Hey guys, as I’m sure you know, there has been a bit of White Stripes news going down while I was on vacation. It seems as though I’m not the only one who has caught Spanish Fever, as the White Stripes will release a matador-inspired video for their song “Conquest.”
Here are some teaser shots of the video shoot as posted on the WS official site. The absolutely fantastic news is… Meg appears to be in the video:
According to NME.com:
The White Stripes’ frontman Jack White is currently working on a project to complete a series of unfinished Hank Williams songs.
Bob Dylan is co-ordinating efforts to get several artists to write and record music to accompany some of final lyrics written by the legend.
Jack reportedly worked on an unfinished Williams song called “You Know That I Know”.
Hey guys. I’m back from my European adventure. If you have been wondering, I first visited Paris, France, then Aix en Provence (in the south of France), then stopped by Barcelona, Spain.
The pictures of the McDonald’s, the hip hop store, the night view from the Eiffel Tower, and Shakespeare & Co. were all from Paris. The mountain shot with the crazy sky was from Aix, and the shot of the Williamsburg bar was in El Raval in Barcelona.
Some interesting things that happened on my journey: The French rail and metro workers decided to go on strike last Wed, but luckily I left from Paris to Aix on Sunday, and then friends in Aix were able to hook me up with a bus (Eurolines) from Aix to Barcleona.
Then I got caught in an illegal anti-Nazi/anti-fascist protest/ police scuffle when coming out of a shoe store on the 5th Avenue of Barcelona. Luckily I was unharmed, but there certainly is nothing scarier than being in a foreign country, seeing a barricade of policemen and then hundreds of people running at you. You just start running–not caring to find out what you’re running away from.
I’m still waking up at 5am in the morning, so my body clock is all off. I have much to write about–and I can’t wait to go through my photographs.
All in all I had a wonderful time, but I am glad to be back in the US–where I’m no longer speaking in caveman language. Oh, and I’m looking forward to having an egg sandwich for breakfast!
Where?
This bar we found played Placebo, The Strokes (Is This It), The Shins, Feist, and LCD Soundsystem–and was full of hipsters. We ordered the PBR equivalent, and 2 beers only cost us around 6 USD. Home away from home, no?
I tried to upload this a few days ago, but the internet I was using wouldn’t allow for it. Can you tell where in the world I was by looking at this photo?
Since then I have gone further south… picture to come later.
The Modern Age will take a break for a while. Will be back after November 18th. Perhaps some updates from the road (it always ends up happening).
Place your bets on where I’m headed.
