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Saturday, July 27, 1996
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i go 2 bed saturday morning @ 2am + wake up @ 5:30am...we are on the bus by 6:30am...we are @ the milan airport a little after 7am...we fly 2 rome...we arrive late...2 alitalia stewardesses are waiting 4 us + rush us 2 the next flight which is being held 4 us...once we are in the air bondo says: there is no way they transferred our luggage + equipment in that short time...he is right... we arrive in palermo around 1:30pm...it's very hot + dry - like las vegas, nevada...no luggage...some of us leave 4 the hotel, but i wait w jon, kevin + bondo until after 4pm...still no luggage...on the way out of the airport jon + i are singled out by the carabinieri + taken 2 a room where we are told that nothing will happen (!) if we give them any hashish or weed we have on us, but if we don't give it 2 them + they find it we will be in big trouble ...so they search my carry-on bag + guitar case + jon's bag + let us go...we drive 2 the hotel... of the 12 pieces of luggage + equipment we checked in milan, 11 are found + delivered 2 the venue by 8:30pm...my suitcase is missing...i arrive w the band @ 9pm...3,000 people have taken their seats already...we do a quick soundcheck...i ask the promoter 2 explain 2 the crowd that the delay wasn't our fault, but he doesn't think that's necessary...i do think it is + ask my friend craig, who speaks italian very well, 2 explain the situation...he does + we begin the concert a little after 9:30pm...the audience is wonderful... after the show, the others choose 2 have a really late dinner after midnight + i go 2 the hotel 2 sleep a full 7 hours 4 the 1st time this week....
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Ottmar Liebert.
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