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: After multiple mental breakdowns, Van Gogh went here to try to recoup some sanity similar to the Louisiana in Denmark. One of the best reasons to visit is the surrounding wildlife, gardens and general landscape—they also have a re-creation of his famous bedroom inside. Is it morbid to want to see the place of so much agony? I don’t know, but I was lucky enough to see some of the other towns in south France that he lived and suffered in and painted (Arles was my favorite), and it’s worth a tour—the cities have created monuments to some of his greatest paintings at the exact location they were probably painted.
Video after the jump.
