Fried Pork made with Chicken – UCLA Recap
After I had a solid night of sleep Saturday at the Doubletree and everything, I wrote my recap of the Pomona show nice and early in the morning. Apologies for not writing the recap of Sunday night’s show until now. I haven’t had a good night of sleep yet, what with the flying back East, and the daylight savings, and the busy work days. But it’s already Wednesday, so it’s about time I commit my thoughts about UCLA to the blog before I forget what happened altogether.
So we had a Beats Rhymes & Rice business meeting in the afternoon in Little Tokyo. Since I’m an idiot, I ordered katsu-don with chicken, which I guess is like ordering “fried pork made with chicken.” I figured I’d relay that information since Daren felt the need to clown me for the next 5 hours.
So we hit up UCLA that evening, and after much aimless wandering and Girl Scout cookie-buying, happened upon the venue, where students had been hard at work all day painting. Not like the walls, but there had been sessions earlier to encourage UCLA students to explore their ideas on small canvasses. So when we got there, they already had this community-style vibe in the air, where folks were already ready to do what they do all day. CAPSA looks like they put on a real inspired event, where folks had a chance to participate on multiple levels.
There was something going on with me in that I think I kinda rushed through my set. Usually I like to take my time and get real comfortable on stage before getting off, but I don’t know what happened. I think it had to do with the clock jumping an hour ahead, and so it was still light out when I started, and that kinda threw me off. Luckily, Bao and Kiwi are not similarly idiotic and so after my set – which was decent – those two tore it the fuck up. Man, I’m in awe knowing I’m on a bill with those two. I can’t think of any other dudes who I’d rather watch that many times (except Prince).
Gotta send shouts out to Pathanapong, Julie, as well as Anna B and AJ for coming out. And of course to CAPSA – specifically Sahra – for making it happen and getting us there.
That night we hit up Roscoe’s (minus Kiwi), which has become a BRR tradition. We’re getting together for two shows in Chicago in early April. Hope to see you all there.