Devon put it exactly right when we got to the Music Center downtown and surveyed the large crowd gathered for KCRW's first installment of Uptown Underground featuring outdoor drinks and artwork set to the dulcet grooves of Jason Bentley at the tables: "Silver Lake and Echo Park must be empty tonight." Indeed, a sea of hipsters (including ourselves, I suppose) had descended on the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion to experience the event. The weather, after a full day of rain, was fittingly chilly and damp for the first
night of autumn. Most people were in coats to keep the chill off. More and more guys seem to be wearing hats, these days, and I don't mean those stupid trucker hats from the early naughts, but real felt and tweed hats that are throwbacks to the '30s andf '40s. I mostly approve. For the women, bright kelly green dominated color palette for those not in always chic black. Didn't spot any stronger trends that that among the ladies, though A-line swing coats seem to be in. I was happy to see that most of the girls came dressed for the weather, though there were still some dumbass chicks sporting mini-dresses and tank tops without coats in the 56 degree weather, freezing their ta-tas off, I'm sure. All in all, it was a cool scene. Suggestions for next event: get some sponsorship for hors d'oeuvres and how about a cash bar that isn't charging ridiculous opera prices. (Though, our bartender was super cool: when Devon and I emptied our wallets for our $18 drinks and came up short, he said, "Just get me close." "All we've got is $12." "That's fine." One nice KCRW discount there. Thanks, bartender dude!)
