Fresh off the Body Language Tour to celebrate the release of the Body Language 8 compilation (via Get Physical), Modeselektor kept a dairy of his grub on the road.:
Day 1:
Berlin – Frankfurt- Denver//TXL-FRA-DEN
Berlin:
Cappuccino and a croissant
Frankfurt:
Wiener Würstchen and espresso
On-board:
Canard [duck] leg with potatoes and red cabbage
Denver:
Bacon burger with french fries
Day 2:
Denver:
1st breakfast at the hotel: scrambled eggs with bacon and toast, and 2 cappuccinos
2nd breakfast downtown with Beatport: green salad with tip of tenderloin and 1 ginger ale
Soundcheck blue bird: 1 beer and salsa and chips
Dinner with Beatport: Italian pasta, Tiramisu, cabernet sauvignon, double espresso
Backstage: chips, beer, and chocolate
Day 3:
Airport Denver//DEN:
Panini with Italian salami and cheese and a cappuccino
Stopover in Dallas/Fort Worth:
horrible tuna sandwich
Arrival in Leon/Guanajuato, Mexico//BJX:
beer, water, and black coffee
Soundcheck: Mexican Coca Cola
Dinner: Finest Mexican foods like tacos, guacamole, amazing green soup, blonde beer at Cafe Cortado, open air setting
Day 4:
Direct flight to LAX:
On-board:
Mexicana: amazing board meal!! something like paper?
Airport LAX: coffee to go
LAX hotel: “the standard” classic cheeseburger with fries, sparkling water, chocolate from the minibar, and beer
Day 5:
8 am departure from LAX
Cappuccino as breakfast only
5 hours of waiting (wrong flight :-( )
LAX/Tom Bradley INTL Terminal:
breakfast of the week—omelet!! FAT!! Non-iced Pepsi cola regular
Terminal 1: coffee at Starbucks
Stopover in Phoenix Skyharbour//PHX:
Cinnamon sticks—sweet
Flight to El Paso//ELP:
On-board: ginger ale and tomato juice—”spicy”
El Paso:
Soundcheck: quarter Pepsi cola
In the hotel:
delivered enchiladas (fast food, but excellent)
Show: 4 beers
After show: 5 beers
Day 6:
El Paso Airport//ELP:
Starbucks cappuccino, bad croissant
Stopover in Dallas/Fort Worth:
horrible tuna sandwich (again)
Flight to Guadalajara, Mexico//GDL
On-board:
ginger ale and still water
Hilton in Guadalajara: coffee, served by charmingly dressed personnel
Soundcheck: beer
Dinner: enchiladas with chocolate mole!!! great!!! Beer Bohemia
Show: 2 classic margaritas in a plastic glass, 1 package Lucky Strike
After-show: 7x mixture of Red Bull/tequila/Jägermeister on ice and special spider cookies
Day 7:
Breakfast on room 1609: lamb filet with potatoes and vegetables, coffee, still water, crème brulée
Trip to Lago Chapala:
Lunch: Mexican dorado and 20 bottles of beer (each bottle had 150ml of beer)
Trip with a motorboat across the lake:
10x of these or those tiny beers we took from the restaurant
Day 8:
Guadalajara Airport//GDL:
Breakfast: black coffee with Mexican cookies
Direct flight to Chicago O’Hare//ORD:
On-board meal: Mexicana hot –something like Mexican enchiladas, still water, 4 hours of sleep
Chicago O’Hare//ORD:
1 coffee, 2 cigarettes
Flight to Toronto//YYZ
Dinner at the Hotel Gladhouse: very nice pasta and moules [mussels] and frites, red wine from Ontario!! was good
Soundcheck: beer
Backstage: vodka-Red Bull in backstage
During show: beer and water
After show: vodka and water with Igor (mix hell)
Day 9:
Airport in Toronto//YYZ
Breakfast: coffee and croissant
Flight to Washington-Dulles:
Crab soup at Dulles, coffee while 2 hours waiting for some luggage
Soundcheck: water
Backstage: reeaally good toasted sandwiches, beer, coffee, and water
Show: beer and water
Day 10:
Breakfast in hotel: croissant and ”house coffee” for $8!!!
Ronald Reagan Airport//DCA:
Real breakfast: little roasted wrap rolls with vegetables and orange juice
Flight to Chicago O’Hare//ORD:
Water and tomato juice no ice
Venue in Chicago:
Backstage: beer, coffee, hummus and pita bread, more coffee
Hard Rock Hotel Chicago:
Dinner at the hotel restaurant “China Grill”—really, really nice five course
Chicago Social Magazine Says:
“China Grill has the chops to back up its now-legendary hype with an inventive menu of global fusion that is gorgeously presented and served in portions so large, they’re meant to be shared.”
Modeselektor Says:
“the best dinner we ever had on tour in North America!”
Check it out !!!
At the venue:
Beer, water, coffee, beer, beer, beer, 20 cigarettes
Show: beer
After show: vodka with Basement Jaxx
Day 11:
In front of the Hard Rock lobby:
Excellent breakfast coffee and some fruit, like bananas and apples (pink lady)
At Chicago O’Hare Airport//ORD:
2 cigarettes
Flight to NYC//LGA
LGA Airport:
Coffee
Venue in NYC:
water
Dinner: very good Italian: plate with cheese and salami, wild boar ragout with penne, red wine from Montepulciano, and a double espresso
All night: beer, vodka and water
Day 12:
Typical Williamsburg organic breakfast: coffee, wrap, salad, and smoothie in the sun
Flight back from NYC-Frankfurt-Berlin//JFK-FRA-TXL
On-board:
Lufthansa menu
Bon Appétit!
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