So when reading my emails today I noticed that Nada Surf‘s new song “Whose Authority” is currently #1 on CampusCharts. (Reminds me of Kanal-C…).

Must be all part of their latest campaign for the release of their next album “lucky“. They also got a new website. I feel like Nada Surf’s site gets a complete overhaul with each album release. I’ve been listening to the few new songs on their website for quite a while today…

Years ago, I’ve been to two of their shows (München & Southside) which were both amazing. Francesca pointed out that their lyrics are not very deep, which is probably true. But I still like their songs a lot. The singer has a high pitch voice. They use guitars after all. That’s basically all I need. Anyways, looks like all their shows are sold out already. We got lucky and got tickets for the show in Williamsburg. OK, no we were not lucky – we ordered 2 months ago.

So I googled for the song title and now watch this video by one of my all time favorite bands:

Nada Surf, New York City and fast bikes.

I likes.

I started to love bikes with slim wheels ever since I bought a Cross bike in Bologna a couple years ago and rode it in the Vespa-infested streets of Bologna, up and down sunny Tuscan hills, through the chilly forest valleys of my German home and on the beaches and hills of Genoa. That particular bike actually traveled quite a bit together with me and saw the following places: Bologna > Bad Mergentheim > Augsburg > Genoa (by train & plane) > Augsburg > Bad Mergentheim. That’s where it’s living now if my brother hasn’t sold it yet. Now I actually thought of taking it with me over the Atlantic when coming home from my Christmas visit but a.) I had enough wine to smuggle into the US and b.) it just seemed very wrong. Now over the recent days I’ve been contemplating buying one… Which one is it gonna be? A cross bike? I’m a bit reluctant to go for a pure road bike considering the dire state of the roads in NYC.

Should I get a Tommaso Monza?
Or a sturdier fitness/commuter bike like the Iron Horse Transit?

Or a K2 Mach 2.0 Roadbike?

Even though those Kamikaze-Trackbikes look damn tempting, too. Must be Frank’s dream bike.

I’ll try keep you posted on subjects such as:

. Nada Surf

. New York City

. Fast Bikes

. Spring