Pigface doesn't need any stinkin' gothy firespinners when they come to SF for their next show - they need the SF cast of STOMP to come take over the center of the dance floor for a good jam.

Last night was my aforementioned Christmas Date - we had dinner at Paul K., and then cruised up to see the SF troupe of STOMP in one of their last performances of the season. I think they're about to go on tour. We have seen several other casts of STOMP tour; many of the acts are the same, but they are just as powerful on second and third viewing. I was talking to Russell on our walk home about it - there's something about live music, and especially about live percussion that is so seductive and persuasive - i was tapping my feet and hands the whole time, and wished we were in a place where i could dance. I wonder if that's why i like live jazz so much - the give and take and fluidity of percussive elements is astonishing and compelling. During our walk home, everything seemed like a musical element - i kept expecting the streetcleaners and passers-by to start jamming.

Dinner at Paul K. was great, as usual. We ate at the bar - started with a mezze platter, and i followed with a crab cake app and Russell had the sumac chicken. I really need to try and replicate that dish sometime - i think it would be a good rub for a hearty white fish, too. It turns out that our bartender Kevin knows one of the performers in the SF cast - Carlos. We stopped by on the way home to hand Kevin one of the programs.

STOMP is industrial tap. If only i could find a musical that was full of industrial tap, i bet i could get Russell to go see musicals!