"an evening with greg dulli and mark lanegan" July 13th Nijmegen

my husband and i were walking through düsseldorf, just collecting urban impressions and sipping our aloe drinks that we bought at one of the japanese supermarkets. suddenly, i stood in front of a poster. 

"look!"

- "has it been left from january?"

"look at the date!"

-"oh!"

it read "an evening with.." july 15th, savoy theater düsseldorf. we got really nervous and decided to walk to the theartre and see if we could still get some tickets. when we arrived, we realised that it was near our hotel, just on the other side of the street! 

we finally got our tickets. some days later, i found out about the date in nijmegen at the doornroosje and decided that i really wanted to go there as well. with a few bucks left on my account, i bought two tickets and surprised stefan with them, just on monday morning. he took me to the eifel, where he's working at the moment and in the afternoon we drove to nijmegen. (all in all, we drove 5 1/2 hours that day..)

the location is so small and pretty, i loved being there. the atmosphere was average (the show at the paradiso must have been great), i think, but i didn't care because i was just so very happy to see them play again!

we went first row (i can't see anything if i stand somewhere else.. i'm small). duke garwood was as great as the last time we saw him opening at the patronaat. we enjoyed his playing style, his voice, his lyrics and his presence! 

to everyone i saw on the internet bitching about duke garwood: you're all fucking morons! basta.

it was a very cool thing to hear/see how jimmy gneco took over the room. people were still talking and maybe thinking the guy coming on stage with the guitar is just sound-checking. but then he started to play and after a short while, all eyes were on him and nobody was talking anymore! 

greg, mark and dave were great as usual and we had a very good time. seeing them surely is and has been one of the few highlights in our lives lately, really. the vibe was less "festive" compared to january. what i liked about that was that nobody cared if you sang along loudly. (at the patronaat show, i felt like i could get stabbed any minute by someone next to me if i continue singing! no joke!)

the set was great. stefan and i didn't have the chance to see the twilight singers/afghan whigs/mark lanegan/screaming trees live ever, so we're maybe not as "jaded" as other concert goers. i heard "martin eden" live, how cool is that? and "sworn and broken". and.. 

"i need some light!

-"yeah, i wanna see you!"

"i wanna see the fucking keyboard!"

:-)

i'm so happy that we'll be going again tonight. i enjoy the intimate small locations very much, but since i got that on monday, i'm looking forward to the theatre setting as well.

-shirin