Posts Tagged ‘Themba’
BLACK COFFEE Bright Lights, Big Sound Chptr. 1
November 5, 2019
Ameer Brooks & Themba
22:00-23:30
Twenty dollars to park? Suck it up. The lot is spacious. Monitored. And clean. As the outdoor temperature plunges, security pats down the body, checking for the prohibited. Flash your ID, and a scintillating smile. Enter the long corridor, the black-velvet rope queue, is empty of souls waiting to pay the door fee. Two blondes, mid-conversation, scanning your electronic ticket, point you upstairs where a man, dressed in all black, stands.… Continue
BLACK COFFEE Bright Lights, Big Sound Chptr. 2
November 4, 2019BLACK COFFEE
01:00-03:00
The horror unfolds. They are everywhere. A sea of them is seen. Held in the air. All various sizes. The soft glow of screens. Their displays all read the same. Blackness and flashes of purple pixels. Is this a venue tradition? The gathered mass, standing erect, pulled out smartphones to film onstage the musical shaman playing.
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