2002
DRUG TRANSPORT TO HELSINKI

In a vain attempt to raise some money the Fools thought it a good idea to undertake a five-day trip back to Helsinki, where they’d experienced such a thunderous success seven years earlier. The arrival was planned to coincide with a press conference that proved quite spectacular: while in the hold the Saratov Trio Baroque played the Azart tunes to journalists and the City’s Cultural Chiefs, the whole ship was invaded with drug officers and drug dogs that actually found some forgotten crumbs in the pockets of some sailors. In vain.. Finland experienced such dog days of extremely high temperatures that the whole city, including our public, had escaped to the lakes and their datcha’s. Some thousands of naked people, assembled by an art photographer, said us good-bye when we left early morning. Later that summer we made a 30-minute trip to perform on an ADM party in the Western Docks of Amsterdam that was most fun but that didn’t raise money either.

En un vano intento de recaudar algo de dinero, los Fools pensaron que era una buena idea emprender un viaje de cinco días de regreso a Helsinki, donde habían experimentado un éxito tan estruendoso siete años antes. La llegada estaba prevista para coincidir con una conferencia de prensa que resultó bastante espectacular: mientras en la bodega el Trío Barroco de Saratov tocaba las melodías de Azart a los periodistas y a los jefes culturales de la ciudad, todo el barco fue invadido por agentes antidrogas y perros antidrogas que incluso encontraron algunos migajas olvidadas en los bolsillos de algunos marineros. En vano.Finlandia experimentó días caninos con temperaturas extremadamente altas en que toda la ciudad, incluido nuestro público, huyó a los lagos y a sus datchas. Unos miles de personas desnudas, reunidas por un fotógrafo artístico, nos dijeron adiós cuando nos fuimos temprano en la mañana. Más tarde ese verano hicimos un viaje de 30 minutos para actuar en una fiesta de ADM en los puertos occidentales de Amsterdam que fue muy divertida pero que tampoco recaudó dinero.

“Otto Fidelio Broomstick Jr. Dreamzz”
A satirical music comedy

Finland, Holland
Helsinki, Turku, Mariehamn, Amsterdam

The Fools At Sea Live Happily
Mariehamn, Finland. Åland, 27-08-2002

An Absurdly Funny Imagination on the Ship of Fools
Mariehamn, Finland. Åland, 28-08-2002

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  1. Harry Tobin says:

    I remember the departure of the port of Helsinki that early morning when there were a lot of naked people sitting on the street. I was to be like the pilot to piloting the vessel to Turku. the trip took fully 24 hours and was made through the archipelago

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