Being in California Julien researches a bit about polish communities in the Golden State: Renata is polish and lives in San Francisco. She does a lot of things and has a couple of videos online. This time she takes us to her favorite polish store to tell us all about Joseph's polish sausage.
12/23/2006
12/10/2006
4 wheels to Texas
Julien has to hand back the Datsun to Johannes and therefore found himself another car. See it here on the left. This is an original '76 BMW 2002 and will - if the mechanic is positive - be the drive to Texas. Let's see about that... for some reason, when starting up blue smoke comes out of the exhaust pipe, just for a minute until the engine is warmed up. I mean, it drives well but the smoke thing is still quite scary.
12/07/2006
Oris Street
Cruising through Compton in the search of a new car Julien found Oris Street (what a surprise!) and shot a couple of photographs of its diverse views with nostalgic thoughts of good old friend Oris who is probably just serving some shots of Zoladkowa to Nick.
12/04/2006
WARSAW weekend vs. L.A. weekend
WARSAW WEEKEND ...or ujaz vodski in Ujazdowski
Well. The weekends. Nick went with basque friend and co-resident Inaki to an opening on Friday at Hotel Europejski. Kind of socialist styled big hotel, where there was sort of an exhibition and party in the basement. Lots of people, also people we had already met before, and lots lots lots of free Zoladkowa. That was the deal.... the story could already stop here... well, Nick had some shots, more or less probably about one bottle, mixed with sprite (nice new combination)... there were lots of familiar faces around as already said... Joanna, Sarmen, Alicija, Warsaw artists Oskar Dawicki and Agata Bogacka, our "chief-sheriff" Marianna Dobkowska and some more... afterwards we went on to Kafe Kulturalna, where suprisingly a huge party was going on (5 more beers). And then Nick and Inaki went for some "Warsaw kebab" (actually a mix of turkish and pakistani styled food) which was very good... reached bed at 5am. The headache next day was a bit too much, so Saturday was more about staying at home. Today we went for the Rembrandt exhibition in the kind of national museum that looks like a post classicist bunker from outside. Nick bought 2 old polish punk cds. PROLETARYAT and DEZERTER. Now in one hour Nick has his meeting with Patryk for the poster design. ...that was Warsaw weekend no.2.
Next week there is some more openings to come and Nick will leave to Berlin to meet good old friend commander Megerle. Zajebiscie!
LOS ANGELES WEEKEND not over yet
The week-end started Thursday with a free 25th-issue-of-some-cool-magazine party where the booze was not free at all - $10 for a Vodka-Tonic! The DJs were really good though so it was worth a dance. Unfortunately the doorman at the VIP area didn't like our faces and wouldn't let us in (there is always a VIP area in this city and you better look like you're important to get in). We did end up sneaking in via the back staircase just to realize that they were closing the bar. It was 1.30am by then and half an hour later the crowded dancefloor got swiped empty by some really big guys: "Move to the doors. We're closing". This is America, not Poland. Friday, Julien went to see Scorsese's new blockbuster The Departed starring the whole Hollywood crowd. Gangsters, police, lot's of blood and stuff, quite intense.
Last night, Saturday, openings in Culver City on LaCienega: Blum&Poe showed a consistent Dave Muller show. M&C showed Paul Pfeiffer, very nice. These are basically the only two shows worth a visit down there. Lightbox Gallery had some groupshow curated by Nick McCarthy of Franz Ferdinand (wooohooo!) with some horrible paintings, lame videos and conceptual bullshit, black lines on white canvas depicting the lines of a pinball game - I thought it was shit, but anyways. They had an aftershow party in the gallerist's nice house in Venice Beach right by the ocean with tons of good food (barbecue) and enough drinks that would help the stiff guests loosen up after a while. Today, Sunday, a drive downtown to meet Johannes's landlord is scheduled. He will fix my car (the brakelights don't work, no handbrake, and the exhaust pipe slowly falls off). Czesc!
Over now - Los Angeles finishes its week-end. 3:33am. Mackey Apartments. Cochran Ave. >Dead End.
The car is kinda fixed: Grant, Johannes's landlord, will get the missing parts by tomorrow. He used to be professional Mercedes Benz mechanic and is now taking care of UPS trucks. We went to his place (far east) this afternoon - he's just putting together a beautiful 70's Chevrolet Chevelle - really nice. Afterwards we had some nice Tacos at 24h-Taco on Soto/Whitey. Now, a few hours later, just had another big Taco at another 24h-Taco place on Vermont/Santa Monica. I am sick, really sick. Lots of Vodka Tonic with Johannes on some Silverlake party @ Akbar where Sean DeLear invited us. Jeppe from JuniorSenior DJ-ed, dance party, not too many people but fun and stiff drinks at the bar. Need rest now. Czesc again!
Well. The weekends. Nick went with basque friend and co-resident Inaki to an opening on Friday at Hotel Europejski. Kind of socialist styled big hotel, where there was sort of an exhibition and party in the basement. Lots of people, also people we had already met before, and lots lots lots of free Zoladkowa. That was the deal.... the story could already stop here... well, Nick had some shots, more or less probably about one bottle, mixed with sprite (nice new combination)... there were lots of familiar faces around as already said... Joanna, Sarmen, Alicija, Warsaw artists Oskar Dawicki and Agata Bogacka, our "chief-sheriff" Marianna Dobkowska and some more... afterwards we went on to Kafe Kulturalna, where suprisingly a huge party was going on (5 more beers). And then Nick and Inaki went for some "Warsaw kebab" (actually a mix of turkish and pakistani styled food) which was very good... reached bed at 5am. The headache next day was a bit too much, so Saturday was more about staying at home. Today we went for the Rembrandt exhibition in the kind of national museum that looks like a post classicist bunker from outside. Nick bought 2 old polish punk cds. PROLETARYAT and DEZERTER. Now in one hour Nick has his meeting with Patryk for the poster design. ...that was Warsaw weekend no.2.
Next week there is some more openings to come and Nick will leave to Berlin to meet good old friend commander Megerle. Zajebiscie!
LOS ANGELES WEEKEND not over yet
The week-end started Thursday with a free 25th-issue-of-some-cool-magazine party where the booze was not free at all - $10 for a Vodka-Tonic! The DJs were really good though so it was worth a dance. Unfortunately the doorman at the VIP area didn't like our faces and wouldn't let us in (there is always a VIP area in this city and you better look like you're important to get in). We did end up sneaking in via the back staircase just to realize that they were closing the bar. It was 1.30am by then and half an hour later the crowded dancefloor got swiped empty by some really big guys: "Move to the doors. We're closing". This is America, not Poland. Friday, Julien went to see Scorsese's new blockbuster The Departed starring the whole Hollywood crowd. Gangsters, police, lot's of blood and stuff, quite intense.
