Since I last wrote, we returned to Joao Pessoa, took a bus to Recife. Were thinking of staying in Recife to see the oldest synagogue in the Americas, but decided it wasnt worth the day so we caught the overnight bus to Salvador. I bought a bunch of records, and a cuica (which I will hapily play for anybody anytime once I return to the States) Its a pretty bizarre, yet totally amazing place. And you can buy random handmade gifts ina market once used for slaves.

Then yesterday we flew to Curitiba, marveled in its extraordinary public transportation system (urban planning orgasm***) went to the Niemeyer museum and walked around with some awesome crowds of people. Southern Brasil is SO much different than the northeast. The accent is cooler (imho) and everything is much more European-seeming. There is also *gasp* infrastructure, such as consistently paved roads, and futuristic bus terminals…

Next Up: Floripa tomorrow for two nights, then Flying to Rio on the 11th for four nights, then two days in Sao Paolo and back to NYC! Love you all, and please email me at bazoomercom at gmail with your address if you would like a postcard…. Ive sent out a bunch, but they probably wont arrive until who knows when….

 Lots of photos to come when I am using my own computer…Â

Also, a note about some parties:Â

**FINAL EAST COAST APPEARANCE**
Party in New York on Friday, August 17, details to follow.Â
Party round two, Columbus OH, August 24

I don’t really have enough time to post more pictures or description, but lessons learned:

• When tour books say don’t drive at night in Brazil, listen to them.
• Roads that are not on maps usually involve very tiny wooden bridges.
• Having not seen any tourists for almost 2 months makes you resent and hate them when you do.
• The Sand Dunes in Genipabu (Natal) are totally incapable of being captured on film, especially with emocao.
• I actually now feel like I’m on vacation, actually being away from computers for extended periods of time and exploring Brazil
• Although still applying for jobs in Columbus.
• By the way, if you are reading this and want to send me a voicemail, feel free to give me a call at 614-FOGHAT1 [heh]

Plans include: Natal, Praia De Pipa, Recife, Porto de Galinhas then bus to Salvador to hopefully buy *lots* of records.

Then Curituba, Rio and São Paulo, then New York, and finally Columbus!!

Things I can’t wait to do in New York.
1. get a good bagel
2. zabar’s chocolate croissant
3. good falaffel
4. see my friends
Any recommendations on places to go or people to see are greatly appreciated…

Feeding the goats:

Milking the cows:

Beast of burden:

words to follow later..

thanks to all of my friends who have sent emails, I love you all…

Played a crazy game of pool the other night at a place called Bebe Blues e Come Jazz. (Drink blues and eat jazz, (god I love Brazil!)) Weird game, each team has four balls, small table, tiny pockets. I lost the game for us…

Then we went to a Peter Tosh tribute show with some sweet Brazilian Reggae (to be pronounced Hey-ghee) bands, but couldn’t keep up with the late-night action and went home around 3am.

I’ve been doing some really interesting freelance work this past week, applying for some jobs in Columbus and going through lots of old random thoughts and jokes I have…. My new WordPress design/ plugin will be launching soon…Â Also, look forward to some more music-related posts.

The Omelettes – Superstar (the title of this post is the chorus, roughly translated: what a big pansy)

Lots of random exploring and getting on the wrong bus. A bus map does not exist here, which is completely unfathomable, and made me wish I had brought a GPS to just ride every bus and create one. Also, went shopping. I think everyone will thank me for not bringing these bad boys back to the states.

Helped Johanna with work one day this week, streaking plates and looking for salmonella. Also did a lot of reading and working on some side programming projects. I’m also in the process of forking this blog into a tumblelog and a real company blog. And I’ve been doing a lot of work on my main project for when I return, the music startup I co-founded.

Here’s a cute picture of my girlfriend Johanna and me.

This is a cute donkey, I named him Dave.

More shots on Flickr.

P.S. Real friends, dot-comrades, anybody who reads this, send an email to bazoomercom at gmail with your mailing address for a postcard from Brasil.

The possible (hopeful) future direction of the music industry? Unfortunately this is very far away or I would love to rock a technobrega. I’ll try to find some to bring back.