_ _ __ _ _ | |_(_)_ __ ___ / _| ___ _ __ | |_ ___ _ _ _ __(_)_ __ __ _ | __| | '_ \/ __| | |_ / _ \| '__| | __/ _ \| | | | '__| | '_ \ / _` | | |_| | |_) \__ \ | _| (_) | | | || (_) | |_| | | | | | | | (_| | \__|_| .__/|___/ |_| \___/|_| \__\___/ \__,_|_| |_|_| |_|\__, | |_| |___/ _ _ ___ _ __| |(_)___ ( _ ) _ __ _ __ ___ __| |_ _ ___ ___ _ __ ___ / _` || / __| / _ \/\ | '_ \| '__/ _ \ / _` | | | |/ __/ _ \ '__/ __| | (_| || \__ \ | (_> < | |_) | | | (_) | (_| | |_| | (_| __/ | \__ \ \__,_|/ |___/ \___/\/ | .__/|_| \___/ \__,_|\__,_|\___\___|_| |___/ |__/ |_| _________ | === - - | _____ | - - - - | ____/_____\ |_________| | \\\ \___/ ________ |o o \\\ / / /air / | / \\\ / / ___________________/koryo/ | / | / / _/_/ _ __/_ _______|______|____/ / / o _|_| o o o o o / / / \_____/ / _| -------_____/ ____/ ______________ / | / / / |-______\ | | | |__/ o/ / / ----'| | \ \ | /_/_/ oo | |||||\ \||||||||||| | |_||||||\__\||||||||||_| '---'| | / /\ \ / / \ \ / / \ \ \ \ \ \_______ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \________\ \ \ \ \_\ __\____\ '--------' On the road??? Playing gigs and touring as a DJ or LIVE ACT????? here are some professional tips for maximum hygiene and survival skilzzz: EMERGENCY LAUNDRY - Clothes get dirty and smelly quickly on tours and most of the time there is no laundry in sight. In your hotel bathroom you can wash your socks and garments with shampoo. Just put some hot water in the bathroom sink, throw in lots of shampoo, rinse and scrub your clothes and squeeze the water out. Do this before you go to sleep (good luck if you are all wasted) so it will have some time to dry. Hang on a cloathing hanger to dry. Speed it up by drying on a heater or with a hairdryer or trouser press (Be carefull though don't electrify yourself) FREE SNACKS - At the hotel breakfast smuggle food back with you so you have free snacks the rest of the day, saving money with not having to buy expensive airport/on the road snacks. If you have space in your luggage you can bring an empty lunchbox with some useful stuff like silverfoil to wrap smuggled sausages or boiled eggs, ziplock bagz for rolls, little containers for sauces and yoghurts. Why not bring a (small) thermos flask for hot coffee or fresh orange juice? Be careful for crummy croissants and inquisitive hotel staff. EMERGENCY EARPLUGS - Music can be so freakin'loud at festivals and clubs its important to protect your ears if you have to hang around there. Like always you probably forgot plugs again, there are a few emergency earplug methods. Do NOT Use chewing gum, I did this once and the chewing gum molted in the ears and it became a sticky mess!!! Just take a piece of tissue, napkin or toilet paper, make two small wads of them, big enough so that they will fit in your ears. Moisten them under a tap and put them in your ears. Use the upmost hygiene standards doing this to avoid ear infection. ELEVATOR BUTTON TRICK - Handy if you are in a hotel and dont want to bother with people in your vague state (especially in the morning going to breakfast all f*cked up). Press the close door button + the button of the floor you want to go. The elevator will take you directly to that floor without stopping in between floors. This probably doesnt work on any elevator anymore, if it would have worked in the first place at all... but you can always try and look cool. If you really dont want to be in the elevator with other people, just take the stairs, its good exercise too. HYGIENE - Willie Burns sais 'Always wash your hands and don't touch your face' to keep yourself from catching any nasty bacteria. SURVIVAL HOODY - DUYNN sais "When I travel I will always wear a hoody with front pocket. Lot's of pockets (with zippers) are good especially when you travel with the cheap airlines and you only want to bring handluggage. The hood comes in handy when you want to try and sleep on the plane. My advice is to take a windowseat so you will have an extra wall where you can rest your head. Open the ventilator a bit so air circulates round and wrap up your coat to use that as a pillow. Pull the hoody over your head and voila. Almost a private cabin...almost.