finally! a social situation that doesn't involve heavy drinking and bad music! i made my way outside of the one part of the city that i know and went on an adventure. i took the 71 muni-bus westward and found myself at the haight/ashbury intersection. what i discovered was a prohibition-era styled lounge called "club deluxe" complete with old blues music and swanky patrons. all of a sudden, these five guys wearing doctor's jackets get up on stage and play the most entertaining live music i've heard in a long time.
here's a bit of dr. abacus' self described "cartoon jazz" sound:
once they started out with an up tempo rendition of "girl from ipanema" i went crazy. at the end they didn't leave time for applause because they went right into the "benny hill chasing women" tune and everyone started cheering. well, little did we know that we'd be entertained by a girl running around with her arms in the air getting chased by a man in a gorilla costume. it was hilarious. it was perfection. it was such a relief to find a place like this downtown. it kind of re-fueled my spirits to find places that i can look forward to enjoying after a long day of research. ill be sure to find more entertaining places once i am able to handle research and a job. call it an incentive
the research, by the way, is coming along nicely. the grad students from a year ago told me at the beginning, "it will get simpler to adjust to the readings and gauging time will become second nature." aka - i will be able to find a job once i get used to the amount of time that needs to be spent working on my master's program. fingers crossed.
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