Monday, January 23, 2006

Extreme conditions, extreme men...

With the forthcoming gig in mind we took ourselves out to the countryside for a two-day high altitude camp. High altitudes are supposed to improve ones alc... no, oxygen intake and give an extra push to ones performance.
Well, we took off on Friday evening in a blizzard. 20 km (some 13 miles) outside Helsinki the weather changed dramatically.We were drivin thru a crystal clear night, the outside temperature closing - 30 degrees celsius. (-22 F / 243 kelvins).
Once we got to T-Roxs und der Country-Wagens secret hideout, the temp fell even lower. It was obvious that not many outside activites would take place. Just having an occational cigarrette outside was a ball-freezing experience.
But the rehearsal sessions in the garage were fun. The sauna was great. The nourishment was prepared to meet the taste of the participating individuals, meaning sausages allsorts with mashed potatoes (excellent, T-Rox, thanks).
Flushed down with a reasonable amount of beer, brandy, jägermeister and blueberry liqueur this led to everybody being in rather flexible condition by midnight.

The breakfast next morning was served around 1 P.M. T-Rox produced a lovely thick omelette with crispy bacon and toast on the side. What else does a man need in order to recover ones maximum artistic performance?
To prove that in some stage we did have an agreement on how the set is going to be performed, we did record our Saturday afternoon session. Just about as I write this - the material is going through some considerable "pro-tooling". I´m not curious, just plain horrified of the possible outcome...

' Til next time

SaM

The miniature-size photo in the top right corner is the first one ever published of us. T-Rox took it, so he is not in it. Nevertheless it is a display of nordic male beauty at its best. For example, there is nothing wrong with the shape of Ruff-Es bass neck.