A treasure hunt in St Kilda
July 15th 2008 02:24
Last time I came here was five years ago, and left the joint with some excellent booty. "Brazil Boogie - Brazilian Jazz Funk from the 1970's and beyond" was the album, discovered beyond the hustle and bustle of Fitzroy St, Luna Park and Acland St.
This time around I came for a look-see in the hope of discovering another piece of buried-in-the-shelves treasure. But I notice a difference to the shop - the world music section has been replaced with... a bar?
Not only is it a bar with an outdoor beer garden (not sure what they call that in Melbourne), but they also have coffee, bites to eat, and a stage for live music - which seems to happen around 3-4pm every thurs, fri, sat and sunday.
Oooh yes, I have found my booty. And where, you ask? Okay I won't keep it a secret.
So I do my coffee in the beer garden, but found myself with limited time in which to wait for the live music to begin. So hey, I'll suss out the CD's. That's what I came for after all. There's a whole lot of independent music in this place and I soon find something I have never heard of but thought might tickle my fancy.
Katie Allen definitely presents as an Interesting and worthy soul singer to check out. Unfortunately I am still to find a white chick that can trump Alicia Keys in soul singing. The music was great, but I couldn't help being let down by the lyrics and seemingly forced eccentricity (don't quote me on that) of the singing. I remember the line:
"Are you rough enough, rough enough/Are you tough enough, tough enough/To be my man"
It was around this time I gave up on the CD-listening lounge and decided to soak up a bit of the atmosphere of the place. I have heard talk about Sao Paolo with its locals staying sane in a 20-million strong city by going to places that are away from the chaos, but still in the city.
Pure Pop Records is one of these places, although in a different city.
Enter, for the sake of sanity.
This time around I came for a look-see in the hope of discovering another piece of buried-in-the-shelves treasure. But I notice a difference to the shop - the world music section has been replaced with... a bar?
Not only is it a bar with an outdoor beer garden (not sure what they call that in Melbourne), but they also have coffee, bites to eat, and a stage for live music - which seems to happen around 3-4pm every thurs, fri, sat and sunday.
Oooh yes, I have found my booty. And where, you ask? Okay I won't keep it a secret.
So I do my coffee in the beer garden, but found myself with limited time in which to wait for the live music to begin. So hey, I'll suss out the CD's. That's what I came for after all. There's a whole lot of independent music in this place and I soon find something I have never heard of but thought might tickle my fancy.
Katie Allen definitely presents as an Interesting and worthy soul singer to check out. Unfortunately I am still to find a white chick that can trump Alicia Keys in soul singing. The music was great, but I couldn't help being let down by the lyrics and seemingly forced eccentricity (don't quote me on that) of the singing. I remember the line:
"Are you rough enough, rough enough/Are you tough enough, tough enough/To be my man"
It was around this time I gave up on the CD-listening lounge and decided to soak up a bit of the atmosphere of the place. I have heard talk about Sao Paolo with its locals staying sane in a 20-million strong city by going to places that are away from the chaos, but still in the city.
Pure Pop Records is one of these places, although in a different city.
Enter, for the sake of sanity.
| 82 |
| Vote |
Comment by Lilla
From The Home Front
Enviro Warrior
Dream Herald
Esoteric Bookshop
This sounds like a far cry from the everyday, mass produced insanity they serve up here in Brisbane ... and it takes me back to the days of roaming Impact records in canberra, where you could find ANYTHING, but ANYTHING from ANYWHERE in time and space...
Heaven indeed.
Lilla ...