One part of the argument that is actually pretty fascinating revolved around Kanye West's "George Bush doesn't care about black people" line that Erin thought was revolting. He could've said it with more class, he could've been more well-spoken, it incited black people to riot, etc, etc. It's an area of politics that I love. Protest is supposed to be raw. It's supposed to be extreme. Good protest moves the collective conscience over just a bit towards your side... but only because you're pulling from SO far over. What Kanye did was easy to dismiss at first, but as time went on you had no choice but to think about it because the situation was so damning.

And sweet jesus, no wonder she doesn't. She's the type of singer that makes you wince for ever thinking you could sing. There's an effortlessness to good jazz that is intoxicating and all vampire jokes aside - when she starts to sing she is always prepared, always professional and always dead-on. The first song she sang (not at this place, but it's just such a nice pic) made me literally go: "whew". This is what she is supposed to do for the rest of her life. This is the city she should do it in, and only a wandering mind could conjure up a reason to not.

But we sure could. Whenever I was done with a 4tvs show? It was at MOST Tee Jayes and then certainly bed. Again, not for a vampire. And I really am, like - 1 drink johnson. One jack on the rocks... I'm good. 2 if I'm there for like 3 hours or something... but goddamn, the night never ended. It's 10:30, Saturday night right now as I'm writing and I'm missing the first part of her show - just to fucking prepare myself for what comes after. LOL. I haven't gotten more than 3 hours a sleep and I'm in this constant haze. Amazingly I ran 3 miles this morning just so I could remember what life used to be like back in LA.