M. Ward: When I finished my first record back in 2000, the first European companies to support my music were based in Brussels (62TV) and Paris (Le Disque Mange Tout). So I spent a lot of time traveling around western Europe playing music and trying to learn French, but also finding time to play le touriste américain. I feel fortunate that I’ve had the time to see some of the greatest museums and public spaces in the world. They have blown my mind too many times to mention.
Ward: Maybe my favorite of all time: ruins of ships buried underwater for centuries. And, in the next room over, the souvenirs the ship was carrying. And, down the hall, the mariners on board and the gods they worshiped beside the funeral mask of the bearded king and the 15th century bc silver bull’s head libation cup. It goes on and on, times 11,000.
Video after the jump.
