get smart & kuti
went to a movie at an actual movie theater last night. so proud of myself! i haven't seen a movie since 'there will be blood', which i have now on dvd. lu and i saw 'get smart' and it was hilarious! as a steve carrell fan, i was very impressed with all the action in the movie! it was very respectful to the original tv series. go see 'get smart'! it's funny and action-packed!
on friday night, drew told us about seun kuti & egypt 80 playing a free show at the california plaza in downtown. on a previous downtown walkabout, lu had showed me this venue, which is a beautiful courtyard during the day. lots of waterfalls and concrete steps that act as an amphitheater. lu and i took the subway there and had exited out of the wrong metro exit. we had to walk a ways to get there, but when we did it was packed! seun kuti was already playing and lots of people were dancing and drinking home-brought wine & beer. it was so fricken hot too... like in the 90's still. but it was refreshing to be a part of something like that. felt like such a community thing to do and not a big city thing.
here's seun kuti & Egypt 80 (his father's band - fela kuti) in dakar... the sound and video is really good.
this is a snippet of them this past friday night in LA:
on friday night, drew told us about seun kuti & egypt 80 playing a free show at the california plaza in downtown. on a previous downtown walkabout, lu had showed me this venue, which is a beautiful courtyard during the day. lots of waterfalls and concrete steps that act as an amphitheater. lu and i took the subway there and had exited out of the wrong metro exit. we had to walk a ways to get there, but when we did it was packed! seun kuti was already playing and lots of people were dancing and drinking home-brought wine & beer. it was so fricken hot too... like in the 90's still. but it was refreshing to be a part of something like that. felt like such a community thing to do and not a big city thing.
here's seun kuti & Egypt 80 (his father's band - fela kuti) in dakar... the sound and video is really good.
Click to viewthis is a snippet of them this past friday night in LA: