FranVIVA LA FRANCEPosted Jul 06 20082:15AMB sides recorded and mixed, we all met at the airport for a short flight to france. Meeting us at the gate was a photographer from New York who we asked to come and snap us. His name is Nicholas Lorden and he's rather good.I have perfected the art of sleeping the entire plane journey and so felt like I awoke before we took off. Weird feeling.We hired a car to scout for places to shoot. The crew left in a bus and we all jumped in an Opel people carrier/car. These are what Clay (our son) has taken to calling a van/car...he points at them when we're out and shout's van-car, VAN-CAAAR. It's very funny. In germany nobody notices but some heads turn in London when he spots one.Anyways we all boarded our van-car and sped off into the french countryside. Having been photographed in nature before we asked Nick to scope out some more urban type backdrops or maybe situations that were vague. We'd be shooting the following day after sound check.We all got acquainted with Nick over dinner at a place on the sea front and then all headed to bed but not before having a walk on the beach. It was still light at 11pm!I overslept for the lobby rendezvous at 9am. We ended up leaving for soundcheck at 9.35 :) Me and Dougie drove with Nick. The van we were following sped off at one point and we were suddenly adrift in the backroads of rural France. We ended up on the motorway going the opposite direction. After some fevered phonecalls we turned it around and caught up with the others after 20 minutes of sweating.Soundcheck was short. Then we all boarded the VAN-CAR and disappeared for the day with our man Nick.It was a great day. We went all over ending up back at the hotel. We did a quick round of pics on the beach before heading off to the festival.I think we took a wrong turn somewhere as we entered the festival area because we ended up driving down this road with thousands of really drunk french people. At one point a bunch of them locked arms and sat down in front of the car. It was a stand off. A security guard came in the end and told them he would take the black leather muzzle off his alsatian if they didn't move. They moved. Dougie calls those dogs big Al-get-ye's.The show was great. J.Smith was a highlight. We hung out with The Subways later and then drove back to the hotel.This morning was early rise at 7am to get a car to catch a train to connect to a plane. I am now at home in Berlin.

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新专辑9月发售都知道了吧？

I have perfected the art of sleeping the entire plane journey and so felt like I awoke before we took off. Weird feeling.orz

J.Smith was a highlight. ~~您现在说了我知道了但我还是觉得怎么这么快

留爪等电脑好了再看

照相就照相呗干嘛非得在下巴那里放根手指头。。。

他企图说：你们看我忙得。。胡子都这么长时间没空刮了

我总觉得这个图上的手指头不是fran的......

这篇博客真够流水账的。。。

FranRussian Dolls Posted Jul 18 20080:56AMWoooooh! Go Russia...Go Russia...what a great time we had on our first trip to rrrussiaaa! It was too short a trip though. I didn't get a chance to see anything. Boo!! The show was so cool. You were all so vocal. Before we went on stage we met some folks, some we knew from myspace and this board and some new faces too. I was given an amazing painting by an painter called Antonina Sotnikova. Her paintings seem very still and peaceful but give an impression that something a bit darker lies behind the initial impression. The one she gave me is of a shadowy gate set in a tree lined street. Anyways... I am going to find a good place for it in Berlin. As well as this I was given a traditional Russian hat and some cool russian dolls. Nice. Danke.After the show we met loads of folks outside. Although I didn't get a chance to see the city I felt like I got to know it a little better by speaking to some of you. Thanks.Today was a crazy early start. 4.45am lobby call... I slept most of the flight, coat over head. This is how I sleep on planes. Blocks out all light. Nice and quiet.We all drove from Riga airport to the hotel which looks out over the mighty Daugava river. It's very beautiful. After some interviews I fell asleep and awoke at 6pm. I called my friend Renārs. He sings in a Latvian band called Brainstorm. He came by the hotel and we drove out to the seaside to where he and his family stay during the summer. We went for a walk to the beach. The water felt great. Renārs swam. I watched. The sky is beautiful in this part of the world. It looks bigger. We all walked back to the house and after jamming (I played drums, Renārs on guitar and his wife Agnes on bass. We played Steady As She Goes by the Raconteurs) we built a fire and hung out. Renārs sons and their friends came by. I was treated to some pretty cool card tricks and coin tricks and after some pizza it was time to get back. Looking forward to the festival tomorrow. Heard some great things about it.

"Renārs swam. I watched. The sky is beautiful in this part of the world. It looks bigger."这句感觉真温馨

rrrussiaaa好玩13L这句感觉很静

我就喜欢这样，感觉时光都是缓缓流动的

静静的，静静的，阳光照下来，影子晃动着。。