Last night, Saturday, openings in Culver City on LaCienega: Blum&Poe showed a consistent Dave Muller show. M&C showed Paul Pfeiffer, very nice. These are basically the only two shows worth a visit down there. Lightbox Gallery had some groupshow curated by Nick McCarthy of Franz Ferdinand (wooohooo!) with some horrible paintings, lame videos and conceptual bullshit, black lines on white canvas depicting the lines of a pinball game - I thought it was shit, but anyways. They had an aftershow party in the gallerist's nice house in Venice Beach right by the ocean with tons of good food (barbecue) and enough drinks that would help the stiff guests loosen up after a while. Today, Sunday, a drive downtown to meet Johannes's landlord is scheduled. He will fix my car (the brakelights don't work, no handbrake, and the exhaust pipe slowly falls off). Czesc!
Over now - Los Angeles finishes its week-end. 3:33am. Mackey Apartments. Cochran Ave. >Dead End.
The car is kinda fixed: Grant, Johannes's landlord, will get the missing parts by tomorrow. He used to be professional Mercedes Benz mechanic and is now taking care of UPS trucks. We went to his place (far east) this afternoon - he's just putting together a beautiful 70's Chevrolet Chevelle - really nice. Afterwards we had some nice Tacos at 24h-Taco on Soto/Whitey. Now, a few hours later, just had another big Taco at another 24h-Taco place on Vermont/Santa Monica. I am sick, really sick. Lots of Vodka Tonic with Johannes on some Silverlake party @ Akbar where Sean DeLear invited us. Jeppe from JuniorSenior DJ-ed, dance party, not too many people but fun and stiff drinks at the bar. Need rest now. Czesc again!
11/28/2006
Mitch & Mitch
Yesterday, finally, Nick saw Mitch & Mitch's show in Warsaw, in a nice theatre space (where i can't remember the name, because i wouldn't be able to spell it) ...was a nice show, although Nick found the first songs from the new album better than the last ones... Mr. Moretti is indeed a good entertainer for the public... anyway, they had a strong surf influence in their songs, reminded me of The Ventures in some case, some parts instrumental, some with voice... made the people dance. Today Mr. Skolimowski, old friend star journalist from Warsaw, might take us to The Car Is On Fire in Hybrida space. Should be worth seeing it... and Nick might do a poster design for our fabulous friend and musician Patryk who is planning a new record. So there is lots of things to do the next days.... hope this finds Julien well in LA.
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11/24/2006
News from Polsku
Because Julien seems to be very lazy in LA having barbecues and driving around baseball stadiums, Nick will post some little flash-news from Poland. ...OK, Nick is also a bit lazy but this is because here it's DARK DARK DARK most of the time. The sky goes gray at about 2pm and at 4pm it's already night... in fact it's quite warm for winter in Poland. Surprisingly. Anyway there is enough vodka in the freezer of the well known studio at the CSW to keep us warm.
Saturday, Nick has been to the opening of friend Agata Bogacka showing new paintings at Raster Gallery. Very crowded and afterwards again to the legendary 55 klub in the Palace of Culture (which has shitty decoration now), local hero DJ friend Artur8 and some Gigolo dj from Berlin (DJ Naughty) ...after some shots of vodka Nick found his way home somewhen around 5am. The beginning of the week was calm... Nick mostly spent his time with buying food and organizing the studio, also a bit of drawing, cooking, and today visited a fabulous old bookshop and bought some nice old postcards for Julien and a polish Western movie book with excellent photographs. There is some meetings scheduled with old friend Jacek Skolimowski, next monday at a Mitch & Mitch concert which will be fabulous for sure.
Some news from LA too...
After 6 weeks of blue sky Julien had to make it through a few days of Los Angeles fog. Driving is no fun these days. But he had at least two memorable encounters this week:
A banjo-cowboy in Park LaBrea playing cowboy tunes to passing pedestrians (video will be uploaded shortly), and a very nice Culver City gallerist who knows a lot about baseball, has a second gallery in Dallas and is actually originally from Texas (addendum: his gallery assistant was by far the more memorable part, hum... hope it wasn't the wife).
Other than waiting for the sun Julien has been driving a part of Mullholand Drive today, in the fog, passed through a couple of Canyons, in the fog, and celebrated Thanksgiving alone in the fog since the invitation to a dinner got cancelled. So long...
Saturday, Nick has been to the opening of friend Agata Bogacka showing new paintings at Raster Gallery. Very crowded and afterwards again to the legendary 55 klub in the Palace of Culture (which has shitty decoration now), local hero DJ friend Artur8 and some Gigolo dj from Berlin (DJ Naughty) ...after some shots of vodka Nick found his way home somewhen around 5am. The beginning of the week was calm... Nick mostly spent his time with buying food and organizing the studio, also a bit of drawing, cooking, and today visited a fabulous old bookshop and bought some nice old postcards for Julien and a polish Western movie book with excellent photographs. There is some meetings scheduled with old friend Jacek Skolimowski, next monday at a Mitch & Mitch concert which will be fabulous for sure.
Some news from LA too...
After 6 weeks of blue sky Julien had to make it through a few days of Los Angeles fog. Driving is no fun these days. But he had at least two memorable encounters this week:
A banjo-cowboy in Park LaBrea playing cowboy tunes to passing pedestrians (video will be uploaded shortly), and a very nice Culver City gallerist who knows a lot about baseball, has a second gallery in Dallas and is actually originally from Texas (addendum: his gallery assistant was by far the more memorable part, hum... hope it wasn't the wife).
Other than waiting for the sun Julien has been driving a part of Mullholand Drive today, in the fog, passed through a couple of Canyons, in the fog, and celebrated Thanksgiving alone in the fog since the invitation to a dinner got cancelled. So long...
11/16/2006
Back in WARTEXAS!
Finally Nick arrived in Warsaw after a long long ride with the train - and three polish hijackers in his compartment (smuggling four bags full of Schnaps and Vodka). After a short visit to the unique 24-hour shop opposite the castle Nick went back to the studio with some sausages and beer (yeah, they sell beer now!) where he met with Inaki, the new resident from basque country. Definitely a rioteer. yeah. more later...
Simultaneously, in Los Angeles, or eventually 9 hours later Julien opened a tiny bottle of Vodka he brought over from Poland - one sip and the world was alright. Yes, definitely more later, ...time to get things started.
