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BJ's Jazz Club
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Mon Dec 31 2001 at 18:25:45
As the name implies, the venue in question is a Jazz Club. As the name
also
implies, the Jazz club is named after the owner whose nickame is none other than "
Blow Job
" hence the BJ's part of the name.
The place has been around for a while and has a tortuous history, claiming its fair share of
fame
and
notoriety
for events and incidents that spice up its history like flakes of
dried chili peppers
on a plate of
spaghetti alla puttanesca
.
A Brief History
The site where BJ's is today had been a
pub
since the late
sixties
and was bought and converted to it's current state some time around
1975
. I mention its current state because renovation is considered to be a natural phenomenon by the owner so he feels bad about interfering. During the seventies the place enjoyed the popularity that the
jazz
scene brought with it, and
live music
was appreciated as a
veritable
source of
entertainment
. Live bands would sit in and
improvise
until
two
in the morning after which the place would close to the outside world, leaving a select few single businessmen, the musical stragglers and an adequate supply of
cocaine
and other wonderful chemicals that altered the mood and outlook of the select few. To overcome the "fame" that this caused, BJ's started organising a musical
marathon
where the
proceeds
would be donated to a particular charity. The cause is different each year, and the tradition lasts until today with the marathon increasing in length each year, lasting for about 8 days in total. All local
bands
and individual
musicians
contribute to the
worthy cause
and the associated excuse to meet up and
drink
oneself silly at 5 am in the name of
charity
and
good will
.
Why Bother?
The club is bang in the centre of the hottest entertainment area on the
Island
but is neatly
buried
undergound and totally soundproof. The atmosphere is relaxed enough to promote the place to the status of "
living room
" in my personal classification of night-spots. The lights are
dim
and the
music
ranges from
acceptable
to
awesome
. There is a different band every night with the exception of
Sunday
nights when the stage is open to all. The house
instruments
are not of a particularly good quality but
rugged
enough to withstand the
toll
of hundreds of musicians beating the
crap
out of them on a regular basis until they
fail
with an
asthmatic
wheeze
or an
anaemic
sigh
. The
drinks
are priced to coincide with the local average, meaning about 2 US$ for a
pint
of
beer
or a measure of
spirit
and about 1US$ for a
soft drink
. In short, it is the typical
dark
,
smokey
place with ethnic sculptures on the walls and the occasional
cigarrette burn
on the carpet where you can turn up in a
dinner jacket
or
track suit
and
blend in
perfectly each time.
The
Music
Despite the title, the variety of musical styles one encounters at BJ's is surprisingly broad. Classical
Jazz trios
, complete with the
regulation
grey hair
and
deep wrinkles
make way for
pop-rock
bands featuring the
latest face on the block
. A quiet
Blues
jam
is spiced up by the budding
percussionist
adding his two cents on the
djembes
. In short the stage is a mixing pot for as wide a variety of
musicians
and
drummers
as the Island can offer.
Getting yer ass down there:
The exact address is:
BJ's Jazz Club
Ball Street,
Paceville.
Malta.
Hop onto a plane with destination
Malta
,
Europe
.
Take a taxi to St. Julians (
aka
Paceville pronounced Pach-é-ville).
Pick your way carefully to Ball Street, across the road from
KFC
BJ's is the
inconspicuous
entrance on the left next to the
Turkish
kebab
place.
The chances of meeting
me
there range from remote before 11pm on weekdays to highly likely after 1am on Thursdays and Sundays.
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Update:
Breaking away from
tradition
, BJ's has recently tried some refurbishing. A piece of
three-ply
has been placed upon part of the
carpeting
. Now you only stick to the floor in half of the place. The
Manager
proudly annouced his new
parquet
and pointed out the nice finish. In fact the wood was placed dirctly on the carpet to which it stuck
permanently
by means of some
kind of magic
.
New legends:
It is rumoured that for a long
time
a
cockroach
set up permanent
residence
in the
Lm
10 slot in the
cash register
.
Several
cockroaches
have been known to have commited
suicide
by
diving
into the
glass
that collects the drops that fall form a particularly leaky
optic
attached to a bottle of sweet
liqueur
.
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