Jazzy day

i had a great night of jazz. Reza Salleh, Shanon Shah, Isaac Entry, Zalila Lee (and crazy guitarist Zach) and that first opening act that I couldn't catch the name of (i think it was Rhapsody), amongst others. So good!
I wish I had more audio or video evidence to prove, but nothing's as good as listening to it in an intimate room with (unfortunately) cigarette smoke swirling and seeping into your pores as you sip on a drink with friends.
i DO have to gripe though, that the night's beautiful mood was somewhat turned by a highly distasteful comedian who spouted racial insults from every orifice in his xenophobic being. Sadly enough was bad enough to make some company leave before (what i think is) the best act - naturally Reza Salleh. and James was well impressed with the bass player too so i can't be too wrong.
However, i am still griping. I never realised that I took offense about racial slurs before but today's one was really terrible. Despite being continuously boo-ed with few supportive claps and laughs, he carried on, somewhat desperate to draw more laughter, to the point that he was screaming the insults at us. I wouldn't have minded half as much if it wasn't so loud and I could just turn away and ignore everything he was saying.
Giving him the benefit of the doubt, tried in vain to listen out for some decency, some sort of punchline, but if i had to give one word to describe the humour, i'd say crude, maybe even brusque.
in the end, the great music more than made up for it though, and imagine my joy when i saw that there's lots of it to be found on YouTube. Technology is a godsend. My favourite song from the night (other than Reza Salleh's For You)
Check it out and listen closely to the Star Wars-inspired lyrics. (although sound here not too clear, i'm not complaining!)

Good times out with James, Tish and Nat (and all the other people i didn't really talk to). Oh, and if you drive around Tong Shin area, maybe you'll see the goat that James and I saw tied to the back of a restaurant. Indubitably strangest thing I've seen all day.

p.s: lucky i didn't see any cd's on sale after the gig cos i know i'd DEFINITELY be suckered into buying...

pps: thanks for the cd... jazz is goood... =)