Simultaneously, in Los Angeles, or eventually 9 hours later Julien opened a tiny bottle of Vodka he brought over from Poland - one sip and the world was alright. Yes, definitely more later, ...time to get things started.
10/28/2006
Roaring 60s in LA
After initial difficulties Julien has finally found a car - Johannes kindly lends his '66 Datsun! Ready for a road trip to Texas...
10/13/2006
The separation
l a n d e d
After a neverending flight with a couple of Bloody Marys on bad movies with the crew Julien finally arrived in La La Land where he'll be hanging out for the next six months. A few palmtrees and a blue sky make it look almost like Warsaw on Charles de Gaulle place, ...feels like home.
Did the infamous "art walk" downtown last night which made me almost faint. Figured out that downtown is (even if a little creepy in some spots) quite cool - the art walk is not. Best wishes to Nick!
After a neverending flight with a couple of Bloody Marys on bad movies with the crew Julien finally arrived in La La Land where he'll be hanging out for the next six months. A few palmtrees and a blue sky make it look almost like Warsaw on Charles de Gaulle place, ...feels like home.
Did the infamous "art walk" downtown last night which made me almost faint. Figured out that downtown is (even if a little creepy in some spots) quite cool - the art walk is not. Best wishes to Nick!
Nick is abandoned now in Vienna... but new Warsaw adventures are to come... in about two weeks Nick will be back in Poland at the CSW with some fine Zoladkova and Zywiec beer remembering the old times... hopefully there will be some sun at least in the cold winter of Poland where Nick will try to attend more rocknroll shows than before... so watch out for news. The arrival in Warsaw is scheduled for november 7. Peace to L.A.
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8/29/2006
The story is going on!
Nick will be back in Warsaw in November/December and get frozen feet and a vodka nose while Julien will burn his ass on Malibu Beach and have cocktails with Baywatch girls... so there is more stories coming up. The project will be continued, new interviews, new faces, new cars. And maybe, next year THE BOOK. About all the secrets behind Warsaw and Texas.
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7/23/2006
Dj-ing @ Ujazdowski
We came back to Warsaw for the opening of the exhibition of Sasnal & Olowska at CSW Zamek Ujazdowski. Spuki & Pollock played some dance music for the opening. Check the review and find Spuki and Pollock on the pics.
4/30/2006
4/28/2006
Gazeta Wyborcza
Otwarcie wystawy "Warsaw, Texas"
Łukasz Kamiński
W galerii lokal_30 otwarto wystawę "Warsaw, Texas" dwóch młodych artystów z Austrii
Exhibition at lokal_30, Warszawa
Installation view, room 2
days 53/54
Thursday. Worked until 6pm, the opening was scheduled for 7pm - always last minute.. Got a little pissed at the uninvolved and disorganized staff from the gallery space who didn't open the doors in time for the opening. Anyways.. The whole thing is good, done, we're happy - and it is to be seen April 27 until May 12 at lokal_30, foksal street 17b/30 (backhouse 2nd floor), Warszawa, opening hours are Wednesday to Friday 4pm-7pm.
In the evening party next door from the gallery organized by R Serek of Comme des Garcons store. Julien then got lost somewhere in the city together with helping hand Kobatsch and found the way back to the castle early in the morning where Nick had just arrived from some fantastic night voyage. A few hours of sleep, then back to lokal_30 for the so-called brunch with the artists --- Brunch with the artists ! --- last time we did that on a day after an opening.
In the evening party next door from the gallery organized by R Serek of Comme des Garcons store. Julien then got lost somewhere in the city together with helping hand Kobatsch and found the way back to the castle early in the morning where Nick had just arrived from some fantastic night voyage. A few hours of sleep, then back to lokal_30 for the so-called brunch with the artists --- Brunch with the artists ! --- last time we did that on a day after an opening.
Installation view, room 1+2
room 3
4/26/2006
The week before the show
days 43/44
Yesterday we had the first more or less intense prepare-the-exhibition-now working day, after the visit at Oris' place. We got some meal at the czech restaurtant in the afternoon (greasy french fries vs. alcoohol). Nick started more or less seriously with drawing, Julien was continuing previously started video work, bedtime was at 7am today. After 2 hours of sleep we met Marianna for serious talks about painting walls in the exhibition space as well as some technical questions about tools... and hooray: the Warsaw maps finally arrived! After some meal in the castle restaurtant Nick got really wasted and slept until 9pm while Julien got pissed about Photoshop and tried to fix something for the printing company... unfortunately Photoshop was in polish. Bad luck. We overslept and could just buy some stuff in the 24h-shop around the corner. Now, back in studio, trying to continue. Art is difficult. Sometimes. Video sucks. Always.
Yesterday we had the first more or less intense prepare-the-exhibition-now working day, after the visit at Oris' place. We got some meal at the czech restaurtant in the afternoon (greasy french fries vs. alcoohol). Nick started more or less seriously with drawing, Julien was continuing previously started video work, bedtime was at 7am today. After 2 hours of sleep we met Marianna for serious talks about painting walls in the exhibition space as well as some technical questions about tools... and hooray: the Warsaw maps finally arrived! After some meal in the castle restaurtant Nick got really wasted and slept until 9pm while Julien got pissed about Photoshop and tried to fix something for the printing company... unfortunately Photoshop was in polish. Bad luck. We overslept and could just buy some stuff in the 24h-shop around the corner. Now, back in studio, trying to continue. Art is difficult. Sometimes. Video sucks. Always.
days 45/46/47/48/49
Basically have been working every night, late, lots of organistation in daytime, people to meet, some partys... Wednesday - work. In the evening diner with Jacek at Apetyt, then Pustki concert at CDQ. Thursday - fancy Peroni party (not pierogie): we got the invitation from Alicija, went there to get some free food'n'booze and didn't grab one of those give-away bags with a free i-Pod shuffle in it. How stupid can you be ?
Friday we met Marianna and Łukasz Kaminski for a ride with the GAZ Jeep. Drove over to Praga to meet Pawel from Vavamuffin who showed us "his" favourite Warsaw district. At night some Fashion Show sponsored by Lexus. Very weird and fancy. Free food and booze again. Big thing this time: Helena Christensen walked the catwalk. The next morning was quite hard. Nick had a headache and slept through the day. Work then. Until now. Still work. We're running out of time it seems. But, slowly, the whole thing takes form. Nick did some nice drawings. The video progresses slowly.
