I’m in Georgia for a few days for my work. In the meantime, Matthew is slaving away on mail order while I feed him the information. He’s the man, yeah!
A bunch of us, I mean like 15 of us, went to see The Life Aquatic in NYC on Saturday. It was completely amazing, as expected. Wes Anderson always has these magical little details in his movies, the very smallest thing that is somehow just odd enough to make you laugh out loud. Really. I could go on and on and on about it, but that would probably spoil it, but all I have to say is Colby the three-legged dog. Maybe it’s mean to even say that much. Bill Murray was perfect for his oceanographer role. Bud Court was even in it. Yes, that Bud Court.
After the movie, we trekked off to Monkeytown, an unmarked door in Williamsburg Brooklyn. There’s a loft space on the second floor with several futons arranged around the center in a square. There are white sheets as movie screens behind surrounding you by the video being played. The idea is to mix video, music, and food in one experience. I got a squash and fish chowder that was better than many restaurants I’d been to. Everyone else had nothing but great things to say about the food. The first act was a video done by Sagan followed up by a live performance from The Dead Texan. The nice thing about the arrangement was the the driving electronic beats from Sagan got your worked up to enjoy your food and then you could lounge back and just stare up at the video while the quiet sounds of The Dead Texan washed around after your belly was filled with tastiness. This was a really incredible concept and space.
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