Th'Moles Tour-Tagebuch

Eine kleine Liste, die Th’Mole nach einem Monat Tour in Amerika und einem in Europa von Dingen zusammengestellt hat, die einem independent Rap Artist auf Tour so zustossen, auffallen und abhanden kommen.

Things I lost:
Air cannon* (Seattle)
Salt shaker (LA)
Food containers (Austin, New Jersey)
Silverware (Austin)
Bag of salt (Austin)
2 mason jars (?)
2 travel mugs (? and cassis)
Ice pack (?)
Computer "ilok" key (New Jersey)
Cell phone (St. Etienne)
Eurail train pass (Paris)
2nd cell phone* (Paris)
Computer power cable* (Paris)
100 cd's* (Paris)
Computer discs w/ demune acapellas* (Brooklyn)
Sweatshirt (?)

(*found)

Things I broke:
$20 K-mart clearance luggage
$25 Downtown LA luggage
Dollar store Tupperware
Sock
Boxershorts
Mask*

(*fixed)

Where I live according to flyers on this tour:
Hawaii
Oakland
San Francisco
Nevada City*
Canada
New Orleans
(*correct)

Percentage of flyers that spelled my name correctly (Th'Mole as opposed to the mole) on this tour:
62.5 %

Toughest crowd:
Hamburg

Best crowd:
Zurich (Druckerei)

Number of girls I had crushes on:
2

Number of girls I hooked up with:
0

Number of times I was hit in the face:
1

Number of speeding tickets received:
3

Things that are better in Europe than US (in my opinion):
Pretty girls
Nice girls
Intelligent girls
Architecture
Lack of obesity
Fashion/style
Visual art
Preservatives and additives
Ingredients are listed on alcohol and tobacco products
Treatment of livestock
Drinking allowed on the street
Getting paid at shows
Being fed at shows
Sound techs at shows
Lighting at shows
Mediatheques
Vegetation in cities
Fast Food (kebabs)
French Fries served with curry sauce
Availability of public transportation
Multi-lingual ability
Smaller cars
Tap water
Education
Squats, aka artist havens (especially in zurich)

Things that are better in US than Europe (in my opinion):
Toilets (Netherlands and Germany)
Showers
Cost of everything
Cleaning up dog poop (France)
Dancing at shows/body language
Non-smoking indoors
Spicy food
Mexican food
Availability of nutritional yeast
Wheelchair access
Tea says "caffeinated" or "non-caffeinated"

Things that are different in Europe:
Mc Donald's sells beer
Everything is smaller
People kiss strangers on the cheeks (France)
Heterosexual men kiss each other on the cheeks (France)
French fries with mayonnaise
Butter on sandwiches instead of mayonnaise

Things that are the same in Europe and the US:
People use pots/pans with flaking teflon (bad)
People cook w/ olive oil (bad when heated above boiling point)
Public toilets often cost money
There are nice people and mean people
There are dumb people and smart people

Links:

Th'Mole auf MySpace

Th'Mole auf Daly City Records