ON A ROAD LESS TRAVELED
JAREN 5/27
It's been a 5 star week. Top secret work by the Disciplines. MUCH more to come. Celebration was undertaked at Teddy's juke joint and at Claus' place. Suddenly it was 5.30 and everyone had to leave. Incredibly, after some liberal applications of champagne, I managed to shower shave and pack all my things. I guess I put on a little show for the assembled traveling party--Briskeby, Marit Larsen and band, and the crew, before heaving myself into the luggage bay and going to sleep in some of the weirdest positions ever. After 10 hours or more of driving we got to Jaren, a little town near Stavanger. THere was a multi-venue festival of Norwegian artists playing all around town. Conveniently, our show was in a small hotel which was also our accomodations. We got there around 5 and I righted myself with some steak and a glass of chardonnay. No soundcheck, so I ventured out and found a shopping mall with a toy store--perfect, and I did birthday shopping for Aden. Back at the hotel--free wifi, some ironing, repacking for the early morning flights back to Paris. Finally I emerged and Briskeby went on. I watched the whole set from the wings and had a great time, and came up at the end to perform 'Joe Dallesandro' and a rather racous impromptu 'Flavor of the Month'. After the show I met lots of friendly and drunk Jarenese, and had pretty much a full beer spilled on me, by one enthusiastic fan. I spent a long time chatting with the Marit Larsen band, the Briskebys etc. Had a drink or two and headed to the room. I was awakened by the hotel at 5--I hadn't heard my alarm and the taxi was there! I threw on the clean clothes I had ironed the previous day and threw my stuff in my suitcase. Stavanger airport is pretty small so check in didn't take much effort. I was so tired I don't even remember going thru security. I slept as much as I could--too short of a flight to get much done. Had a short layover in Oslo and slept all of that flight too. I even passed out at bag claim waiting for my suitcase to offload. But by the time I got home around noon and was able to celebrate Aden's birthday, and French mother's day, all that flying around was erased.
I don't want to tell too much about the Disciplines, but...is very good. Very, very, very good.
Love
KS
Paris
