If there's one thing missing in Room One, then a jacuzzi is top of the list. Well, all our wishes have come true as Jahcoozi (not too dissimilar to the frothy whirlpool alternative) drop it like it's hot at EC1's finest this Friday. The raucous BPitch trio will be celebrating a launch of their own, alongside our own FABRICLIVE 51, with their latest LP (which BPitch themselves described as: “the album nobody expected, but perhaps that is the only possible outcome for a band that holds unpredictability as its one constant principle”), ‘Barefoot Wanderer,’ being unleashed this week.
We have no idea why they're called Jahcoozi - in fact that would have been a good question to ask - but rather than indulge in hindsight, instead we went for the (not so) obvious...
If you were having an after-hours in a jacuzzi - dead or alive, who would you invite?
ROBOT KOCH
I would invite my dad cuz he never actually saw me play ever.
I would invite Motorhead cuz Lemmy is Lemmy.
OREN GERLITZ
I'd invite 3 dead writers and one live musician :
Jaroslav Hasek (Czeck) - the writer of 'The Good Soldier Schweik.' The book is hilarious and I've read it numerous times - I'm sure the guy would be a good laugh...he was known as a crazy bohemian and drinker...wicked sense of humor.
Mikhail Bulgakov (Russia) - great writer. My fave from him is 'Heart of A Dog.' He had a rather hard life with Stalin being hard on him, and I guess he could use a few after-death drinks.
Shamuel Yosef Agnon (Israel) - my all time favorite writer. I don't think he' s much of a party dude, but I'd like to chat to him nonetheless.
Hugh Masekela (South Africa) - Jazz musician. I love his music and vibe, and I'm sure he'll be great company.
SASHA PERERA
Sasha's Dad (Nagamuttu Ravindranathan)...haven't spoken to him in years so it could be a good opportunity to link up!
Sai Baba....so that Sasha's Dad has somebody to talk to.
Ravi Shankar...so that Sasha's Dad has something he can relate to while hanging in the chill out/opium den a.k.a. Lava Lamp Heaven.
Jackson 5...so that they could compare the soft-curl bounce of their afros with that of Sai Baba and discuss their different approaches to hair-management. It could also help tie in Frizz-Ease as a sponsor for the whole event. However, Jahcoozi's management will politely decline the Jackson's kind offer to perform at the party. Robot's favourite band Motorhead will be invited to play instead, and that for the whole night.
Hugo Schneider....my crazy next door neighbour who makes tonnes of weird art as well as cuts my hair, and makes me headpieces or clothing - some of which are made from weird stuff like tree bark, soundproofing foam, Bavarian table cloths or material his aunty brought back from her package holiday in Egypt. He could talk Sai Baba into getting a different haircut.
Günter Wallraf...the infamous German undercover journalist & writer. So he can disguise himself as a Kurdish toilet cleaner and document the whole event from the point of view of a Kurdish toilet cleaner.
J.G.Ballard...to use the event as inspiration for his next Sci-Fi, Distopian future orgy novel, which will of course be turned into a Blockbuster movie followed by a revolutionary new brand of crisps...yes, we want the whole media package.
Moondog...to make tunes with us at the barefoot after-party which will go on till the day upon which the next leap year is celebrated.
Shyam Selvadurai....author of the book 'Funny Boy,' which tells the story of a gay Tamil boy's childhood which takes place before the backdrop of the events leading up to the pogroms/1983 riots in Sri Lanka. He should come so that me and my dad are not the only Sri Lankans in da house...
