--- rock! and ping pong ---

had a somewhat convaluted adventure last night that involved a scottish bird called JACK who is the MASCOT at a bar over the road, that has a DOORMAN called Edie who gave us his card - it said: ED - STAND UP COMEDIAN, and said we should show the card to GUIDO at the BOTTOM OF THE HILL [live music venue we were heading to] and say we knew him.
We were reckoning bottom of the hill was indie toons, and so when we arrive and see a sad queue of hopeless kids for sold out gig, we reckon, ok yeh, we'll ask for guido and show him Eddie's card and see what happens.
So we GET IN!
And discover that in fact we are surrounded by black clad hair hanging in face, serious business METAL HEADS and the band is hard grind misery...
but it's all good and we have a plan b and tootle up the road to a cracking indie rock bar afterwards with live acts and a PATIO with PING PONG! called THEE PARKSIDE.

--- tomorrow - baja ---
Am heading to Baja, mexico tomorrow - a little spot down south called La Paz.
May not get a lot of access to email for a while, not sure. Will be back in San Fran 18 Aug. Sweet smell of Corona and sea and chillis and sand and things
buenos noches