Maybe you are thinking about backyard barbeques, or baseball, or well, whatever, But me, I cannot wait till the musicians are back on Nicollet Mall. The Trumpet Player still gets out there if it is even semi-nice and let me tell you, I truly feel for his embouchure even still. I miss my jazz Saxophone playing Rasta friend, Joseph, who is up from Mississippi and is one of the sweetest individuals you will ever meet. And a sensitive sax man to boot. Jazz from the Rasta. Please look for him and tip him well. RAS tafari.
Then there is Mr. Patterson, who is an Architectural Artist of the Utmost. He sketches well-known buildings in downtown Minneapolis and sells them to whoever will buy. A very decent guy, Well worth sitting down and chatting with. He will show you all he’s got. Buy somethin’! You got $20!
And last (for now) but not at all Least….Bri Dube. An angel of a human being, with a voice that pours up the glass and metal canyon of Nicollet Mall, so that I can hear her from 2 blocks away…amazing and wonderful to hear–like some goddam river. Like being called home. Who else could make you miss the southeast and the southwest simultaneously? Hmmm? Anyway, She is going to be at the Mapps Coffee shop on Riverside at Cedar (West Bank) for a fundraising event at 6pm on Friday the 13th, and then on Sunday, the 15th, She takes the stage at the 400 at 8pm. I would not steer you wrong, my peoples. Come see one or the other of these shows, eh? You will Thank Me. I Swear.
A link for the loveless:
http://www.myspace.com/theplanktonics
2 Comments
You’re making me wish I spent more time downtown. Nice music link – her voice made me think of Michelle Shocked, only more relaxed.
meet me sometime…Nicollet mall used to be a neighborhood. Now it’s an environment. But still great people watching…Again, meet me sometime!
JB