I went to see another live show last night: A band named Spanky who I last heard street singing must be six months ago. Their CD has been eating away my resolve until I just had to see them before I jet off home.
I've learnt my lesson over the year: Scope out the club beforehand to make sure you're not...
- going to miss the show trying to find the damn place
- going to be walking through the Yakuza gang leaders back garden
- walking into a refined blues and jazz bar wearing cyberpunk rave gear
- walking into a deathtrap of gaptoothed japanese punk/metal vampire thugs
So, like a good boy I wandered around Shibuya the night before. It was too late to peek inside but I did find the elevator leading down, only to return and find out it wasn't. Took me 15 minutes to discover the club was down the dark alley behind the nice safe elevator. Its a good thing I didn't have a chance to dress up too, because it was a refined jazza and blues bar. No punk rocker death squad, but I'm sure they're waiting to ambush me.
I love jazz bars. I love the style I get to try on when I'm in them. I slid up to the bar and ordered a whisky in that way you see in the movies where they don't say a word. Nope. No "Please may I have a Jim Bean Whisky with Ice and soda please" in bad Japanese. No I just caught the bar tender's eye, nodded at the bottle, did my Roger Moore impression, and slid a note accross the counter. I got exactly what I wanted and sipped it thinking "I am the man". It would have been a million times better if I was wearing my Trilby though. A billion if I could drink a whisky without losing the use of my legs.
Spanky were all the better for my whisky haze. Theres four of them, but the lights were focused on the singer and the most excellent honky tonk keyboard player. They're sort of like a Japanese Ben Folds Five with a fine female lead. Though they've got a few fans, I wonder again at the music industry and how such talent goes nearly unacknowledged.
Whiskys sipped: 2 (I ordered the second just by raising a finger. I am the man)
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