Friday we met Marianna and Łukasz Kaminski for a ride with the GAZ Jeep. Drove over to Praga to meet Pawel from Vavamuffin who showed us "his" favourite Warsaw district. At night some Fashion Show sponsored by Lexus. Very weird and fancy. Free food and booze again. Big thing this time: Helena Christensen walked the catwalk. The next morning was quite hard. Nick had a headache and slept through the day. Work then. Until now. Still work. We're running out of time it seems. But, slowly, the whole thing takes form. Nick did some nice drawings. The video progresses slowly.
days 50/51/52
Preparations for the exhibition. We wanted to start the installation at lokal_30 on Sunday, postponed that to Monday and finally really started on Tuesday. Got visit from Vienna: Pete & Christine. And then hard worker Laszlo Kobatsch arrived Wednesday to help us set up the exhibition while curator Marianna was almost freaking out at the sight of the empty space. Nick had to cancel the Liars concert. Almost no sleep and a Vodka shot before going to bed.4/25/2006
Gazeta Wyborcza
Austriacy kręcą w Warszawie film drogi
Łukasz Kamiński
Nakręcić film drogi w mieście to jak nakręcić film o Titanicu na pustyni. A jednak. Dwóch austriackich artystów zrealizowało projekt "Warsaw, Texas". Wernisaż w czwartek 27 kwietnia w galerii lokal_30
4/16/2006
Easter week-end in Warsaw
day 40
Slept. Video. The castle was emptied out when we went out to the art supply store. It's the Easter week-end. Evening @ Mitch's rehearsal space. Little party there with a few musicians jamming. Nice place in a rundown factory building. After that worked some more 'till 4am. Sleep.
days 41/42
days 41/42
Everything's is closed, streets are empty. Met Artur8 and DJ Joakim who came straight from Paris to play in a deserted Club 1955 where about one girl danced - or two. When the party was over the club owner took us and the whole dj crew to his other club, a pimp-style after-hour bar with some creepy audience moving enthusiastically to dancy house tunes. Free vodka for the guests. An empty second dancefloor with dj Martin Shaft on some trancetec-kinda-boom-boom-sound. Not too bad though. The crowd on the house floor was either on speed or just very horny. Left that place with an amazing sunset on our walk back to the castle. Wasted. Long sleep. Empty sunday afternoon then. A little work, some cooking. Took a cab to Marcin's place in the evening. Nice and comfortable talk about music, Warsaw, Poland and the rest of the world. Two bottles of vodka - Nick is still sleeping, Julien tries to recover. Happy Easter.
4/13/2006
Europa is better than Supersam
Day upon day passes by in Warsaw. We actually feel like not having had enough time at all to see and find out about all the places and stories behind this city we have been driving through the last 40 days .....but we already think of coming back. Work in the studio - video editing - which makes us hate this medium much more. Today Nick started making nitrofrottages in the studio, got a dizzy head by sniffing nitro while Julien worked on video ...afternoon: walking to our new discovered Europa mini store that offers selfmade pierogis and is much better than the other supermarket, Supersam, we went to before ...just met Alicija for some drink in the architecture faculty coffee place whatever. Tired now. Sleep, there is a bunch of work waiting for us the next days. Fasten your seatbelts, it's getting dangerous now...
4/12/2006
Polish workers in yellow suits
days 36/37/38
For 3 days in a row workers in yellowish suits have been invading the studio space, handling with tons of red cables, speaking polish to each other (which we don't understand) and basically pissing us off with drilling machines and stuff as we tried to get some work done while they (obviously) tried to get their work done. Fair enough.
As we have to, we edited and viewed a lot of video footage until late at night and figured out that there was too much of it still to be done. --> Problem. We should meet some more people but time flies in Warsaw. It's getting tight - and we enjoy that.
Easter is coming which seems to bring all polish people into a state of great excitement. Streets are crowded. Nick sleeps. Julien is annoyed - in 10 days he couldn't find a place where to get a non oil-based generic black paint marker Edding 750 or similar.
As we have to, we edited and viewed a lot of video footage until late at night and figured out that there was too much of it still to be done. --> Problem. We should meet some more people but time flies in Warsaw. It's getting tight - and we enjoy that.
Easter is coming which seems to bring all polish people into a state of great excitement. Streets are crowded. Nick sleeps. Julien is annoyed - in 10 days he couldn't find a place where to get a non oil-based generic black paint marker Edding 750 or similar.
4/09/2006
Offroading
days 34/35
Woke up early on Saturday to go on an offroading trip with Michał. We met him and his boys, everybody in camouflage suits, to take a ride. He invited two guys that participated in the Camel Trophy in the brazil rain forest to ride with us. Vitek was also in the pit, driving his Landrover Defender from the 70s. We got walkie talkies, like on a navigation trip. Bad boys and their mud toys. Exactly that's what it was like. Unfortunately the river was too high, so we just had a very small path for offroading action. For us it was quite fun, for the guys that was peanuts... Michals kids drove with us in the GAZ. ...the afternoon was sleepy ...at night, new club M25 in Ulica Minska in Praga... Berlin styled old factory club. There was an italian dj from Gigolo Berlin, was ok, not too crowded actually... got home at 6am with the night bus ...Sunday was again a bit lame, eating in a czech-polish restaurant. Nick got 1l of beer and 2 schnaps with schnitzel and french fries. Julien had some cheese stuff, apple juice and also 2 schnaps. Tired after that. Sleep. And work until 5am.
Woke up early on Saturday to go on an offroading trip with Michał. We met him and his boys, everybody in camouflage suits, to take a ride. He invited two guys that participated in the Camel Trophy in the brazil rain forest to ride with us. Vitek was also in the pit, driving his Landrover Defender from the 70s. We got walkie talkies, like on a navigation trip. Bad boys and their mud toys. Exactly that's what it was like. Unfortunately the river was too high, so we just had a very small path for offroading action. For us it was quite fun, for the guys that was peanuts... Michals kids drove with us in the GAZ. ...the afternoon was sleepy ...at night, new club M25 in Ulica Minska in Praga... Berlin styled old factory club. There was an italian dj from Gigolo Berlin, was ok, not too crowded actually... got home at 6am with the night bus ...Sunday was again a bit lame, eating in a czech-polish restaurant. Nick got 1l of beer and 2 schnaps with schnitzel and french fries. Julien had some cheese stuff, apple juice and also 2 schnaps. Tired after that. Sleep. And work until 5am.
