Greg Caz, Reporting Live from Istanbul

Two days ago I get an email from Greg Casseus, telling me he's leaving the very next day to participate in Nublu East in Istanbul. And just now I got an email update in which Greg makes me really wish I were a DJ:

DAMN---I can't believe I'm in f*cking Istanbul! It's so beautiful here. It's where Eastern Europe meets the Middle East with a hint of Rio or something thrown in. Tonight and tomorrow night I'm doing the DJ sets for Bebel Gilberto's shows here at lovely Nublu East---which is located at a club called the New Yorker (!), which uses the same font as the magazine logo (!!), but has nothing to do with it. It's right on the edge of the Black Sea, and you can see the ferries linking the European and Asian sides of Turkey sailing back and forth. There's a lot of anticipation for Bebel's gigs, so as long as it doesn't rain (this is all taking place outdoors), it should be WICKED.

Also great hanging out with my buddy Pedro Gomes (guitar player, son of Pepeu Gomes and Baby Consuelo of the Novos Baianos, awesome dude), who's accompanying Bebel, both fresh from the Brazilian music festival in Paris which featured Caetano, Gil, Gal, Jorge Ben, Lenine, etc etc etc. So spirits are high in every way (thanks in part to some of Morocco's and Afghanistan's finest exports.....shhhh!!), and we're having a great time. See you next week!!