Flea! WATCH OUT! There is a giant Anthony

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Today's PA adventure in Gdansk Poland for Open'er Fest will be the first JBL VTX I have come across this tour cycle. The gig is at an old airport with grassy bunkers to hide airplanes. Huge concrete doors and now the biggest flying thing living in them are hundreds of sparrows with mud nests.

Today's PA adventure in Gdansk Poland for Open'er Fest will be the first JBL VTX I have come across this tour cycle. The gig is at an old airport with grassy bunkers to hide airplanes. Huge concrete doors and now the biggest flying thing living in them are hundreds of sparrows with mud nests.

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Not sure if the the suicide net on level 3 Copenhagen airport hotel makes me feel more or less comforted. Mid air high speed pic of the turbo prop pulling us to Gdansk Poland. Normally I'm not a fan of hotels that a 300 feet from baggage claim but it's a welcome sight on 2 hours sleep. As was a welcome sight to see this Vacation Movie looking van with a smaller van sticking out its butt that hauled us all to Open'er Fest

Not sure if the the suicide net on level 3 Copenhagen airport hotel makes me feel more or less comforted. Mid air high speed pic of the turbo prop pulling us to Gdansk Poland. Normally I'm not a fan of hotels that a 300 feet from baggage claim but it's a welcome sight on 2 hours sleep. As was a welcome sight to see this Vacation Movie looking van with a smaller van sticking out its butt that hauled us all to Open'er Fest

Not sure if the the suicide net on level 3 Copenhagen airport hotel makes me feel more or less comforted. Mid air high speed pic of the turbo prop pulling us to Gdansk Poland. Normally I'm not a fan of hotels that a 300 feet from baggage claim but it's a welcome sight on 2 hours sleep. As was a welcome sight to see this Vacation Movie looking van with a smaller van sticking out its butt that hauled us all to Open'er Fest
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June 30, 2016 at 10:20AM
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It may look like a sunset in Copenhagen but in reality around these parts it's just a sun-nap and it'll be wide awake and shinning Wake Up! in 4 hours

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Sometimes load out food forgets to look delicious or perhaps this is a revolutionary way to solve the indecision of what to eat way past dinner time and nowhere close to a rise and shine breakfast meal. Yay pizza! Yay breakfast! Hmm, not so yay breakfast pizza.

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Never been a fan of the Roskilde stage and it's curvy tent sound. But was nice to have a quad of big Brown bananas. Went well all in all, perhaps a bit more overlap between the main and side hangs than I like to hear. But plenty of power.

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Travel slim. My new rock roadie touring rig. #Brompton 3 speed and 7 days of everything I need for road survival. One carry on bag and the bike fits in a checked bag for plane rides.

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A month of travels ahead and Monday's morning C-Street surf before fly away. We finally saw the the start of a the seaweed die off that comes each year when the ocean water warms rapidly and along with it the plethora of washed ashore critters. And those are not orange rocks but rather some sort of egg sacks they seem to be. There were crabs, some empty shark eggs and loads of these little green guys all mixed in with the seaweed salad lining the shore. Sad to be leaving but also not going to miss the smell of decay that is soon to come next. Off to Denmark Roskilde and plentiful worldly rock shows. 12 days home to short and miss Kim and my daughters and little four legged friends already.

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Trump on selling his left over Atlantic City slot machines to colleges "students will win $ to cover tuition debt, it's great we'll be rich"

Trump on selling his left over Atlantic City slot machines to colleges "students will win $ to cover tuition debt, it's great we'll be rich"

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June 26, 2016 at 01:38PM
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Ooooh look! FOH position open, minimal travel, Very close to catering, walking distance to C-Street surfing Ventura. Pretty sure it's all analog mixers and gear.

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Check out these two cool monitor amp racks we have out on Chili Peppers tour. Our monitor eng, @mvanwall asked if @ratsoundsystems would build him racks with all the amps under his console. This powers 4 mixes of quad amped SuperWedge, 1 triamp mix of Rat L-Wedge, 2 biamp ARC mixes, 4 full range MicroWedge 12 mixes, 2 drum thumper mixes and a Rat 21" SuperSub mix plus a spare amp and some spare amp channels. Oh, and we use the Grace mic pre for vocals.

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There is 2 things I want :minimal stress & a constant stream of successful outcomes, other than that everything is fun and easy

There is 2 things I want :minimal stress & a constant stream of successful outcomes, other than that everything is fun and easy

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June 14, 2016 at 03:41PM
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PA adventure of the day is a bit at the other end of the spectrum of size and scale. four hangs of Fohhn Audio line array actually sounds nice and we have the French TV broadcast mix running through it for the studio audience but just in case we also brought in a couple of ARCs for vocals.

