Bar Soul Stream in Shinjuku Sanchome

Favorite Live Recordings

In general, I despise live recordings. I just don't like how they sound. Here are some albums that I'll admit are exceptions:

Bill Evans, "Waltz for Debby"
Donny Hathaway, "Live"
Jimi Hendrix, "Band of Gypsies"
Curtis Mayfield, "Curtis/Live!"
Townes Van Zandt, "Live at the Old Quarter"

And a couple of runners-up (only because I've only listened to them a few times each):

Sam Cooke, "Live at the Harlem Square Club"
Bill Withers, "Live at Carnegie Hall"

Tiki Bars

Consider this a work in progress.

El Tiki (Buenos Aires)

Frankie's Tiki Room (Vegas)

Tiki Athens (Athens)

Tiki Ti (First Visit) (LA)

Tiki Ti (Second Visit) (LA)

Frankie's Tiki Room

Frankie's is one of the best nouveau tiki bars that I've heard of, along with Tiki Athens, which I just went to a month or so ago.

Tiki Ti

An earlier view.

Little Soul Cafe

15,000 soul records on the walls. Highly recommended. Perhaps my new favorite bar in the world.

LA Movie Night (Summer 2010)

Here are the movies we watched:

Beverly Hills Cop (6/29/10)
Detour (7/4/10)
Into the Night (7/13/04)
American Gigolo (7/20/10)
Point Blank (7/25/10)