Here’s the second half of the last episode of Groovement, as promised.
As I sit here listening to the playback, the notion of finality rings untrue. I can imagine both Groovement and Same As It Ever Was! returning at some point in some form.
After all, Same originally appeared in 1993 as a dance night in San Francisco’s Lower Haight Street bar, The Top, on an offer from bar manager, Doug Freelon. I walked in for a cocktail after buying some records off of the (then vibrant) “street market”. Looking through the stack, Doug invited me into the dj booth, leading to my first SF residency.
Groovement came into existence in 2000 at Kim Passeneau’s Oxygen Bar.
As I type, Prince’s “Arboretum” from One Nite Alone … is playing. Prince recorded the piano solo in the atrium of his Paisley Park home. The bird sounds heard in the background are Majesty & Divinity, Prince’s doves. Andrea Swensson wrote the beautiful article in the link.
Groovement has a mobile off-shoot, dubbed “Destination“, which first appeared at Protagonist Kitchen and Bar in Richfield, and has since popped up at the Minneapolis Institute of Art and North Loop Jazz Bistro, Berlin‘s “Late Night Lounge”.
I’ve been invited back to Berlin for another Late Night Lounge set on Friday, October 3 from 10:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. (following Kevin Washington & RA Spirit).
So, yeah: “Final” is a bit much.
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