4/07/2006
Warsaw you're the best!
day 33
Friday. Can't actually remember much about what happened in daytime. The evening started before we could actually start it ourselves, with an overcrowded opening of some pink in pink exhibition at the CSW. A lot of high-tuned chicks - in pink of course. After that concert of this crazy sylesian Pavarotti-Syntetik guy @ Aurora. Everybody was there, we were late, so no way to get through to the stage. Went over to the club next door where facepainted guys Miguel and the Living Dead rocked the punk-lovers crowd. Wooow ! Location change after having listened to Niski's weird storys about Pighead's singer Blitz who apparently once got a 40-year-old Ma' to rollerblade on stage with a huge candle stuck up her ass. Landed at some location right next to the Sheraton Hotel for a Davidoff sponsored house party. Tuning and drinks for free. The climax came with the DJ shouting out loud to his crowd: "WARSAW YOU'RE THE BEST!"
Unfortunately, we didn't tape that. But yes, Warsaw rocks. Just like Texas I guess.
Friday. Can't actually remember much about what happened in daytime. The evening started before we could actually start it ourselves, with an overcrowded opening of some pink in pink exhibition at the CSW. A lot of high-tuned chicks - in pink of course. After that concert of this crazy sylesian Pavarotti-Syntetik guy @ Aurora. Everybody was there, we were late, so no way to get through to the stage. Went over to the club next door where facepainted guys Miguel and the Living Dead rocked the punk-lovers crowd. Wooow ! Location change after having listened to Niski's weird storys about Pighead's singer Blitz who apparently once got a 40-year-old Ma' to rollerblade on stage with a huge candle stuck up her ass. Landed at some location right next to the Sheraton Hotel for a Davidoff sponsored house party. Tuning and drinks for free. The climax came with the DJ shouting out loud to his crowd: "WARSAW YOU'RE THE BEST!"
Unfortunately, we didn't tape that. But yes, Warsaw rocks. Just like Texas I guess.
4/06/2006
Patryk Zakrocki in Ursynow
day 30/31/32
We visited Patryk, a former member of Mitch & Mitch, a.k.a. Crazy Mitch and now somehow solo musician and composer in his appartment in Ursynow, a suburban zone in southern Warsaw. We hung out at his place and listened to his music. Very nice talk about music in general and improvisation scenes in Warsaw. Afterwards we got really tired, tried to watch Two Lane Blacktop, but already slept away... today it was kind of an off-day as far as Julien got some flue invaders in his body and Nick had an appointment for a model agency... some supermarket shopping... hang out at Marianna's, introducing her to our exhibition, meeting photographer Szymon Roginski at the cafe, and again killing time in the studio. Kind of tired. The Texas flag has arrived. No more news so far, just tons of work to do. Tomorrow evening will be a busy with shows and some artyfarty party in the evening we're looking forward to...
We visited Patryk, a former member of Mitch & Mitch, a.k.a. Crazy Mitch and now somehow solo musician and composer in his appartment in Ursynow, a suburban zone in southern Warsaw. We hung out at his place and listened to his music. Very nice talk about music in general and improvisation scenes in Warsaw. Afterwards we got really tired, tried to watch Two Lane Blacktop, but already slept away... today it was kind of an off-day as far as Julien got some flue invaders in his body and Nick had an appointment for a model agency... some supermarket shopping... hang out at Marianna's, introducing her to our exhibition, meeting photographer Szymon Roginski at the cafe, and again killing time in the studio. Kind of tired. The Texas flag has arrived. No more news so far, just tons of work to do. Tomorrow evening will be a busy with shows and some artyfarty party in the evening we're looking forward to...
4/03/2006
Hanging out with Rob Mazurek
day 29
Got nothing really managed the whole day... just some envelopes... met Magda who is doing her internship at CSW and helping Josée and the new resident who finally arrived yesterday evening... Tim Sullivan, video artist from San Francisco was visiting us with Karolina... afterwards we went to Sao Paolo Underground featuring star trumpetist Rob Mazurek. Afterwards we had a small party at Marianna's place with Mazurek and the guys from Sao Paolo Underground as well as Mikrokolektyw from Wroclaw. And finally we also met Dawid from Wroclaw who had connected us to Jacek and Mitch before taking off to the "far east".
Got nothing really managed the whole day... just some envelopes... met Magda who is doing her internship at CSW and helping Josée and the new resident who finally arrived yesterday evening... Tim Sullivan, video artist from San Francisco was visiting us with Karolina... afterwards we went to Sao Paolo Underground featuring star trumpetist Rob Mazurek. Afterwards we had a small party at Marianna's place with Mazurek and the guys from Sao Paolo Underground as well as Mikrokolektyw from Wroclaw. And finally we also met Dawid from Wroclaw who had connected us to Jacek and Mitch before taking off to the "far east".
4/02/2006
Weekend with Alicija
days 26/27/28
Friday. Went to OBI with the GAZ to buy some tools. Took us like the whole day. In the evening met Alicija who showed us quite some clubs and bars in the city center, Utopia, Egoiste, and others. A weird clubbing night that ended early in the morning in this little place where you get food 24h/24h. The barman was doing some awesome singing performance with the shower of the tab (check our video section for that!).
Saturday, opening at Raster Gallery. Nice place with lots of smoke, a little artyfarty. Later we went to this photomagazine presentation at Miedzy Nami where we met Alicija and Ewa with whom we took a cab to an awesome private party of people of the A4 magazine. The cab driver got pissed after Julien had made some inappropriate remark about the pope and drove like a 100km/h in the middle of the city. The party was wild - people dancing to Madonna playing on repeat and getting really wasted on Wodka. A passage in two more clubs, Egoiste (oh my!) and Diuna. Had some pierogies then, just before going to bed.
On Sunday we went on a trip with Alicija. Met some guys on the road who were driving another GAZ Jeep. Then went to the west outskirts to shot some footage on the field.
Friday. Went to OBI with the GAZ to buy some tools. Took us like the whole day. In the evening met Alicija who showed us quite some clubs and bars in the city center, Utopia, Egoiste, and others. A weird clubbing night that ended early in the morning in this little place where you get food 24h/24h. The barman was doing some awesome singing performance with the shower of the tab (check our video section for that!).
Saturday, opening at Raster Gallery. Nice place with lots of smoke, a little artyfarty. Later we went to this photomagazine presentation at Miedzy Nami where we met Alicija and Ewa with whom we took a cab to an awesome private party of people of the A4 magazine. The cab driver got pissed after Julien had made some inappropriate remark about the pope and drove like a 100km/h in the middle of the city. The party was wild - people dancing to Madonna playing on repeat and getting really wasted on Wodka. A passage in two more clubs, Egoiste (oh my!) and Diuna. Had some pierogies then, just before going to bed.
On Sunday we went on a trip with Alicija. Met some guys on the road who were driving another GAZ Jeep. Then went to the west outskirts to shot some footage on the field.
