Nothing better to do? Check out the Curtis King Band tonight at Sharky Bar. I missed them last time they came around but by all accounts, they kicked ass. Nice rock, soul, R&B sound. Professional grooves you don't often get in KH.
Along those lines: Betty Ford and the GT Falcons will be disbanding. Word is that one of the principals will be heading back to Australia. They'll probably re-form under another name.
On that note: The (unfortunately named) Taxi Boys have a new drummer and a new sound - now all they need is a new name - Taxi Guys isn't where it's at. Anyway, they'll be playing New Orleans funk at a bar near you. Keep a heads up.
Shanghai Bar:
True to his word, BongRob cleaned house a while back. The Valentines Boat cruise was a winner and the place has picked up. What changed? Some call it, "The Great Girlfriend Massacre."
(No, not the Khmer-style - pump a bunch of bullets into your husband's mistress in front of an ESL school on a crowded street in the middle of the day - BECAUSE I CAN - style girlfriend massacre...)
This one involved firing the hostess mafia that had run the place by racking up boyfriend bank (monthly remittances, CRVs, Camrys,...) scaring off the true goers, and being indifferent towards anyone not buying them a small sedan. 9 of them are gone (Left with nothing but their CRVs, Camrys, and monthly remittances.)
So - new women have been hired and the last time I was there, they were wearing school uniforms. Still the same semi-upscale place - golf on TV at 2am - but some cuties and the drink prices are pretty standard.
Martinis Bar and Disco:
The M was good over the holiday. The Africans have mostly moved on, and I guess that made room for, THE DISCO NAZI. There I was, buzzed and ready to spark. Ran into CoolSwami and Martin104 near the door. Lit up and....next thing I know some khaki/golf-shirt-wearing asshole is in my face DEMANDING that I leave the disco immediately. Angry stream of German and then something like, "You cannot smoke that in HERE! You want to smoke, you will go outside immediately, or you will go into the corner..
..You DON'T smoke here." Many thoughts ran through my head. Two words came out, "Fuck Off." End of conversation. He turned red, grabbed a bartender, and started barking into his ear. I turned around in time to see him being led out of the disco by a security guard and a bartender. Someone said he was ultimately ejected from the bar.
Adhoc is wrong - There is justice in Cambodia.
Disco Nazi probably went to the airport for an emergency evac to Singapore.
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