[NewMusic] DeeCee

[Phillip Greenlief]

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On Behalf Of Joseph Zitt
Subject: Re: [NewMusic] wayne county shape-shifters

I lived there for a bout four year before coming here. Oddly, I think I 
get more of the subway face here than I ever did back east. Or maybe (as

I suspect) it's part of the epidemic of solipsistic rudeness that's been

growing everywhere since the start of the decade.

PG:
To be fair to the place, I was only there twice, and both times I was
there about 3-4 days - hardly enough to "know" a place. In addition, it
was summer and beastly hot - it's possible the "vibe" was more
influenced by real physical suffering than attitude. Nonetheless, I
displayed my "Hey, I'm here, what's going on?" attitude, which was met
with, "go away, I'm busy scowling...and sweating."

JZ:
Probably Takoma Park. It's the Berkeley of DC.
 
PG:
Yeah, that's the place! - Very aptly put (Berkeley)...I played in a
place that doubles as a meditation center - the décor was strictly
Berkeley. I felt at home for a minute. On the continuing saga of being
fair, it was really quite nice - I mean, there were trees everywhere,
the houses weren't too close together, but still: the heat and the
mosquitoes! Damn, I thought I was back in St. Petersburg! - What is it
about building capitals on swamps?!?!?!

My other gig there was at a "jazz" club, playing solo Monk. I was
treated as somewhat of an oddity...solo saxophone seemed really foreign
to the audience. Again, it's just my quick-time observation, but I got
the impression that the jazz audience there is pretty conservative.