Academik

So last night a co-worker and I went to see Ed Bangers sensation Uffie - the pop/dance darling of Paris. Short, cute, and with a throwback style (short jean shorts, a white top, and adidas jackets that was purple blue and green) that makes me wish the eighties were here - Uffie came ready to… well Uff.

She flows/speaks over poppy progressive dance electronic beats and breaks with vulgar tongue in cheek lyrics. Think a mix of the streets with peaches. The show was at the Rickshaw stop which turns out to be a great place for a concert. Small enough to be intimate and large enough to allow ample room for frolicking.

After chatting with some X-handed girls from LA and grabbing some Rockstar&Vodka I proceeded onto the dance floor. The tunes were great at this place and in no time I was coerced by my hands and feet into unassuming convulsions on top of a speaker next to the stage. Just as I was about to have the crowd join me in a rousing chorus of Daft Punk is playing at my house, a large bouncer made me get off - I almost had them!

Uffie came out for literally - maybe 40 minutes - to sing Pop the Glock and Ready to Uff and then she disappeared off stage. My co-worker disappeared with a friend of his and I was left in a fit of dancing - maybe the place I love most in life? The crowd was great - a little young, but that was 2 be eXpected - definitely very funky and hipster. The place was great and apart from the concert, the DJs did a great job of keeping the crowd dancing - a nice change from the general wall-flower crowd of most bars. Definitely will make the Rickshaw a bad habit of mine.

I wandered home in the company of friends from Dallas on the phone - grabbed a patty melt from Mel’s Drive-In and then came home. It was a wonderful night - one of those nights that you know start to finish is going to be good!