Since L.A. hardcore warrior Justin Smith is in three bands ( Graf Orlock , Ghostlimb , and Dangers )

Since L.A. hardcore warrior Justin Smith is in three bands ( Graf Orlock , Ghostlimb , and Dangers ) and runs local hardcore-metal label Vitriol Records -- and works as a history professor at Cal State Long Beach -- one might think he'd take the summer off. Instead, he decided to take his cinemagrind outfit Graf Orlock discount air tickets on a DIY European tour, hitting rarely-visited spots in Eastern Europe and The Balkans. It was a wild, wild ride; here are his dispatches from the road.
Some of our friends in Prague wanted to do a different discount air tickets kind of show -- actually an illegal outdoor show under an overpass, next to the Vltava River. Coming from L.A., where shows get shut down if there are too many people outside, this seemed tenuous. It was set up quickly, three bands played and it was ridiculously awesome. Everyone had fun and no cops came. Excellent, loud, and one to remember.
People from all over Europe gather for a punk festival every year called Fluff Fest, held on a small airfield an hour outside of Prague. We have been trying to play since 2007, and finally discount air tickets made it. One of our better shows. It ended with one solid minute of us four jerks floating across 4000 or so people. We saw at least one person from every show in the previous three weeks.
Although we had only directions and no phone number or email address for the show, we ended up finding it at a rest stop in mid-Slovakia, a distance of eight kilometers past the village of Trenčín. It was a birthday party with vegan gulash, a mess of drunken crust punks, and an out of control show. Who would have thought we would have so much fun at a birthday party, particularly at a rest stop in the middle of nowhere?
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