Pigeon John - 3/8/08 - My Black Friend Jesse

The next morning we flew to Orlando, Fla. for Relevant magazine’s five-year anniversary party with Seabird and Baren Von Bear. It was held in their small and warm office off downtown. I missed Orlando. I hadn’t been there in almost a year when we played with Of Montreal. It’s a great city, but the South still reigns and people still say things like “...my black friend Jesse.” The show was fun though, real dope. I hope they do more. Afterwards, our friend Adam from the Relevant crew took us to the Backbooth to listen to music and look at people. It blew our minds...me and my band smiled and laughed at the wonder of Orlando. Very overlooked city. It was the first bar we’ve been to since Memphis where people just came to have fun and dance like big kids, not even to pick up or look a little too cool. The people there hardly tried, had no room too really, but were walking poems. And they didn’t even notice when three lost angels sat in the corner and stared at them for hours. Orlando, I love you. Thanks to Cameron and Maya Strang for bringing us out there and for watching the most powerful one hour episode of The Office with us.

PS - Orlando was the city where we saw Be Kind and Rewind. One of the most touching films out…