Re: Klezmatics at the Bottom Line

[Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel...>]

Don't you mean 'slibowitz'?


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From: <Mattflight (at) aol(dot)com>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 8:50 PM
Subject: Klezmatics at the Bottom Line


>     On Saturday Night I saw the Klezmatics at the Bottom Line. I went to
the
> first set with some friends who live in NYC, and sat right up front near
> Frank. The played the Holly Near song that everyone was raving about at
the
> Tonic show last month was amazing.
>     The only thing that surprised me about their set is that they didn't
play
> any music off The Well. But the change in the lyrics to Shnirele Perele
made
> it even more special. The Purim song is something that you have to
experience
> in person, it is presented in a way that only the Klezmatics could do it.
>
>     Their was one funny note about the Bottom Line, one member of the
party
> that I was with went up to the bar to get some drinks. I had asked her to
get
> me a shot of schlivitz, but they responded that they don't serve "cute
> drinks." Is Schlivitz a "cute" drink in anyone's book?
>
> Matt Temkin
>
>

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