a night of mexican and gypsies

i took sophie out for a belated birthday "date" - the adventure started early when we walked into the city. and then trammed home again because i had forgotten the tickets to the show. then back into the city once more for taco bill's. delicious burritos and margaritas (damn strong).

this year MIAF hasn't got the beloved spiegeltent, they have becks rumpus room at the forum - so two weeks of music and mayhem. we found couches at the edge of the dance floor to collapse into as i sipped on a fruit tingle daiquiri. i blame you sophie for the addiction. i think perhaps it was the glass though - it lights up all different colours with the press of a button. magic. mark arrived before the first band started. a local band, barons of tang, gypsy death-core is how they describe themselves. hilarious and fun.






the second band, paprika balkanicus were wonderful musicians from the balkan states that got the crowd whipped up into a frenzy of stomping and dervish whirling. fabulous.



and then it was home time. yah for mark with car.