Whew, what a weekend! Friday I went out to a Korean restaurant, Sam Oh Jung, with Cam to celebrate Sonia’s birthday. We met up with Eric J and Leonard there. Sam Oh Jung is one of those we’re-going-to-sell-it-all-because-these-people-don’t-know-the-difference-anyways type deals, with Korean and Chinese on the same menu as sushi. The food was good, but it a little on the expensive side. I had a small sake, two rolls, and bebim bop (a Korean dish) as my main course; Cam had two beer and a chicken entree (I can’t remember which). The bill before tax/tip was $53. That’s expensive isn’t it? Or maybe I’m just spoiled by Pad Thai (on Beneva)’s high quality:buck ratio.
Saturday night Eric G was kind enough to drive Cam, myself, Eric J and Sonia up to Jannus Landing in St. Pete to see Galactic and the North Mississippi Allstars. Tickets were $25 and worth every penny. It was great — both are funk bands, and both definitely rocked the haus. Check out their websites if you get the chance — there’s a number of songs and video clips available for streaming/download.
We unexpectedly ran into George (from my frisbee team) there, which was pretty cool, as well as a few of the Ultimate players from the St Pete area.. bigmassive shouts to Sprinx, Kelli, Ryan, Brett and Tricia 🙂
Both bands are also in iTunes (Galactic; North Mississippi Allstars). Though, I’ve got a few sights and sounds of my own to share 🙂 First the sights:
…then, the sounds — video, in fact:
- North Mississippi Allstars (5 MB, .mov)
- Galactic 1 (6.1 MB, .avi)
- Galactic 2 (5.1 MB, .mov)
- Galactic 3 (6.8 MB, .mov)
If you’ve got a moment, I’ve also got the full-length versions of Galactic clips two and three; you’ll want to option-click the links (or if you’re under Windows, right-click and choose “Save Target As”) and go for lunch or something — these clips are being served from my cable modem; at my current connection speed, they’ll take about half an hour to download each, and that’s if two of you aren’t trying to do so at the same time. Trust me, though, they’re worth the wait. If there was a roof on the place, these guys would have torn it off. 😀
- Galactic 2 *full* (48.3 MB, .avi)
- Galactic 3 *full* (46 MB, .avi)