THE NIGHT STUFF
There's lots to do during GiRL FeST's last weekend
By Derek Paiva
Advertiser Entertainment Writer
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Girl Fest concludes, for the most part, Amber-less. Wave Waikiki hosts a reunion at a Mexican restaurant. Indigo Eurasian Cuisine celebrates 13 years of dining and clubbing. And the Lightsleepers crew Trip the Lights with a final beat-battle competition before the main event.
It's all this week in The Night Stuff.
GOODBYE 'GIRL'
Unofficial 2007 Queen of Girl Fest actor/poet Amber Tamblyn has wrapped up her scheduled round of readings and appearances. But the annual Honolulu arts fest for the XX-chromosomed still has a fine concluding weekend of stuff, today through Sunday evening.
Film festival schedule and more Girl Fest information at www.girlfesthawaii.org.
WAVE WAIKIKI MEMORIES
It was the place where Grace Jones gargled wine on stage and regurgitated it into the mouths of her ardent stagefront fans. Where Stevie Nicks once performed straight outta rehab. Where Elton John once commanded the DJ booth. Where Hat Makes the Man (which eventually became Poi Dog Pondering), The Squids, and Sonya Mendez and Revolucion nursed strong followings. And where anarchy generally ruled every weekend until the rise of the DJ.
The end of the Wave as we knew it arrived in the early a.m. hours of May 21, 2006. A lifetime ago on the nightlife clock.
So it'll be interesting to see who among the legion of Wave slaves shows up at tonight's Wave Waikiki Reunion at — of all places — the chain Mexican restaurant/nightclub Señor Frog's in Waikiki.
Wave bands Missing Dave and Rail play live. Wave resident turntablists KSM, racerX and Byron the Fur will spin. And with former Wave Waikiki promotions director Flash Hansen (with Matty Boy Hazelgrove) and owner Jack Law involved, bet on a lot more stories being told before 4 a.m. closing time. Doors open at 9 p.m.; 21 and older only.
Get more info at www.flashandmattyboypresent.com.
INDIGO AT 13
Mazel tov! When Downtown Honolulu was an epicurean no man's land where if you weren't in the mood for Chinese food for dinner, you weren't eating dinner, Indigo Eurasian Cuisine was open for elegant dining, pau-hana goat-cheese wontons, a darn fine martini and young urbanites looking to mingle.
And before the ideas for thirtyninehotel, NextDoor and Bar 35 were firing neurons in the minds of their founders, and Hanks Honolulu Cafe was the only Downtown bar north of King Street where one didn't worry about being seen having a cold one (don't worry, Smith's Union Bar; I had love for you even then), Indigo was hiring DJs to spin late-night Green Room parties.
Enough reason, I think, to celebrate an oddball birthday like 13; with an open bar and free pupu from 9 to 10 p.m., and free admission all night.
The party's on from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. at 1121 Nu'uanu Ave., as part of Get Fresh! 521-2900.
TRIPPY
My suggestion would've been to call it "Battle of the Beatroot Stars 7." But the too-cool Lightsleepers crew producing tonight's "Trip the Lights: Beatroot 7" would've likely rejected the idea and cruelly ignored my fond television memories of Teri Copley running the Malibu obstacle course for Greg Evigan's NBC team on "Battle of the Network Stars." (The cool kids know what I'm talking about.)
A half-dozen beat-makers — armed with computers, samplers, drum machines and whatever else they cart in — will battle for the last of six spots in next month's Beatroot finals. Fat Soul and Bles'd Chil' perform live; DJs Observ, Oliver Twist, MattRatt, Memoirs and Kavet the Catalyst spin.
At rRed Elephant, 1144 Bethel St., from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Entry is $10. All ages welcome. More information at www.lightsleepers.net.
Reach Derek Paiva at dpaiva@honoluluadvertiser.com.
