I’m running a bit short of photos in my ‘To Post’ folder now. I have some originals still, some more from Tilos, but can’t remember which I have used and which not. So, if things start to repeat, visually speaking, it’s because I’ve not been out and about to get any more snaps. I’ll see what Neil also has in his folder.
I have been out and about but mainly to the same places. Up the hill in the morning to go for the walk and catch the sunrise, though clouded by cloud yesterday; and then to the square in the afternoon after a day’s writing work. It’s always hard to resist that hour or two at the café, watching the world go by, catching up on the news, seeing who has arrived, getting the gossip. So, as the best way to deal with temptation is to give in to it, I pop down usually around 4.30 for a soda water or two.
What else is going on…? Oh yes. I noticed a lot more ‘Live Music’ signs have gone up. With things being on the quiet side around here it seems that more places are getting in on the act, or rather, realising that they need to provide something to help attract the customers. Georgio’s has been having live music on a Friday (and sometimes Saturday) for a long time now and it was more or less booked up last Friday. The Secret Garden have live Greek music on a Monday night and then live… thinks of the word… Western (?) music on a Friday with blues, jazz, two guitars one bass and Claire on vocals. There are other places also presenting music nights, I must get photos of the posters and put them up.
I am keeping an eye on my Facebook friends, Konstantinos and his group, too. They have played at the Kantarimi and, were these things not so late, I’d love to go and hear them. These guys were pupils of Vasilis (maybe they still are) and are still quite young, so it’s good to get them some publicity and audience. And all this live music is at least good for the musicians after all, and hopefully too for the places presenting it. Not to mention that fact that the audience gets to hear some incredibly talented musicians playing traditional and more up to date music. So, in the end it works for everyone. Let’s hope that the bars and tavernas get it together so that music nights don’t clash too much.