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Banished by Trump, free speech not censorship WashingtonPost HuffingtonPost Buzzfeed press credentials pulled https://t.co/F7ATesafZ6

Banished by Trump, free speech not censorship WashingtonPost HuffingtonPost Buzzfeed press credentials pulledhttps://t.co/F7ATesafZ6

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June 13, 2016 at 05:25PM
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Depressed about Trump? Do the math. If 40% r Republican, 30% vote primary, 70% of reg voters vote & Clown got 60% of those, US is 5% racist

Depressed about Trump? Do the math. If 40% r Republican, 30% vote primary, 70% of reg voters vote & Clown got 60% of those, US is 5% racist

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June 12, 2016 at 07:50PM
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It is super cool to see the tour progress and refine each day. And Lampii Scott is getting some cool looks dialed in.

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And for tonight's Peppers show we adventure with brown boxes for Nova Rock Austria.

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Up close wind

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Bike ride to to wind towers near the gig. These look big but actually are double extra huge up close

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After close analysis of the contents of the metal containers and the mediocre print quality of the meal ticket, it was a tough choice. I think I'll keep the ticket.

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Clearly not the reaction we seek when firing up the sound system. This is how I felt listening to the old school horn loaded PA systems of the 70s.

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Birthday train ride from cologne to vienna

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I liked a @YouTube video https://t.co/87pgTjkoi1 Confessions of a Republican (LBJ 1964 Presidential campaign commercial) VTR 4568-26

I liked a @YouTube video https://t.co/87pgTjkoi1 Confessions of a Republican (LBJ 1964 Presidential campaign commercial) VTR 4568-26

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June 11, 2016 at 10:52AM
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This is Mathis, this is also Mathis' dad and sister. Mathis is in trouble. I know this because Mathis' dad was running up and down the train yelling his name with increasing volume and urgency at the last train stop before little Mathis emerged from the bathrooms just in time to barely escape the train doors closing. Mathis also has coo l clothes.

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Oh man, I came totally unprepared. I should have known I would be cruising past the local surf spot in the middle of farm fields approaching the Austrian border.

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Not only is it super cool that two trains attach together and then mid journey, unattach and head to separate destinations, the fact they are held together by giant magnets bumps the cool factor up to a whole new level

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I have taken to running solo and being my own tour manager of me, my rolly bag and my skateboard. Today's journey is cologne to vienna.

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Joshzilla vs Adamsonodon

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First met Holy Panky 25 years ago on my first tour with Peppers.

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Joshzilla vs Adamsonodon

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And for today's pink pop adventure we have ourselves a metric shit-ton of adamson boxes.

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Interlaken gig sporting a hefty d&b rig for the Peppers tonighy

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So I'm walking from the hotel to the gig in Interlaken and this lady sees me, gives me the eye, lifts here and shows me her udderside. Ok terrible peppers song pun but it really did happen.

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Gone are the days of running down stairs to let the cat in

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Scrumbled eggs are twice as delicious

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After Rock im Park I skipped the bus ride and day off in Interlaken to stay Nuremberg and grab an early am train to Karlsruhe. Rat/Soundtools is putting together and order for 10 kilometers of custom cable. Super nerdy fun learning the nuances of spec'ing and designing wire types, insulators, jackets, colors and how to tell if cheap additives are used.

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Billy Talent Rock am Park and I rarely do any photo edits but look how cool consoles look with color sketch filter in my Nixon d810.

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And. We have ourselves a rock show!

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75 minutes till show time and everything looks great except one minor detail, ahh that's right 50,000 humans, we need humans! Many people injured last night in an electrical storm, Rock am ring festival on hold awaiting authorities to allow doors to open. No bands have played yet today.

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More progress on the Rat SuperSub 30. Soon the first run of 16 will start production.

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The endless summer at an Italian beach, bye Italy and off to rock the German rings.

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Trump assumes Mexican heritage motivates illegal unfairness because Trump personally holds & willing to illegally act on race-based grudges

Trump assumes Mexican heritage motivates illegal unfairness because Trump personally holds & willing to illegally act on race-based grudges

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June 04, 2016 at 04:55AM
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Watching #TrumptheAngryRacistClown when he doesn't get his way has the argument tactics of a 5 year old spoiled brat https://t.co/YqR755CsTr

Watching #TrumptheAngryRacistClown when he doesn't get his way has the argument tactics of a 5 year old spoiled brat https://t.co/YqR755CsTr

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June 03, 2016 at 05:19PM
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Cool article and thank you kindly for the mention Jonah. https://t.co/4cnKWjstpz? #fb

Cool article and thank you kindly for the mention Jonah. https://t.co/4cnKWjstpz? #fb

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June 03, 2016 at 09:58AM
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Cool article and thank you kindly for the mention Jonah. http://www.prosoundweb.com/article/applying_modular_genius/?
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