3/30/2006
3M and Łeb Prosiaka
day 25
Woke up @ 8am to go to the 3M headquarters outside of Warsaw to get some sponsorship. On the way back our driver told us how he organized a tour for german punkband Die Toten Hosen in the eighties. Nick had a nap in the afternoon while Julien tried to fix the fucking computers. One of them is totally out of order now. In the evening No Mercy Club on Bema Street. Niski's band Łeb Prosiaka (polish for pighead). Deepest polish grindcore in an almost empty club - but it was hell of a concert. You want to book some hard rockin' freaks? Book them!
Woke up @ 8am to go to the 3M headquarters outside of Warsaw to get some sponsorship. On the way back our driver told us how he organized a tour for german punkband Die Toten Hosen in the eighties. Nick had a nap in the afternoon while Julien tried to fix the fucking computers. One of them is totally out of order now. In the evening No Mercy Club on Bema Street. Niski's band Łeb Prosiaka (polish for pighead). Deepest polish grindcore in an almost empty club - but it was hell of a concert. You want to book some hard rockin' freaks? Book them!
3/29/2006
Pustki and Le Madame
day 24
Wednesday. Had some big tour north of Warsaw. Industrial area. Nick had beer in the GAZ while Julien concentrated on driving and not loosing his glasses every 20 minutes. Met Radek from Pustki with his girlfriend at the cafeteria... we had a quick look at Le Madame, a place that had been closed one week ago and was now occupied by a bunch of left winged freedom fighters. But there was just a friendly discussion about capitalism going on, unfortunately no violent scenes of police against riot kids... Julien walked home to the castle after leaving the GAZ at the garage and Nick met Alicija with a photographer from Madrid at this cafe in Warsaw called "between us" to talk about some fashion project. Julien was already asleep when Nick came home... next morning we had to leave early for some meeting with 3M.
Wednesday. Had some big tour north of Warsaw. Industrial area. Nick had beer in the GAZ while Julien concentrated on driving and not loosing his glasses every 20 minutes. Met Radek from Pustki with his girlfriend at the cafeteria... we had a quick look at Le Madame, a place that had been closed one week ago and was now occupied by a bunch of left winged freedom fighters. But there was just a friendly discussion about capitalism going on, unfortunately no violent scenes of police against riot kids... Julien walked home to the castle after leaving the GAZ at the garage and Nick met Alicija with a photographer from Madrid at this cafe in Warsaw called "between us" to talk about some fashion project. Julien was already asleep when Nick came home... next morning we had to leave early for some meeting with 3M.
3/28/2006
Mudholes and asphalt
days 22/23
Monday & Tuesday of week 4. Did two wicked trips with the GAZ 69. Went to the borders of Warsaw city, drove straight through Texas where we did some off-roading. Deep mudholes and hot asphalt.
Monday & Tuesday of week 4. Did two wicked trips with the GAZ 69. Went to the borders of Warsaw city, drove straight through Texas where we did some off-roading. Deep mudholes and hot asphalt.
3/26/2006
Reenactment in the Old Town
day 21
Sunday. We went for a ride with Michał in the GAZ. Some "Second World War ambush against Nazi Germans" historical role-play showdown in the Old Town, a reenactment. Had a drive around the city then. Finally Michał gave us the keys for the garage and the GAZ, so from now on we can take it whenever we want. Evening: Hybrida Club. Jazzcore/freejazz with Neuma (Warsaw) and Progrram (Wroclaw). Nice evening. Nick bought a Progrram t-shirt. The girly sizes for Julien were already sold out... walking home to the castle.
Sunday. We went for a ride with Michał in the GAZ. Some "Second World War ambush against Nazi Germans" historical role-play showdown in the Old Town, a reenactment. Had a drive around the city then. Finally Michał gave us the keys for the garage and the GAZ, so from now on we can take it whenever we want. Evening: Hybrida Club. Jazzcore/freejazz with Neuma (Warsaw) and Progrram (Wroclaw). Nice evening. Nick bought a Progrram t-shirt. The girly sizes for Julien were already sold out... walking home to the castle.
3/25/2006
Out at the clubs
days 19/20
On Saturday Nick came back from Vienna while Julien was at the silent movies festival. Met later at the café (Nick had already had his 4th beer) to then move on to the city where we would meet Alicija. Drinks to good housy dancy tunes at some nice bar. Then moved on to club Paprotka, good crowd but Alicija was not too much into the sound there. So we moved on to Cinnamon, a huge space with wintergarden in the back: tons of people partly dancing on the bar to loud danceclub music. As we forgot our cameras that night we have to do the whole thing again next week. Yay!
On Saturday Nick came back from Vienna while Julien was at the silent movies festival. Met later at the café (Nick had already had his 4th beer) to then move on to the city where we would meet Alicija. Drinks to good housy dancy tunes at some nice bar. Then moved on to club Paprotka, good crowd but Alicija was not too much into the sound there. So we moved on to Cinnamon, a huge space with wintergarden in the back: tons of people partly dancing on the bar to loud danceclub music. As we forgot our cameras that night we have to do the whole thing again next week. Yay!
3/23/2006
Platzki with Adrian at Radek's
days 17/18
Wednesday Silver Rocket concert in the evening with Jacek, Adrian and Kasia. Very calm, but nice. Didn't manage to order Vodka-Coke correctly. Went to Radek's place afterwards where Adrian was staying. Adrian heated up some platzkis (potatoe cakes!). Will meet Radek again to visit Pustki's rehearsal room.
Thursday not much happened. It's past ten. The computer guy still tries to get the Macintosh fixed. He upgraded to OS 10.4 to realize that the Matrox video card was not compatible with the new system. How boring...
Wednesday Silver Rocket concert in the evening with Jacek, Adrian and Kasia. Very calm, but nice. Didn't manage to order Vodka-Coke correctly. Went to Radek's place afterwards where Adrian was staying. Adrian heated up some platzkis (potatoe cakes!). Will meet Radek again to visit Pustki's rehearsal room.
Thursday not much happened. It's past ten. The computer guy still tries to get the Macintosh fixed. He upgraded to OS 10.4 to realize that the Matrox video card was not compatible with the new system. How boring...
