One of Our Newest Obsessions

Poor Jenni and Jason. Javier and I keep subjecting them to Brazilian Girls. Like, EVERY day. We just got back from a huge book conference in D.C. at which there are parties almost every night. Who knew? Anyway, at one of these parties, a band called Brazilian Girls played and we were both completely blown away. The singer (who played the entire show in a sparkly blindfold--and who doesn't like sparkles?) speaks four languages and the beats range from techno to bossa nova (I think--I'll have to check with Javier on that) to reggae to a mix of all the above. They were just amazing. We were so excited about them that we had to buy the album before leaving D.C. and, man, was that a struggle. It's hard to believe that D.C. was the epicenter of a major music scene in the early 80's when there are just two record stores now. TWO! So at last year's party sponsored by this distributor, Jon Spencer played. I HATE Jon Spencer, but I'm excited about the types of music these folks are bringing. I can't wait to see who's playing next year. In the meantime, Javier and I will have to duke it out over who gets to go see Brazilian girls in Chicago when they play. (Because I also play them constantly at home, Brad has re-christened them Brazilian Chumps, so if I win the "who gets the road trip" throw-down it looks like I'll be going by myself.) ---Kelly