End result: got my greyhound, heard very original live music, talked to some interesting people and had a great time. I'm going to get back down to SOBO for the 17th on 17th festival this afternoon. See you down there.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Report from Downtown Oakland #1
I was at the packed Cafe van Kleef last night (Friday) along with it seemed about a thousand other souls, and I had the good fortune of being able to talk to Peter van Kleef, whose bravery and quick-thinking is featured in Zennie's video from the night of the first protest. Peter thought it was funny that I had seen him on screen but never in person. According to Peter, these jostled pictures I took represent a regular Friday night:
End result: got my greyhound, heard very original live music, talked to some interesting people and had a great time. I'm going to get back down to SOBO for the 17th on 17th festival this afternoon. See you down there.
End result: got my greyhound, heard very original live music, talked to some interesting people and had a great time. I'm going to get back down to SOBO for the 17th on 17th festival this afternoon. See you down there.
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Oh, you got to see Damon and the Heathens, my fave Oakland band! I was there too. It was fun.
ReplyDeleteIt's very difficult to do "original" and "interesting", and they did. I would say it was as if Philip Glass and Dillinger Escape Plan did a collaboration to write big band tunes. I would definitely check Damon and the Heathens out again.
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