3/21/2006
Alone in Warsaw
day 14
This was the first "real" Sunday in a while - easy.., being lazy. Relaxing. Nick left Warsaw at about noon. Probably had some beers and one of these awesome sausages in the dining car on his way down to Austria. Julien went to Market Europa with Josée - crazy market place in an old closed-down stadium in Praga where you find ripped DVDs, CDs, and illegally produced alcoholic drinks. People say it can make you blind to drink this stuff!...??? Bought some pierogies on the way back in a supermarket that is by far better than SUPERSAM.
day 15
Julien did not leave the castle today. Instead a whole lot of file transfers, burned quite some DVDs, took almost the whole day. Damned computers! I saw in my dashboard that it is sunny outside, temperature above 0°C! A short break in the afternoon for a meeting with curator Marianna in the café. Still didn't make a step outside. Marianna is trying to get sponsoring for adhesive tape and large quantities of paper. Potatoe cakes for dinner - how very polish.
day 16
Julien woke up early to go to the Austrian Cultural Forum. Got the long awaited $$$. Some potential sponsoring partners for our project seem to show interest. Meetings scheduled for the week. Lunch: borschtsch as usual, potatoe cakes again. Still love it and will have it over and over again. Some more archiving work done - and a walk outside: it is warmer, amazing day. Went to the movies, Me and You and Everyone We Know. The main actress (she also directed) was kind of a pain-in-the-ass character, made me somehow aggressive. But in the end the movie was ok. No plans for tonight. Some work for the upcoming show in Salzburg. The night porter is having a nap on the couch in the hallway. Easy... cheers
This was the first "real" Sunday in a while - easy.., being lazy. Relaxing. Nick left Warsaw at about noon. Probably had some beers and one of these awesome sausages in the dining car on his way down to Austria. Julien went to Market Europa with Josée - crazy market place in an old closed-down stadium in Praga where you find ripped DVDs, CDs, and illegally produced alcoholic drinks. People say it can make you blind to drink this stuff!...??? Bought some pierogies on the way back in a supermarket that is by far better than SUPERSAM.
day 15
Julien did not leave the castle today. Instead a whole lot of file transfers, burned quite some DVDs, took almost the whole day. Damned computers! I saw in my dashboard that it is sunny outside, temperature above 0°C! A short break in the afternoon for a meeting with curator Marianna in the café. Still didn't make a step outside. Marianna is trying to get sponsoring for adhesive tape and large quantities of paper. Potatoe cakes for dinner - how very polish.
day 16
Julien woke up early to go to the Austrian Cultural Forum. Got the long awaited $$$. Some potential sponsoring partners for our project seem to show interest. Meetings scheduled for the week. Lunch: borschtsch as usual, potatoe cakes again. Still love it and will have it over and over again. Some more archiving work done - and a walk outside: it is warmer, amazing day. Went to the movies, Me and You and Everyone We Know. The main actress (she also directed) was kind of a pain-in-the-ass character, made me somehow aggressive. But in the end the movie was ok. No plans for tonight. Some work for the upcoming show in Salzburg. The night porter is having a nap on the couch in the hallway. Easy... cheers
3/18/2006
First drive with the GAZ
day 13
No sleep for Nick, 4 hours for Julien: had to wake up early so to meet Michał for the first drive with the GAZ Jeep. Michał 's 2 sons (9 and 13 years old) and Marianna came with us. Julien helped the concierge to shovel away the ice in front of the garage in order to open it. Vitek, a close friend of Michał followed us with his Land Rover. He will introduce us to his friends who also own Land Rovers and might meet Nick in Vienna for a beer next week. Julien managed to drive the GAZ quite well.
A little nap in the afternoon. Nick then left the studio for a "meeting" while Julien converted DVD data. Met later at Indeks Club, an overcrowded student basement bar where Tomek's band was playing - not really our style of music. Left soon, very tired, but somehow ended up in another club: Regeneration or something like that. Cool funky dance pop, one drink and ready for bed.
No sleep for Nick, 4 hours for Julien: had to wake up early so to meet Michał for the first drive with the GAZ Jeep. Michał 's 2 sons (9 and 13 years old) and Marianna came with us. Julien helped the concierge to shovel away the ice in front of the garage in order to open it. Vitek, a close friend of Michał followed us with his Land Rover. He will introduce us to his friends who also own Land Rovers and might meet Nick in Vienna for a beer next week. Julien managed to drive the GAZ quite well.
A little nap in the afternoon. Nick then left the studio for a "meeting" while Julien converted DVD data. Met later at Indeks Club, an overcrowded student basement bar where Tomek's band was playing - not really our style of music. Left soon, very tired, but somehow ended up in another club: Regeneration or something like that. Cool funky dance pop, one drink and ready for bed.
3/17/2006
Records, fashion, art & Ivan Smagghe
We had some city walking in the afternoon. Visited one small record store near Nowy Swiat street, more for electronica, wave and house stuff but nice. For the night we planned to visit the opening at the CSW, what we did... some wine and small things to eat. Julien poured wine over the suit of this guy Dario. Jacek arrived to take us out. Concert was planned, instead we went to the opening of *comme*des*garçons* guerilla store. Then moved on for some art talk and wodka to our curators place just next door. Marianna has a nice flat. Then party at Club 1955. French dj Ivan Smagghe sucked the deck. Julien left at 4pm. Nick left at around 5pm... and arrived at 7.30pm in the castle. No comment. Sleep now.
3/16/2006
The GAZ and Canal+
So, we have passed nearly two weeks in Warsaw. Met Michał today, he showed us his GAZ army jeep we might get for driving around Warsaw city. Crazy 60km/h highspeed. Sounds like a rocket. Looks amazing.
Finished the trailer for CANAL+. Hope they will air it although it looks straight out of a 70's amateur video shoot (Sony Portapack style). We like it. Maybe not made for tv but rock and roll still. Went to supermarket. Had some Zubrovka-Coke. Nick had two beers. Not too much to tell about the meal... yes, bortschtsch... think we'll have turned red after our stay...
Finished the trailer for CANAL+. Hope they will air it although it looks straight out of a 70's amateur video shoot (Sony Portapack style). We like it. Maybe not made for tv but rock and roll still. Went to supermarket. Had some Zubrovka-Coke. Nick had two beers. Not too much to tell about the meal... yes, bortschtsch... think we'll have turned red after our stay...
3/15/2006
Tribute to Krysys
The postponed meeting (with Michał) was postponed again - to Thursday. Met Tomek at the tribute to KRYSYS concert, a polish cult punk band from the late 70s. First reunion in 25 years, a historic event! Tomek works at Indeks Club, has a house on the country-side, 2 daughters and plays in a neo-country band that does organized hold-ups after their shows!? Right now we're having really bad pasta with some kind of polish asian sauce that Nick found in the cupboard. This is the worst dinner we had yet. Stomach ache.
