Bangalore & Bill Callahan
An Argentine friend of a friend was going to see Bill Callahan, an American singer/songwriter, and she invited us to go. We first went to grab some Indian food at a place across the street called Bangalore. It’s sort of a britpub, but serves Indian food — and pretty good Indian food in my opinion. I don’t typically eat much Indian, but I liked it a lot. There seemed to be a mix of locals and expats at the place. One fella I talked to was Irish, but moved to BA two years ago and married a porteña.
Next we strolled across the street to see this Bill Callahan show. I thought it was the type of music that I would have on in the background while entertaining friends on a downtempo evening. To me it sounded melancholy, drowsy and overall low energy. But the locals seemed to really enjoy it. The place fit about 5-600, and they all stood in silence as he played a song (it was himself plus a drummer) and when he finished, they all erupted in applause. Then back to silence. Occasionally he’d say something to the audience in English and nobody seemed to react or understand.
Here’s some video:
