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any clue what the "because" is the the front logo of the new shirts?
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The long answer is:

:von: is a linguist, apparently speaks German quite well, lives in Germany. In German, "because" translates to "weil". :von: has repeatedly said that he sees his music as "a Threepenny Opera that goes like a freight-train painted in the shiniest blues and yellows."

Threepenny Opera is a collaboration between Berthold Brecht and Kurt Weill - the "because" reference on the shirt is an "in-joke" that is expected that some people don't get (and don't feel bad if you didn't get it - you won't believe how long it took me to work out why the 1997 tour was called "Distance Over Time" :oops: ).
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impressive Mr Bastard. :notworthy:
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EvilBastard wrote:The long answer is:

:von: is a linguist, apparently speaks German quite well, lives in Germany. In German, "because" translates to "weil". :von: has repeatedly said that he sees his music as "a Threepenny Opera that goes like a freight-train painted in the shiniest blues and yellows."

Threepenny Opera is a collaboration between Berthold Brecht and Kurt Weill - the "because" reference on the shirt is an "in-joke" that is expected that some people don't get (and don't feel bad if you didn't get it - you won't believe how long it took me to work out why the 1997 tour was called "Distance Over Time" :oops: ).
I'd be glad to know why the 97 tour it's called Distance over time :innocent:
(It's it connected to Speed? that's what i imagine)
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Just so absurdly :von:. Spent my whole adolescence trying to pull off that kind of humour, and never quite managing :lol:
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i'm practicing that kind of humor in my muttersprache - people get that very rarely. not that it stopped me.
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Husek wrote:I'd be glad to know why the 97 tour it's called Distance over time :innocent:
(It's it connected to Speed? that's what i imagine)
Precisely - Distance/Time=Speed, which apparently was the chemical of choice back when the band lived "above the chemist".
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Nice! :notworthy:
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understood. no clue
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Thanks for the info :notworthy:
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I jjust read it as an answer to "why should I go see the Sisters in 2014?"

"because".

Good as any other answer, really. :lol:
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So it's German for "antidote"? Or poison for Germans? ;D
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:lol: :innocent:
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Why no new album
"because"
Why no bassist?
"because"
Why are you mumbling?
"because"

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"because f**k you" would be better answers to such rude questions, imo.
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I'm with Weebles' explanation :lol:
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i thought the significance was that it was there all alone... and therefore, as i've written a few times in various threads, .... it becomes : just because ... ;D
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EvilBastard wrote: it - you won't believe how long it took me to work out why the 1997 tour was called "Distance Over Time" :oops: ).
i was dead happy that i got it as soon as i saw the merch, then wandered round in a drunken (drugged) state telling everyone i bumped into at the venue :lol:
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paint it black wrote:i was dead happy that i got it as soon as i saw the merch, then wandered round in a drunken (drugged) state telling everyone i bumped into at the venue :lol:
It's people like you what cause unrest! :lol: :lol:
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