Sam and I had a busy Saturday night. We kicked off our evening at a holiday party at Bonzai Bistro in Pioneer Square. When they opened 2 years ago, Bonzai Bistro was all the rage because they served sushi on naked women.
Bonzai Bistro no longer serves sushi on naked women but they’ve expanded and opened a bar/lounge next to the main dining room. The entire bar was reserved for the party and it’s a great layout for hosting a private event. The spread was amazing – loads of sushi, salmon cakes, chicken and beef teriyaki skewers, and lots of other tasty treats. The best part – unlimited drinks of your choice. This is a sure fire way to guarantee a great time for everyone.
Next stop – Forced Entertainment's Bloody Mess Show at On The Boards.
Forced Entertainment is British based experimental theater company. A collective of individuals drawing from all forms of artistic expressions to push the themes of contemporary urban life in new performance and theatre forms.
The show is aptly named a Bloody Mess because it truly is a mess of 10 moving characters and their stories all mixed up in one show. Theses stories involve chaos and the desire for order, and the need to confess their secret thoughts.
It was a little long and a little painful to watch but really damn funny at times. There’s lots of swearing and even more male and female frontal nudity. I’m not sure what the nudity adds or if it helps or hurts the performances. I got wrapped up in the psychology of why I’m watching the naked man dance across the stage instead of the other 9 actors. Wondering if I’m focusing on naked dick because it involves the strongest story or because I can’t help not staring at a naked dick jiggle or if I’m understanding why the dick must jiggle.
After the Bloody Mess show we went to Neumos to meet up with Greg for the Sharon Jones show. I haven’t had a chance to hang out with Greg for over a year so it was nice to catch up with him. I’m glad I did because now I owe him for introducing me to the music of Sharon Jones and for putting me on his guest list. Greg dj’ed two sets, one before the opening act and one in between the opening act and Sharon Jones. If you have a chance, check out his weekly show, The Roadhouse, on KEXP featuring American Blues and Roots. It’s on every Wednesday night and the shows are archived so you can listen to past shows.
Sharon Jones is a badass women with a mean strut. You know what’s hot? A 60 year old woman rockin' a stage with pigtails. Her powerful voice and hot beats makes your body break a sweat from moving so fast and hard. Sharon Jones puts on an amazing show and from the moment she enters the stage, she’s on fire. A female version of James Brown –she dances and belts out lyrics like nobody’s business. It’s incredible. You get a live version of the history of dance when watching her perform – she busted out The Tiger, The Mashed Potatoes, The Swimmer, The Chicken and so many more dance moves… love it.
I also love that she pulled several men on stage from the audience to dance with her. They loved getting freaky with her. If you ever get a chance to see her perform live – you must go.
After giving Sharon Jones a big hug and getting our cd's autographed, Greg, Sam, and I headed up the street to Barca for drinks. Why is last call at 1:30 am in this town? Can't it at least be 1:45 am? We were bummed that we didn't have time to finish our drinks. But whatever, we still had an amazing evening.
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