A good week for dancing (Matisyahu at Harpers Ferry)

[awhyzip]

So last night I headed down to Harpers Ferry and saw this Jewish reggae/hip-hop Matisyahu. Roots of Creation opened.
As I'd never been to Harpers Ferry before, and as I had never heard of this guy before and didn't know whether he was hyped vs actually any good, I just took myself by myself.

The show was enjoyable. Roots of Creation weren't danceworthy enough, but Matisyahu had pretty good energy in everything he did. Even when he told us what he was going to be singing about, though, his words when singing were totally incomprehensible to me. They just didn't make the sound of words. Was he singing in "Ashkenaz"? :-)

I'm glad I went. Harpers Ferry had a nice feel, and I should be surprised it took me so long to ever go there, and I'll keep it in mind for nights out again. I wouldn't make a special effort to see Matisyahu again, though.

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So far I've had impromptu MDFMK dance party (or was it KMFDM? I don't know the difference... it was whichever name I had not previously known them by), couple of hours of bopping around to Carelbach-style Hip-Hop, and upcoming outing to hear One Of Us. A good week for dancing again.

(At Latkes, Cynthia spontaneously suggested I should find the VFW around here because they have weekly Contra dancing -- and now I see that avacon has posted about about just exactly them! While I'm on a roll here, maybe I'll dig out that purple business card from MOTley and check if they are is still meeting and if it isn't on Friday nights anymore...)

Comments

[hippie1025.livejournal.com]

Glad the show was fun. :) Sorry I didn't get a chance to get back to you one way or another.

[awhyzip.livejournal.com]

no worries. it's your school "hell week", so i was half-expecting you'd wouldn't have time to notice my invite =)

Going alone felt like the right thing. Not that i didn't run into two brandeisians and a fellow hebrew school teacher once i was there!