i know what you’re thinking, “coyote nights”?! “what kind of back-alley wild-style karaoke bar venue is this?!” haha, funny thing is, you would be precisely right on while being exactly right off. haha, allow me to explain.

now the night began with dj u and myself and the joey at soho mixed media bar in downtown honolulu for a haiti relief concert (which was incredibly epic by the way) featuring a bevy of incredibly talented friends/musicians of ours breaking it down on stage. however, theirs was not the only show set for the night, for you see, twas a laaate-night 2 am peaceofmind after-party performance scheduled at aforementioned “coyote nights” set for us to cap off the evening’s festivities with a bang!

but ah ha, coyote nights is not quite what it seems. for it’s not a karaoke bar/lounge at all, rather, it’s quite the huge space warehouse-type of venue, with 8 subwoofers comprising the stage and a decked-out upscale L.A. nightclub feel, so we were more than stoked to hip hop the stage right that night! but as it turns out, the night was already top 40’s popping with what seemed like the ENTIRE marshallese population west of downtown honolulu getting down like groovy sexy monkeys drunk and digging it when we arrived! pure caraziness.

after a long 30-minute trek (dj u and i still rollin’ solely mobile foot-style y’all!), we finally arrived at the club, and we immediately sensed something was off. the vibe was ripe with this “this ain’t gonna happen man, and if it does, we might be in for a after-show monkey beatdown oh shit!” kinda sentiment. hehe, TOO much alcohol flowing mixed with our strange faces and alien-like presence had us make the proper decision and decide NOT to perform that night. thank God for listening to your gut instincts.

anyhow, still, i had peoples calling me up ’til 5 in the morning asking if we were still holding it down for the after-party at the club, and regretfully i had to inform them “no”. but no worries! as we still got a date to meet up with the owner of the venue and reformulate a new plan-o-action that will result in a kick-ass performance for our fans reeeal soon at this epic spot, giving them the live and jive that is yours truly, peaceofmind. and this time around, it’ll be the right kind of vibe 😉

so for now y’all, thanks for reading! peace and love always! and many thanks for the continued support 🙂

sincerely,

-sam the pakman and the peaceofmindcrew