Wednesday, April 07, 2004  

18 plane hours later....
South Africa, terra firma, cradle of civilization and wicked googlies.

But I'm still hot steppin' it over to the Manenberg Jazz Cafe on the Cape Town waterfront to see the Zimbabwe-born, South Africa-busy guitarist Louis Mhlanga, who has released one CD in the U.S., Shamwari. That CD shows off his badass chops even if the musical setting is a bit too squishy. For tonight's show he's playing with an accordionist from Madagascar, Regis Gizavo. You can read more about ol' Reg at www.afropop.org, which is run by Sean Barlow, one of my confreres on this voyage.

I think the liquid spirits, nada sleep, jj jets de lagstein and the overwhelming sense of OTHERNESS that comes from being in a new place halfway around the world should make this show beautifully surreal.

I love you, MR.

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