play the blues

anyone in joburg for any amount of time should go to the radium beerhall in orange grove, and listen to the blues guys on wednesday nights. they were really good yesterday evening and there is no cover. plus it is a restaurant and you can eat a proper dinner while grooving on the nice sounds. we're going back another week on friday for live jazz, since there is no cover for that either and it's been a while since i've seen a good live jazz show.

people back home, think of the brooklyn tavern crossed with cleveland's beachland ballroom, perhaps with a bigger kitchen? and more old people. god knows i love to go to shows full of old people, though, i made it when yo la tengo played the beachland and i was fifteen, me and a bunch of old people singing along and requesting devo. those were the days.

a massive data swap between a wits friend and i this week has been making me miss new york's hipsters. almost. maybe. a little bit? my itunes is going to DOUBLE before i get home, it is wonderful.