12/27
2009
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Ok,so -or- adventures behind the iron curtain -or- The Hidden Purpose of the Floating # 6
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” But so many things have happened.” yes we know. Well,
We went to Europe in November before Thanksgiving. There we met the Man from Prague who would greet us and we’d know him by the blue van. He carried the important paperwork. However dangerous, we would go on to befriend Vaclav. On the eastern side of Europe we would eat delicious Venison that his wife made and read about Leadbelly while watching his son play drums on the floor.
We got to work right away performing in Germany/Czech/France/England/Belguim/NL, for this was our cover and not to be broken. We nearly slipped when running into Wilco by the sea in Germany. Billy Bragg was onto us we could tell but we talked of Woody Guthrie and intellectual rights and narrowly avoided letting our purpose slip. Too many dangers in letting it see the light of day before its time. Refractions of this purpose were workshopped dutifully in the van. True New Beginnings for a New Album in ‘10. We are excited. Carefully, it was leaked into the performance expression vectors, allowing a subtle introduction to the ever present context machine.
On the final night all was brought to fruition. Returning from where we started, a star shaped egyptian felafel joint in Den Hague, whilst Low Anthem played dylan songs in the lobby and Malkmus, jet lagged checked his email, we snuck upstairs to discover and document the floating 6. It was true and we had come and done that which we came to do.
Perfect. Now we can go home in peace.
