This weekend, not only did Paul, Harnett, Pipes and Camhi move into an insane 4 bedroom duplex penthouse in Yorkville, but Ethan Schapira had his birthday. Of course, there was a birthday party. Solid roster at the party, including Matt Borden, Assistant GM Scott Spivak, Bobby C, Morgan Mirvis, and one of my personal favorites, Elan Mehler. I'm down with Elan Mahler for many reasons.
- His refined knowledge of jazz and his superior ability to tickly the ivory.
- He somehow manages to grow about 4 inches every time I see him
- When we were still in college, he was on the roster the first time I saw the Big Lebowski, one of my favorite Cohen Brother films
- He was on the roster when we got a stripper at Spivak's house
- I was going to hire him to help move me into my apartment two years ago, but he couldn't because the move-in date was on Yom Kipur
Elan was telling me that he just won a grant to go record some tracks in lovely Minn-a-snow-ta. In all honesty though, Minnesota is a booming city in terms of music, playing shepherd to such groups as Atmoshpere, Brother Ali, Blueprint, and Eyedea and Abilities. Check out Elan's website and music if you get a chance. He's truely a good man, with a solid future in music.
