about 1:00 pm. The fest takes place in Albi's University campus, a quick look around and I suddenly realize that we are in the middle of a "eco-warrior-hippie-another-world-is-possible" meeting with hardcore recycling guys. People pisses on haycock, takes a shit in sawdust, and only uses unicycle to move... It's truely a bit confusing at first, but the hundred or so volunteers here deeply believe in it and are really nice guys, so we'll play by their rules with pleasure.
The afternoon goes by quite fast between expeditious soundcheck, touring stories with our buddies from DIRTY FONZY, organic beers and rain in torrents. The hours that separate us from the show always seem to last forever when we soundcheck early in the afternoon.The show kicks off, an electro band, a theatrical interlude, 2 fire-eaters, 4 jugglers later, it's now 9:15pm and we're climbing up on stage. The rain eventually stopped and the big top is crowded as fuck. We're starting, it's really cold but the atmosphere is getting warmer... We are well received, people are gently pogoing, and asking for more... There's even that guy that wants us to get naked, it's funny 'cause there's at least one guy like him in each town, it just seems like the night there's no guy like him, you're almost missing something!!!
Due to the schedule, we quickly leave the place for the other bands. I don't remember at all the band that played right after us, but I do remember the FONZY"s performance at home. What a show!
We hang around after the show to have a couple of drinks, then we leave direction Guillaume's ( singer of the band CONDKOI) house to spend the night there. Again we have a couple of drinks, and eventually go to bed at around 3:00am.

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