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Being on the road - the ultimate litany ​ ""I am simply a traveling explorer conducting research, without a commission, specialty, or expertise."" In this semi-fictional account, Blixa Bargeld recounts life on tour in 2008 with Einstürzende Neubauten - from Lisbon to Moscow, Oslo to Naples, criss-crossing Europe. Along the way we encounter mind numbing routines, interesting restaurants (good and bad), colorful museums, rocky bus rides, mundane hotels, odd characters and old friends - they're all there. Along with the structure holding it all together, namely, a recurring setlist that is invoked as a litany. In the end the book proves to be a declaration of love for Europe, and in the current dark times we are presently living through, more immediate than ever.

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An unfalteringly dry, witty, and attentive observer, Bargeld is great company. Occasionally irascible but never precious... If there is ... some hope in the notion of the litany around which Bargeld's book is constructed, it is that with each repetition, each return, each vocalized testimony, it is possible to embrace change, subtle or otherwise, and reify a commitment to art, culture (whether musical, literary or gastronomic) and, ultimately, a unity which functions beyond borders and geography. - Tobias Ryan, Minor Literature(s)

An unfalteringly dry, witty, and attentive observer, Bargeld is great company. Occasionally irascible but never precious... If there is ... some hope in the notion of the litany around which Bargeld's book is constructed, it is that with each repetition, each return, each vocalized testimony, it is possible to embrace change, subtle or otherwise, and reify a commitment to art, culture (whether musical, literary or gastronomic) and, ultimately, a unity which functions beyond borders and geography. - Tobias Ryan, Minor Literature(s) Bargeld nails the monotony of life on the road with his characteristically mordant wit. - Peter Margasak, The Wire Europe Crosswise is a love letter to Europe, something Bargeld reiterates in the culmination of this engaging read. - Frank Valish, Under the Radar

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