Friday, March 25, 2005
I've seen two movies this year. Two more than last year. There was nothing else to do the other night before heading out to the Hotel Cafe. Plus, Will Ferrell is a genius so if you love him as much as you should go see "Melinda and Melinda" when you get a chance. It's typical neurotic Woody Allen fair, but there are some pretty good moments, especially with Ferrell and Rahda Mitchell... So after killing a few hours at Century City (which used to much livelier back in its heyday, no?), as promised, we went to the Hotel Cafe for Australia's Sarah Blasko who we've been tracking for way too long. She recorded her new album with Wally Gagel in Los Angeles a ways back but didn't do one show while in town. Good of her to make it this time around. Jangle pop reminiscent of The Cranberries or Frente! but with darker melodies. Her album, "The Overture and the Underscore," should find its way to American shores possibly this summer with a possible tour to support it... Ms. Dina Waxman of Space Mtn followed her with a solo set accompanied on a few songs by Shana Levy of Let's Go Sailing. Waxman's got this lovely spoiled brat sensibility about her when she plays. It might bother some, but I wouldn't have it any other way.
