I went down and sat in with Mr. Campbell’s group at the Kicknbaque on NE MLK & Fremont. A very raucus scene with people dancing, rappers sitting in with the group and such. I hadn’t been in the place 2 minutes when a half-mad Russian named Vitaly accosted me to enthuse about my leather coat. I didn’t really move around much- just sat at my table and grabbed a few shots.
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