Friday, August 11 2006
013
Tilburg, The Netherlands

THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

We arrived at the hotel in Tilburg and while I was sitting in the lobby playing my Gameboy waiting for everyone upstairs PUSA walks in and scares the hell out of me! I tried to save the game real quick and talk with them but the only thing I could say was "hi". Chris said that his son also has a Gameboy. Then they checked in, went upstairs and I went out to dinner with my family. Then I realized I was staying in the same hotel as PUSA, cool! After dinner we went to 013 and bought some t-shirts. Then we went backstage and got into place, again the best place, on the side of the stage! This was my sister's first concert and she really liked it!
THEY ROCKED THE HOUSE!!!!!
After the show we met them downstairs and said hi. They all signed Emma's shoes which Emma thought was really cool. My Dad then took us back to the hotel where Nienke the nurse/sitter was waiting for us and then we snoozed...zzzzzzzz My Mom and Dad went out with Andrew and Jason and got drunk! The next morning we saw them at breakfast and Jason showed me where the eggs and bacon were. Then they left to their next concert...... My Mom and Dad saw PUSA that night at Huntenpop. P.S. They probably got drunk again!
Joanne: "No, we didn't get drunk!"

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Wednesday, May 24 2006
Paradiso
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!

Peter's comments:

F**KING AWESOME!
It was the best day of my life.
It was also feather plucking insane!
O'Yeah!
I met the best, most awesome, great, super band of my entire life!
THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!!!
They kicked some big bootie ass!
We had the best seats in the house, on the side of the stage!
I got the drum sticks from Jason the drummer!
He also gave me his tie!
He told me I could have it only if I go to the next show.
Thanks for the tie Jason! :)
I'm gonna wear it next time!
They were really nice to me.
The people at the Paradiso were also really nice.
I hope to see them again someday......
My Dad took some pictures of them, check 'em out!


It's just a few days after the concert and we're still on a "PUSA high". Wow! That is some good medicine. Would like to bottle that and sell it or save it for a rainy day. I don't know who had the most fun. (Ron took Peter home and I got home around 3:30am. ) The band was great to Peter but we also met some pretty amazing fans. There is one down side. Our 10 year old daughter Emma is extremely jealous we didn't let her go. (uh-oh) We've decided to postpone our vacation in France a few days so we can see the boys again in August. Damn good medicine.

Big thanks to: Our dear friend Jeffery in Portland who got this whole thing started, Dave, Jason, Andrew, Chris, David Meinert at Fuzed Music and Kors Eikelboom at the Paradiso.

Groetjes, Joanne