the great(est) american coffee shop love movement. coming soon to a coffee shop near you. you've seen the hippies do it. you've seen the itinerant bums do it. you've seen up and coming artists do it. but have you seen a large oscar meyer's hot dog van packed with multiculturals traveling the countryside in search of the coffee shop aesthetic? i think not. well, maybe you have but screw you, we're gonna be different. we'll have musicians, poets, photographers, DJs, filmographers, graphic designers, writers, tv watchers and jv tennis coaches working the coffee shops of america. nothing is as exemplary of the american soul as coffee shops and musicians. coffee shop is to american as water is to wine. um, yeah.



think about it, taking one (or two) weeks out of the your normal hectic life to traverse the terrain of america, stopping off at coffee shops to throw down some talent. are the hicks ready for this? this will be stand by me with less standing. the sound of music with less hills. the incredible journey, minus the dogs and cat. it's this or an expensive pre-packaged tour to a touristy area. this must happen, at some point in life. jot it down.



tonite was the first time i've seen the indomitable gene in public and on stage. hot monkey love in encinitas. heard alot about it but never been. tuesdays they have hip hop nite, wednesday is open mike, some day is chess tournament nite. what's not to monkey love? i miss the days of non-corporate coffee shops. the individual flavor of independent coffee shops needs to be captured into a coffee table book. whoila! brilliant! steal that idea and i kill you. steal the the great american coffee shop love movement and i'll sue you. or join you, depending on if i like you. i feel like i'm watching the beginnings of something big. like napolean bonaparte before he became just napolean, no last name. gene kim is to napolean bonaparte as napolean is to gene.



some lady was doing quick sketches of the people in the coffee shop. she was pretty decent too. got a profile sketch of ameer, a simple eye, eyebrow and nose combination of hong and a full body sketch of gene. i wish i could draw. i wish i could do anything on stage. but there was a girl playing the flute with the musicians, that leads me to believe that with a little work i could become the floutist for independent coffee shops. i wonder if there's any money in that. who cares actually, i'm doing it for the love.