21:15 - home - despite the intense desire to continue touring/travelling in europe and not return home, i am back. three hours sleep in the last 48 with highlights including no vegan meals on the flight (and my tartex stash in my checked bags), spending three hours on the tarmac in Philly waiting for a lightning storm to pass (i came severely close to taking them up on their placating offer of free booze while the tears of frustration and sadness emulated the droplets on the windows of the plane) and then, on arrival, finding out my checked bag with all my photos, negs, tartex, camera equipment and dirty clothes didn't make it to ottawa.

big thanks go out to my lodon crew (graham, alison and dave), atom, ingo, our drivers (stefan, mathias, robert, sebastian, hans), the bands who put up with my company for brief non-atom periods (sixty stories, strike anywhere, flamingo massacres), the many many great people who put on the shows, fed and housed us, and all the amazing people i met over the last 45 days.

my fingers are still in german/pc keyboard configuration. grrrr...

tour diary will be put in a week at a time once i have recovered from jet lag, hopefully with photos, if they find my luggage...

posted by shawn scallen 2:27 AM