（日本語は下にあります↓）
Santa Cruz, California, is a calm little beach town that keeps your shoes gritty and eyes glittering from the endless summer sunshine.
This town is a home to my all time favorite Verve Coffee Roasters and also a cradle of boardwalk promenade and great rock ‘n roll concert venue, that is The Catalyst, and oh not forget to mention Streetlight Records right next to the music venue that also plays a crucial part in Santa Cruz vibes.
By way of long appraisal of this special California town, I had a wonderful opportunity to visit music and art event that took place at Verve Coffee Roasters’ headquarter this past August. It may have passed few month since the event happened but as you can see in this video it was exquisite event and still fresh in my memory:
Marking the third year of inception, Record Swap + Block Party was more than an average local street fare: vendors set up tents to sell used/new vinyls and invited delicious local bakery Manresa Bread and of course, endless cups of great coffee brewed right for you by amazing baristas! There literally could not be any other place like it.
The event also showcased wide array of local music talents including Halcyonaire (who are featured in the above video) as well as Unconditional Arms (I’m telling you, these guys are just getting better and better each time I see them live!) performed inside the roastery in quite intimate setting. There was also a popup vintage Revival Tintype Studio booth making awesome tintype photo prints behind the pyramids of coffee bean bags.
I could rightfully claim that I am coffee aficionado considering the amount of that dark and stormy beverage I consume every day. Verve Coffee Roasters is definitely the best producer of fine cups (especially notable is their nitro cold brew, so creamy and not too acidic) I can savor dedication and commitment in each drip that soars above all A-OK caffeine fixers. Simply it’s the best.
The concept of record swap hit me with big surprise as I have never been to Verve’s headquarter storefront on Bronson Street. I’ve only been to their modest storefront on Pacific Avenue during the day trip or pit stop before catching shows at The Catalyst and that location is tiny. Naturally, I underestimated the scale of this event. Turn out was beyond my expectation, and it was just nice to see how the record trading culture is still strong on street level to keep the healthy life cycle of *good* music.
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What captivated me the most was the collection of great records that extended from reggae, acid jazz, 80s hardcore punk, and new wave. Regrettably, I had to pass on buying records as I have been long away from my beloved turntable since the move from LA to London, but otherwise totally would have dug into that bin containing slew of classics including Minor Threat and Charlie Parker records. 
Thank you Verve Coffee Roasters and all the talents that I came across and shared some good stories with. I will be there again next year!
VERVE COFFEE ROASTERS :: website ::
Revival Tintype Studio :: website ::
Hey, in case you are curious about that “elephant” painting inside the facility… I found this write up and time-lapse video of its creation.
サンフランシスコから海沿いのハイウェイ1をずーっと南に向かって走ると、モントレー湾に突き出るような形で位置するサンタクルズに辿り着きます。アカスギ林の香りと曲がりくねった山道に囲まれるこの小さな町は昔からサーファーやスケーターの集う町として知られ、カリフォルニアでも最も西海岸らしい雰囲気が味わえる場所です。
僕が最高におすすめするサンタクルズは三つあって、一つは極上のタコス（139 Water StにあるTaqueria Los PericosのPericos Tacosは神懸かってる）、一つはライブ音楽（The Catalyst）、そしてもう一つはサンタクルズが発祥のVerve Coffee Roastersの絶品アイスコーヒーです。他にもビンテージのお店やスケート＆サーフ関連のお店は色々あって楽しめますが、とりあえず絶対に外せないのは上記の三つ。
もう二ヶ月前になりますが、Verve Coffee Roastersの本店で地元のレコード屋さんやコレクターが集まって音楽の取引をするという面白いイベントに行って来ました。Verveの美味しいコーヒーをすすりながら好きな音楽を探す、嗜む、語る。これほど最高な週末の過ごし方は他に無いだろう！というくらい素敵なイベントでした。
（こんな感じです↓）
実はVerveの本店は今回初めて訪れたのですが、普段行きなれているPacific Avenueにある小店舗とは違い（正直ここのコーヒー好き過ぎて、特に用事が無いのにサンタクルズまで来てしまう事もあったりする。笑）大きな建物の中にはコーヒーを炒る機械やパッケージングをする器材も設置されていたり、オフィススペースもあり「ここで神のコーヒー豆が作られるのか・・・」と大感動。思わず社会科見学ばりに工場内をうろうろしてしまいました。
今回のイベントもコーヒーショップの一隅でささやかに展開されるものかと勘ぐっていましたが、広々とした工場のシャッターを全面展開してライブバンドの演奏やスズのプレートに写真を焼き付けるビンテージな写真撮影のコーナーなども設置されて非常ににぎやかなイベントでした。まさかコーヒー屋さんでThe Clashのレコードを吟味するなんて想像してなかったので、そこにはとても心地よい違和感がありました。
毎年開催するイベントのようなので来年までにはレコードプレーヤーを購入してレコードを漁れるようになりたいです！