Globalization of Music
So I’m sitting at this little coffee shop/sushi place/alternative grocery store in the Newlands neighborhood of Cape Town enjoying a hazelnut mocha with friends when a delightful jazz song comes on. I start bobbing my head to the beat and humming the tune when I realize that this song I am listening to is none other than that of Pink Martini, a Portland band with a decent number of followers in the Oregon alternative music scene. I stopped mid-conversation as it dawned on me that a small Portland band is playing in this even smaller cafe at the bottom of the African continent. We are truly in an age of globalization!
I am always amazed by all the connections we find with other people and places and times in our daily lives. I can smell the hazelnuts!
Momox said this on 13 February 2009 at 8:16 pm
That’s too cool. Seeing them in concert was so awesome, and whenever I listen to them I always think of us enjoying them live.
alena said this on 13 February 2009 at 8:27 pm
The world is definitely shrinking. Just yesterday I was thinking about retiring on Mars. Okay not really.
steve said this on 15 February 2009 at 6:48 pm
I hear it’s nice there during the summer!
+UntamedZebra+ said this on 1 March 2009 at 3:48 pm