≈ intermission ≈
Posted on | September 27, 2010 | 1 Comment
«Go! Ape» read the sign above my head in Tokyo a few posts back – and indeed I’m going…
1) I’m going to stop updating my blog (ok, true, I’ve already stopped a while ago, I’m just making it official). Why? Because…
2) I’m going to travel, again and for quite a long time: two months. Therefore…
3) I’m going to stay away from music (in this case too, after our July gig in Italy, life as a rock-star has been very quiet).
4) I’m going!
The Ape plans to be back in 2011.
Oh yes, the ape has plans.
But plans can change…
In the meantime, if you really really miss being bitten, explore the music, the videos, the old blog-posts and the rest through the menu at the top of this page.
Can you read Italian?
Posted on | June 15, 2010 | No Comments
It is now official.
Next month Bitten by an ape will play at the 11th Rock & Blues Festival in Pontinia, near our hometown in Italy.
Guess how exciting it will be to play alongside people like Sonny Landreth and Jay Farrar & Co…
Stay tuned for more details.
Worldwide fame?
Posted on | June 4, 2010 | 1 Comment
Strolling down the streets of Tokyo (Shibuya, for those who know the city), I was quite surprized in finding this very warm encouragement coming from the ape’s Japanese fans.
…Japanese fans?!
I have to say, my gorilla shoes fit the scene very well…
A nice morning ride #2
Posted on | June 2, 2010 | No Comments
Seventeen degrees this morning in Dublin, mainly sunny with passing clouds, with virtually no wind: to me that spells b-i-k-e-r-i-d-e!
I take out of the closet my faithful and as of late underutilized Gertude, dig out my mid-season gear and I’m gone for an hour.
Wednesday around noon on countryside roads, almost no traffic, only the whirr of my wheels on the tarmac. The pace is good, the legs spin with vigour. I look around at the side road flowers and the occasional lawn mowing man. An invisible dog barks at me, a crow flies dangerously near then swerves and lands on a fence, drops of sweat leave trails of salt down my cheeks, I chase my shadow down the Ratoath Road. A gentle downhill slope, a soft bend, for a few seconds I am flying. At the end of the slope, I turn Gertrude back and head home, my shadow now chasing me in turn.
The sound of a panting man.
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For the geeks like me among my readers, that’s the GPS route and data: calories seem a bit overstated, my bike comp reads 1035Kcal and average heart rate of 161. I think I deserve chocolate :)
This is not an ape
Posted on | June 2, 2010 | 2 Comments
This billboard was photographed in Milan.
There might be others scattered around the city.
Doesn’t it remind you of something?