Beer and Music
7/08/2005
"When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. So, let's all get drunk and go to heaven!" George Bernard Shaw
I'm not a professed fan of Shaw, though I can't help but admire his approach to spirits. He was somewhat sympathetic to the Nazis, but at the same time he was a close friend of G.K Chesterton whom I also love, and without Pygmalion we'd never have seen the classic teamup of Rex Harrison and the beautiful Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady. But, as a native Dubliner, I couldn't find a better beer quote in the five minutes I went searching.
It's also poignant that he is of Irish descent, because on the eve of this fine Friday I am planning to drive down to Arnie's Bar, partake of prodigious amounts of good, Catholic whiskey (followed by a round or two of Guinness, of course), and frolic among the crowd while the most excellent Irish 'Drinking Song' band Larkin plays til the wee hours.
Larkin is blessed/cursed with having my good old acquaintance Chad Malone as its vocal talent. I just wrote about bumping into him last week, and he gave me a Larkin CD and told me I should come to see them play. It's a polished, aggressive and touching piece of work, and I can tell that a lot of effort and love was put into each track. The cover art is also brilliant. And because I'm a huge fan of the Pogues, it's no surprise that I enjoyed this little turn in Chad's career immensely.
There seems to be an upsurge in "Irish" folk rock bands lately, but nothing I've heard sounds quite as good as these guys, except for the originals, of course. And apparently, The Pogues are getting ready to tour again. I can't miss that.
On other fronts...
I'm playing live on Tuesday for sure. DJ Badger is lending me the use of his little PA. It's not going to be a 'performance-oriented' performance. Mostly I'm going do be doing some sample stacking and mixing, all on my PC. But it will evolve. So be at Gypsy on Tuesday night (7/12) at around 9 if you want to see me. No poetry this time. All music.
posted by Edward Svengali @ Friday, July 08, 2005,
2 Comments:
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At 11:58 AM,
Monk-in-Training said...
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For those uncool readers such as my self, could you tell me where Gypsy is in the Tulsa area, I just might come! :)
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At 12:56 PM,
Edward Svengali said...
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Gypsy be just behind Spaghetti Warehouse, downtown. You take 244 West, get off on the 1st Street/Downtown exit, and hang a right on 3rd Street I think it is. Just as you're passing Spaghetti Warehouse, there is an alley/street just in the back with a 4-storey building on the corner and a cruddy little parking area. That be the Gypsy.
And mind the smoke. They do allow it, and it does get a little bit thick when it's packed (though it'll hardly be packed for my performance).
Would be nice to meet the fellow who called me a prophet a couple dozen posts back!