3/14/2006
First visit to lokal_30
First day of video editing work. The Macintoshs are collapsing. Julien also. Causing to the computer problems. Nick got his transparencies and was happy to get started with the car drawings. We had lunch with Ula, one of the assistants. Again borschtsch. Julien had...? YES!... pierogis... while Nick took the spinach-crepes. In the evening we accompagnied our curator in chief - Marianna - to an exhibition opening. Nick had a talk with Marianna's brother about polish football. He will watch a league one match, probably Legia Warsaw with us (YESSS!). Marianna was a bit ill, so we had just a quick drink and returned to the castle. Cooking. Vegetables and rice. Nick got a bit pissed and melancholic in the internet chat (girls probably), while Julien started to edit some takes. The week will be horribly stuffed... interviews, meetings, roads, jeeps, rock and roll. Quo vadis Warsaw?
day 9
The meeting with Michał was postponed to Wednesday. Means no car yet. Julien worked on the video, Nick did some drawing. Went to see lokal_30, the appartment where the exhibition shall happen. Nice place, kind of an old run down appartment that wouldn't hold more than 40 people max. A little balcony which gives right on some wicked one-storied building where an after-party could very well happen. 70s interior - not Texas, but Las Vegas for sure.
Nick had his daily beer after that while Julien went to the Yann Tiersen concert with Josée. Support band: Snowman - some weird (polish?) post-80s-fusion-kitsch with a saxophone that almost blew our ears off. A great time.
day 9
The meeting with Michał was postponed to Wednesday. Means no car yet. Julien worked on the video, Nick did some drawing. Went to see lokal_30, the appartment where the exhibition shall happen. Nice place, kind of an old run down appartment that wouldn't hold more than 40 people max. A little balcony which gives right on some wicked one-storied building where an after-party could very well happen. 70s interior - not Texas, but Las Vegas for sure.
Nick had his daily beer after that while Julien went to the Yann Tiersen concert with Josée. Support band: Snowman - some weird (polish?) post-80s-fusion-kitsch with a saxophone that almost blew our ears off. A great time.
3/12/2006
Plum at Aurora Club
day 7
So. Julien & Nick went for their first show today at Aurora Club together with fabulous guy Jacek again who takes care of us and introduces us to the Warsaw scene. On stage: polish noiserockband Plum from Stettin. Sounded bit like combination of Jesus Lizard, NoMeansNo and some weird Chicago postrocking stuff. Nice show, nice audience, small intimate but very friendly location.
Bought a TAPE. The first recording of them. Long time we didn't see tape recordings. Nostalgic. Met Mitch. From Mitch & Mitch. And also Japan Mitch. We might meet them tomorrow at Mitch & Mitch's studio for a session. Nick is having some cheese toast before going to bed and Julien gets more and more pissed with his new Macintosh... good night.
3/11/2006
Bytom, Silesia and Grzegorz from New Jersey
A 3h train ride to Bytom, Silesia in the dining car where we meet Grzegorz who just comes back from New Jersey. He has lived there for 5 years now and tells us that his mother will prepare him a good silesian dish - we are having kjelbasa sausage with cheese.
Bytom is sad. We have pierogies and spinachstuffed crepes in a bar where the same song is playing for two hours on repeat. Not enough alkohol at the Kronika gallery opening, Nick gets some beer at the 24h shop. We don't know where we're going to sleep yet. When the party's over our polish friends suddenly unveil 3-4 vodka bottles. Adrian fills the glasses as if it was water. We are drunk now. The crowd moves on to a bar where Julien accidentally orders 24 (!) pierogies. Everybody is happy about that mistake. Quite wasted we are guided to a flat above the bar where we lie down in beds. Nick has to pee but the toilet is occupied by other vodka victims. He uses the open window and a bottle for his needs.
Bytom is sad. We have pierogies and spinachstuffed crepes in a bar where the same song is playing for two hours on repeat. Not enough alkohol at the Kronika gallery opening, Nick gets some beer at the 24h shop. We don't know where we're going to sleep yet. When the party's over our polish friends suddenly unveil 3-4 vodka bottles. Adrian fills the glasses as if it was water. We are drunk now. The crowd moves on to a bar where Julien accidentally orders 24 (!) pierogies. Everybody is happy about that mistake. Quite wasted we are guided to a flat above the bar where we lie down in beds. Nick has to pee but the toilet is occupied by other vodka victims. He uses the open window and a bottle for his needs.
3/10/2006
First days in Poland
Had sausage, pickles and sour flour soup (?) for lunch in the train restaurant. Moved into the castle, later dinner in a student-kind-of restaurant café. Still hungry after that and went to KFC to have some french fries. Warsaw is not as cheap as it was supposed to be.
In terms of food and drinks: the restaurant at the castle is good, good borschtsch (no idea how to spell that!), good pierogies. The drinks cost more than the meals though. Got some buffalo grass Vodka at SUPERSAM. Later Nick prepared some pasta for diner. Workwise, the editing suite is kind of set up now --> we're ready to go.
Arranged some things at the castle. Went on a trip about 30 km outside of Warsaw with our a-i-r studiomate Josée from Canada and her friend Ola. Later, Nick got some drawing paper ...and we had Borschtsch again - but it does its job quite well. Met with Jacek Skolimowski in the evening - a music journalist from Warsaw. Very nice guy. Hung out at some hidden de-centered club with improvisational dub-jazz band... Nick 2 beers, Julien red wine. Took the Warsaw night bus back to the center, the driver was probably on speed or any other drugs... drove like he was the devil. It's freezing cold. -15°C minimum. Good night.
Thursday was lame. Slept a lot, not much work. Borschtsch again for lunch - and pierogies. This stuff is just awesome. Nick tried to get iMovie to work but got really pissed after two hours of trying. No editing at all. Julien had a whole-day depression. Nick then had a nap from 6 to 9.30pm. We were supposed to go to a concert at club Aurora, some Mogwai-like sound. Missed that - instead watched Wim Wenders' Paris,Texas and got even more depressed. Beautiful film.
Borschtsch for lunch, again. Today was packed. Met Michał, a real cool guy who owns 2 Jeeps, a Cherokee and a really old GAZ one - big machines. We'll go on some off-road trips with him. Kuba is totally familiar with the Warsaw Hip-Hop underground scene. He will arrange some MC freestyling sessions for us at his place with friends. Minit (Australian-Kiwi-Berlin-minimal sound) sucked like hell. Where is the rock'n'roll in Warsaw???
2/20/2006
Gazeta Wyborcza
Projekt "Warsaw Texas"
Łukasz Kamiński
Film drogi, ale nie w plenerach, tylko w Warszawie. A na dodatek zrealizowany przez dwóch austriackich artystów awangardowych. Tak właśnie zapowiada się jedna z ciekawszych miejskich akcji artystycznych tego roku. Początek zdjęć do projektu "Warsaw Texas" już w marcu
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